Mae was looking for something a little different for her headshots and went
for a vintage 1940's look. I love it!!! Mae is an oboe player and composer
who recently moved to Los Angeles to further her career in film scoring. We
wish her well on her big move!

Emily and Tyler saw each other before the wedding ceremony to take awesome pictures and have fun with the bridal party in and around the Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.  It was a beautiful fall day, full of laughter, with all of the leaves at their most colorful making for a great backdrop.

One of our album companies had asked for permission to use two of our albums as sample albums at the Imaging USA expo in Nashville and Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Trade Show in Las Vegas.  Naturally, we said we'd think about it, and, of course, we had to wash our hair that day, etc.  But, in the end, we said okay.

It was really cool having our album company select TWO of our album designs as samples to sell their products to thousands of photographers at these shows.  So, congratulations to Amy & Jason and Devon & Bryan!  You guys are famous! In a very real... very casual... very low key... very trade show famous kind of way.  But we love you guys even if no asks for an autograph!

It feels great to be recognized for hard work, especially when you didn't ask for it.  Each of our wedding albums is custom designed and woven to tell the story of our client's wedding day.  We put a lot of thought and effort into each album.  When I tell other photographers how long I spend retouching an album, they look at me like I'm crazy.  But, as a professional retoucher, I know what it takes to make an album shine. I'm not fixing images.  There is nothing wrong with them.  I am polishing, enhancing, and making them the best they can be.  Making beautiful albums is what we do.  No, we don't print them and bind them ourselves; we leave that to the professional album companies.  But we focus our efforts on photographing and retouching to create a fantastic design that warmly displays the story of your wedding day.  That's why clients hire us.

Here are a couple of shots of our albums on the table at Imaging USA from my iPhone.

The bridal show was a lot of fun and we look forward to hearing from the great people we met! If you didn't make it out, and our interested in our work, then feel free to call us or email us and set up a consultation.  You can call Michelle right now at 502.727.1520.  If it's late, I don't mind if you wake her up    (don't tell her I told you that)

As soon as the bridal show ended, we had to pack up our show materials, go back to the studio and drop it off, and then leave directly for Nashville for the Imaging USA expo and the Digital Wedding Forum (DWF) Convention.  DWF sounds like a silly website or something, but it is actually one of the top resources for wedding and portrait photographers in the world.  We spent three days at seminars with some of the best wedding photographers alive. It was phenomenal.  Spending time with great photographers like Jerry Ghionis, Jim Garner, and Cliff Mautner was inspiring in many ways.  And there were several hundred other photographers from around the world there and we made a lot of great new friends.

Now it is back to photographing and producing great products for great clients!

This Sunday, January 10th, Michelle and I will be at the Ultimate Bridal Services Summer Bridal Show.  We did the same show back in August and it was a lot of fun. It's a good time. You should check it out even if you aren't getting married and just eat free cake.  That's what I do!

Sunday, January 10, 2010
12:00 - 5:00 pm
Brown & Williamson Club, Cardinal Stadium
Louisville, KY 40209

More info can be found at their website:
www.ultimatebridalservices.com

Jessie & Brian recently moved to Louisville from their hometown of Henderson, Ky. They will be getting married in Henderson this September. They had a great session at St. James Ct. and Central Park. It's such a good place for pictures in the Fall!

Katie & Ben are getting married April 10, 2009.  We had an awesome engagement session in downtown New Albany and at Mount Saint Francis in Indiana.  With Michelle & I both photographing, we were able to work out a lot of creative shots and have a lot of fun.  Katie & Ben were great and clearly enjoyed the experience.

We love engagement sessions because they really allow us to get to know our clients better, so when the wedding day arrives, everyone knows what to expect.  It is also a great opportunity for our clients to see how they look in our pictures and they can give feedback about what they like most, and on their wedding day, we can work to make it everything they dreamed.

Ashley & Ryan were married on June 13, 2009.  They live in Houston where Ashley teaches Spanish and Ryan works as an engineer for NASA (It was the tool bag designed by Ryan that was lost in orbit and burned up on re-entry recently).  This was a wedding with a lot of emotion and a lot of happy tears.  Michelle and I had a great time working with both families, and photographing the swing dancing was a lot of fun. At the end of the night, Ashley surprised Ryan by changing into the red dress that she was wearing on the night they met and they had one final dance.

Virginia & Chris were married on June 27, 2009.  Their wedding had a great old fashioned feel to it and everyone had a lot of fun. 

We haven't been blogging as much.  We've had a great year and have been busy with weddings, portraits, senior portraits, and some commercial work/events.  We're eager to share some shots and show what we've been up to.  With all of that work, the blog has been lowest on the list of priorities, since it does not directly serve our clients' needs.  But, as the wedding season slows after October, we are going to be posting images from this year's weddings and more.  We have a lot of pictures we want to show off.  We've worked with a lot of great clients this year and we are thankful for everyone who has chosen to allow us to create beautiful images for them.  We are looking forward to another great year next year!