Rebecca's event was last Saturday and it was amazing. Rebecca did a great job in service and her party was a blast. The theme was shopping and every table was a store. And Rebecca's mom does tie dye stuff so all the kids got these cool socks that said "I danced my socks off at Rebecca's Bat Mitzvah"! It was definitely cool to see all those socked feet on the dance floor.

Ok, I have to admit that I'm partial to pics of this little guy because he's mine. We just got a new backdrop system in for the studio the other day and we were putting it up when an impromptu photo session broke out. Actually, my son initiated it. He's spent his entire life in front of my camera and he is now a huge ham who likes to be photographed. So I'm working installing the backdrop system and he pulls on my pant's leg: "Daddy, take my picture!"

He's almost impossible to refuse so I broke out my camera and did some shots. We had a great time; I had him making faces at me, playing airplane and rolling around on the ground while I tickled him. But I just looked at the pics this morning and it's scary how old he looks. I know he's going to grow up but it is really weird to see it happen.

The other night he went and got his plastic green chair, pulled it across the room and set it up beside me at the sink. He proceeded to climb up into his chair, he gave me a hug and asked me if I wanted any help washing the dishes. This is my 4 year old actually wanting to help me wash the dishes! I let him rinse and he did a decent job (when he wasn't trying to splash me) but it just amazes me.

I see him everyday so I guess it doesn't register to me but when I look at the photos I take of him. He's changed so much from photos I took just two months ago. It's amazing how they grow.

Anyway, the point of this was to show off some adorable pics of my kid and to let you guys know that we have a new studio set up at the shop so stop by and lets make some fantastic portraits!

Rebecca's rehearsal was yesterday so we went to the Temple to photograph it and get a few family shots before the big event this Saturday. Rebecca really knows her Torah portion and did great with her speech as well. She is going to be wonderful on Saturday! Here are a few teaser shots from her rehearsal. I'll have more up next week after her event.

So Jess just graduated and was unhappy with her school pictures. She wanted some pics that would really capture her personality, who she is. She wanted grungy, maybe even a little creepy but definitely dark. So, as a gift to herself she decided to book a photo session before she went away to college. We went out to an old barn and found some cool places to shoot that would get her what she wanted. I'm really thrilled with how they came out and I know she loves them. She was a ton of fun to work with and I really liked that she had a clear idea of what she wanted. It was an honor to help her realize this image she had for herself.

Ok, so I posted about Vlora before, the girl that I helped with a school project. Well I finally got her in front of my camera for real for her senior portraits. She was really open to trying out different things so I took her around down town Greensboro.
First we went for soft and pretty:





We ducked into alleyways and parking garages to get a little edgier. We went for more of a fashion shoot look with these:








And we ended the session with some more artistic shots:





There aren't may people that get to have senior portraits like this. I think they came out great and she looks absolutely beautiful in them. I can't wait to work with her again!

So Thaddaeus and Crystal got married recently and it was beautiful. They did the entire thing a Clifton Road Baptist Church, moving over to the fellowship hall after the ceremony. Everything went smoothly and the ceremony was beautiful. And the reception was refreshingly simple with just friends and family there with love and camaraderie, no big party or dancing. Just a simple gathering of loved ones to revel in the beauty of the day.

The mothers lighting the candles:




Thaddaeus actually sang Crystal down the aisle! It was a wonderful moment:







It was also Thaddaeus' birthday so everyone sang to him:




They rode of in a killer convertible:

JoAnna won a free bridal sitting at the last bridal show but decided she would prefer to do an engagement session instead. So the three of us headed out to the park to take some pics and I got to know JoAnna and Jim a little better. I think they were nervous about the whole thing, they said they had never had pictures of the two of them before and they didn't know what to expect. It wasn't long before I had them tickling each other, dancing to music that wasn't there or dipping their feet in cool water - and all their nervousness just melted away.