A teaser from the Radford wedding!!
So almost exactly 24 hours ago I got home from a week of SoCal sun in the warm of Desert Hot Springs (108* on sunday mind you).
I’ve been looking through the five memory cards worth of pics I took over the three days that I shot and I’m super stoked about this set, the collins set, and the terziu family sets as I work on them all to get them done. 
Here’s a teaser from each! As always, ENJOY!!!!
Collins Family Shoot
Sean owning the scene 
The Terziu family looking amazing
And introducing Mr. and Mrs. Radford!!! 
Mr. and Mrs. Radford!
My new website ( r3t1awr3yd.zenfolio.com ) is almost completely up and running. I’ve got a shoot this weekend and next. Ahhh! Busy busy
Thanks for reading!!!
Editing like a mad man!!
Hi hi
I have been working on a secret (a new website!!!) that I think I just spoiled lol.
I’ve also been editing pics like it’s my day job lol.
I’ve finished editing the first half of the 2012 Potomac Youth Ministries convention pics AND all of the prom pics for one of my kids at church.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!!!
I also wrote a new song this morning but I think it needs a chill bridge part; we’ll see.
Anyways, on to the pics
w00t w00t!! 2012 PYM Youth Convention!!!
Abandoned
A stroll down memory lane as a current leader is leaving…
Worth Dying For’s guitarist
Worth Dying For leading worship
Happy to go to prom
Prep!
With the date and the makeup artist!
Stoic
Sweet nothings…
That’s SOME love…
Love is like a tree.
It has rings that it grows that tells stories of its life. They say by reading the rings of a tree, you can see when it went through dry spells and when it went through easy times. When it had to be conservative and when it could flourish effortlessly.
It has branches that reach far from its roots to nourish and replenish that love. Like any great tree, it produces seeds that can grow into new trees.
Eventually if that love is healthy, you’ll have a yard full of trees.
These next few pictures are of a 50 year old love grown by the Pelletiers.
Definitely, as always, enjoy.
A celebration of 50 years of love...
Family and friends here to celebrate!
Some of the attendees of the original wedding were here that day
Proposing for the FIRST TIME EVER. Back in the day you just knew and got married.
A renewal of vows
A kiss
A dance
Being fruitful, they multiplied
Congratulations to the Pelletiers!!! May they have many, many more years of love to grow!!!
Love. 50 years in the making.
What if you married someone because you knew it was right… not because every one told you, you should?
What if you married someone you knew you’d love… even knowing love takes time?
What if you married someone you hadn’t proposed to… you just knew they’d be okay with that?
What if you waited 50 years to propose to the love of your life… only to already know the answer?
Congratulations to the Sherards and they’re 50th anniversary.
Here’s a sneak preview of the love I’ll be uploading next…
A proposal 50 years in the making...
Two bloggerific days in a row?! Rare form, indeed!!
I found three more personal loves from the Hounshell set that I had to share. There will be more from other sets coming soon.
Fun and fresh!
As always, enjoy!!!
Do you? Do you?
La Tigre?
The family that can post together... goes together!
And one more wide shot because I can’t count….
Awwwwwww
KISS!!!
Yes, KISS is both an acronym for “Keep It Simple, Stupid” AND it’s a critical moment when two people’s lips meet and say hello.
It’s also a filler blog post since I’m editing like a crazy person.
As always, ENJOY!!!
Will and Lauren
Tania and Josh
RJ and Andrea
Mike and Michelle
Alissa and George
Craig and Caroline
Dear me, where have I been? Signed, me.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m stoked.
Do you have any idea why?
HUH!? DO YOU?!
Would you like to SEE why?
You would, wouldn’t you?
Oh you dirty little…
(I’ll spank you like a bad, bad donkey!!)
O.O
ENJOY!!! lol
Mr and Mrs Thiess dancing it up
Getting married on new years eve means partying like a rockstar when the ball drops!!
Oh goodness!!
Look at those ladies getting ready!!
Father daughter dance
Mother Son dance
Your first dance with 200 of your closest friends
Smells like teen spirit!
Eye makeup!
A token of your unending love....
You know, we can't park it here... this is a fire lane.
Details...
Four favorite hugs from the Imbragulio wedding
So I finished editing the Imbragulio wedding pictures last night and there was a trend that really popped out at me in the reception pictures: great hugs. There’s nothing like a greathug. So let’s showcase a few, shall we?
I’ve got a set or two of pics to edit from a piknik so I supposed those are next for blogging material ^-^
As always, ENJOY!!!
Mister and Misses!!
