Posted by on May 3, 2008
My friend Mark Lopez asked that I be his second photographer at a beach wedding. Of course, I jumped at the chance and the challenge.
The day started out quite a bit overcast, but for photographers it’s ideal–there are no harsh shadows to deal with. It makes shooting a lot faster and I feel like I can get a bit more creative without having to make constant adjustments. Weddings on the beach are beautiful, but there certain challenges to shooting on a location without readily available to climb. Mark thought ahead and brought a ladder for just this purpose and boy did it help. We were able to get shots of the seating area with it was used for some larger group shots. However, one thing to consider, especially on location is the need for an assistant. I had none this time, but I know at my next big event I won’t be caught without one.
Posted by on February 22, 2008
We had a great time! The couple was joyous and we took as many photos as humanly possible. As I had hoped, David and Mark were wonderful that night. Kathy, the groom’s mother and church coordinator, said the guys were more professional than some other “professional” photographers who’ve showed up wearing shorts! (more…)
Posted by on December 31, 2007
It’s Monday, December 31st and I’m getting ready for my shoot tonight. I’m taking deep breaths and will try to meditate in a bit. I’m pretty relaxed (even though I was sick yesterday) especially because I was able to take a brief vacation last week. I made it over to Houston to spend the holiday with my family and while I was there made the most out my time by stopping in to say hello to Lucy! We visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Thursday and it was thrilling to say the least. I think mostly because my nieces and nephew were so excited. We’d told them about it before going in so the whole time they were say “When are we going to see Lucy? I want to see Lucy!” So when we finally got into the room they were ecstatic and amazingly interested in what all the museum people were saying. Lucy was under a class case that we could walk right up to. Also, there was a statue of her as she would have looked like before death. She stood just over 3 feet tall and my 6yr old niece liked that she was the same size.
Now I’m charging everything up and getting ready for tonight. Two of my classmates are going to help me out tonight. I loved their work during class, so I’m ecstatic that it’s the two of them helping out tonight. I think it will go well 