Monthly Archives: April 2009

Rachael | Lifestyle

I called my photographer buddy Rachael the Saturday before Easter, because I needed to get another headshot by Monday.  Thankfully, she could meet up in the morning and since we were getting together, we traded shots.  I have to say, Rachael took a great  headshot for me, I think it’s really “me.”  Rachael wanted to do a few ‘classic’ style images and had a few articles of clothing to help pull it together.  We didn’t shoot long, but managed to get some nice images.  Here’s a few!

Here’s a fun one of Rachael

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Love this one…doesn’t she look like a classic beauty?

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A little old school action…

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Love her eyes and expression here…

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This is one Rachael wanted and I have to say, two thumbs up!

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Waiting for the train…

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One last one.

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And here’s the shot of me I mentioned…

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Thanks Rachael and I hope your like your pics!

NOTE:  All of these images were shot on the D3 with either the 50 f/1.4G or the 85 f/1.8D and images: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8 were shot wide open.

Rachael & Tony | Wedding

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity of photographing a wedding with one of my friends Rachael for her friend Rachael.  I had a great time with both Rachael’s and was happy I could be there to help Rachael out and help document Rachael and Tony’s big day.  Check out Rachael’s blog for more images and she will be posting more images and details about the big day soon…on with the pics!  Um, did I say Rachael emough?

You know I love the getting ready shots…

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I’m not sure it’s possible to look at this one and not smile:)

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Love Rachael’s expression here…

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Makeup!

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One of my favs!

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I guess Rachael is just full of awesome expressions…:)

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HDR helped me rock this “basic” shoe shot…

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The first sight/tie fix moment…

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The wedding was held downtown Plymouth on a crazy sunny and coldish day, so we ventured out to grab a few more shots…

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I love all the real moments we were able to grab throughout the day….LOVE EM ALL!!!

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I told you it was sunny!

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Rachael found this nice little alleyway with some great light…

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Yup, they’re a rockin’ couple!

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Havin’ fun as a family:)

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The lovely Rachael…

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I like about 20% of the cakes at weddings and I liked this one:)

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Here she comes…

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Happiness…

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I’m in love with these last two!

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All in all, a super fab day and MSU won too!!!

Snyder Family and Maternity

I first met Nikki back in 2001 when I worked at a movie theater with her.  We had lots of fun, such as; rolling office chairs down the hallway and other fun “mature” things:)  I then worked with her again in 2005 at Lowe’s and also met her fiance Dan who worked there.  Nikki and Dan invited me to come photograph some candid moments at their wedding that November, which was a lot of fun and my first experience photographing a wedding.  Well now the Snyder family has three with the addition of Tristan a couple years ago and will be four strong soon enough!  I went over to their home a couple weeks ago to grab some shots of the family as well as a few of Nikki and her belly.  I ended up shooting a lot of Tristan, but there’s no surprise there, as he is a cutie and of course full of energy.  All in all it was a great day and I was happy to be able to see the growth of the Snyder family and am anxious to meet the newest addition soon!

We started outside to get a few of the three of them…here’s Tristan

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And the boys…

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Love the hat!

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Weeee!

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Looks like a happy family to me:)

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Their yard is so big, Tristan can run A LOT!

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I’m diggin’ this one…

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I wanted to try and get a few of moody one’s with Nikki…

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Tristan was definitely jumping on the bed…

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I wonder what this is for?

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Some fun belly painting with finger paint….NICE!

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It was funny, the first couple times Tristan put his finger in the paint and painted on Nikki’s belly, he wanted to wipe off his finger….very cute…

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This one reminds me a little bit of ET…

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I LOVE this moment…so genuine and I love the emotion you can see in Nikki.

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Why would you not want to put it on your nose?

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You gotta mix it up to make the famous BROWN!

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A little belly and baby love…

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“And I’m spent.”

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I think this is referred to as a “Hot Mamma.”

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Yes, they’re really that blue.

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Love it!

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Mamma + Daddy

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A final one of Tristan running around before I left…

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Thank you Nikki and Dan for letting me come do this and I look forward to meeting your new little one soon!

Leah Judith | Week One

If you’re wondering why I haven’t posted this yet, well, so am I.  Josh and Laura wanted to wait until the annoncements were out, which I thought was a great idea, but that was weeks ago.  Here is a slideshow from Leah’s week one session, this was done back on January 30th, exactly one week after her birthday.  I just saw her last week and she sure is growing, but still a cutie…of course!  Enjoy the slideshow…

Here is a pic of how she looks as of last week….gotta love those cheeks:)

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