Saturday, November 29, 2008

David and Lee Ann-Be yourself!

David and Lee Ann are easily one of the coolest and most creative couples I've ever had the privilege to photograph. They live in Florida where she's a make up artist and he's a mechanic. My main goal was to give them wedding photos that were as creative, unique and laid back as they were! I think we did OK...Van-Artsdalen239 ">

The cake was done by Dave Owens, who coincidentally did my wedding cake when I got married!

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Lee Ann's dress was by Alfred Angelo...

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Here's Lee Ann and all of her girls... check out the dresses!

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Very emotional...

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This guy looks like he's right into it, huh?

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Fun group...

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Chef Dale from Stonewall Resort did an amazing job on the catering!

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This is one of my all time favorite reception photos... I just love the look and feel.

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First dance.

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From outside...

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Check out the rings... David's band has little screws on it! I thought that was so cool.

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Congratulations guys, and thanks for letting us be a part of such an amazing day.

Fall in Love-Mike and Amy

Ok, I know I've been a very bad boy about blogging. But I didn't realize how many people actually read this thing. You gotta leave comments to let me know you're here!

This past October we did something that we had never done... we photographed two weddings back to back. One on Saturday 10/18 and one on Sunday 10/19. Though it can be very tough and stressful, we had a ton of fun because they were two awesome couples.

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Mike and Amy were our first couple and they got married at the beautiful Deerpark Country Inn. Kelly at Deerpark took care of virtually everything with the exception of the cake and of course the photography.

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A few finishing touches...

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Amy and her girls getting ready in the bride and grooms room.

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Our bride on the steps inside the lodge...

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The groom, looking like a Sears model...

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Beautiful scenery at Deerpark for a fall ceremony.

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Amy is the light of Mike's eyes. Literally. That beautiful light on his face is bouncing off of her. She was blinded, but dang she made him look good!

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This is completely unposed... shot with a long lens from across the lawn, they had no clue I even took it.

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After the ceremony, Mike surprised Amy with a horse drawn carriage that came to pick them up. The horse and carriage was provided by Steve Freda of Weston. They don't have a website, but you can contact Steve at 304-269-7672 if you're looking for a horse and carriage for your wedding.

This is one of my favorite images with the carriage.

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When I say "Dip Her!" this is what I mean...

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The Cake was once again by Amanda Parish of Icing on the Cake from Morgantown. DELICIOUS!

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After the wedding, the couple got to retire to this suite, right there at Deerpark.

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I'll leave you with one of my favorite images from the wedding. I just think it's a cool art piece and the perfect end to an album. Or blog post.

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Thanks for checking it out and don't forget to leave your comments. I'll be posting more images from our last two weddings of the year soon.

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