And August (so far)

Couples...

Interior Designers...

Interior Design...And Zebras (that are too cool to be considered interior design).
Not represented in this month yet: The California wedding of Ken and Kristi (formerly seen HERE), a note about my photography being on display in the Spring Hill Starbucks, or any formal recognition of the magazine I've been shooting for (Society Life). I also haven't mentioned a few of the artists and bands I've shot recently... I'm so far behind!

Thursday, it's off to Dallas/Ft. Worth for the second Feedback Conference of 2008. I'll try to get a few more posts up while I'm there. Be sure to watch for a Mexican food update. I WILL eat Joe T. Garcia's while I'm there...

July

Couples...

Weddings...

more Couples...

And anything that caught my eye.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?

Fair question. Especially considering how few posts I've had in recent months... Rather than run down all the times and places, how's about I post some photos! This is going to take a while, so I may break it into months... below you'll find JUNE!

I've been shooting docs...

And fighters...
And Musicians making funny faces.

Swacket Wedding Videography

Back in April, I got to shoot Jamaica and Stephen's wedding (which you can see down a few posts). A couple of weeks ago, Ryan at Swacket Weddings sent over this montage of yours truly! All I can say is... it's a bit weird watching myself shoot... Nevertheless, I wanted to share it with all of you! If you want to jabber with Ryan about video at YOUR wedding, shoot him an email - Ryan[at]SwacketWeddings[dot]com!

Tim McPartland

I fully recognize that a GOOD blogger does this more often than I do. Unfortunately, I'm too stinkin' busy!

Tim McPartland and I have been trying to find a chance to shoot for MONTHS. Tim's schedule, like mine, keeps him super busy. We finally got a chance and took full advantage of it. Tim, being a REAL cowboy, isn't afraid to get up a bit early. We met at 6 AM and set about working. We got a ton of super solid stuff and I can't wait to see how he puts it to use on the CD!

Check out Tim's music HERE!

Tom & Karie

Tom and Karie are very dear friends of mine (actually, a few of you may have seen Tom assisting me at your wedding!). As such, there was no way I was going to let them go and get married without getting in front of my camera AT LEAST once. Unfortunately, I'm already booked on their wedding day. *sigh*

At any rate, we got a chance this past week to shoot. Being that they're friends, they got experimented on. I'd had the notion to shoot someone in my backyard for a few months, but hadn't offered it as an option to anyone else. Seriously, if your photographer says, "I've got an idea! Let's shoot in my backyard!" it would probably be wise to ask for your money back. Anyhow, I LOVE what came out of that. From there we went to another of my favorite haunts (the Old Spring Hill High School), and kept shooting. I don't know about the two of them, but I had a great time and am so happy with the results.

You can see the rest of the shots HERE!

Person Tom and

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Andrea & Rich - Engagement

Andrea and my wife (the beautiful and talented Caroline) have known each other for YEARS. If I'm not mistaken, they met in elementary school had have been friends ever since. I don't have a single person in my life that I've remained friends with that long. Wow.

At any rate, they're getting married this winter, but wanted to get their engagement photos done in the spring/summer to provide a little counterpoint to the rest of the photos they'll end up with. A couple of weeks ago, we wandered out and about in Spring Hill in search of the perfect location. Boy did we find it! We found this field sitting right on the side of some back road that I don't think I would be able to find again if I tried. Not only was the grass GORGEOUS, but there was a GREAT old house up on the top of the hill.

Of course, the location wouldn't matter at all if they weren't comfortable. Lucky for me (them?) they were. Rich is a filmmaker, so he's pretty comfortable around cameras anyhow. And Andrea... well... I think she's comfortable in no matter where she is!

If you want to see more, the full gallery is HERE. Oh... and please excuse the first image of the gallery. It was too funny NOT to include and it just ended up as the first shot... that was NOT on purpose.

Lee & Lauren's Wedding

Holy cow! This has taken ENTIRELY too long to get up. Blogger is being a complete pain and not letting me upload any more photos... as a result, I've put it off and put if off hoping they'd get their... stuff... together. No more waiting...

Lauren and Lee tied the knot nearly a month ago. It was a BEAUTIFUL day in late April and I couldn't have asked for better light. It was really oustanding. The church was kind enough to let me sit on the floor in front of the front row, so I got some closer shots than I normally would have during a ceremony. The first two shots below show some of the cooler angles I can get from there.

Anyhow, the wedding was great. Everyone there was SO excited to be a part. It was completely contagious! I promised Rachel a shout out. No, I'm not going to put any kung-fu pictures of you up here. I'm just that kind of guy.

Great food, great people and an all around great time. You can see more HERE!

Congratulations, Lee and Lauren!

Spring Hill "Rumors"

If you're in the middle TN area be sure to take the time to check out RUMORS (by Neil Simon), presented by the Spring Hill Arts Center. I had the pleasure of shooting a dress rehearsal of theirs last week. Unfortunately, I didn't get shots of some of the funniest moments because I was too busy laughing! Seriously, if you enjoy good theater, this is a great opportunity. It's a fantastic show AND you'll be helping to support local arts.

Go see it!

Andy & Jennifer's Wedding

Andy and Jennifer know how to throw a party. Seriously. I don't think there was a single person there that could have possibly left unsatisfied. It's a good thing I love shooting, otherwise I would have been having less fun than everyone else (and we can't have that, now can we).

The wedding was in the beautiful Woodmont Christian Church in Green Hills. THIS is a link to the Google "street view" of it. The reception was a short car ride away at the Global Cafe. Everything at both locations was absolutely top notch and excellent. If I am forced to complain, I would wish only for more light... but I pretty much always want that :)

I've had a great time working with Andy and "Scrimp." We've spent a fair amount of time shooting and I can say with confindence, I know why these two work. It's amazing. I never anticipated this part of my job, but it's quickly become one of my favorites. Getting to observe the dynamics between two people that are intimately bound to each other... What a privilege.

Congratulations, guys!

OH! I almost forgot! You can check out their entire gallery HERE.