My First Wedding.

Quite a few months ago, I was asked by a dear friend to capture her wedding. Some complications had left her without a proper photographer (he bailed), and she was in high need of one. However, since I had never, ever photographed a wedding before, fear took over. I quickly responded to her request by politely declining, and urging her to find someone else, while visions of me ruining the most special day of her life with horrid "snapshots" paraded through my head.

After a few emails of her insisting that she believe I could deliver just the kind of shots she wanted, I conceded. In the days that followed, and up until the wedding, I scoured every wedding photography website, blog, forum, magazine, picture, and tutorial I could find. I was determined to produce the most beautiful, elegant, and professional-esque photographs that I could.

While I will probably never be 100% happy with my work, the Bride and Groom seemed somewhat pleased, and as of yet, have not sent a flaming bag of poop to my door. I take that as a good sign.

Below are just a few highlights from the Wood/Catalano Wedding, 2011.

A DAY AT THE PARK

Here's a session from last fall (I'm a slacker, I know!) during a trip to the park with my stepdaughter, my Best-friend and her son, and her niece. If you've never tried taking pictures of kids at a playground, let me tell that it's just about impossible. They..don't..stop..moving! Ever.

But it was fun, they had fun, and I think I got some good ones.

THE CAST:




FIRST STOP, THE JUNGLE GYM!!

NEW HEIGHTS:

HANGIN' ROUND:




PLAYTIME WAS IN FULL SWING:






TAKING A BREAK:



BUT THE BREAK DIDN'T LAST LONG!:




AWW, IT CAN'T BE TIME TO GO ALREADY!! JUST 5 MORE MINUTES...P-P-P-PLEASE????




THERE'S ALWAYS TIME TO JUMP IN THE LEAVES:

Sports

It's that time again, where I try to figure out why I haven't posted anything in months and resolve to start posting more. But who am I kidding? I am a sporadic person at best, so I should probably just give up and roll with it. It's just my nature, after all...

So, anyway, here's some "action sports" photography for your viewing pleasure. No, its not the kind of "sports" with guys in sweaty, dirty uniforms, wrestling each other on a mud soaked field, but there's guys (and 1 girl!) and mud, so it's close.


This is what's called a rail jam. This one was sponsored by Colorado Ski Shop. - which is not located in Colorado, for that matter. Riders compete by performing tricks on rails, boxes, pipes, wall rides, and several other creative features. However, the winner of this rail jam was whomever did not fall on his (or her) face and seriously embarrass themselves. I tried on my "pretend photojournalist hat" that day and I sort of liked the way it fit.

Colorado Ski Shop Rail Jam 2010