Texas Shoot Out: Fun to be the 2nd Shooter

I absolutely love my clients and even more the interaction with them on their special day. But every once in a while it is good to hide behind the scenes and be the 2nd shooter. Here are some shots I took while visiting my girlfriend Julie in Dallas Texas. I tagged along at one of her weddings and what fun it was!!!!!!!

WWII Camera

On a recent visit to my Grandfather's we of coarse talked about photography. What my new strategies for the business were, clients I had photographed, and new techniques I was trying out. When we paused in the conversation he said, "Follow me upstairs." I followed him quietly not sure what we were doing. Was he going to show me where more paperwork was so if he was unable to care for himself I would know where they were? Oddly, he went to one of the spare bedrooms where I know he didn't keep paperwork. He pulled open a drawer and pulled out a WWII reflex camera. We went on further to say that the first images ever taken from a submarine were taken by him. These were published in life magazine although sadly he didn't get the photo credit for it. His first images were of an enemy vessel sinking in the pacfic with the crew on on deck as it was going down. Of coarse those crew members I am sure became prisoners of war although I didn't specifically ask. To my excitement he let me take the camera so I could play with it. I will post my images when I can finally locate someone who still sells film! ha ha! Here are some images I took of the camera as well as a picture of the sub that he took some of the pictures from.

A little behind.. Snapshot of 2nd half 2008

We are running a little behind with all these new ways to communicate! That and building a new website in addition to shooting all those fantastic weddings has left us a little lagging. But our 2009 goal is to be a little quicker on the bloggin'! To all our happy couples in 2008 CONGRATS!!!!

Kim & Denis

Casey & Garrett

Tara & Jon

Rose Ann & Chris

Nancy & Algie

Liz & Chris

Jennifer

Leslie & Sammy

Erin & Billy

Stacie & Billie

Cathy & Chris

Amy & Rob

They did a Trash the Dress session the next day after the wedding which I LOVE doing! It so much fun. No rushing to the reception so you can get those fun amazing portraits you don't necessarily want to make time for on the big day. You can really relax and have fun with the pictures as the stress of the big day is over and you don't have to worry about getting anything on your clothes.

Katie & Mike

Kristi & Leo