I just got home from Gore, OK and am exhausted, but before I crash I HAD to post a few shots from Erika & Phil’s wedding. You’ll see more in the next few days, but these just jumped out at me as I imported them.

In case you didn’t read the previous post. Erika & Phil chose to just have a small ceremony with only immediate family. It was one of my favorite weddings I have ever attended!

(Can you spot the secret code?) :)



Thanks guys for trusting me to capture and pass on your day to all your friends and family. I’ll be blogging more soon.

Hey, I just found out that one of my weddings is being featured on this great new website called Hot Pink Brides.  They only feature cool photographers so the fact that I’m on there may be an exception.  :)  It probably has more to do with how great Amanda & Royce’s wedding at the Belgium House was and less about my photography. :)  Anyway, click here and view their post and take a look around and I’ll bet you can find some ideas for your own wedding.

Does Gore, OK count as a destination wedding?

Just a quick heads up, I may be a bit harder to get a hold of the next few days. The family and I are taking a little road trip. I have a wedding this Wednesday (09-09-09) in Oklahoma and we decided to load up the kids and swing by and see Aunt Nichole and her family who work at New Life Ranch also located in Oklahoma.

I think they have phones and internets there, but who knows when or if I’ll get around to it. I’m pretty sure my Twitter statuses will be riveting these next few days.

Either way, try not to miss me too much.

I mentioned in my last post that I did a bit of second shooting in August. Leisha and Chris were married at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, TX and for this wedding I shot for the fun and talented Lauren Dennard out of Dallas. I had never second shot for anyone till these past two weddings so it was neat to document a wedding and not be the main photographer. It’s almost like it was happening in slow motion and I picked up lots of little tricks for my next “real weddings”.

I was in charge of the guys and had a blast coming up with crazy stuff for them to do. The basketball court was too good to pass up.

All four of the groomsmen played during the ceremony, so I decided to give Chris a shot at being a rock star.  I actually shot Brant’s wedding (the one on the right) way back in 2006 at Roseland Plantation.

A few from their First Look



Once again I was allowed to do the rings shots. Serious fun.

Leisha had coloring books for any kids to use during the ceremony! (Don’t tell anyone, but I snuck one home for Sara.)

A few more portraits of them right after the ceremony.

Congrats Leisha & Chris!

I had most of August off so rather than sit a home and get rusty I picked two weekends to second shoot with some other photographers I know. The first wedding was at Friendly Baptist Church in Tyler, TX and I shot for the wonderful, talented, and 7 months pregnant Rachel Robinson of Don’t Blink Photography. (She not only does weddings, but also does family photography as well so be sure and give her a call if you have kiddies!) I’ll be posting the other wedding later, but for now here are a few of my favorites.

One side note, it was so much fun to not be “in charge” the whole day and just run around taking photos of whatever I wanted too. :)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing ring shots.

A few from their First Look.

I had to sneak past the cucumber angel girl to get the next shot, but I felt it was worth the risk.



They were married on 08-15-09 so even though it was a bit cheesy I re-did some of the numbers. I also hope I freaked out some church members that next Sunday.

This is me doing a mini-maternity session for Rachel during a wedding.

Flower girl gifts make for great props.

I don’t think the DJ was taking requests.

Congrats Amber & Brian!