I’ve always loved the style over at Rock’n Roll Bride. Kat, the rock’n beauty behind RnR has a real eye for talent and knows what she likes. So it was a real honor to be one of her features. You can see the post here and while you are there check out all the other superb images on the site.

Thanks again Kat

Killer couple + classic car / great location = one amazing engagement session!

It’s always good when you get a killer couple, a couple that is laid back, not afraid of the camera and is willing to work with you on what ever comes into your head. But, when Erik and Arianne pulled up in a 1970 Karmann Ghia and a 1964 Ford Mustang I was happier then a kid starring at the gate to Disney World.

Some times I offer a shoot to people that have a look that I want for my portfolio and my friend Matty and his fiancee Jocelyn have that look. I asked Matty if he would be interested in a couples shoot and I got way more then I expected. It turns out that they are engaged making this a cool engagement session and Jocelyn is about 7 month along which also makes this a maternity session! How killer is that!!!

Being the smart folks that they are, they have found out ahead of time (I’m not one for surprises either) that they are having a little girl which they will be naming Mayden. I just love that name! That little girl is going to be one little hell raiser let me tell you… With Jocelyn’s looks and Matty’s attitude poor little Matty is going to have some fun in about 14 years lol

Anyways, we started out by getting lost in the countryside and stumbling onto a great field and this sweet little barn. After that we headed to the Jumbo train bridge in St Thomas (not sure if that’s really it’s name, but a elephant named Jumbo did meet his maker on that bridge) then finishing at the Patterson Garden.

I had a blast with these guys and I can’t wait to get my lens on Mayden when she is born. I am even in talks with Matty about shooting their wedding in October of 2010. Still haven’t decided if I’m gonna give him a deal quite yet, we’ll see how nice he can be to me in the next year

Well I hope you enjoy these images as much as I did taking them….Oh, before I let you go. I want to apologize now for the length of the post, I spent a while trying to narrow down my favs, but I just could not get rid of any more. It seems that every time you point a camera at these two you get an awesome picture!

I went to school with Sarah for a very long time, like from grade 3 all the way to high school. Sarah was one of the coolest girls I knew in school, while every female preteen around was drooling over the Back Street Boys, Sarah was the hip one listening to Bobby Brown.

About a month ago I was at the grocery store waiting in the checkout line when I spied Sarah with her grandmother. We started talking and she informed me that she was getting married and how it was going to be a small wedding in Port Stanley. Of coarse considering what I do I HAD to ask the question “Who’s shooting your wedding?”. When she told me that she was just “get some friend to cover it” my hackles raised and I replied “Ummm no you’re not, give me a call and we’ll talk”….She did!

So today I met Sarah and her fiancee Dane at one of their hangouts, the Wortley Roadhouse and we had a killer time just wondering around, ending up at their house. They told me that they “Weren’t the types to frolic in the woods”, they just wanted a This is Our Life kinda coverage which I thought was a great idea.

I had an amazing time with Dane and Sarah, their wedding is one of the most anticipated events on my calendar for this year. Till I get to show you all the great images I’m sure to get from their wedding, sit back and enjoy their engagement!

And now folks, please remember! Friends don’t let friends hire friends to shoot their wedding! Of coarse if that friend is a talented wedding photographer…well then by all means, but a cameras a wedding photographer one does not make, or something like that lol

I don’t know if you know this about me, but I LOVE small weddings! They just seem to be more about the couple for some reason. A close group of friends and family coming together to celibate the union of two people that really love each other. Well Justin and Julie’s wedding is going to be just that and I’m really looking forward to shoot it!

Today we headed out and did a little tour of downtown London Ontario to do their engagement session. It was a lot of walking (trust me, I need the exercise!), but it gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other a little better as well as creating some great images…. and here they are! I hope you like.

Over the next little while I thought it would be fun to show some of my person testing that I have done. Testing is basically a staged shoot with models for the purpose of trying out new techniques and ideas. It’s a great way of staying creative and challenging yourself…Keeping things fresh so to speak.

The first testing session I want to share is also my latest with Valerie and Damon. I have to give props to Val and Damon for this one, it was a chilly day and these two were real troopers for braving the wind without their jackets, but I tried my best to keep them warm by getting them to snuggling, kissing and running around in a circle (see the last image for that one) as much as possible.

I had lots of fun with this cute couple and who knows, maybe the next time I do a E-session with these two it will be the real deal…No pressure Damon