done editing all the photos of nichole, kevin, and connor… moving on to planning their wedding photographs soon!

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hopefully kevin will come up with additional creative poses for his wedding too…

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in personal news, i am currently in the midst of planning my fall weddings and portraits. :) i’ll get to more of that next week. still waiting on the trash the dress session permit from american tobacco – hopefully that will arrive shortly so we can get to that and squeeze it in. geoff and i are picking up camping gear from his cousin’s tonight for our weekend excursion into the wilderness which starts tomorrow. when i return i will be posting session photos from this week and later camping photos. no professional photography is allowed in north carolina state parks without a permit that i currently don’t have… so i’m assuming i should leave my really obvious giant photography equipment that draws lots of attention at home. it’s mostly my lighting gear, but every time i’ve used it in the past week or two i have been stopped by some person of authority or media. and i don’t need my gear being confiscated in a state park a few hours from home. :) i’ll still be taking pictures… just compromisingly lit ones. :)

for now, here’s a thursday throwback: child portrait edition.

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we’ve booked ourselves a camp site in hanging rock for the weekend! we’re leaving friday afternoon. getting some more editing done today so it will be a quick and easy blog on friday and no blog on saturday. i haven’t been camping in a while, but the weather should be beautiful and i’m hoping to get some good pictures. last time i went to hanging rock i didn’t have a wide angle, so that will be incredibly useful for the waterfalls n’at! we’re also hitting up a waterpark on the way home… because what good is a 7 year anniversary without a waterpark?

and now kevin, nichole, & connor continued… the extended version. :)

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intermission.

i normally don’t post on fridays, but i’ll be in williamsburg, va tomorrow at busch gardens… and i certainly don’t think i’ll be blogging from any roller coasters. :) i’ll be back on sunday to dive head first into the next several months worth of shoots, editing, client meetings, etc. time flies. i wish i could say that i would be taking pictures at the park tomorrow, but i won’t. and as strongly as i believe in the “take your camera everywhere with you” adage, i really think amusement parks should be left out for two reasons:

  • most importantly, your camera can get damaged. you can risk the water from the water rides or the heavy vibrations of the coasters… or you can choose to leave it behind where it could potentially get stolen.
  • second, i believe amusement park days should be days free of all concern and worry. and since i would be worrying about damage to my camera, it will be left behind.

i want to be thinking of nothing but “waaaaaaaaaaah” when i am on a roller coaster instead of “waaaaaaaaah oh no i hope my camera is okay waaaaaaaaah.”

so have a wonderful weekend and i’ll see you on sunday.

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