Brittany and Blake - Sept. 27, 2008

In the spirit of getting caught up, I am going to try and start posting right after weddings again. Oh man, this was early, we started at 6A.M. this weekend!! Now that Dawn is staying home, I had to enlist a bit of help, so my friend Jonathan Chick came to give me a helping hand. We had an awesome time with Brittany and Blake, they even spent some time with us after the wedding to do some cool shots!!

Billie Jean stretching on the floor.


Girls and their mirrors.
Mom's and their mirrors!
Love this

even better
Billie Jean enjoying a little snack
Blake's Dad
Right before the ceremony, she just couldn't hold it in.
Awesome!

Awesome moment. Just before she walks in, Selina has a moment to herself.
Brittany's Dad
After the ceremony shots. Thanks to Jonathan for this one.
This was another of Jonathan's shots. I love it b/c you can see Jonathan' s reflection and mine and Brittany's in Blake's glasses.
Before the walk down the aisle

Another of Jonathan's, great shot!
Just nice and easy portraits

I love this, a little overexposure never hurt anyone. I figured that out by accident this year.
How cool

At the carwash, yeah!!

I will be backdating the blog too to include our other weddings this year!

What inspires me is ....

I wanted to do something a bit different this time.  I wanted to show one of the images that inspired me to take pictures.  This is one of my favorite images of all time and it is so strong and moving.  The first time I saw this was when I was in band in high school and we watched a presentation on Tiananmen Square, this was the last image in that moving presentation.

Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956) in Long Beach, CA is the Associated Press photojournalist who took the world-famous picture of "The Unknown Rebel" in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square Protests. The photo depicts a lone protester who halted a column of advancing tanks for more than half an hour.^[1]

Widener took the photo from the sixth floor of the Beijing Hotel, about half a mile away, through a 400mm lens. He was subsequently nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for "Spot News Photography".

As of 2004, Widener is a staff photographer for the Honolulu Advertiser. ^[2]

Widener has won numerous awards from the local Society of Professional Journalists and won second place for a pictorial in the 2004 National Press Photographers Association awards.^[3]

More from the Chateau!

I wanted to be able to show off a little more from the marketing campaign that we did. I felt like there was so much to do and I was only able to scratch the surface for this shoot. I wish I could have spent a month there, but I just couldn't. I couldn't give up my weddings though!

K.C. made an awesome model and a willing participant to our little experiment.

Teal
Who's this? Tabbycat shot this, she's scary good!
Here's Tabby and Dawn!
Beckers and Eric, not really from the marketing campaign but I had to include it.
Sammy!
Tabby! Love this shot of you, doll!
...and this one!

Teal makes an excellent model, I can't wait for her wedding!!
Then the fabulous Beckers!
Wow!

Wendy and Beau Part 2, Asbury Park, NJ

So here we are at part 2.  This was a beautiful reception with awesome flowers and tiffany colored, well, everything!  Even the cake!    Great job Cynthia!!

First dance, with almost no flash, I think.  I love the new Nikon D3.



Cool!
Tabbycat
Wendy's brother even got up and sang a few songs.
K.C. and Teal, congratulations you guys.


Love this moment
Here's lookin' at you, kid.  Haaaaaah, haha!
Right outside her hotel room.

Their promotion poster.  It was up at Asbury Park, along with their name in lights.



Love this shot as the last one.  Had a great time at this wedding!