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Ashley + Jarratt’s Wedding Photography – Pine Ridge Baptist and Brunswick Country Club

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

It’s always an honor to photograph the wedding of someone we’ve known for a while. I (Chris) met Ashley in early high school on a church ski trip. Fast forward a decade and Ashley gets engaged and asks us to be her wedding photographers. Her always-happy attitude is a wedding photographer’s best friend. After meeting Jarratt and shooting their engagement session on Jekyll Island we realized they shared the same fun attitude.

The entire time we spent with Ashley, Jarratt, their friends, and family at their wedding was full of laughs (a lot of it from groomsmen making fun of Jarratt). After the ceremony at Pine Ridge Baptist, we joined the wedding guests at the Brunswick Country Club for a fun reception.

These are just a few of the images. See them all at http://pictage.com/876349

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Lunch With the Family at Bubba Garcia’s

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

We don’t post much personal stuff on here and I’d like to change that. We don’t just take photos of other people. There’s more that. Like our families.

After church a couple Sunday’s ago, my family got together at Bubba Garcia’s (great Mexican food) for lunch. With us was my adorable niece Mary Jane. So, of course, out came the camera. I’ve been practicing using natural light alone lately and this was a good opportunity to play some more. I tend to use off-camera flash on almost every portrait shot. Sometimes I know it has held me back from the flexibility I could have had were I not relying on it. I’m glad to say the experiments are going good.

Anyway, I just wanted to share these pictures with you guys. Feel free to comment below.

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Ashley + Michael’s Sunrise Engagement Session on Jekyll Island

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

It seems “the shoot got rained out” in a becoming a theme this summer. Such was the case with Ashley and Michael’s engagement session. We got rained out at our first try. When rescheduling, we decided since sunset gives us the best light and but also seems to attract storms, we should try the opposite… sunrise. You can guess we were excited about this shoot because, well, not much excites us enough for us to get up at 5am! :)

I am super pleased with this engagement session. Jekyll Island has great beaches that we took full advantage of. Driftwood Beach, where we began our session, is a popular site for weddings and portrait sessions. The good thing about a 6am shoot is the beaches being almost completely clear of other people. We did have one ATV drive by with college students checking on the sea turtle nests near us though.

I do want to point out one thing I was really stoked about… I got to climb a tree! The picture looking down at Ashley and Michael laying on the beach towel was taken from about 8 feet up in the air and about 12 feet out on a slippery branch. There’s nothing like a little danger to make a photo shoot a little more exciting!

Afterward we headed to the historic district to get some more images including some with their bows! They both compete in archery tournaments and wanted to incorporate this love they share into their portraits.

We can’t wait for their wedding next month!