In a nutshell...

It was smashing!

movie stars? i think yes.

i learned a new trick that i'm kind of excited about. i was a second-shooter at jessica kettle's wedding friday and she taught me this little lighting trick:

isn't that pixie dust behind them magical? it gives me butterflies. all i can say is this couple is ridiculously good-looking and it makes me happy.



i can't wait to experiment more! i'm really hoping to put it to use for my night wedding in cincinnati. it's coming up! yeah!

i finally got my wedding up! wahoo!

i have been terrible at blogging lately! i will do my best to catch up. i've been so busy and so my blogging suffers. ugh. i have several shoots i'm really excited about that i need to post!
we'll start with this one. this is my first wedding i've done, by myself! i covered the ceremony (and i couldn't have been happier about the quaint little church they were married in), the dinner and the reception. it was a long day, but i had a lot of fun.
i could tell this couple was so ready to be married. they were adorable!

i guess i'm on a black and white kick!

wedding part II as promised.

this "getting ready" picture may be my favorite.











and this little girl eating her hot-dog makes me so happy. she had no idea i was there because when i went to take her picture later in the evening she totally posed for me. so disappointing!

wedding part I

i was lucky enough to be invited by jessica kettle to one of her weddings as a second-shooter. jessica is amazingly talented and i was more than happy about another opportunity to work with her and learn from her.

i have three weddings coming up this summer, one of which is in cincinnati! so it was so great to get to see the dynamics of a wedding.
our day started at about 12:30 and went to about 10:30 that night. it was a LONG day, and when i woke up the next morning, i felt hung over. yikes. a little different than my two-hour family shoots. :) jessica said after doing a few weddings, you build up your stamina. we'll see. haha.

as a second shooter, my job was to be where jessica couldn't be. doing so, i was able to take a lot of candid shots, which are my favorite. here a few that i took throughout the day. there will be a part II so stay tuned!















thanks jess, i had a blast and learned a ton!