For those of my three avid blog readers, you may have nocted a week went by without any fun pictures posted on the blog from Alex Boyce’s Wedding last week. Well, to make a long story short, a full glass of red wine was spilled on my 2-month-old laptop. Lucky I always follow the rule of not deleting photos until I have at least two copies of all of them. Usually I run with 3 copies at all times- hard drive, external hard drive, and the cloud (probably a cumulus, but perhaps cirrus). All of the info on my tempranillo-flavored laptop is safe and sound, but the work I had done to the photos will be slowed a bit as I revert to my old computer to handle the job.
If I can give advice to anyone depending on technology for their business, my advice is to spend the extra money on rugged items that last. All but one of my Canon lenses are the professional models- not just because they help with better quality pictures, but because when I’m shooting a wedding and accidentally kick a lens behind me skittering it across concrete, dangerously close to an olympic-sized pool, I want to know it’s going to work for the reception afterward (this actually happened). However, no matter how much you spend, these professional items do have their breaking point. I bought my laptop from Lenovo (formerly IBM) because their ThinkPads are meant to be some of the most reliable out there. You can see an example of their water-resistance here. Unfortunately for me, it was a full glass of red wine dumped all at once into a speaker, rather than a few flowing ounces of crystal clean water on the keyboard.
The lessons learned here are: 1) that you should always backup, then backup again; 2) great hardware is nothing without a great accidental coverage warranty; and 3) make sure you and your friends drink Argentinian wine from sippy cups if around your fancy pants laptop.
Here’s another teaser from the Boyce wedding. More to come.
Actually they’re not an especially trained group of fighters, I just thought this picture turned out kinda badass. This is a little teaser from the Boyce/McCollister wedding this weekend at the Woodstock Baptist Church. More to come on this in the coming weeks, but in short it was a lot of fun and we captured a lot of great photos.
Last month I got to have fun with a couple of newly engagedes (is that a word?) in Kennesaw Mountain Park. The weather was perfect and judging by the overflowing of traffic, everyone in the city was out for a stroll. Alex and Ryan are one of those couples that knew from the start that they’d end up together. They’ll be getting married in January- just a year from having met. It’s pretty amazing to spend time with a couple as sweet and sure of their love as they are. Plus they were a heck of a lot of fun to hang out with. I’m really excited for their Roswell wedding!
It’s amazing how a “real job” can take away from things like blogging. These photos were taken just 15 minutes from the Jack Daniels distillery at the Griner/Rongey wedding back in October. It was held at the bride’s parents’ beautiful mountain home in Winchester, TN on a hill overlooking the Appalachian Mountains. The Griners did an amazing job converting a garage into the reception venue by hanging lights, renting tables, and hanging big white sheets to cover up tools and farm equipment. If I could shoot laid back outdoor country weddings for the rest of my life, I would be a happy photographer. :)
It has been almost one month since Keri and I were married. That Friday was absolutely amazing and wouldn’t have been the same without the help of many friends and family- you know who you are and we thank you!
One of the best things to come of that day (other than the whole marriage thing) are the final images from our photo booth. Steve Porter was gracious enough to set up and man the photo booth all night. As you’ll be able to see in the video below, it was an incredible night full of eating, drinking, dancing, and hand puppets. If you’re looking to download photos, you can do so here! Just click on the folder icon on the right side of your favorite pic.
From my post a couple of weeks back, you saw the men in uniform that performed the Saber Arch down the aisle for Marisa and Andy. Now the full post with the rest of the photos. Keri and had a wonderful time helping share in the Geberts’ big day and also give a big thanks to the Cobb Galleria Center and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for being so helpful with all of the photography needs.
Good thing I’ve got Fstoppers.com on my RSS reader or I would have never seen it! Alex the Photo Guy is featured TODAY on their weekly section “The Week’s Best Photo/Video Related Stories.” They seemed to like Keri and my Save the Date and Behind the Scenes posts. Here’s a screen shot of what they published!
Fstoppers posts videos everyday of amazing photo shoots, time-lapse videos, behind the scenes, and even profiles photographers with their own produtions. I read it everyday because I know I will always find something interesting there.
