Evolution of a Sunset

Tonight while I was finishing up editing a recent wedding, I couldn't help notice some wicked cool cloud formations right at dusk out my window. I was so intrigued by the ominous nature of them that I grabbed my 16-35mm and headed out on the front porch to catch a few frames.

What followed, in a rather rapid progression, was a beautiful transformation of the sky turning from beautiful golden tones to a fiery pinkish-orangeish-redish. As soon as I started seeing the pink color start to appear, I realized that I needed a better vantage point than the ground. So I scrambled out through the girls closet window onto the roof to capture some of the vibrant colors taking shape. The sky looked like it was literally on fire in the far distance -- extremely awesome.

The following pictures show a 10-minute time lapse of the sky from tonight. No Photoshop here; pictures are straight out of the camera. Super sweet!

Nicole - Senior Session

Meet Nicole, Brookville High School, Class of 2010! Nicole has been telling us for quite some time that she can't wait to be a senior so that she can have us take her pictures. So this fall the time finally came, and what an honor it was to enjoy a few hours with her on a beautiful {cool} Fall morning! Nicole loves to laugh and have fun, and there was plenty of that going on during her session. To put it simply, she is an incredibly fun person to be around!

So check out some of our favorites below. There's a good mixture of her personality -- fun, intense, and real. Do you love it?! If so leave some love in the comments!































A big part of Nicole's high school was spent in the theatre, so to wrap up the session we were able to spend a few minutes with her on stage

Caption Contest - Brooks

We actually laughed out loud when we were browsing through our mini session of our kids. Since we think you could take this so many different directions with comments on what Brooks might be thinking, we thought we would make it into a caption contest.

There are three simple rules:

1) All entries must be submitted in the comments section of the blog
2) The contest is open for one week; it will end next Monday, October 26th at midnight EST
3) The winner will be announced on Tuesday and will receive an iTunes gift card!

So don't be shy, we want to hear all your clever captions!

Update on 10/28/2009 - The winning caption for this picture is: "Did somebody say ICE CREAM?!!!" sent in by Beth! Congrats and thanks to everyone who participated!

Laura & Patrick - Wedding

This wedding had VT fans everywhere. The Minister mentioned the score during the wedding, the Groom's side checked their phones for score updates every few minutes, and the "Hokie" Pokey was played during the reception with Patrick and the Watson Men leading the way.

Aside from the Hokie enthusiasm there was a lot of emotion and joy to photograph throughout the day. Patrick and Laura's families were great people to be around and were so welcoming to us as we played the part of their personal paparazzi for the day.

We hope you all enjoy the images and we are looking forward to showing you the rest of them!

Due to inclement weather, the golf match was held at the bowling alley


Showing off picture perfect form


Meanwhile the girls were back at Laura's house getting ready
















A special gift from her mom


Seeing his bride for the first time = priceless




Just because it was cool


Laura's brother Ryan and bridesmaid Helen played and sang a beautiful number


LOVE this image of the bride and her bridesmaids!








I love a competitive bridesmaid :-)




A few relaxed portraits of the bride and groom