Knepp Wedding

"We are all a little weird, and lifes's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutual weirdness and call it love." - Dr. Seuss

The words on the invitation say it all. This wedding was the most unique and amazing wedding I've ever been to (and I've been to alot). Nothing about the wedding was boring or "traditional" , which made it sooo much fun. I have known Crystal for a while now, she is not your average bride, by that I mean she is not the type to gush over the flowers (she had feathers) or freak about the cake (it was Vegan) She walked down the aisle to a Deftones song, how much cooler can you get! The vows were Dr. Seuss and the ring got lost in a groomsman shoe. There was lots of dancing, fighting, and keg stands and at the end of the night the bride and groom were arrested (just for fun, not really!) Best Wedding EVER!!! Just sayin....

Crystal and RJ, I love you guys. Just wanted to thank you for not only letting me photograph your wedding but thank you for being such great friends and having me and Jason be apart of yalls big day!!!

BEFORE & AFTER

I Heart Faces has a contest on Fridays called Fix it Fridays. They give you a pic and you edit it, that's it. But what is so interesting to me is how so many different people can edit the same pic in so many different ways. Some get my response of "oooh, that's pretty" and others I think "oooh, that's uh... different" :-) Everyone has a different preference, a different eye, and there really is not a right or wrong way to edit as long as you like it. :-)

Here's a look at what I do while editing. These pics are from Crystal and RJ's beautiful Ashton Villa wedding last weekend (more pics coming soon!). The pic on the left is straight out of camera (unedited RAW). I knew when I saw this pic I wanted it to be black and white. It of course gives it the timeless look that I was going for but also gives more detail to the chandelier and lighting. So I did the regular sharpening and fine tuning in Photoshops Camera RAW, I converted to black and white (layer) and adjusted the levels. Big thing I did here really is the removal of the ceiling fan and the little bit of door opening in the left of the pic. That was done with the clone stamp and patch tools. The ceiling fan took away from the beauty of the chandelier and the door frame drew my eye off of the couple. You can still barely see the top of the fan attached to the ceiling but I don't think it is noticeable, it blends into the chandelier just fine for me.



The next two photos show a minor edit. After opening in camera RAW I only had to brighten faces and apply a little antique toning to the color of the photo. I removed a small stray hair on the brides face and made her skin look even more perfect than it already was :-) Small change but it's the little things that can turn a regular pic into a something really special.






Stay tuned for more Before and After posts!

Crystal and RJ

I wasn't the least bit worried taking these photos in the ghetto (right around the corner from my house), I was with a pro MMA fighter and a TKD Black belt. Crystal and RJ are me and my husbands very good friends and I am proud to say that they met because of me. Ok, not really....but they did meet at our gym where they are both instructors:-) I cant wait for the wedding!!

Lonnie and Kelley

Probably one of the most beautiful couples EVER!! I love these two, they are so much fun to be around, and seriously they made my job easy!! We started our day off getting kicked out of our first location, twice..... haha. but really they were serious!! No worries because we went to our second location and it was better anyways :-). I have always wanted to do photos at the waterwall and am so glad that Kelley and Lonnie were down for anything. Here's a few of my favorites from their session.

Gina and Duanes Wedding Slideshow

Gina and Duane Calderon
October 9, 2010
Helens Garden, League City

Click the photo below to view the entire wedding slideshow

Patricia and Mandos Wedding- ALBUM

Click the link below to see the finished Asuka Book/album of Patricia and Mandos wedding. Asuka books are truly beautiful albums and you just have to see the real live thing in person to appreciate it! It also comes with white gloves to actually handle the book so you don't smudge it! Its so awesome! Anyway heres the link
http://albumonline.asukabook.com/album/?key=916747fc4009

Patricia and Mandos Wedding

Friday February 26, 2010

Helens Garden

League City, Texas