woah! we’re on youtube!

let’s start at the beginning, shall we?

last year i had the pleasure of photographing family portraits for susan whitehead and her adorable family who were then new clients for me. susan and michael are fantastic parents and have a beautiful family of little girls and a baby boy. thankfully we’ve kept touch via twitter since the shoot. however, it just so happens that susan and her husband michael run an internet marketing business and this year we swapped services – portraits for video. :) networking is awesome!

i had the idea that i wanted to put together some tips for couples in order to get better photographs. most couples don’t realize what they can do in order to make their lives (and the lives of their wedding photographer) much easier on their wedding day. so i compiled a list of the top ten things that i see happen the most that couples might want to think about while they plan their wedding. obviously, this isn’t a comprehensive list nor does it absolutely need to be followed to a t… but it’s something to definitely think about!

so we recorded some audio and sent susan some pictures which she gratefully compiled for us and worked her internet magic! and here we are!

hopefully this will be useful to some bride somewhere! i look forward to posting more videos in the future.

special thanks to:

susan whitehead – for her internet marketing abilities and being a wonderful client!

dottie & jon cole – for being awesome and agreeing to let me post their wedding photographs far and wide. :)

tips for brides

lots of people have found my website lately through googling “white flowering tree in raleigh, nc.” well, ladies and gentlemen, the tree whose identification you’re seeking is the white cherry tree. my street is covered with them. sometimes i think it looks like it snowed, other times it just reminds me of popcorn…depending on how recently i’ve eaten. today was gorgeous, so i took a walk along and took a bunch of photos. think i’ll make a bunch of prints, mat them, and make a series out of these guys to hang in the office. it just screams “happy.”

IMG_3073 white cherry tree white cherry tree white cherry tree

why 365?

day 24/365

my dad recently bought a roland fantom G8 keyboard that he’s been tinkering with over the winter. since you can plug in your guitars, mics, etc. into the keyboard and record stuff, he’s resurrected his les paul and squire from the depths of the basement where they’re now happily residing upstairs. i’ve always really liked the les paul even though it weighs a ton and as a kid i was particularly happy with the pinkish purple fuzz that lined the guitar case. today: dad’s guitars – a tribute!

fender les paul

fender les paul

fender squire bass

fender squire bass fender squire bass

why 365?