Charlotte Wedding Photographer

Latoya and Gerard - Married!

Finally I have these finished and up on the blog!

A little over a month ago I got a phone call from a wedding planner in Charlotte - Shanika at SJB Weddings. She told me that Gerard and Latoya were getting married in a few days and needed a photographer. Not only was Latoya graduating from college on that morning, but she was having her wedding that evening too. Now that's ambitious! I was so glad we were available to shoot the wedding.

This is my favorite type of shot of all time - that moment that the groom gets his first glimpse of his bride to be.

This shot cracks me up.

I think she may be the cutest child of all time. :)

And he's a close second.

I loved their cake - it was done by Gail at Cheesecake, Etc. They do BEAUTIFUL work!

Congratulations Latoya and Gerard!
I wish you only the best for your life together!

Let's hit the slopes!

.....or not. We had been talking about heading up to my dad's cabin in the mountains of northern california and then going skiing for a day. We made it to the cabin, but lacked the energy and motivation to haul ourselves even further north to spend a day on the slopes. Instead, my dad, Geoff and I just found some snow to play in. They did most of the playing - I just kept to my camera.

Beautiful!

Love this one of my dad climbing out of an igloo:

Love this one too.

All ready for a little push and a fun trip down the hill.

And this is why I didn't do much playing and preferred just to watch...

That's all - thanks for looking!

Four Dogs, Four Brothers, and a Baby

When I go home for Christmas to California - it's madness (usually in a good way). This year was no exception.

This is Zickarot - our terrior mix dog. She's OLD - 16 to be exact. Sadly, this may have been Zicky's last Christmas with us. :( Poor old goat is on her last legs.

Next up is Hannah (I call her Hannie) - she's real sweet - just a real nutcase.

Obie - the big black lab who drives me nuts and knocks my coffee off the table with his tail. Here he is with brother Morgan.

Fred - the Portugeuse mix we got from the pound. He's pretty well behaved - we think we'll keep him. :)

Geoff!

Instead of my mother and step-dad cooking the whole meal this year, we each got assigned a different food to make - in the kitchen - at the same time. Again, madness.

As you can see - I was in charge of crescent rolls. (they put me in charge of the really complicated things, you see).

My masterpiece

After dinner was a game of football.

Here's brother AJ:

Brother Joe:

And brother Brandon - looking on sad because he wasn't able to play. He broke both bones in his leg during the last football game of the season. He was sported a big old red cast.