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Mother and son
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Father and daughter
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Groom and best man lol
Three more teasers from this weekend’s wedding…
I’m still working diligently through the 3071 pictures that I took on Friday night so bear with me
I’ll be done editing soon enough. I always quote people 4-6 weeks since that’s the industry standard and I never know what my schedule will be like but I’m trying as always to get these done extra quickly! So here are three quick teasers that I really like…
As always, ENJOY!!!
Yes... that's the wedding ring for the bride!
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I didn't set this shot up but I almost want to in the future... nothing like waiting on the bride to arrive.
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Happy Wife, Happy Life, as they say!
More Craig and Caroline Dunaway Pics FTW!!!!!
Yessir, I’m almost done going through their “day before your marriage” shoot and wedding day pics. I’m LOVING the vivid colors the D7000 seems to render. Is this really the magic of 14bit vs 12bit raw? Who cares! I just love it!!!
As always, Enjoy!!!
Awwwwww!!!
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He's 6'4" and she's 5'Nuthin' lol
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More "Awwwww!!" please!
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Yay!
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This is THEIR FIRST KISS EVER!
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Prayer is a great way to start a marriage
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W00t w00t!
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See the spot for the best man on the right side of the picture? That's my spot!!
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Time to drive off into the hotel parking lot...er... I mean, sunset!!
My best friend got married this weekend! (and I shot a wedding I was in lol)
It’s true. I was the best man in my best friend craig’s wedding (to his lady Caroline) and it was totally fun. I also lead worship for them too. And too them to their first married movie! And played halo with them first as a married couple! Mwah hahahaha!!!
So yeah, they’re honeymooning in boston and I’m editing wedding pictures at home.
Here are some teasers. (two actually, I should say “a couple of” but it’s got too much potential for punnage).
ENJOY, as always
The couple and their coupe (which is just couple minus the L lol)
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Who doesn't love wedding parties?!
A trip to floriday!
So, yes, indeed. Thursday morning early (or tomorrow night late??), I’m going to start my drive to West Palm beach, FL. Camera gear? Check. Studio lighting? Check. Clothes? Double check. Guitar? Check.
Google maps says it’ll take me 17 hours to get to Craig’s house. I’m gonna be a best man-photographer-singer-dude so I need to be ready, right? lol.
I bet I get there in 15 or 16 hours. 15 would match my longest straight drive record and 16 would break it.
The first long distance drive I ever did was with a friend from Daytona Beach, FL to my house here in 14 hours.
The second long distance drive I ever did was from here in MD to california over 5 days, stopping in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Phoenix to visit friends. I think my longest sprint was from “la quinta” Louisiana to El Paso. Something like 13 hours.
The third long distance drive I ever did was from california (palm desert) to here in MD over three days stopping in Memphis, Tennessee to pick up a friend on the way home. 15 hours, 15 hours, 11 hours, home. I couldn’t wait to get home. (California is not all it’s cracked up to be, who knew!? The people are great. The area? Meh.)
This trip to West Palm beach will be the longest I’ve ever been in my car in one sitting.
Wish me luck
Sorry no pics in the blog today but I have to pack at least a little tonight
A few more favorites from the Bannerman wedding… (900 down, 1600 to go!!)
Since no one can read this post until I take the password off, I’ll just type crazy things to myself… lol.
A few more favorites from the 400 I sorted through tonight. Enjoy
Ah, there ya go. Goodnight all
A few more from the Bannerman wedding!
These will be taking over my blog for a while but here are a few favorites from tonight’s edits…
A lot of these shots were made with the 70-200 that I just bought and a lot of the shots were made at impossible speeds. I was hand holding 1/20s shots with very little issue. That piece of machinery amazes me.
I shot everything in the reception hall @ 800 ISO so I apologize for the noise. I’m looking into some denoising programs.
Makes me wanna dump my D90 for the D7000… I guess I need to sell my Tamron 70-300 and Tokina 50-135 now. Maybe I should throw the Tokina 11-16 in that pile and pick up the 14-24… tempted…
2nd shooting… for my brother!!
I was busy all day 2nd shooting for my brother who booked his first wedding (I’m so proud!!)
Here’s a quick shot with my brother IN the shot lol. Pictures to follow…
Chrissy, Graeme, and my brother, Will
All of my pictures from this wedding were made possible by the magic of this beauty:
Hey! Where are the posts?!
SO this weekend, I went to a wedding (Sarah Fleming and Bryan Kampes) where I was just a weirdo guest lol. I felt so out of my element. I would have rather shot the thing than been chillin’ at it. It was fun though. Nice couple. I grabbed a couple of shots and even stole flash from the photographer in one lol.
Before I left for the wedding though, I was playing around with my umbrella and stand and found a new cheapo way to use the thing w/o and assistant… it’s called, your hip lol
On to the wedding pics!
Not being the shooter meant I could sit and shoot lol
First prayer together...
I hope you enjoyed them!!!
