Kate + Rick

I love when a couple goes out on a limb and says forget all of the rules and what everyone else is going to think about it! It is, after all, about the couple on their wedding day, isn't it? Kate and Rick were married on Friday, April 13th, and had such a beautiful day out at The Daniel Island Club!  They were so connected with each other throughout the evening.  As they said their very touching vows, the golden rays engulfed the two of them, making for a fairy tale start to a wonderful evening! Congrats Kate and Rick-here's to a full and beautiful life ahead of you!

 

 

 

Welcome to the world Baby Liam!

One of my very best friends in the whole world, whom I have known since I was a wee one myself, just had her first baby, Liam. I was so glad to be able to meet him and capture some shots of him, in his first few days of life! Congrats you two; he is just perfect!

Here are some of my favorites:)

 

And a little slideshow too...

Jenni and Paul on The Wedding Row!

 I just adored Jenni and Paul's wedding at the Library Society here in Charleston, and much to my delight, today, it is being featured on The Wedding Row!

A little bit about the wedding from the bride:

"My now husband likes to say that old books brought us together. We met at the American Antiquarian Society, a rare book library in Massachusetts: I went to the reading room to do research for my Ph.D. in American literature; Paul, who works there, helped me track down some obscure 19th-century titles; and the rest, as they say, is history. When we started looking for a place for our wedding reception in Charleston, which is where I grew up, Paul almost immediately happened upon the website for the Charleston Library Society, a private membership library founded in 1748. The absolutely beautiful reading room and the connection to our own story of finding love in -- of all places -- a library made it the perfect, if somewhat unexpected place for our reception. Celebrating our wedding surrounded by our wonderful families, good friends, southern food, and old books made for the ideal wedding day."

Thanks Della and all of the wonderful people at The Wedding Row for featuring us! 

Lighting Workshop at CCforP

 Yesterday, I taught an Intro to Studio Lighting Workshop at the Charleston Center for Photography. We had a great turnout, and a super successful day! The first half of the day was spent going over basics of the Elinchrom strobes and lighting theory.  Later on in the afternoon, we set up three different stations and played with a variety of scenarios.  Many thanks to a great group of students, and our beautiful model Morgan!


We tethered my camera to my MacBook Pro using Lightroom 3 so the students could see the results of the lighting set ups as I shot them. Here are some of my shots, followed by the work of my students.

Student Work:

Photo by Ryan

Photo by Leslie

Photo by Jody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Stephen

Photo by Kim

 

Photo by Pat

Photo by Anthony

Photo by Meg

Photo by Stephen

 

Photo by Bill

Great work everyone! You should be very happy with the work you created:) Hope to see you back at CCforP soon!

Whitney and Jake on The Wedding Row

Whitney and Jake's beautiful soiree, styled by Sara at Something to Celebrate at The Legare Waring house is featured on The Wedding Row! Many thanks to Della and everyone at TWR for this honor! 

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