Archive for August, 2007
Today I’ve been contacting most of my remaining Brides (except the ones that have hired Jaime Johnson because she takes care of all that for me! She is awesome!) and thats 5 to be exact! These last 5 weddings are going to be amazing and I love that I’m finishing up my wedding season in Hawaii!
I then decided to see what I had booked for Oct. and Nov. and its looking really slow! I don’t like to be sitting on my butt for long periods of time without using my camera. So I figured the best way to get the word out would be to post something on my blog. So here is what I want to offer………
All you new couples out there that just became engaged and want an SWP lifestyle session here is your chance for a deal. The session will stay $300 for 1.5 hrs of shooting. But I will give you a free SWP art image from the session! The print does have to be an 8X10 or smaller.
I’m also going to be getting into the modeling photography/business. If you know anyone who needs to update their modeling portfolio, or someone who wants to get into modeling please send them my way. The sessions last 3 hours and includes unlimited clothing changes and locations with 5 retouched images for $350.00.
Please pass on this info to friends and family. My business is mainly successful because of “word of mouth” marketing from great people like you. Without my past clients recommendations I would not be where I’m at today.
I hope everyone has a great long weekend and thank you in advance for passing my info to everyone.
August 30th, 2007
(Ok so I have been playing around with my logo for my blog pictures. Please let me know what styles are your favorite)
Amber & Darby had a very large wedding at their private residence in Sandpoint, ID. A lot of their friends flew up from Los Angeles just for the wedding. I’m sure this wedding filled up all the hotels in the area. The ceremony was absolutely gorgeous! The people were a blast, Amber looked gorgeous and the overall wedding went perfect! Theres lots of pics below so enjoy.
First of many of you are probably asking “why this picture below”? Well if you know me personally you know I love PUMA. So when I saw this sweet puma purse I had to take a photo.
I love the feeling of this image!
Ambers first look into the mirror.
Darby getting a little help.
I was following Amber down the stairs when I noticed the long verticle lines in the wood. I really wanted to push the composition of this image, what do you think?
Check out this wedding party!
I loved the umbrellas so much I decided to use them in a couple of my casual portraits. Isnt she adorable?
A shot of me in action
First Dance. 85mm at 1.2
August 28th, 2007
Some of you might think April looks familiar and she should. She was the model I used for the Cover of Northwest Bride & Newlywed. I’ve known April for a long time now and I was honored she chose me to shoot her wedding. It was a very intimate ceremony at Manito Park in Spokane. Reception was held on the roof top of the convention center.
Check out these great shots!
After the ceremony we all headed downtown Spokane to so we could get some urban images. Shooting on a Sunday was a blast. The streets were empty, and tons of open space (without cars) to get creative. First is one of my signature 2007 couple images.
I found some cool “negative space” by using this guard rail. I love simple images.
I then walked around April & Matt to find some more angles and found this one.
Around the corner and down the alley I found this cool green loading door to play with.
by this time we were really hot and ready to head to the reception. As we were walking through the convention center I noticed the sun coming through the windows. I told them to go stand in the sun and…….
Thank you once again April & Matt!
August 25th, 2007
I can still remember when Chelsea called me last winter to let me know that she was getting married and wanted to use me as her photographer. I was so excited because I knew this was going to be a sweet ranch themed wedding! You might remember Breanna and Blakes wedding from last year (also wedding #4 on my website), Chelsea is Blakes beautiful sister. The location was here parents beautiful ranch in Hayden. As you can guess with any Jaime Johnson Event, it was top notch all the way. With small cowboy boots as center pieces, hay bails as ceremony seating as well as reception lounging, this wedding was one of a kind! Carissa from the Art of flower took her flowers to a new level as well! I feel so lucky to be working with these two amazing vendors. Check out the pics!
The first site !
Something a little different for the ring shot.
The bouquet
The bride and bridesmaids were brought out on this cool horse and buggy.
I love this angle!
Some of Carissa’s unique flower ideas.
After the ceremony Sam and Chelsea took some alone time. I was sneeky enough to find them and get this shot of Chelsea coming down the stairs. I shot this with my 85mm f 1.2 at 1.2! I love the small depth of field in this image.
Doesn’t everybody have a hay bail couch with throw pillows at their wedding?
Love this cool cake!
Check out these cool center pieces.
Ron (father of the bride) figured he would have a hard time doing his speech to Chelsea. So he hired a videographer before hand to film his best wishes to Chelsea. It was a great video and everyone loved it!
Best of wishes Chelsea and Sam!
August 23rd, 2007
I was doing my normal Sunday routine (when I’m home and able to that it) of checking my favorite photographer blogs. When I open Chase Jarvis’s blog (an amazing lifestyle action sport photographer) he had this video of an autistic man that can see something once and draw it perfectly! I’m not just talking about one buliding, this guy does whole cities! This is amazing check it out!
August 19th, 2007
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