Virginia Beach Wedding Photography - Robert and Corrina - 9-20-2008

Posted on October 10, 2008

I absolutely love doing my wedding photography in virginia beach, especially when the reception is less than a 1/2 mile from our house at the ocean front! Now THAT’S convenient! Throw into that a really cool couple that is up for anything, great families and friends that are down to earth and friendly, and lastly, a CRAZY bunch of friends from Canada.

Robert and Corrina’s ceremony was at the Church of Ascension Catholic Church on Princess Ann Rd in Virginia Beach. I LOVE that church. There resides prehaps the absolute NICEST Catholic Priest that I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. Normally, there are some pretty stringent rules regarding wedding photography in Catholic Churches (NOT limited to Catholic), but he is SO laid back and friendly that pretty much anything goes. But, even though there are no rules, I still like the follow my personal rules, which are “stay invisible as much as possible, make no noise, and don’t obscure any guest’s view”.

The reception to follow was at the Sheraton Oceanfront Resort Hotel on 35th St and Atlantic. Great place for a wedding! I’ve done 3 or 4 there this season as I recall.

The wedding was FANTASTIC, even though the weather was EXTREMELY windy and the surf was WILD. The reception was BUCK WILD thanks in part to the crew from Canada, and it was obvious that EVERYONE was having a blast. I’ve chosen some very tame photos from the reception

Here are some of my favorites from Robert and Corrina’s Wedding:

Just an AMAZING day and evening! Congrats and best of luck Robert and Corrina! Thanks for letting me do your wedding photography!

LOTS more to come on the blog! I’ve got a ton more weddings, bridals, engagements, and another trash the couple to post here that are all done. I just have to find time!

Bay Creek Resort Wedding Photography - Chris and Amy - 9-13-2008

Posted on October 9, 2008

Doing the wedding photography up in Cape Charles for Chris and Amy at Bay Creek Resort and Club was just wonderful! I’ve known Chris for a few years and we’ve played golf together a few times as well, so this made it all the more fun for me. During their planning they REALLY worked me hard looking for their venue, DJ and other vendors. So, it took some time for them to decide on a great many details but once it all came together, it was just a fantastic wedding.

The sunset ceremony was gorgeous, Bay Creek Resort and Club was fantastic, the music was great, flowers were awesome, catering was amazing, and I hear the cake was really good too. (I didn’t try that! Come on! If I were to eat wedding cake a couple times a week or so, I’d be big as a house!)

There were quite a few challenging group photos requested by Amy’s family but I got them all done during the course of the evening and the party went on till the wee hours. Having someone in the family that knows everyone in charge of getting people together for the groups during a wedding is a HUGE help. It takes FAR less time that way and leaves more time for candid wedding photography.

Here are some of my favorites from Chris and Amy’s wedding at Bay Creek Resort and Club:

Best of luck Chris and Amy!

Yes, I have been a slacker on posting to this blog. I’ve been moving my site around to a different server and I didn’t want to update it after I had backed up the database and gotten everything packed to move (so to speak). But, now it’s moved and hopefully I can catch up on ALL THE PICTURES I have to put up here. Stay tuned!

Vista Point Center Wedding Photography - Paul and Maria - August 30th, 2008

Posted on September 15, 2008

Doing Paul and Maria’s wedding photography at the Vista Point Center on Norfolk Navy Base was just a blast! This was a very big, well organized, high energy, amazing wedding. Their ceremony was at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Virginia Beach off Lynnhaven Parkway.
I really cannot say enough about what a joy it was working with Paul and Maria, their families, friends and other guests.

I knew it was going to be a great wedding to photograph, but it was even more amazing than I had imagined. I had just gotten a new Nikon D700 a week before and had spent a great deal of time getting used to shooting a full frame 35mm format again. Also, I was getting used to shooting very low light at very high ISO. So, I was chomping at the bit to really put this camera and myself through some extremely rigorous experimentation. This meant that I was shooting double the amount of images I’d normally shoot. I was shooting normally, then cracking off available light shots with the new camera after I knew I had gotten the shots with my normal camera rig. (so, I was carrying twice the weight all the time, all day and night) Being the sometimes foolish energizer bunny that I am, I shot this wedding ( which was a pretty long 9 hour affair ) carrying twice the weight and shooting twice as much. I got home pretty late, but I couldn’t wait to look at some of the thousands of images I shot (so, I looked, and looked and was so pleased, I looked some more), then I had to wake up my wife and tell her allllllll about it. (thank God she loves me) so, I got very little sleep. Then (to really see if I as crazy as I know I am) woke up before dawn to get ready to run the Rock n Roll Half Marathon. (which I did, and I had a BLAST!) My time wasn’t great, but that isn’t the point. I finished, and I didn’t die. VICTORY!

Back to the wedding!

That new Vista Point Center on the Navy Base is just wonderful! WHAT A VIEW! Great layout for a big wedding. Paul and Maria had some great vendors too. Flowers were awesome. Orchids all over. Blue Steel Lighting added some great wash lighting to give the walls and ceilings some color and ambience which goes a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG way when having a wedding in a large rectangular room. Check them out here and Andrea from Ice Art did some great work as well. Check them out here.

Here is some of Paul and Maria’s wedding photography from the Vista Point Center below: After the pictures, there’s a link to their slide show which has around 170 more pictures from their wedding. I delivered 1342 pictures from this wedding. (they’re going to be busy deciding on their album shots!)

If you’d like to view a great slideshow of Paul and Maria’s wedding photography Click Here For The Show!

They went to Hawaii for their Honeymoon! Fun!

I’ve got a couple of bridal shows coming up! Kiln Creek on Sunday September 21st and Hampton Roads Magazine’s Bridal Show at the Wyndham Hotel (at the ocean front) on September 28th! If you have a wedding coming up, come out and talk with me, my 2009 schedule is already filling up fast.

:)
Paul and Maria went off to Hawaii for their Honeymoon!

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