PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Coming Soon: Married! Brit & Mike

Swan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:03:10 +0000

I cannot wait to post the rest of these images, especially for being so inactive on the blog lately. Stay tuned!

Married! Kristine & Kevin | Virginia Living Museum - Newport News, Virginia

Swan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:11:40 +0000

I've finally been able to post my weddings from the summer, and there wasn't a thing to be unhappy about at this one. Kristine, Kevin and I got together a few days before their wedding to do an engagement session, and it was SO hot outside (we're talking, 90+ degrees, with NO breeze). Their wedding finally rolled around and it was awesome. They were so easygoing, I felt like wer had been friends for a while.

The little details were so cute! Kristine made the cake toppers, and look at that floral arrangement! I've bever seen so many colors - needless to say, I was a happy camper. I have to thank John Cachero Photography for having sent Kristine and Kevin my way.

Hope you are both doing well in AZ!

Engaged! Julz & Rhorie | Norfolk Yacht Club - Norfolk, Virginia

Swan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:00:16 +0000

I had so much freakin' fun with Julz and Rhorie. The photos look like they were taken on an early summer day no? Just kidding! They were definitely taken at 9:30am on a chilly (understatement) October day. Rhorie is in medical school with my fiance, and that's how we came about engagement photos.

Julz and Rhorie will be getting married in Richmond, VA, June of 2012. They've already picked the date, and she's found her dress! Much more progress than on my end.. My fiance and I have been engaged just over 4 months and we're still working on a date!

Good luck with the rest of the planning! <3

BTW.. Julz, where's that photo of the dress you were going to send me, and when are we doing our bridal shoot?! :-)

Porter Robinson, Tiesto, and Kevin Focus @ the Norfolk Scope | College Invasion Tour - Norfolk, Virginia

Swan — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:18:16 +0000

I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't have gone to this concert if it weren't for my fiance's taste in music. However, I had an amazing time with him, and these guys were awesome! Doesn't mean I don't like thi type of music - just wouldn't have been my first choice. Although, I've found myself listening to Porter Robinson all week!

I would have taken better quality photos if I had decided to bring my camera along. I wasn't about to have my camera get completely squashed and brought a point-and-shoot along. I still enjoy looking at them :-)

Anastasia K. | Fred Huette Center, Norfolk, VA

Swan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:22:52 +0000

I seem to get lucky with these little pockets of Norfolk. Not to mention this crazy good-lookin' model! Anastasia and I met up via Facebook and quickly decided on our shoot. Since we both thought the turnout was good, we're already planning our next shoot!

It's been a crazy few months with wedding season, and I'm glad that I was able to relax a bit and take photos without the rush. Anastasia was great, and so sweet - I loved her outfit choices! If she told you her age, well, you'd definitely think she was lying :-)

Engaged! Kristine & Kevin | Lion's Bridge - Newport News, VA

Swan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:19:03 +0000

Kristine found me through an awesome friend, John Cachero Photography, and we had talked for a bit before finally deciding on a date for her and Kevin's engagement session. I had met her mother, but I had not yet met her. Come engagement session time, at Lion's Bridge in NN, the three of us (Me, Kristine and Kevin) had been laughing and carrying on the entire time. It was also ungodly hot.. I mean, undescribable. We definitely made it through successfully!

Our session was on a Wednesday, and their wedding was Saturday that same week! I mentioned on Facebook that it has been a year of feel good weddings, and it really has. Not five minutes into the engagement session were we already having fun, and fighting the warmth.

Come Saturday, we had so much to chat about, and it was a really awesome wedding. I'll blog about that more later.. but sadly, Kristine and Kevin ran away from me and moved to Arizona two days after the wedding. Haha! They are an incredible pair and the wedding was perfect. I hope you're doing well in AZ Kristine and Kevin! I miss you already! <3

Married! Kelly & Kevin | VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, VA

Swan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:06:48 +0000

Phew! Where to start… Well, remember Kelly and Kevin’s awesome engagement session? The wedding finally came! I have only great things to say about this wedding and about Kelly and Kevin. Since I had met them, I felt like I had known them forever. I was so excited to photograph the wedding and still so excited about the photos (as you may notice, there might be a repeat offender image in there) :-)

You can certainly tell that Kelly and Kevin are head over heels for each other, I too am head over heels for them. I had so much fun capturing each moment with help from Lauren that I’d do it over again. As I took pictures I couldn’t wait to show someone. I just had to show Kelly’s mom, or brag to Lauren about a shot I had been able to take.

Aside from the technical photography details, it was really hard to take a bad photo, I mean, look at them! And look at the venue! They are such a great couple, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was such a great place to take photos. Also, it’s where they had their first date!

I must say, one of my favorite moments or rather, my favorite moments period are when Kelly kisses Kevin. His face lights up like he’s a little kid opening presents of everything he asked for on Christmas morning.

AHHHHHH so many good things to say about this wedding and so many details I would love to rave about; the significance of the dimes, the cake made into a castle, the robin egg blue in each little detail we could find, the glow stick limbo :-) But, I’d rather stop talking and look at the photographs again.

Kelly and Kevin, you are both fabulous, and I absolutely LOVE both of you. I really would be honored at the chance to photograph your beautiful children someday!!

Modern Kelly - New Lightroom Preset

Swan — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:54:11 +0000

Modern Kelly is a preset I made as I was editing Kelly and Kevin’s wedding at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA).

I tend to make presets as I go, incase I need to refer back to that image, and that edit. Kelly and Kevin are going to have a nice collection of presets by the time I am done uploading.

Visit Preset Pond to sign up and download – wedding images will be posted soon!

Teaser! Ali & Ryan's Engagement Photos | Philly, PA / Camden, NJ

Swan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:03:59 +0000

Although I only have on teaser photo so far, there are more to come! Ali & Ryan will be getting married in May of 2012 at the Camden Aquarium. We'll be in and around Philadelphia for more photos since we'll have hours to do so - that's right. I said hours.. AHHHHH can't wait!!!!

I also can't wait to finish going through the images and photographing their wedding, so stay tuned for the rest!

Engaged! Rachel & KJ | Philadelphia, PA

Swan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:01:24 +0000

I had so much fun with Rachel and KJ in Philadelphia at the end of June! Rachel contacted me after hearing from her cousin Brynn - whose wedding I photographed last July.

After sending emails back and forth, we finally picked a date when I would be back up in the Philadelphia area to take engagement photos. We wandered around Philadelphia and Old City to take the pictures, and I am really happy with the turnout. We went from Love Park, to 2nd and Chestnut, to the Subway, and I even got some images of them eating sushi!

They were both so full of energy, and I can't wait to photograph their wedding this October in NJ. Rachel & KJ, I'm so glad I was finally able to meet you both, and I'm happy I'll get to be a part of your big day!