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I have been working as a professional
photographer in North Alabama and the southeast region for 14 years. I
worked for 7 years as a photojournalist and have worked as a
photographer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center since 2003.
It is very important to me to create the most unique and beautiful images
that I can for each of my clients. If it is possible....I care more
about your photos than you do!
I strive always to be professional and patient. There is no ego to sidestep. There is nothing but a 31 year old photographer with a love for God, his wife, his
family, his dog, and his photography.
A couple of months ago I was asked by the local television show Cookie Logic to come on as a guest and talk about my business. As always during any sort of public appearance I put 95% of my effort into not embarrassing my wife. I’m not saying I embarrassed Anna….but I did have to clarify that I’m not a child predator. Mortified might be a more appropriate word.
In this first clip my interview begins at 8:18 into the clip….
….and starts at the beginning of this one.
Thanks to Cookie for the interview and to Debra for the invitation!
I don’t normally post very many images from senior portrait sessions but I wanted to post this one so I could prove a quick point. Sometimes it’s hard to explain how little the location matters when it comes to individual portraits. I wish I had a photo of the background to show you but it’s a hotel parking lot. Cars and some odd looking trees were the background. Nothing that would immediately scream “beautiful location for photos!”
Sometimes (a lot of the time) if you light the subject well and make the background work for you instead of against you….the location doesn’t matter.
I plan to illustrate this better in future posts but for now….here is Bo in a hotel parking lot.
Congratulations to Bo and the rest of the this year’s seniors!!
Last night I had the opportunity to photograph Melessa’s bridal session. That reminded me that I should probably get their engagement session on the blog!
You’ll have to wait a few weeks to see the bridal photos…but here are the others!
Ok so most folks don’t brag about being #4 in anything but I’m going to! First I want to thank all of you who took the time to vote for me in the WHNT Best of the Tennessee Valley competition. There were so many incredible photographers in the category for Best Photographer and I feel fortunate that so many of you thought enough of DHP to give me your vote!
There were 38 studios entered so I feel pretty good about #4! I’m sure I wasn’t Anna’s first choice either but you see how well that has worked out for me! :) I do hope I wasn’t her 4th choice….that would have actually made me sad.
In keeping with all of the “do it yourself” ideas that Kristen had for her wedding was the way the flowers were put together. They used fancy umbrella handles and attached the flowers to them for the bride and the bridesmaids to carry. They looked great and would also double as good protection to guard against a mugging.
I have never known another photographer who makes me feel like more of a slacker than Jonathan Palmer. He shoots all the time. “Working” or not. JP’s wife Danielle was a bridesmaid in the wedding so he was lurking around the reception with his camera (see below). I’ll come back to this at the end…
The music for the reception was some of the most fun and unique I have ever heard. The Two Gentleman Band out of New York City are great! I would try to describe their style of music to you but just take a look at them….they sound exactly like they look. You might not think that a two man band would keep the dance floor full but they certainly did! They were really fun and could play the heck out of a kazoo.
Back to those cool DIY ideas from Ms. Kristen….this photo by Cosby.
Their first dance…
…and the Father/Daughter dance.
The bride and groom on the dance floor with the aforementioned Jonathan Palmer in the background. He proved once and for all that he is a better photographer than dancer.
Then it was time for the traditional groom and brother of the groom dance. Is this not a normal tradition?
I braved the cold and lack of tripod for a quick shot of the city after the sun went down.
Then they ran through sparklers and headed towards the honeymoon……oh wait….
This amazing finale was a surprise to Luke from his new Mrs.
BETH -lol the MJ dude is hilarious! i hired the same guy to surprise my best friend on her 30th bday. GREAT!!!! i have LOL so hard over this!April 17, 2010 – 9:51 AM
Christy MacKenzie -David– You are HILARIOUS :)May 9, 2010 – 11:36 AM
perfektphoto-What a fun wedding! Liked their color scheme.June 12, 2010 – 3:24 AM
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