2010 August | Evan Baines Photography

Vanessa & Tim’s Wedding

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Vanessa & Tim were married in Pigeon Forge, TN this past weekend at a cabin overlooking the Smokey Mountains. It was an intimate family affair with a lovely relaxed vibe. Sonya Scott handled the planning for Vanessa & Tim, who flew in from California to get married in our great state. Vanessa had her hair and makeup done at the Colour Bar & Spa in Pigeon Forge.

Some of the highlights from the day for me included:
-Tim’s reaction in the first look. I just love it when a groom is so excited about how awesome his bride looks.
-I was happy to be able to find that higher angle for the ceremony shot. Its always fun to find an unusual perspective.
-Vanessa & Tim did a choreographed first dance, and Daniel had just the perfect angle and timing for one of the big moves.
-Grandma was awesome. I could make a blog post just of pictures of her.

You can register to see all of these images and order prints once I have the entire set edited at this link:
Vanessa & Tim’s Pictage Gallery

image by Daniel Shaw

Push up contest. Vanessa won.

Vanessa’s Dad

Kimmia & Brent’s Wedding

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Kimmia and Brent were married this past Saturday in a Persian ceremony at the Hutton Hotel, followed by a traditional Western ceremony at Scarritt Bennett Center’s Wrightman Chapel. Kimmia purchased her amazing dress at The Bride Room, and Stephanie Russell of Hair Mafia styled Kimmia’s hair. Kimmia and Brent had both an outstanding band: Band 24/7, and a solid DJ to keep the party rolling when the band wasn’t playing. Special thanks to the wonderful Gipsy Williams from Enchanted Brides for her help with the portraits!

After working with Kimmia three times now: her engagement session, bridal portraits, and now her wedding, I have to say that my favorite part of photographing her is that she’s not only beautiful but expressive. Kimmia’s happiness is infectious, and it translates marvelously well into documentary photography. But not only is Kimmia photogenic: her entire family are wonderful subjects: witness Daniel’s brilliant portrait of her father, Kimmia’s gorgeous mother and her two lovely gowns, or the numerous instances where her outgoing brother Nima appears in this series.

Obviously, this is a large set of photos… due in part to the extended nature of the coverage. Note that as usual, about 80% of these images are completely un-posed and documentary in nature.

You can register to see the entire wedding once I have it edited by registering at the link HERE.

Kimmia’s mother modeling the first of her gowns

yep, those are some granny panties

Kimmia’s Dad, image by Daniel Shaw

image by Daniel Shaw

Opening the gift from Brent, with bridesmaid looking on

The girls practicing their hip-hop/Persian entry dance for the reception

first look

image by Daniel Shaw

Yes, that’s Kimmia’s brother Nima in the middle rocking his Jason Alexander pose.

image by Daniel Shaw

image by Evan Baines & Daniel Shaw

image by Daniel Shaw

As they cut the cake, the piece started to fall over, prompting Kimmia to lunge and catch it

Kimmia’s Bridal Portraits

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Kimmia wanted a more contemporary and stylized look for her bridal portraits, which we did in the studio a few weeks ago. Kimmia is beautiful and easy to work with, which always makes my job more fun.

Congratulations on your wedding Kimmia and Brent! Check out the blog soon for wedding photos!

Gesica & Dan’s Engagement Session

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Amanda and I traveled to Chicago this past weekend to photograph an engagement session for Gesica & Dan. We’re always up for a visit to Chicago, as its a chance to visit my brother and eat his ridiculously good food.

I think my favorite shots from the set are the ice cream photos, in that I think there is a level of relaxation and personality in those shots that really says something about Gesica and Dan’s personalities. I love his expression in the third shot of that series, for instance, because you get a sense of Dan’s sense of humor.

Thanks for a great session, and for enduring the mosquitoes. Cheers guys!

Carrie & Brandon’s Wedding

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Carrie & Brandon were married at historic Cedarwood this past Saturday. Fortunately, the thunderstorm held off until after the ceremony, and everyone was safely under Cedarwood’s lovely pavilion.

Brandon is a former military guy (like me), and used to fly around in those crazy Osprey aircraft. An Osprey is like a cross between a helicopter and a fixed-wing plane… or as I see it like a helicopter with even more things that can go wrong. I never liked helicopters on my best days: they were the only aircraft I was ever happy to jump out of. Brandon has much respect from me.

One of my favorite parts of this set is the series of headshots of the guys. We got one quick group photo out on the truck, and I made the executive decision that it was sweltering and we needed AC fast. Since we went inside, I decided to focus on a strong individual headshot of each groomsman to compliment the group shot we already had. The guys were total cut-ups, and things really got goofy when I accused one of them of giving me a “puppy dog” look. In response, he only intensified his efforts at giving me a puppy-dog look, and that set the tone for the rest of the photos. Lots of “blue steel” looks and laughter ensued, and I think these shots reflect the guys’ personalities far better than the more subdued versions I was sure to catch for each one.

Thanks for choosing Dan & I to document your wedding guys! And also thanks to the wonderful staff at Cedarwood for running such a great event!