Amber & WIllie

Amber and Willie were married last weekend at A & M Gardens in Azle and I had the privilege to shoot their wedding. Amber is a woman who gets what she wants. I grew to respect her and her drive, determination and attention to details. She wanted a great wedding for her and Willie and they got one. Willie was laid back, smart and always had an answer to a question and was truly "in tune" to the importance of the day. The reception facility looked great, white table cloths with black runners, full buffet and a beautiful wedding cake for dessert. The service was given by both Willie and Amber's youth minister (they first met in church) and the minister went into great detail of the evolution of their relationship; first date, courtship, proposal and such.

But.... the weather! Rain was building and a line of storms had built ahead of a cold front and was marching our way all day. Would we make it? That was the question everyone had. About 10 minutes into the 45 minute service it started to sprinkle on and off. I started seeing umbrellas poping up in the crowd during the service. Then as the Minister said, "I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. Willie Coleman" , the bottom fell out......to the second, on cue, it just dumped and the rain drenched everyone. The rain stopped after a few minutes though and we finished the formal photos outside and they had a great reception and Amber and Willie never stopped grinning.

The Band

What can I say? After shooting a band, all I can say is "Guys in a band are cool, way cool!" What's special about a group of regular guys that have a band? Well... they are artistic, used to being on stage, creating their art and enjoying their artistic expression through music. What is also really neat is they like to have their photo taken.

I had the opportunity to shoot the Robert Donahue Band and it was a great experience. I really did not have to pose them. All I had to do was say "stand this way" and they were ready for me to shoot. Attitude, confidence and "this is me and what I do" was in every shot. Made things a piece of cake for me. At that point I only had to put my creative process in the "edgy" mode and tell the story. One being who they are as a group and as individuals. It was real fun for me. They used the image shot from below on their last CD. I hope to be traveling with them soon on their bus to shoot some "in concert" stuff for them. Check 'em out at robertdonahueband.com. If you like new original country music that is more of a Texas style/non Nashville genre, check 'em out!

Tori and Casey

I got to shoot their engagements this weekend and they were a hoot. Both Aggies, she teaches in Plano and he's a civil engineer. They are getting married on March 8th and the entire wedding is being ferried by party bus to the wedding, very cool! As the B&G leave, everyone is back on the party bus and off to North Dallas again.

Tori was a joy to shoot with a great smile and laid back attitude which I loved. Cops, teachers, nurses and firefighters never sweat the small stuff. Casey, a self proclaimed "geek" smiled on command and looked and acted like he was an experienced male fashion model. Can't wait to shoot their wedding it will be a blast, a room full of Aggies.

Evon

This was the first wedding of 2008. I have known Evon since she was in grade school. It was a real honor to shoot her wedding. She married Rick, a great guy and I'm so glad they found each other. They had a very nice wedding in Evon's parents home in Mansfield. Home weddings can be a challenge for wedding photographers but they went all out on the day and it was beautiful. Evon was very easy to photograph with a great smile! Congratulations!

This is a neat image of Evon's reflection in a hallway mirror while she was getting ready.

Hello Internet World

Hey, what's up? If you know me, you know I'm full of opinions. You also know I like people and love to be creative. I like artistic expression, cameras, computers, art interpretation and thrilling customers with my work. I also am my worst critic and am always studying, reading and researching the artistic and technical aspects of photography to get better at what I do for my customers and myself.

I noticed other photographers have been doing this for their customers, friends and family to read so I said, "what the heck, let's express too!"

Brides love to read, research and get to know their photographer and have confidence in his abilities, ideas and creativeness. So girls, this is for you. I love my brides and have gotten to know several so well and it's sad when they go away, onto their new lives. Sometimes they do call back and just ask how things are going. I really enjoy that. My grammar can be atrocious, my brain was going too fast in elementary school to ever pay attention (pre Ritalin days) so please except my apologies. I stay super busy with everything but as time permits I'll give you some insight to my world and the great people I work with.