Shelby & Alex’s Wedding
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Shelby & Alex were married at Connell Memorial United Methodist Church in Goodlettsville, TN this past Saturday on a sultry (hot!) summer day. Shelby got her hair and makeup done at Z Salon, while the guys spent the morning golfing at the appropriately-named Shelby Park Golf Course.
One thing that I saw that was new to me was that Shelby & Alex chose to combine a unity cross instead of the more traditional unity candle. They combined a piece from each of them to form one cross, which will be displayed in their home. You can see detail photos in this set of both the separate pieces and the finished cross.
My favorite image in this set is of Alex’s grandfather spinning his girlfriend around the dance floor. The man has some moves.
The couple also chose to have an anniversary dance, and I enjoy the image of the couple bracketed by both sets of parents on the dance floor.
The last photo is significant in that Alex is a huge Memphis Tigers fan, and so certain unnamed individuals decorated his car with a strong University of Tennessee theme, including a profession of love for UT’s head basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Alex was bemused.
Thanks for having Daniel and I as part of your day guys!
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Alex & his soon-to-be father-in-law
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Our New Home!
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010We have just (FINALLY!) closed on our new home! We are unbelievably excited! Our house was built in 1899, and is located in East Nashville. We will be meeting our clients here from now on for meetings, and I will be working here when I am not shooting.
We will be toasting our new home with a bottle of Piper Heidsieck Rare Vintage 1999, bottled on the hundredth anniversary of our house’s construction.
Cheers everyone!
Amy & Scott’s Wedding
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Amy & Scott met a few years back while they were both attending The University of the South at Sewanee, and that is the beautiful location they chose for their wedding this past Saturday. Daniel and I provided coverage of both the rehearsal dinner and the wedding, and both since it was a really warm and heartfelt rehearsal dinner and because I don’t think I have any other rehearsal dinner shots on the site, I’ve chosen to include a few of those at the beginning of this set. Being there the night before also gave Daniel and I a chance to get some cool night shots of All Saints Chapel, where the wedding would be held the next day.
Alas, due to a history with obtrusive photographers, All Saints Chapel has been forced to be quite restrictive with regards to photography during the ceremony. But despite being confined to a seat in the back (which actually represented a concession from their normal policy of not allowing photographers inside the chapel at all), I was able to produce some strong images of the ceremony in this amazing venue.
I was warned about two things in advance of the reception: the band would be serious and that Scott can dance. Indeed, Burning Las Vegas was one of the best performing groups I’ve seen at a wedding: killer musical talent and a very polished dance presentation with light effects. And Scott truly had a penchant for spinning girls around the dance floor. Fast action like that required a slightly different approach from much of my normal reception work, and I was happy to have a variety of techniques at my disposal to capture such challenging subject matter.
Thank you to Amy and Scott for making Daniel and I a part of your day! If you would like to register to see a full gallery of this wedding and order prints when I have finished editing all the photos, please click here.
Rehearsal Dinner
image by Daniel Shaw
Wedding Day
phone call with Scott
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Amy made a BIG deal that her dad not cry or get all mushy when he saw her for the first time. So Dad walks out, puts on his best smirk, and says: “you don’t look half as good as I thought you’d look.” (of course he and everyone else knew Amy looked gorgeous). This got a high-5 from Amy.
Amy’s dad and two sisters
Doug & Jackie’s Wedding
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Doug and Jackie are wonderful people and great photographers. I was thrilled and honored to be chosen to photograph their epic wedding on the shore of Lake Erie. I brought along my good friend Miami wedding photographer Tony Schreiber to tag-team this massive event. We shot for 15 hours. We shot on boats, in the water, in abandoned industrial facilities, and under fireworks.
Amanda and I have become good friends with Doug and Jackie over the course of their engagement, and we have a lot in common with them. I was surprised to find that by coincidence they had chosen the same blessing for their wedding as we chose for ours:
Apache Blessing:
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
for each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the
journey ahead and through all the years,
May happiness be your companion and
your days together be good and long upon the earth.
I cannot recall ever having so much fun at a wedding, although we were completely exhausted at the end of the day. Doug and Jackie: thank you for your hospitality, for sharing your warm and wonderful wedding with us, and most importantly for being great new friends.
image by Tony Schreiber
right image by Tony Schreiber
Jackie got her flower caught while putting on the dress, which had to be repaired…
…and resulted in this cool shot of her orchid being sewn back together. It reminded me a bit of our wedding, when my top button popped off my collar and had to be re-sewn.
image by Tony Schreiber
image by Tony Schreiber
After the portraits we all stopped off for some ice cream.
This picture amuses me to no end. I told Doug that I wanted him to give me his most effeminate expression. His and Jackie’s reactions are priceless.
image by Tony Schreiber
Jackie and her dad had a great dance. There is that one guest who is on the ground trying to get a picture of a kid in the middle of the dance, but I sort of look at him as comic relief.
The bride toss is tradition in Jackie’s family
left image by Tony Schreiber
“My p-p-p-p-p-p-p-poker face…”
Cristen & Jared’s Engagement Session
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010I traveled up to Bowling Green, KY to photograph the engagement of Cristen & Jared last week. The couple had the awesome idea of renting a killer 1940 Ford Sedan Deluxe from Labold Classics as a theme to work into the session. I also need to thank Tim Labold for being willing to help me out with a reflector and with positioning the vehicle throughout the shoot! We spent the session out on a back country road and in the fields, and couldn’t have asked for better weather.
Thanks for the wonderful shoot guys!
