Hey ya'll. I thought I'd share an album design with all my blog-stalking crew. I haven't shared any designs in a long time, so here's a few spreads from Brittany & David's wedding a few months ago. I try to keep album designs simple and clean. The main goal is that 5, 10, or 20 years down the road, the album still holds up and is in style. Unless of course, you wear a plaid suit...

Happy Apple Announcement Day everyone! I've been getting as much work as possible done before 1pm this afternoon. Like all tech nerds, I'll be glued to my computer listening to every word Steve Jobs says so that I can know how my robot-like brain will be interacting with the world for the next several years. Hopefully you all do the same.

Well, before I go off into Apple-related-hybernation for the next few hours, I want to share this wedding from this past weekend. Amy and I have had the pleasure of spending lots of time in the last few months at our 2 favorite Lancaster spots, The Inn at Leola Village and Riverdale Manor. Jennifer and Loren combined the two (got ready at Leola, had everything else at Riverdale) and left a bunch of time for portraits in the middle. It was a really elegant wedding. Very well planned, which meant for a very stress free and on-schedule day. No running around or extra stress for us. I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Anyway, I love these images. Hope you do too! Don't forget to leave Jennifer and Loren some comments at the bottom. Everyone likes hearing how good they look :)...

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This is completely unsolicited, but we really loved the band. Check out The Midnight Hour...

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I haven't done a day-after blog post in a while, but this holiday thing has thrown my schedule out of whack. Amy and I are both sick and achy, and we feel like we haven't been home in months. Ok, enough complaining, on to the good things... Yesterday was our last wedding of a very busy, wonderful and overwhelming year. I think that it was the first time all year when I actually said "Wow, this is literally the best weather we could've asked for." After so many days of rain, snow, wind, storms, and more, it was nice to actually be pleasantly surprised with my work environment. :)

Ok, so I teased on Facebook yesterday that this was the first wedding I've shot where I had lived with both the bride and the groom on separate occasions. True story. Jay and I go way back and Kara had been shacking up with us for the last few months while she was in nursing school. So, we had talked out this whole wedding thing pretty thoroughly by the time the day came. In case you missed it in April, check out their engagement pics. We're really happy for you guys. Jay, you've come a long way since the loser freshman who used to like UNC and wear baby blue all the time. Ok, maybe not... I think you just got lucky. Kara, You've come a long way since two weeks ago when you were in our spare bedroom. Congrats! Enjoy everybody...

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This is almost my favorite shot of the day.... almost...













My favorite. If this is the last shot you see from my 2009 weddings, I feel pretty good about it...

Thanks again to everyone who checks this and helps make this blog fun and full. I'll have some year end wrap up stuff soon I hope :)

On Friday, I was in Lancaster on another gorgeous November day. Brittany & David got married at Riverdale Manor, somewhere that I'm becoming quite familiar with. It was a phenomenal day in every way possible. Great weather, great clients, great location. Just one of those days that makes you want to shoot forever. These guys did us TONS of favors, including seeing each other before the wedding, giving us lots of time for portraits and being willing to do whatever we wanted.

With that said, I was giving the pleasure of shooting this wedding with my good friend Sam Hassas from San Jose. Sam and I have developed a good friendship over the last year or so and if it weren't for about 3,000 miles, we'd probably just go in business together. Anyway, although it was my wedding, we shot this wedding sort of as co-photographers, to get the most and best work for B&D. Make sure to check out his take on the wedding HERE. Enjoy...

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Their first look. Brittany requested the shot of her falling down the stairs, but this one seemed better to me :)...



I didn't want to use any of Sam's set up shots, but this was was just TOO good...



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The next few, Sam shot the guys, I shot the girls...







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Caught B&D taking a break to cool off...