Wedding Assistant

Wedding photographers are always on their feet, unless they're taking a quick break to scarf a complementary plate of the richest, and most delicious, scallop casserole. There's always something to photograph, with a thorough list of family shots: bride/groom/aunt, bride/aunt/son, aunt/uncle/daughter, and so on. Luckily for me, I only had to hold the reflector for barely a sticky-note's worth of family sequences (since only the brides family was there). This reflector of shiny insulation is certainly my next homemade, ghetto-studio invention. It's light, inexpensive, and solar powered to boot!
Alexis Crant was "the" wedding photographer I assisted, helping to fetch family members when she needed them, holding reflectors, taking some requested pics (and some of my own), oh yeah, and constantly being moved out of the way of her shots :). I was fortunate, though, because Alexis is one of those laid back pros who's there to laugh with you, encouraging me to have fun and shoot like crazy, but also means serious business when it really comes down to the results!


Thanks for everything Alexis and I can't wait to learn more on my next job, hopefully soon!

Here are some of my favorites from the wedding:


Practicing before the ceremony

nice color combo

father and son




Married!



Delicious!!!! and beautiful

motion-blurred but still worth the post
Some candids:



1st: blown-out window + extra light ^

Adjusting settings like mad to opposite exposure ^ I love these

Get in there!

Yum, I sampled everything!





Daughter speaking of her new dad (with beer)


Come and get it!

"yes..."

New Stuff

I've been working on my website lately and have finally come up with the homepage and intro slide! You can preview it with quicktime! Please let me know if something doesn't look right. note: the vid is extra choppy because of blogger.

Here is a pic of a gecko David and I caught, we let it go after taking pictures. Check out his eye, it looks insane full size! and my new(er) logo...

And a great summer-time shot of my neighbor jumping into the pool from his roof! I was lucky enough to get the shot through my open window.

More Wayne! (downtown)

Wayne and I took a stroll downtown the other day and found tons of great spots to post up and take photos! It's always a pleasure to have Wayne as a subject, he's just as into the photo shoot as I am and has a creative knack for poses!






















Wayne's favorite color is yellow so I made a gradient map!