On Saturday, I was the second shooter/assistant for my friend Rob of Still Life Photography in Bloomington-Normal. We met up with Margaret first at her parents’ house near the Bloomington Country Club, where she and her bridesmaids got ready for the day. The photo above is after Margaret is ready and chatting with her bridesmaids while her mom looks on from the left.
(There are a lot of vertical photos in the set, just FYI!)
The flowers have arrived!


Margaret was already emotional before Matt even arrived, just thinking about him in his tux. They had their First Look upstairs and I was at the bottom of the stairs waiting when they came back down.

A few shots in the back yard…

Then out to the country club for some more outdoor wedding party shots…



As the primary shooter, I rarely get a shot of the bride entering the church with her dad, so it was really sweet to get to stay in the back and capture this moment.

They had a bagpipe player in front of the church following the ceremony. Pretty cool!

After the ceremony, we went back into a church for a few more bridal party shots and the family shots. I snapped this one of Margaret while Rob was positioning her for her alone shot.

Cute!

One last detail shot from the reception!

One of my clients asked today to see a sample of a metal print and I realized I’d never blogged about the license plate I ordered a couple months back. This is a great idea for both teenagers and seniors. There are other sizes of metal prints as well, other than the license plate. This size and the 4×6 are $30 and the sizes go all the way up to 10×20″! Other options available are rounded corners, hanging hardware and drill holes.

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For Father’s Day weekend, I was able to do a family session for the R family and also hang out with my dad back in my hometown area. Nikki became a fan of my work from everything that I post on Facebook and wanted some pictures of her boys, their family and her parents. Despite the heat, it worked out really great.

Nikki’s brother, Chad, was one of my classmates from kindergarten all the way through high school, and I have to say that the oldest brother looks a lot like his uncle to me! I had a great time hanging out in Easton with you guys!

The whole family–including Grandma & Grandpa and excluding Dad–are St. Louis Cardinals fans. They all donned their redbirds jerseys and wanted to make sure that we got a back shot of them all wearing Pujols #5.

Some trampoline action:

haha…

This guy was so cooperative even though he kept looking away from the camera!

And finally, a dip in the pool… cannonball!

I’m actually growing vegetables this year! And despite the poor choice of planting location and the REALLY poor soil we planted them in, they seem to be doing well. They do get lots of sun and the rain here every other day seems to be good for them.
Tomatos:

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We got our new photos and canvas ordered, delivered and hung this week. The middle print is a 20″x30″ canvas and the two side images are 11×14″ prints in dark brown wooden frames. I’m thinking of getting a couple of sconces for either side too. What do you think?

Yes, I know our couch is ugly!

At the wedding I shot this past Saturday, I spotted some moss growing on a concrete wall out at Allerton. I snapped a couple shots of it in between family portraits, because as soon as I saw it, I thought it would make a perfect texture. Last night I quickly found a photo that would work with it, and I played around with it for just a short time and came up with the following picture. I know it could use some more editing, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Oh, and blow the photo, you can see the original mossy image sans watermark, and then following that, a link to download the full photo for anyone to use and enjoy!


The original Beware, it’s HUGE.
(I’m not sure that link will let you download it, so if it doesn’t work, please email me and I’ll send it to you.)

Dawn and Doug are big Cardinals fans, and they wore St. Louis polos and jerseys in almost every photo. Gotta love the loyalty! We started out at their house and then we traipsed around town looking for the best spots to take pics. I think we found some cool places!

They actually met playing softball, and Dawn is a high school softball coach now, so we of course had to find a field to some photos on. We had to go to about 4 different ones though to find one that wasn’t covered with summer Sunday league players!

In the dugout

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Today I headed up to Pontiac to do an engagement session with Dawn & Doug. This picture kind of sums up the day! (I know my readership is probably split all across the board, so don’t hate on me when I post a bunch of Cardinals pictures!) Kayla, this one’s for you. LOL
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What a sweet, personal and romantic wedding Tiffany and Anthony had at Allerton Park on Saturday. It was a beautiful day, showers earlier in the day and the intense humidity prior to and during the ceremony. Here are some of my favorites from the day:

Doesn’t Anthony just look straight out of GQ here?

And Tiffany with her knee-length dress and wedge shoes that she loved.

This is probably my favorite bouquet picture to date! The flowers were done by Rick Orr

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I don’t think I’ve ever said before that the father-daughter dance was my favorite part of a wedding day, but Tiffany’s and her father’s was definitely a highlight for me. I almost cried!

Vendors:
Ceremony: Allerton
Reception: Canopy Club my blue heaven divx online
Florist: Rick Orr

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