Shawn & Stephen’s Wedding
Friday, June 4th, 2010Shawn and Stephen were married at First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, and enjoyed their reception at gorgeous Riverwood Mansion. This was my second visit to Riverwood this weekend, and it was an interesting challenge finding different perspectives on each visit. Fortunately, its a lovely venue, with many different photographic options. I also can’t say enough good things about the staff at Riverwood, who really do an amazing job of ensuring that every event runs smoothly and gracefully.
If ever there was a set that illustrated the caliber of the associate photographers that I choose to work with, it would be this one. Now that we are promoting our new Vintage Collections shot entirely on B&W film, I needed a sample of my associates’ abilities to produce on this medium. We spoke to Shawn before the wedding, and she was excited to have Daniel shooting exclusively on film, while I provided digital coverage. I won’t mince words: I consider Daniel’s work here remarkable, and he produced some truly spectacular images. It is a privilege to shoot with a photographer of his talent.
We were fairly restricted by the venue’s rules during the actual ceremony, with our only certain place to shoot being the balcony. For this reason, I took the balcony shots, and asked Daniel to get whatever he could when the doors were open downstairs. I wasn’t sure how long the doors would be open, or what photo opportunities would exist, but Daniel was able to use these moments to produce what I consider to be our strongest ceremony images.
I’m proud of this set of images overall, and I think it reflects the style, emotion, and character of the event and its participants very well. Thank you to Shawn and Stephen for allowing us to be a part of your day!
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Wow. Just Wow. Daniel’s shot above just floors me.
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Jennifer & James’s Wedding
Friday, June 4th, 2010This is the first of two weddings this past weekend, both of which feature beautiful Riverwood Mansion as the venue. I was thrilled to have the talented Mr. Tom Cannon on hand to provide a second perspective on the event, and you will see his work distributed throughout the set.
If you came here by way of the gallery, you may have noticed that I ran James’s portrait as the gallery image for this wedding. This may be my favorite groom’s portrait of all time. James is unbelievably photogenic, and this shot (taken on my medium format film camera) just oozes with his personality and style.
Funny story about the bridesmaids’ portrait: It was already pretty dark, so we did it inside with lighting. I told the ladies to stand on this wall while I set up my lighting gear, and that I’d pose them once the light was set up. Well Jenny decided to take the initiative and start posing her girls. She was about halfway through when I had the light set up, and she looked at me to take over the posing. I laughed and told her she was doing a great job without my help, and that she should finish posing them since she was doing such a killer job. I may have to take her along to my weddings in the future!
image by Tom Cannon
image by Tom Cannon
image by Tom Cannon
image by Tom Cannon
image by Tom Cannon
image by Tom Cannon
Jennifer’s Bridal Portraits
Sunday, October 25th, 2009For Jennifer’s bridal portraits, we chose to shoot at the beautiful Riverwood Mansion. Part of the wonderful thing about Riverwood is that its one of the few bridal portrait venues around that offers both beautiful gardens AND beautiful interior settings in case of inclement weather… which became an issue for this session when the weather proved inconsistent. We were able to shoot a few shots outdoors, but had to move inside when the drizzle rolled in.
Jennifer is a born model, and I’m quite pleased with how these portraits came out! Thank you to Dechari and all the folks at Riverwood for being such wonderful hosts!
Dee Dee’s Bridal Portraits
Thursday, August 14th, 2008We photographed Dee Dee’s bridal portraits at beautiful Riverwood Mansion:one of my favorite locations for bridals because it offers beautiful indoor and outdoor options. That comes in handy when the weather doesn’t cooperate for outdoor portraits, as with Dee Dee’s session. Fortunately, the interior of Riverwood is beautiful and we were able to get some stunning portraits of this beautiful lady!
