(i don’t REALLY think i am a crazy cat lady. you have to have a way more lopsided ratio than 1:1 before you’re a crazy cat lady. also, you might have to groom your cats as in…when in rome…according to recent office episodes.)
anyway.
i got najib from the breeder’s a couple weeks ago…he’s settling in quite fine (except for running under my feet and getting stepped on every now and again.)
i also just got a new lens in the mail, so…here you go:
stephanie and ryan are getting married in maine in august, but they made the trip down to hang out with me in nh yesterday…we walked around dover and had a great time walking around the cute downtown area. and they get bonus points…they didn’t even blink when i asked them to scale the little mini-cliff or sit on the side of the brick wall (that is there to protect ppl from falling over the side into the waterfall.)
how hot are they?! SERIOUSLY.
GORGEOUS.
i can’t wait for their wedding in august…i don’t want to let the cat out of the bag JUST YET…but i’m bringing in some AMAZING talent to shoot with me. (woo for ringers!)
there are lots of hip, fun wedding blogs on these here world wide internets…gals that find all things awesome and wedding related and then package it even more awesomely for all the brides out there…
one of the more well known ones is stylemepretty.com i recently sent them an email…”hey check out this wedding i shot last summer.” i didn’t hear back, (but then again, it had only been one day), so i wasn’t too concerned.
then i got a comment from someone (hi fellow blue-dress buddy!) saying she’d clicked over and found me from stylemepretty. stylemestunned!
heather and andy’s AWESOMETASTIC indiana wedding was featured over there yesterday. made my day! (it also helped that i got a new camera, new phone, new flash, and new computer program ALL IN THE SAME DAY.)
so, it’s been a while since i posted the first half of nicki & shane’s gorgeous, fall military wedding. there was too much awesomeness to contain in one post, so here’s the rest of aforementioned awesomeness. (speaking of awesome…shane’s been at pilot training in tx…he just completed a cycle and told nicki, “yeah, i did ok.” turns out, he more than did ok…he maxed out the possible score for graduation on that particular course. humble AND he’s got a sword. lucky lady, nic! and great job, shane!)
we left off at the end of the ceremony. right after the ceremony is usually when family members assemble, line up, and smile. as you’ll see…when i’ve got the time and willing participants…i like to have a little fun with the most traditional type of photos i normally take on a wedding day.
nicki’s sister made sure shane knew no one was going to tolerate any sort of shenanigans from him…and nicki was just a sweet older sister.
so, i think i’ve mentioned before that i love to shoot the groomsmen…something about the suits/tuxes/UNIFORMS! sparks my creativity…and i have lots of fun with it. also…i should probably see someone about this, but i derive a strange sense of enjoyment from making them do ridiculous/silly/awesome things. like pretend they’re cracking each other up in a random field. you know…as you do.
so…see that guy on the left on the end? i don’t know what his real name is. know why? well, let me back up. as a wedding photographer, i spend about 6 days a week by myself–which suits little introvert me–and on the 7th day, i have to be the person at the party who remembers everyone’s name…whose jokes are snappy and lively…who gets things done and makes you smile while doing it. so, i work really hard to remember key peoples’ names…key people like…groomsmen. so, the guy on the end told me his name was ernie. so i called him ernie. repeatedly. “ok, ernie, please turn to face me a little bit more. ok…square your shoulders. right. perfect…and…smile everyone!”
then we were doing shots of the entire group…i called him ernie again, and the ladies looked at me blankly. “who’s ernie?” the rest of the guys laughed, and he sheepishly admitted that ernie was not, in fact, his name. it’s a squadron joke the guys have…whenever they go somewhere, one of them is always ernie. which…i have to admit…is kind of funny, even if it DID make me feel pretty stupid at the time!
this is probably my FAVOURITE bridal party shot of all time. i told them, “ok, now the inspiration for this is…’TAKE THE HILL!’ guys…i want you all running at me, sabres drawn and held high…go!” it was lots of fun. and hey! no one lost an eye! bonus! (they weren’t running very fast…out of concern for aforementioned eyes.)
after that it was time for portraits with the bride & groom…one of the best times of the day!
i slowed my shutter speed way down so that when shane spun her, the motion of her dress would be captured in the images.
(image on right by shyla)
first dance
getting toasted.
wait…i mean…
see this? THIS is why i need to have me a military wedding…how badass is that? oh, let me just lick the frosting from my FRICKIN’ SWORD.
those guys on the right…they are not doing their best ray charles. the groom is a fighter pilot, so of COURSE the guys had to sing “you’ve lost that lovin’ feeling to the bride.” they brought down the house…it was awesome!
and last but not least, i grabbed the bride & groom and took them outside for one last smoochy shot…we played w/ the street lamps and some flash and the timbers supporting their awesome venue (the cliffside lodge in poland spring, me).
nicki & shane…sorry i took so long to finish this up! you’re both awesome, and i’m so glad to know you!
