Yeah, I know I’m a little behind on posts. Been busy! Got engaged! More on that later…
I just wanted to throw a preview on the blog of a wedding I shot two weeks ago at Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta. Here are Katie and Robby. More to come soon!
Spencer and I were buddies in college at Vanderbilt. As luck would have it, he married a beautiful Columbian woman, moved to Atlanta, and had two adorable little boys. We’ve kept in touch over the years and Catalina also works with me at the Wells, so it all just fell in place that I’d be photographing their kids. We had a great Sunday afternoon taking photos at Berkeley Lake park and later topped it off at the Merrell household sharing lawn maintenance tips over a beer in their backyard. All in all a really fun shoot.
Baby Lucas was so excited to play with his big brother. 
The weather last weekend was amazing here in Atlanta. Though fall is my official favorite season, Spring is a close second…
And starting off this spring was Natalie Perry’s baptism on Sunday. You may remember this beautiful baby from this post last fall. These photos were taken from the second row at the Clairmont Presbyterian Church as we were considered “VIPs” for the occasion. Though we didn’t get backstage passes, Natalie was definitely a rock star (if you can say that about someone in church).
Apparently Natalie loves bath time and was intruigued by the holy water.
Later in the day Keri and I went to her niece’s birthday party. I think it would be an awesome goal in life to have someone name their baby after me- and my girlfriend already has that. Keri’s niece is Keri (“baby Keri” as she is referred to, though I can’t imagine she’ll like that nickname in her teenage years). She turned 6 on Sunday and had a massive cake that looked like it was straight out of Fern Gully:
mmmmm cupcakes….
Sidewalk chalk is always a messy, dirty, pant ruining fun bday present.
The birthday girl:
Bianca:
Today is Help-Portrait! I’m blogging on-site to give all 3 readers of my blog an update.
Things here are going great! I’m at the post-processing table for a while working in Lightroom. It’s been so much fun getting to meet and talk with photogs from all over Atlanta.
Most of the families we’re taking pix of are associated with Families First Midtown. Families First is an organization that helps families with everything including foster child adoption, family counseling, helping homeless new mothers, and a number of other issues. It’s a really awesome organization that helps all over Atlanta.
We’ve had a bunch of families through here getting their pix done. Overall the Atlanta Help-Portrait is expecting.400+ families at the 5 locations. There are definitely some cute kiddies around here.
That’s all for now. Hope to have some behind the scenes shots up next week!
These photos were also taken before my camera busted. As an update, a repair shop called Camera Repair Japan is currently replacing the shutter and mirror mechanisms in my camera and should have it ready in a week or two (and SquareTrade will reimburse me). Until then, still using my lenses on others’ cameras.
Here are Keri’s nieces and nephew Hali, Maya, and Sean in Piedmont Park a few Sundays ago. Just shooting around for fun because Sundays in the park in the fall are just so amazing… fall is by far my favorite season.
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Of course my typical portrait session is 1 to 2 hours and I enjoy every moment of photo taking. However, this one was cut to just 15 minutes due to technical difficulties… as in my camera died 15 minutes into the shoot. “ERROR99″ is never a message you want to see on your pride and joy (I have no kids, so my camera holds the title of “pride and joy.” However if any of my kids ever get a tattoo that says “ERROR99″ I’ll have bigger problems).
This is why I endorse (but get no endorsement commissions) SquareTrade. They offer warranties for all types of electronics, including many used ones at 25% of the price other retailers offer. I never thought I’d have to use a warranty, but now I’m really glad I got it. SquareTrade says they’ll have it for me in 5 business day.
But like I said, with beautiful subjects, you really only need a few minutes. Here is the Giles Family. Stephen, Kathy, Norah, and Caroline. Enjoy!
These photos are from Labor Day weekend at the lake house up in Blairsville. My sister brought her new brother and sister-in-law, who brought the latest addition to the Bassett family. Or maybe I should say Addy-tion. Or maybe that’s too cheesy. Let’s not say that.
Addy was a treat to play with and photograph. She was so laid back and only cried once the whole day. We took these photos with my trusty 50mm f/1.8 by natural window light, on the back porch, and in the hammock with daddy. All in all cute pics of a cute baby.
