Rob Devlin is an old friend of mine. We go back to freshman high school Spanish class. From there we connected through music when we found we both played complimenting rhythm instruments- he on drums, me on bass. Another friend of his played guitar (Greg), so naturally we started a band. And we didn’t start just a band, we started a terrible band. We were a 90′s rock cover band without a singer – and it’s exactly what we wanted. We could rock out as loud as we wanted, get lost in the music, and not feel guilty if we weren’t getting better because we [almost] never played anywhere. When we did play for an audience, it was all sans vocals unless someone in the crowd wanted to jump on stage with us and risk their ears and the respect of their friends. Rob always worked multiple jobs and provided everything we needed for the band- even things we didn’t need: laser lights, fog machines, too many speakers, business cards, a website, the list goes on.
Even when Greg and I went away to college, Rob was still committed to the band, no matter what the cost. For Christmas that same year, he found us 4-track recorders as presents so that we could still record music long-distance. We’d each pick a track and mail tapes to each other to fill in our parts. It was as brilliant as it was generous. Rob has always been a great friend.
When I met Lacey, I knew she was the best thing to happen to Rob since the band (half joking). In fact, I now know that Rob breaking his ankle in college was a dark cloud with the brightest silver lining he could have ever hoped for. Thanksgiving break 2004, I was living in Nashville 30 minutes from Rob at MTSU in Murfreesboro. He told me he’d broken his ankle at the TV studio on campus where he worked. He asked if I could give him a ride home and back for the holiday break. I was happy to do it and enjoy some company for the ride home to Atlanta. The ride home and back went well, but what I distinctly remember was Rob telling me as I dropped him off that Sunday back in Nashville that a girl from the station was coming over that night. She was bringing him Thanksgiving leftovers from her family’s Thanksgiving dinner. Not only did I know this girl had an interest in Rob, but I knew she was the girl Rob would marry (if he knew what was good for him!).
Rob and Lacey were married in Nashville on Vanderbilt’s campus at the the Scarritt-Bennett Chapel on October 10th. The ceremony was as beautiful as the life they have ahead of them. Cheesy, I know- but I truly am happy for them both.
When you own the lighting set-up, the possibilities are endless…
Apparently going out of the country means you forget about all the work you wanted to do before you left. My sister, who attended Auburn for undergrad, sent me a text last night that read “hey- you still haven’t blogged about that Auburn wedding! I want to see the pix!”
Sorry for the delay! I had a great time in Auburn for Regan and Jeff’s wedding weekend. Everything was beautiful and was at a cute little chapel right across from Samford Hall on campus. There were hints of rain, but never caused anyone any problems. Regan looked beautiful in her dress and Jeff looked distinguished with his silver vest and tie. The reception was definitely a party! I have so many pictures of people dancing you’d think they were at a downtown NYC club and not an antebellum home in Auburn. Afterward I went out with all the bridesmaids (and their husbands) and ended up eating pizza with a few friends from the wedding in a hotel room until 4am. Most photographers don’t get such a royal treatment…
The Schnorf | Hunt wedding was this weekend in Midtown Atlanta and it was so much fun! I plan on working on all the other fancy schmancy wedding pictures later (beautiful church btw)- but first, I was way too excited to get these up on the blog! Keri, my lovely assistant/fiance, was kind enough to help shoot this wedding with me and man (woman?) the photo booth. Keri works for beer and pizza, so she’s the best assistant I could imagine for the job. She was awesome, but so were her subjects!
And now without further ado- the Photo Booth! Available from Alex the Photo Guy wherever alcohol and sombreros are served… (p.s.- I recommend full screen)
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.
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!
Over Thanksgiving, my family and I had the opportunity to stay a condo on the beach in Florida for the whole week….. Needless to say we had a lot of fun with countless parties (and countless rum drinks).
In addition to Thankgiving with the family, we were excited to be there and take part in my cousin Ceci’s wedding. Though I wasn’t the official photog, I was able to snap a few shots of “getting ready.” I also snapped a few from my seat at the wedding. Here’s what I got that day:
