A Halloween Treat

Happy Halloween! I thought it fitting that I show some photos I took at a graveyard for my Halloween post.

A few weeks ago, I had a "day at the playground" for wedding photographers! I joined some fellow photographers on a photo shoot in The Oakland Cemetery with some awesome models. The ladies had their hair and make-up done by Scooby West. With none of the pressures of a wedding day to slow us down, we were able to get creative and have fun. Here's what I got...





















Thanks to Amber, Daniel, Lindsey, Kendall, Kris, Laura, and Julie for modeling.

Sylvan

Back in June my sister and nephew visited the family here on the east coast. (See this post.) I realized recently that I had promised more photos of my adorable nephew and didn't follow through. So on the premise of "better late than never" I bring you these two photos. I hope you enjoy them!

Terri & John

Terri and John are getting married at The Botanical Gardens later this month.  We went there for their engagement session and enjoyed a beautiful day.  Terri and John are sweet, down-to-earth folks - my kind of people.  There were so many cute photos to choose from that I had a hard time narrowing it down.  Here are seven of my favorites:

Jake is home!

I know this is now my fourth blog post on Jake (Jacob), but you have to admit he's adorable! 

Jake made quite an early arrival into this world, so he spent almost five weeks at the hospital getting bigger and preparing for the real world (whatever that means for a newborn!)  Jake was finally able to go home with his parents last Saturday. I visited on Monday and took some more photographs. He's a beautiful baby boy and his parents - though exhausted - were glowing.  

More Dylan

I took some more photos of one year old Dylan. He's such a cutie!  He was wearing his dad's hat in these first two pictures. (Click here to see the first set of photos.)

Mom Lindsay requested a hand photo.  They are only this tiny once!

Grandma came over and joined in the fun.

And I couldn't help but get a picture of their dog Georgia.  

More Jacob Photos

Here are a few more photos from my second and third trips to the hospital to visit Jacob.  (You can see the other posts by clicking here and here.)  He will be able to go home soon, but in the mean time his parents are spending lots of time with him at the hospital. He's gaining weight and doing great - and oh so cute!

Tiffany & John

First, I'd like to introduce Tiffany and John by showing a few photos from their engagement session. Tiffany and John were troopers, as we were kicked out of Atlantic Station! Apparently, you can't do professional photo shoots there without a $2,500 permit! We still managed to have a great time and got some photos a little further up the road. 

Here are a few portraits from their wedding day.  Tiffany and John saw each other before the ceremony, so we were able to take some nice portraits before the sun went down.  





The wedding was on 8/8/08, as explained below this will hopefully lead to great prosperity for Tiffany and John!

I guess that this wedding guest wants to share in the prosperity!


Tiffany dances with her father.

Tiffany and John, along with their parents and the wedding party, went to each table at their reception and toasted their marriage.  What a fun tradition!  Also, you might notice that the bride is no longer in her white wedding dress.  She changed into a dress that her mom made.  Here mom - to the right of the groom in the blue dress - also made her own dress.  


Another tradition was the Chinese tea ceremony.  Tiffany and John knelt before their family members and guests.  The couple served them tea, then received envelopes with a cash gift.  This picture shows them in front of Tiffany's grandmother.  I just love the looks that Tiffany and John gave each other all night.  They are truly a couple in love.


The rest of the evening was spent celebrating and dancing!

The couple was married at The Ashford Club.  Cheryl Meier from Artworks Video did the videography.  Richard Moran from Complete Music was the DJ.

Jake and Grandma

Here's another picture of Jake, my God brother's son.  His mom watches as he's being held by her mom.  I plan on getting more photos this weekend!

Jake

My God brother and his wife had a baby boy on Friday night!  I got to see him on Saturday and take a few photos.  He came into this world very early, and is really tiny.  But he's doing great and his parents were able to hold him today.  He's off the ventilator and CPAP.  I hope to get back to the hospital for some more photos tomorrow.

There is nothing cuter than baby toes!