Sara and Danny's Wedding

A couple of months ago, Kimi's cousin Danny and his fiance Sara, brought up the subject of photography with me. Knowing that I have been getting much more serious into photography, they wanted to see a few pictures that I'd done for other people. After a bit of discussion and a slew of emails back and forth, they asked me to be the photographer at their wedding! That request alone is such an honor because this is the most important day in their lives, aside from their salvation and the birth of (future) children! And to ask me, a relatively new hobbyist photographer to capture the day for them, well, I was blown away! I knew enough about weddings to know I needed to ask for help and do a lot of research before the big day! So I asked my photographically skilled step mom, Brenda "aka Nonnie", to please, oh please help me! She took pity on me and accepted! :)

We spent about 5 hours shooting the events at the wedding, which happened to be on New Years Eve. Weddings are usually hectic, stress-filled events but because of Sara and Danny's planning, it went off without a hitch! We had to overcome multiple challenges in lighting and locations but all in all, I believe we had a successful first wedding! I'm using this as a learning experience for me. I've been deep in thought lately on what we did right and what didn't go as planned. I know it was our first time but I know we can keep getting better. I'm including below several of my favorite pictures from the wedding. Let me know what you think!

To see more pictures from the wedding, you can go to our Flickr pictures here. If any of you, or someone that you know, are interested in doing a picture session with me (weddings, engagements, senior pics, family, etc), let me know! I'd love to start building up my portfolio as a possible launch into turning this into a business someday. Also, if any of you know a little something something about the ins and outs of the technical side of photography, I'd appreciate some constructive criticism or tips.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Thank you again Sara and Danny for giving me the honor to capture your wedding days memories! Thank you also Brenda for all of your hard work and creativity! We should do this again sometime! :)