January 19, 2012
The Friday after Christmas Jeremy and I made our way to Fort Mill’s Magnolia Room for Heather & Graham’s “wedding” and I say “wedding” because they were actually married back in the spring at the UNCC garden because Graham’s deployment date was moved up. I love these next two… my view is on the left & Jeremy’s is on the right 🙂 One of the funniest things about this party…. the cardboard cutout of the groom…. Graham’s best friend was married while Graham was deployed, so they had a cutout made of him to be a “groomsmen” in the wedding! Cardboard Graham was quite the hit at their own reception. Venue: Magnolia Room Cake: Cake Lady Jill DJ: Sean McGee Florist & Caterer: Sandy Deese Makeup: Shane McCaleb Dress: New York Bride & Groom (Allure) Shoes: Badgley Mischka Tuxes: Mens Warehouse
January 18, 2012
Did you receive a DSLR for Christmas? Or maybe you’ve had it a while….. do you always use it on “P” or an “Auto” function??? Did you know that by using it this way, your camera is making ALL the decisions for you? Do the terms ISO, shutter speed, f-stops, focus, and light meter scare you?? One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing people use their high dollar cameras on auto (we see this at EVERY wedding we shoot!!). You can get much better photographs just by learning about what different settings do and how to manipulate them. We will also touch on lighting, what’s good, bad and ugly! I happen to be a Nikon & Minolta (now Sony) shooter, but Dana MacKay will be with us part of the day to help out with those of you who shoot Canon! So here’s the info! Where: My office in downtown Davidson When: March 31st, 10AM-4PM Perks: Lunch provided & a goody bag 🙂 Price: $125 Who: Limited to 6 people! You’ll need to have a DSLR camera, at least 1 lens, a memory card & charged battery because we’ll be practicing our skills 🙂 Once you have signed up, you will receive a questionnaire to complete. Wanna come???? Sign up here!
January 17, 2012
Back in December Jeremy & I took off on a little long weekend to board a ship in Florida and head for the Bahamas! We needed a get-a-way after a very busy wedding season, and thought this was the perfect way to do it. There were 2 stops planned, Nassau and CoCo Cay…. we didn’t get to get off at CoCo Cay due to really rough waters (their isn’t a port there, so tender boats have to come get you off the ship). We had a wonderful time exploring Nassau, though. We decided to walk through some of the less touristy parts of town, and ended up seeing a massive funeral….. not what we thought we’d see! Unfortunately I didn’t take as many photos as I’d hoped, but here are a few 🙂 These first 2 are from the Cape Canaveral Sea Shore, Playa Linda. We’d LOVE to go back to Nassau to shoot a wedding 🙂
