Happy New Year friends! I just realized as I was going over all my photos from the past year to choose these very special 150 that this is my 6th year to do this! That makes me so happy! I do want to say that this is a totally subjective grouping in that these are my favorites… and have not been chosen by voting, or an impartial panel or anything even remotely like that. Some of the photos were taken by my daughter Celeste, which I must note because darn it I didn’t get to go to New Zealand where a couple of these were taken. I love every one of my clients and every wedding, event and portrait session is so important to me. But there is something about certain photos that just jump out at you, either aesthetically, or emotionally, or compositionally… and sometimes because of what they represent or say. And every year I do this it gets harder… I mean to tell you it’s difficult to choose just 150 out of over 100,000 photos. This is just something I do to reflect over my past year of work and to celebrate my clients and to celebrate creativity! A lot of lot of love went into each and every one of these photos and it was such a joy and honor to work with each of you and to be a part of your lives in this way. Here’s to more photo adventures in 2018!
TORY AND RYAN: A ROMANTIC SUMMER ENGAGEMENT
Tory and Ryan have such a lovely way with one another, they are so easygoing and loving and when they look at each other it’s as if no one else is in the room. I had met with Tory and her mom to talk about wedding photography prior to our session, and I have known their family for some time, but it was my first time meeting Ryan. He is such a gentleman, and so sweet with his future bride. I had so much fun with these two because they obviously are the type of couple that have fun no matter what they are doing and they laugh easily… which is just the best. We started our time at Southern Methodist University which is Ryan’s alma mater, went from there to Highland Park Village and finished the day with a pink sunset at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve. All of this effort was more than worth it, and I think we captured the love and romance between these two pretty well… It’s pretty magical. I am so looking forward to their March wedding!
THE VERY BEST PHOTOS OF 2016
It’s that time of year again, time to look back over tens of thousands of images to choose the ones that for one reason or another had the greatest impact on me. So yes, the criteria is very subjective… and not even something I can quantify. Sometimes it is color and light, sometimes it is the emotions captured, but sometimes it is something completely indescribable that just speaks to me. Obviously when narrowing down possibly 100,000 photos to 150 I can’t include every client, and I strive to make every client’s images the best because I truly love what I do and count it an honor every time someone steps in front of my camera. Some of these images were taken by my talented daughter Celeste who works with me, and we want to send out special love to our wedding couples who put so much faith in us… and the families we work with year after year… we are so happy to have been able to become a part of your history. We hope you enjoy looking back over 2016 and we look forward to many more photographic adventures together in 2017! xoxo