During the holidays, many families get together and eventually the conversation turns to “We haven’t had family portraits taken in a while”, and that’s when things get busy. I’d been trying to do a session with Omonele and Chima for a couple of YEARS, and they’ve actually popped out an extra kid since we started talking about doing pictures. Good thing we waited, because now she’s the cutest one in the family 
Whew – we had such a hard time getting our schedules together, we ended up doing not one but TWO sessions less than 2 weeks before the wedding – we also had weather issues, but we ended up rocking it out and having a blast. We got to make some of these images at their wedding venue, Safari Texas. I had no idea they had that much space, even though I’ve worked there a few times before. Look out for part 2 of this, featuring their extra-cute son.
Kenny is always surprising Nkechi, so one day when we were discussing an order, she reminded me their anniversary was coming up and we came up with a plan to surprise Kenny at their anniversary dinner out in Dallas. I snuck in and was able to shoot a couple of images from the restaurant kitchen without him seeing me, while he checked out the surprise Nkechi and I cooked up for him. Fun! Also, I made a great sample album from their wedding – click here to see it.
I’m always up for an adventure, so I was excited when I found out this wedding was going to be way out in Magnolia. I had never been there before, so I went up there quite early to check it out and get started – it was really, really nice, and I loved the chapel. The reception was walking distance from the ceremony, and it was a fantastic time! The interesting thing is Brett and Kate met in Texas, moved to London and then came back here to get married! Oh, and I also made a great matted sample book from this wedding – click here to check it out!
I have so much fun creating images on location, and surprisingly often, we’ll get a passer-by stop to chat, or try to jump in a picture and stuff. I’m going to start sharing some of them here. This little boy just couldn’t figure out what we were doing, and he walked past us twice, never once taking his eyes off the couple!
So, for the third year in a row, I got to photograph the Shabach Concert by the incredible House On The Word choir. It was a couple of months ago, but I was waiting for the new site to be ready to take advantage of the wider images in the blog posts. I think both the choir and myself got better this year. It went so so well!
I’ve been talking about making some changes to my web site for a really, really long time. It’s finally here, and I hope you like it. If you do, it was all my idea, and I’m very awesome. Enjoy the site, and you can stop reading here.
Now, if you don’t like it, here are the people responsible:
Adam Woloszyn from Webmovement LLC
Cristian Rodriguez from Graphostudio
Deji Osinulu from Data Ensemble
Stacey Berry
Stephen D Jaeb
But seriously, I wouldn’t ever have gotten this done without their help and patience. Thanks guys!
Yes! It’s that time of year again! I get to shoot the glorious Shabach concert – I’ve shot (and blogged about) this life changing, intimate, refreshing, worship experience presented by House On The Word, a worshipping church family located in West Houston, Texas. Come on out for a night of extravagant worship with music, family and friends. Admission is free, so bring everyone you know – see you there! Oh, and here’s a link.
Last weekend, I got to shoot a fabulous 40th birthday party, coordinated by Nike of Your Precious Events. We had shot some great family pictures a few weeks before (I’ll blog those later) out in Galveston. It was a great celebration – the venue (Safari Texas) was gorgeous – there were so many great details – pro lighting, a photo booth, a saxophonist – the whole thing went really well. Oh, and at the end, Deola’s husband had an incredible surprise for her. See if you can guess what it was…
The first time I saw a letterpressed card, I knew my next set had to be special. To be honest, they’re pretty expensive, and I cheaped out by trying to have them done inexpensively. That’s a bit of a major confession, considering that I spend a lot of my time convincing brides that investing in their photography is essential, and they’ll get what they pay for if they skimp on this important aspect of their wedding. Well, it turns out I was right – I tried 2 different places who were offering cheap letterpress work, and I got what I paid for. I was then introduced to John and Jennifer of Workhorse Printmakers, and I was certain that they could do exactly what I wanted.
They even invited me over to their press and I got to take a few pictures of the process. The cards aren’t cheap, but watching the process, I completely understood why. There’s the mixing of the ink, cutting the paper, then setting up the press – and in my case, there were 3 separate dies involved, and 3 separate manual, hand-feeds, and 3 drying times. It’s an incredible amount of work, and I was amazed at the level of attention to detail John and Jennifer paid to my little project. I’m completely delighted with the final product – I think it’s a great way to show a prospect from the first time we meet how important quality work is to me.
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