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Kevin Mullins - August 17, 2011 - 8:06 PM

Great little review. I’ve been using mine for weddings for the past month and it has revolutionised the way I work.

Favorite Wedding Image – Part 5

Only three more to go! Jackie and Mike may have been the coolest, or coldest, engagement session I’ve ever shot. The reason behind the cold engagement session, was that their wedding was going to be in July, and they thought it was going to be really hot.

Before heading on to their favorite, I thought it was worth mentioning the cold engagement session. So on February 4th 2010, Jackie emails me with the following…in reference to their engagement pictures.

“We were thinking it would be nice to take them in the snow, if possible, but we do not want it to be a hassle for you. I know you’ve got kids and snow days are meant for playing. We would never want to intrude upon that. In addition, snow is dangerous for driving. We’d never want for you to have to put yourself at any risk. On top of that, snow is not easy to project and book way in advance. It may be too difficult, which is very understandable, but are we able to call you when they are projecting snow and, if you are available and if we are able to get to where you are so that you do not have to drive, would we be able to take some pictures?”

Mind you, the forecast for that weekend, on the 6th, was for up to 30 inches of snow and eventually a blizzard warning. My response to Jackie’s email was this…”COOL IDEA!” So we hit Ridley Creek State Park with 27 inches of snow up to our thighs…here is just one image from the day before their favorite image…

Their engagement session was cold for sure, but, as I recall, the wedding wasn’t, and this is their favorite image from the day, and here is why…

“My favorite picture, almost unexplainably is the one below, where Mike and I are dancing at the reception. I guess I like it because I love to see Mike happy and I just think he looks so happy in this shot. I can remember at that moment that nothing in the world besides the two of us mattered. It really captures how we feel about each other. Simple, pure, no frills.” Jackie

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Favorite Wedding Image – Part 2

And now couple number 2! Jenn and Omar were fun from the first time I met them. When Omar told me how he proposed I WANTED to photograph their wedding. I’m sure you are curious, he had his family visiting and then got his, and Jenn’s family, to wear t-shirts that spelled out will you marry me!

Their wedding day was crazy windy and rainy. In fact, when we arrived at the reception, the sculpture garden at the location had been wiped out by the wind. Sculptures were blown over, it was nuts! When we were wrapping up pictures in the church I realized that when the front door opened, the wind was just strong enough to blow Jenn’s hair. While we weren’t able to go outside for any pictures, this image felt, to me, like it was a beautiful day with a gentle wind! Even though the shadow of the pew drives me nuts…it’s the picture Omar and Jenn selected.

And in their words…”I feel like this picture symbolizes our wedding day the most. Even though it was extremely windy and rainy, we did not let the weather put a damper on our day. This picture reminds us of exactly how windy it was not only outside, but inside as well. It looks as if we had a fan in front of us! The weather we experienced on our wedding day is a brides worst nightmare; however, I wouldn’t have changed a thing about it. Despite the weather, we never once took a smile off our faces. We absolutely love this photo. Thanks for photographing our special day”

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Best of 2010!

It was hard to decide out of 2,842 slideshow images from 2010, but I finally got it narrowed down…still a lot of images.

Wait for it…wait for it…takes a while to load because of all the awesome images

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