Virginia Beach Bridal Photography - Jodie’s Bridal Session - 10-2-2008

Posted on October 20, 2008

Jodie is getting married November 8th at the Suffolk Center For Cultural Arts to Issac. Their engagement pictures are also here on the blog .

Doing Jodie’s bridals was a lot of fun, she was really easy to work with. We started the session at our house and did some classic poses lit by window light and reflectors only, then we headed for the beach portion of the session which is what you’ll see here.

Doing bridal photography on the beach is definitely my favorite location, it’s just a matter of getting the cooperation from the weather, surf, and random dogs who just gravitate toward women wearing expensive dresses.

Here are some of my favorites from the beach portion of the session:

The bridal portrait below is “the one” that will be displayed at the reception.

Gorgeous bride eh? This is going to be a fun one!

Trash The Couple Engagement Photography - On The Beach with Annie and Ralph

Posted on October 19, 2008

Annie and Ralph came to my office to talk about their wedding a few months ago with their mothers in tow. There was just something so incredibly familiar about Ralph, even though all of my communications had been with Annie via email. We got to talking about the wedding and I just kept looking at Ralph trying to knock the rust off my brain and THINK about where I’d seen this young man before.

Ralph’s father, “Ralphy” as I called him, was the “Man” at the Knights of Columbus down on Prosperity Road in Virginia Beach. I worked a great many events at the Knights many years ago and “Ralphy” and I were pretty good friends. The reason I really didn’t recognize Ralph Jr. was that when I used to see him he was pushing a broom, a mop, washing dishes, or helping his Dad put out the INCREDIBLE spreads of “Ralphy” proportions for events at weddings down at the Knights. So, now that this kid is no longer a kid and a good bit taller than me. (go figure!)

Well, Ralphy, God Bless Him, passed away unexpectedly last year. I will never forget that great big Italian man yelling to me across the whole length of Knights Columban Club “Hey Skinny! Turn it up! I wanna feel the bass!” (this was when I was playing music there of course). Once you saw Ralphy Sr do his “Parade The Beef” routine for a wedding, you’d never forget it as long as you lived. Picture a great big loving soul with a permanent smile on his face parading an ENTIRE steamship round of beef in his arms around an entire wedding reception for everyone to inspect and approve of.

Needless to say, this was a consultation that turned into a lot of stories, tears, laughter and my determination to make sure that Ralphy’s son and his new daughter in law will have the absolute best of the best from me on their wedding day and in any capacity they need me. (I don’t want Ralphy to be yelling at me from Heaven!)

Where was I?

Annie wanted to do something “different” for their engagement session, so I suggested that she and Ralph get some throw away threads and join me on the beach 1/2 hour before sunrise. If they want different, I’ll give them REALLY different.

This was one of those days where the water was much warmer than the air, so getting into the water was GREAT! Getting out of the water was NOT GREAT! But, I think it all turned out just great.

Here are some of my favorites from this sunrise trash the couple beach engagement session! (say THAT 3 times fast!)

So, I was out there at Sunrise, and I did another bridal up the beach at Sunset on the same day. That will be the next post!

Beach Bridal Portraits of Jennifer - 9-29-2008

Posted on October 19, 2008

October is just the most INSANE month of the year for me. It’s been that way for the last 3 years in a row. I’m either behind the camera, recharging about 40 batteries between shoots, prepping equipment (cleaning lenses and sensors), designing guestbooks and wedding albums, or I’m behind the pair of beast computers I use for editing and photo preparation. (my digital darkroom basically)

I’m not complaining, I’m explaining why I’m so tardy at getting shoots up here on this blog. (ok, maybe I’m complaining a little!)

Jennifer got married this past Friday at the Contemporary Arts Center (love that place) to Derek and it went just picture perfect. But, before we get to THAT stuff, here’s a few shots from Jennifer’s Beach Bridal Portrait Session.

Here we go!

That LAST shot was the one that Jennifer wanted to have displayed at the reception. I generally bring a 16x24 mounted in a nice oak frame on one of my easels or I’ll do a 20x30 standout on 3/4 inch foamcore on an easel (displaying a bridal landscape is generally the standout option).

And oh yes, Jennifer and Derek’s wedding was this past Friday the 17th. Contemporary Arts Center affair. Just a GREAT time and there’s NO WAY I’d have all the photos done by now, but I do have this one below. So, it will have to suffice for now.

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