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.

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Paul and Maria went off to Hawaii for their Honeymoon!

Tragic Passing Of Recent Groom

Posted on September 7, 2008

It’s been a very tough week. On Monday I learned that Brian Keith had passed away in a tragic work related accident on August 30th, 2008.
Brian was the groom of the wedding I photographed on June 15th, 2008. I spent all last week working with the families to ensure that the imagery presented at the memorial service and funeral were taken care of.

Here’s a photo of Brian below.

It’s difficult to express my sorrow over this tragedy. My heart goes out to his wife Amanda and their very young son Gabe. It’s a devastating thing to go through, losing someone so young with so much of life seemingly in front. Nothing can prepare people for things like this.

I am grateful that I was able to help the families in my small way. Taking some of the worry over details out of their hands with regards to images and a very very long slide show.

So, say a little prayer if you pray, and tell the people you love that you do today.

Here’s a short version of the slide show. This one is only 12 minutes long.

Click Here To View The Slide Show

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