We had a fantastic Saturday afternoon with Karl and Melissa. It rained heavily in the morning but cleared off nicely as the festivities got underway.

It was held at the Columbus Botanical Gardens, which is literally 4 minutes from my house! A far cry from the late night treks back from shooting weddings in Atlanta. The surroundings were just perfect and the light was oh-so-sweet on the inside of the house.

Here's a few quick picks from the day.

As Joseph posted previously, we submitted prints for the 16x20 competition at WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International). This competition has entrants from all over the globe. This is the first year we entered.

We entered a total of 15 prints. Of those we had 5 prints win an "Award of Excellence". Kathy had two and Joseph, Erica and I had one each.

It is so cool to have a panel of esteemed judges give your print a good score. It was judged while we were at the convention in Las Vegas. There were thousands of prints. We did see a few of ours come through the judging. It was very educational to watch.

We are stoked to raise the bar for next year!

Here are the five images. Check em' out. It might be a print from your wedding!

Joe

At least it is to us.

Over the past few weeks we've met with a lot of future clients about their big day. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the diversity that we see come in and out our doors.

We see all walks of life, people with vastly different backgrounds, outgoing and shy, the list goes on and on.

This is, in fact, what makes our job so incredible.

Even though most weddings have the same basic structure, what you bring to the table makes your wedding absolutely unique.

The challenge then for us is to make sure that uniqueness is expressed.

We're going to use Karen and Jason's wedding as an example. We like to spend time with the bride and groom separately to capture unusual portraits of them. And we always make time to photograph them together. Karen and Jason both liked dramatic images. Here is what we got.