Janece and Greg’s Wedding

Janece and Greg invited us to share the day with them as they recited their vows at the First Presbyterian church on Jefferson in Roanoke. You may remember seeing Janece’s bridals a while back…

Tyler escorted the mothers in and out of the chapel…
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Greg’s first look at his bride, you can see the adoration…
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The kiss!!…
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Happy newlyweds stride out of the chapel. I always think it’s cool to see the strut that every groom has as he leaves the altar, it’s kinda cool, I wonder who all notices that?
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A few details from the day…
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And the couple’s session during the reception…
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A great couple to work with and a beautiful church adds up to some great images to share with you from an early wedding on Saturday.

Fashion shoot…

We had another photoshoot with some models from Metropolished this past weekend. The girls were great to work with and helped make some awesome images, we’ve been inspired and will probably be contacting them to do some more shoots soon. These shots are mostly fashion oriented, we’ll share some more as time goes on, we’ll be heading over there again this weekend for some headshots too.

Before I get to the pictures let me tell you about a fashion show at 202 Market this coming Thursday night. The folks (Susi and Val) over at Metropolished will be organizing and coordinating everything as well as bringing the models to the Star City. Take a look here for more info! We can’t wait to see you there!

Well, now to the images…

Susi is absolutely amazing as a make-up artist, from a natural look, to high fashion, to stage and TV Susi can rock out with the brushes and powders! Val is such a bundle of energy during these shoots too, bustling with ideas and suggestions, as well as standing in as a model from time to time.

We started off outside with a few headshots as well as bathing suits, Kaili really turned it up for this shot…
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Then we headed inside for some high fashion shots with some really fabulous dresses from Patina and of course Susi’s impeccable styling. Gracie possesed quite an elegance in these gowns, she gave everything we asked for that day and it shows in her film…
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…then we took Gracie in another dress and used a little more dramatic lighting for this shot…
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Wow, you should have seen how Christina rocked this dress with perfectly matched styling by Susi! …oh wait, I can show you!
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Well, that’s it for now, feel free to share your thoughts here. By the way, Susi is availabe for styling for your portraits, let me know if you’re interested.

-Michael

Keeping my promise…

…well as I promised, here are more images from the wedding on the 19th of Paul & Kathy Barrell…

the beautiful bands…
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Paul getting some last minute adjustments…
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Kathy and her beautiful bridesmaids!
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The men are ready to go…
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Kathy’s brother gave her away on behalf of the family, what a gorgeous bride!
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Paul and Kathy along with their niece watered a newly planted tree in the front yard in honor of their parents during the ceremony
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As the couple arrived at the reception…
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Shortly after delivering to Kathy and Paul I received an email inviting me to use this on the website…

“Paul and I were married outside our home on July 19, 2008. We were very excited when we found out that the photographer and his wife had been past students of Paul’s. We knew we wanted a few pictures taken during the wedding and the typical bridal party shots after the wedding but we had no idea what else we wanted or who we wanted to include.We also did not want the hassle or time taken away from our guests for pictures. Michael and his wife, Angel put our minds as ease. They came to the rehearsal on Friday, just to get ideas of where they could be, that would cause the least amount of distraction during the ceremony and still be able to get some wonderful pictures. We immediately knew we had hired the right person for the job. It was a relief to know that we had found someone we could trust to do a fantastic job.
The day of the wedding Michael and Angel came early and took pictures before the actual wedding. Not all of the pictures were your standard “family-bridal party pictures”. I was amazed at some of the settings that he came up with for us individually and as a couple. He took pictures of us on the steps inside the house, looking out the bedroom window at the wedding site, coming out the front door, etc.
I can’t say enough positive statements about Michael and the job that he did for us. We were extremely pleased with his friendly nature and ability to make us feel comfortable, as well as , his professionalism, expertise and creativity that he shows in the pictures that he takes.

Kathy”

I want to thank them again for letting us share that beautiful day with them and their friends and family!

-Michael