Baby, Baby, and Baby...

Baby #1...my adorable nephew, Tobias...


Baby #2...little Noah, our 3 year old bundle of exuberance has a new "baby" found in the pool this morning...







Baby #3...in an effort to stay at the top of our game creatively, we have a new LensBaby!. Here is a little description from their website: "Lensbaby™ SLR lenses bring one area of your photo into sharp focus, with that Sweet Spot™ surrounded by gradually increasing blur. You can move the Sweet Spot to any part of your photo by bending the lens."

It is so much fun and will give a new look to some of those creative portraits that we love doing. The above images give you a little taste of the look that can be achieved.

Tana and Patrick.. Married.

OK, so waaaaay back in April, Kim and I went to Long Island to shoot this awesome wedding. I really enjoyed myself because I got to know Patrick over the phone most of the year and it was nice to finally get to photograph his wedding. This is a message to all you future grooms out there, it is possible to help plan parts of the wedding... Choose a good photographer! ha! No really, Patrick was a cut above. And seriously people, could Tana be any more beautiful or well poised? She was so elegant!

These two were so in love! When that happens Kim and I have an easy job. Getting good photos of them was so fun and we hardly had to offer any direction at all. What you see in these photos is just their love shining through. They were so comfortable around each other that photography was a breeze. The entire day was packed with beautiful things and happy people. The lighting was fun and different as well. I hope we get to shoot at this location again [The Bourne Mansion].. We love NY Vineyard country.

Preparations.



I just love the light from that window.





Portraits...





This has such a cool, James bond old time feel.. if there is such a thing.


Such a cool venue.. this place was off the charts.


Photographers dream eyes. Like gemstones.


Speaking of Gems.


Ha! this is their dog.. he just hung out with us.. So cool.



Ceremony...



That is a happy man... He was just oozing with joy all day.


I actually did not see those tears it was so dark.. the camera saw them.. Booo Yaa!


If any of you are wondering what love looks like..


Cool angle.. we normally don't get this close during a ceremony, but if there is nowhere else to go and the Officiant lets us... well there you go.










this is why I was so close.. no room up front. Yes thats 20 people.

Details...




Reception...





I love the bouquet catch pose!

Ping and Miki's Wedding

Yes.. their last name were Sun and Cloud. How did we end up with Sanderson? That'd be a weird cookie.


What a fabulous April wedding. (yes, April, we're so behind on blogging weddings it's crazy) Anyway, this one was full of love, life and special surprises. Kim and I were so honored to be there and to see people from all over the globe come to witness this special occasion. They were married in Charlottesville in a quaint little church.. but the party was held at the awesome Reception Hall at Kings Family Vineyards and Polo Ranch.

The details were so cool from the Lanterns to the Lemonade we had so much fun capturing every detail.


Preparations



Such a cute moment.. thats the good stuff.






Kimberly nailed this moment.. so sweet.



Ceremony...

I loved this church.. Lots of light. Intimate.


Check out dads expression... Thats just awesome... Ping must have felt so blessed at this moment.




Both Ping and Mike were very emotional.. I felt bad cause I went shutter crazy on these moments. I don't think they noticed.



Portraits..





We took most of the portraits in the Polo field to take advantage of the Blue Ridge mountains.









Reception...

Saaaweeeet snap











And as always, the sideshow.