New Improved Blog!
Posted on December 23, 2008
I’ve upgraded the blog and moved it to a new domain.
Please use this new address for the blog now! http://www.ononblog.com
All of the existing posts have been moved over to the new location.
Merry Christmas!
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Granby Theater Engagement Photography of Shelby and Vincent
Posted on December 12, 2008
I shot Shelby and Vincent’s engagement photography at the Granby Theater in Norfolk, Virginia! WOW! That place is WAAAAAAAAAY fun to shoot portraits in. It’s so dark, old, and overwhelmingly RED that it presents so many unique challenges lighting wise that it became a shoot that just killed a few of my lights (the batteries in them anyway!) So much to shoot in there and a seemingly endless list of locations to use within the theater. I’m really looking forward to their wedding on Valentine’s Day 2009! (I’m going to bring ALL my lights, I’m going to need them!)
Once we got the sequences we wanted to do within the theater, we hit Granby Street and a few little places here and there along that route to give the shoot some variety.
I think it came out great! Here are some of their engagement photos:
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See you two on Valentine’s Day! 
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Trash The Dress Bridal Photography of Shannon
Posted on November 24, 2008
Shannon has got some game! It’s a good thing too. It was pretty cold sitting there on a bench on the Virginia Beach boardwalk before sunrise, waiting for the sun to wake up the horizon. I never know for sure what kind of sunrise I’m going to be working with when I do Trash The Dress Bridal Photography. I’m not privy to that information. The only thing I care about is water temperature and wind speed. A little breeze is good. A LOT of wind is bad. Very cold water is bad, very warm water is bad (jellyfish!).
The pallet that a sunrise paints on is random. It cannot be predicted (by me anyway).
October 12th, 2008 was a very very very rare sunrise. The clouds were EXTREMELY dramatic, the conditions were perfect for an EXPLOSION of color on the horizon. The breeze was light, the water temp was not too bad.
Now, all I needed was a young lady in a wedding dress who wanted to get up REAL early to dive into the ocean in that wedding dress for the sake of art.
Well, Shannon didn’t have a problem with that. The problem was finding a dress to do it in. So, I got her in touch with a couple of brides that had done this with me in the past for some tips on finding the right dress for a trash the dress bridal session. Jenn and Addie hooked her up with the information she needed, and the gears were turning, and we were there.
What an amazing shoot. Samples below, and a slide show at the end so you can see the whole shoot.
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I just love doing trash the dress bridal photography. It allows me to stretch my imagination and work under extremely difficult conditions. Wading out into the ocean with a very expensive camera trying to direct the bride and the person moving my light stand around on the beach is not for the weak of heart. It’s doing things like this that really lets me know why doing this for a living is such a gift, and why it’s such a passion for me. Thanks Shannon!
As promised click here for a slide show of the whole trash the dress bridal session
More to come very soon!
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