L-O-V-E

Couldn't resist sharing these beautiful moments before I went to bed:




Click HERE to see more.

The Fam

Erin and Noel's wedding...

Erin was interested in seeing some of the family shots to share with friends and family so I jumped over to a few of those tonight for editing.

Oh my goodness! Look at those eyes! Isn't he so adorable??

Click HERE to see more.

(click to view larger)

The shady area with the sun peaking through made conditions tough but I think these worked out well. I liked them natural color but also with a few actions thrown in.






I love little Ruby in this one with her hands behind her back. So cute and what a personality!!

More at Sunset

More from Erin & Noel's wedding...

Click HERE to see more.






I love this one of Erin & Noel. I climbed onto the fence next to them with my camera (I know I'm a nut) to get them from a little higher up. I like how they are looking out into the field where the sunset was.




This is my favorite part of the whole night...so glad we had this opportunity. I'm taking my time on this set of photos since they are my favs and I'm doing multiple edits of each shot to give Erin and Noel a variety of effects to choose from. Normally I would only do one type of edit for each for something like this but since I love these so much I want to do a variety to see what works best.

Soon I will be done with this portion of the photos and will be moving onto the formal portraits after the ceremony, then the ceremony, and then the candids. The candid edits should move very quickly since they will mostly be in color and don't need a lot of editing.

Yesterday Was Hot...Today is Steamy!

Oooooh la la...check these out!

You too were awesome to work with! Not too many people would lay in a field like this for me! :)

Erin & Noel are awesome! Click HERE to see more.

(I promise you'll want to click on these to view them extra large!)

Same one with a little texturizing!
(I like doing multiple edits of my favorite shots until I find the one that I think works best.)





A cool vintage action on this one...I can't get over how much I love Erin in this one!

Erin, You are marvelous!!


The soft feel of this version works well with how Erin is looking at Noel.



Another with texture:



I love this one and boy do I wish I had a photo of me laying in the grass while taking this!


This statement is going to get repetitive....but....more to come! LOL!

HOT!

Oh my goodness! HOT! HOT! HOT! Look at the chemistry! They're steaming up my monitor!! :) *giggle*

What a wonderful experience to photograph Erin & Noel in such an amazing environment..sun setting...cool setting and fence... (that we later found out was an electric fence...thank god it wasn't turned on!! *EEK*) I feel so fortunate to have had this chance to get more photos of them two of them that were exactly what I was imagining for them.

Against the popular vote we love the power lines and they are staying in! This is the first time I'm saying YAY for power lines in my photography!

WOW - just love these next two...

(I think you're gonna want to click on these to view them larger!)

Playing with texture just to see how it worked..


Oh...I just love these two... (Hmmm...I think I'm going to be saying that a lot...I can just tell!)





Ok...so for this one...the flash didn't go off...it was dark except for the sky. I decided at the last minute not to delete it and try something different. I lightened it and then applied a rusty filter to it. I really thought that it worked very well to see their silhouettes like this. Such a beautiful moment!




And it wouldn't be Erin and I if there weren't some multiple exposures! Wish we had more time to think of something else...I guess it's normal to come up with something on your way home and say "OH I wish we did XXXX!!" but what can ya do...sometimes it's hard to think on the spot. :)

Erin & Noel's Wedding Day

For today's adventure....Erin's Wedding. It was a very long day but well worth it for me...

Erin is a friend from my photography forum and I told her I would do her wedding photography for her back in March. Well the days flew right by and today was THE DAY!

And what a gorgeous day it was --- 75 degrees!! What great luck Erin had!

(Don't I look sooo tired? LOL)

My sister and I left my house about 11:30a.m. and drove 2.5 hours and over 130 miles to Pennsylvania.

We started the day at Erin's Mom & Dad's house so I could take photos of her getting ready...She has a great family who helped her make this a very special day and they were so kind to me and made us feel right at home. We left a few mins before Erin to head to the reception hall to prepare for the ceremony.

Everything went so well and Erin looked so beautiful - her dress was GORGEOUS with a CAPITIAL "G"! I can see the love the Erin & Noel share by the way they looked at each other.

At the end of the night I asked Erin and Noel if they wanted to go over to the open field across the street to take photos in front of the sunset that was quickly fading. Erin is such a great spirited girl...that she walked all the way over barefoot, stood in weeds that were knee-high, and even jumped the fence for me in her dress (the funny thing was that my sister figured out how to unlatch the fence after she climbed it *giggling here*). Erin and her husband, Noel, (who was also a great sport) laid in the high grass for me so we could get some really awesome night shots with the sun setting.

I only edited a few because I really wanted to share something with Erin and all of your to see!

(CLICK EACH PHOTO TO VIEW LARGER!)

This was my first paid wedding and I can honestly say it went pretty smoothly. Looking at all of the photos now makes me wish we had more time for the formal shots but it's always tough when everyone is anxious to go inside for the reception.

The photos featured here are not your traditional wedding photos but they are sooooooo "ME"....and I really think they are sooooooo ERIN! (I'll show more traditional ones at another time)

SUPER GIANT ENORMOUS THANKS TO MY SISTER DARLENE for helping me all day long, running to the car a million times for me, supplying me with alternate flashes, batteries and cards, and letting me use her new D300 for an alternate camera (that thing is so heavy that my arm was turning to jelly!!)

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! =)