Bronwyn & Dan, Into the wild blue yonder.......

Bronwyn & Dan are both officers in the US Air Force. I have a sister who is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, and I've always had a lot of respect for what these kids go through in order to serve their country. I don't want this blog to become political, but regardless of where your political compass points, you can't help but want to give some support to everyone serving in the US Armed Forces after being around people like Bronwyn & Dan.

I wanted to do something a bit different with this post, so instead of showing a selection of my favorite individual pictures, I've posted a sample of the individual layouts from the first draft of their album (the pictures that make up these layouts are usually my favorites, which hopefully always show up in the album anyway) Each picture on the blog is actually a two page spread of a 10x10 in book, so every spread will print to a final size of 10x20 (except for the square pictures, those are single pages). You can click on each image to enlarge as well.






I couldn't quite figure out the point of Air Force officers on top of an Army tank, but I gotta give Bronwyn a lot of credit for climbing up there in her wedding dress!





Thanks again and Congratulations! The rest of the album and gallery should be ready to view in a few days.

Jacked Up

I've had a couple of requests for some updated pictures of Baby Jack, so here ya go......

...where's my fly rod....gotta go catch dinner.....


This is the way Baby Jack looks whenever Wrecks Grossman goes back to throw a pass, hopefully he'll learn to like football in spite of the Bear's current QB.....


...But then again the Cubs won this weekend, so there may be something to look forward too this fall!

Allie & Josh.....the wedding!

The best part about scheduling an engagement session with a couple is it really makes you look forward to their wedding day, because you already have a glimpse into how the couple acts together. And since I had already shot Allie & Josh's engagment pictures back in May (see the archives), I knew this was going to be a fun one!



It never gets old...once the dress goes on, it's all smiles.....








I still can't decide whether doing the couples "first look" at each other before the ceremony is a good idea or not. It's more traditional at the church, but it's sometimes more difficult to get a good image of the groom's first reaction to seeing his Bride. Allie & Josh saw each other before the ceremony, and the look on Josh's face in this image makes it worthwhile!





I guess the bridesmaids didn't think I'd have enough pictures of Allie














The getaway.....




Thanks again for including me in your day!

Jessica & Roger

This was just plain mean...roger thinks he's about to find a garter, and instead gets a sweaty, hairy groomsmen leg instead.

Maggie & Jared/Kristen & Steve

Labor Day weekend was not a weekend off for me. Luckily both days had incredible weather and two incredibly fun couples to work with! It all started with Maggie & Jared.








Maggie & Jared's dog was so cool to have around....all the kids kept coming up to me and wanting to know where "White Fluffy" went











And then the weekend was capped off with Kristen & Steve.....





Think they were happy to be married?



Too bad this wasn't Steve's wedding gift to Kristen....Little Red Corvette......



There's only one thing that this can lead to........



....One very happy bridal party! Although I have to admit, Jagermeister was a very daring choice of drink, one ill-placed shot glass and you have a potential wedding dress disaster (unless of course Shout Wipes are at the ready....just as my wife's friends about this one).