Palmer Wedding

Kelly is a friend of mine from high school and she asked me before I had ever even photographed a wedding to be her photographer. I appreciate to this day her trust and faith in me. I can honestly say it would be very hard for me to hire a wedding photographer for my own wedding who had never shot a wedding... so, I really cannot thank her enough for taking that leap of faith. Fortunately for her, even though she was the first to ask, I was able to shot a few first. =)

The day turned out to be beautiful with a little rain. There was a short sprinkle during the ceremony and it started to pour towards the end of our session before the reception. The reception hall at Elk's Lodge in Chillicothe was beautiful! It had these amazing stain glass windows all along the sides and beautiful hardwood floors. Williams Catering from Waverly did an amazing job with the catering and decorating. SugDog provided the fun music and Hailey Zimmerman did a wonderful job with the hair and makeup.

Here are a few of my favorite images from the day:

My Sister's Wedding

On Friday my beautiful sister married a handsome marine. Remember the post of us driving through the woods? Well, we decided to take pictures at a park closer to home and then a few more at the cabin, lol. I am really excited about how they turned out. You can check out more on my facebook fanpage here.

Michelle and Tim's Wedding

Yesterday I had the wonderful pleasure and opportunity of capturing my good friend Tim's wedding! Michelle looked radiant and the love they have for each other was unmistakable. Their wedding was so beautiful and so much fun!

This was the second wedding that I have been blessed to capture and as with everything there were new challenges and exciting photo opportunities! My favorite was this modern cafe in the church and the reception was incredible with the low lights and colored stage lights from the DJ. They DJ's had everyone dancing and having a great time!

The Ceremony was performed at Grace Fellowship Church, DJ services were provided by The Dream Chasers, flowers were from Kroger. The most AMAZING cheesecake was made by a friend of theirs as well as the delicious food catered by friends.

Here are a few pictures!

Jake and Lynda's Wedding

It is really really late and my eyes are burning! But before I can lay down and close my eyes I am going to post up a few pictures from the wedding today!

First Wedding!

I shot my first wedding today! Boy am I tired! It has been a very busy week and the wedding was fun! It was a great experience and I'm sure out of the 2,000 pictures I have at least a few good ones. =) I will post some of my favorites after I start going through them. Considering that this was my first wedding (and never having shadowed a pro) I don't think I did too bad. I know that after I go through the pictures, especially, I will learn from my mistakes and do even better next time (which is in March!)

Getting the first wedding is always the hardest and I really appreciate my brother-in-law and now sister-in-law for giving me the opportunity. Its unfortunate that they will not have my best work, but it means a lot to me that they trusted me. =) Congratulations and good luck you two!