Light Walk

Don & Debra: A Wedding

wblj — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:15:01 +0000

I think I’ve said it before; the best part about a wedding for me is the emotion. I just love how the very visible commitment between two people brings out the lump in my throat. I was, however, surprised to see the pastor “lumping up” while he was performing the ceremony; you just expect that a pastor is sort of immune to that kind of thing But not here, which added to the wonder. I think my favorite part of this wedding was right after the ceremony. I followed the bride and groom outside to let all the guests head over to the reception hall and she just couldn’t stop giggling. She was completely giddy! What a blessing to see her excitement and pleasure. May your life together be filled with laughter, fun and blessing!

Everyone was having fun here:

Ring Bearer and Flower Girl Enjoy the Walk Down the Aisle

Debra Can't Stop Giggling

Radio!

wblj — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:17:54 +0000

The Word, KLGO

I am so pleased to announce that imageclectic photography has a radio spot as of this past week on KLGO radio! It will run for about sixteen weeks around Focus on the Family, Alistair Begg and Ryan Rush. Give a listen to the station and see what you think! Many thanks to Gene Bender, Dean Clark, and Scott & Luci Olson for helping to make this happen.

Here’s an mp3 version of the spot in case you want to listen now:

KLGO Imageclectic photography 60-second spot

A Night for Children

wblj — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:51 +0000

For the second year in a row, I was given the opportunity to photograph the Movie Night Fundraiser put on by the Williamson County Children’s Advocacy Center. This non-profit organization has a mission to help protect children and I was thankful to be there giving my time to some of my passions; photography, children and blessing people. Since the Center is a non-profit, they live on grants and donations; go meet the wonderful people there and help support their cause!

The Center puts this event on at the Georgetown City Lights Theater, which is a very nice theater with super nice people. The theater donates the space and service and the staff are really helpful and friendly to everyone. The next time you’re wondering where to watch a good movie, check this place out.

We’ll have a full gallery of photos up in the next week or so on the CAC’s website, but in the meantime, here are a few to give a flavor of the night.

Photographing People for Business

wblj — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:16 +0000

I confess, I love working with people. It may be trite, but I believe it; everyone has an inner and and outer beauty that we can capture and show to the world. It is simply amazing how each person is unique, and I love the challenge to create unique photographs of each person for whatever use in business they might have. Of course, there are certain expectations and we work within those in general. That just makes it more fun! The most important part of photographing an individual from my perspective is the goal of creating something that makes that person feel great about the way they look and project in the world. If I succeed, then the photograph portrays something unique about the person that they themselves believe is true and important. Hopefully, you see in my work some of the result of all this; beautiful people who are enjoying life and expressing themselves in the real world.

My friend Robert Fischer over at Keller Williams hosted a day of headshots for his team as well as fellow Realtors; here are a few of those photographs as well as a recent individual session with Kim.

Bride’s Choice Award for 2010!

wblj — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:41:41 +0000

The fine folks over at WeddingWire have recognized imageclectic photography with a cool award – this is what they say about it:

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent interviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

I must say I am certainly pleased and blessed to be in an industry where I can make a difference for people and enjoy every minute of it. Thanks to all our newlyweds and friends who helped make this possible, and to WeddingWire for being such a great resource!

Night Wedding

wblj — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:04:45 +0000

Earlier this January we had the opportunity to photograph Scott and Luci at Chapel Dulcinea at night; it was cold and awesome! That place is really something, especially when you have a fantastic evening twilight in the background. We absolutely love the view and the moments we shared there at the wedding. Even though some people believe wedding are more alike than not, I find that every wedding is unique and special and this one was filled with so many fantastic moments. We love weddings!

At the end of the evening my hands were frozen to the camera body, but I figure it was a small price to pay for a beautiful set of photographs commemorating a new marriage!

The Wedding is about to Start

A Long Aisle Walk in the Night

The Wedding in Progress in Chapel Dulcinea

The Happy Couple

Just A Kiss on the Wall

A Kiss Waits for No One...

Headshot Marathon

wblj — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:03:36 +0000

Last week we put together a day of headshots over at Coffee a Deli on N/ Lamar. It’s a very nice little shop with great ambiance and character, and the owner is wonderful. Besides coffee, the have sandwiches and soups and awesome desserts, all homemade right there. You really should go check them out! We used the front meeting room and took portraits of people who signed up for the special deal. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Of course, my grandson had to come by and help, so I grabbed a traditional business headshot for his web page along with all the others. It was easy – he adores lights…

You Just Can't Take a Bad Portrait of Eli

Austin Wedding Extravaganza

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:52:28 +0000

Here is our show booth! We are so ready for the show to start and the opportunity of a great two days of meeting brides and talking about weddings. If you are getting married and haven’t been to one of these then come on down today or tomorrow to the Palmer Event Center, 12-5pm. The Austin Wedding Guide folks put on a great show; hope to see you here!

Christmas Vows

wblj — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:34:03 +0000

I was pleased to be a part of a vow renewal for a couple on their 50th wedding anniversary – on Christmas day! It was really cool to see such commitment lived out, and even more so as all the family gathered around and prayed over the couple and blessed them. Times like this are especially moving to me because they demonstrate real commitment in marriage and in life. I think the most awesome part of this particular ceremony was hearing the grandchildren speak such wonderful things about their grandparents; how they had been shaped and helped along in their lives by the love and care shown to them. What a blessing!

Merry Christmas and have a wonderful 2nd 50 years together!

Eyes!

wblj — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:23:44 +0000

I wanted to create a rather unique Christmas present for my mom this year, and thought I might share it here. I really love the words to the song “You’re Beautiful” by Phil Wickham and was mulling them over a little while before Christmas when this idea came to me: photograph an eye from each person in the family looking at the sky or the horizon. A closeup photograph of an eye can often reveal the subject where the eye is looking, so an eye with a visible image of the world might be a cool demonstration of the phrase in the song “…the colors of the morning are inside Your eyes…”. And, each eye would be from my mom’s children (by birth and marriage) so it would have a bit of a reflection on her heritage in the world via those eyes. My end result was a frame originally designed for baseball cards with a set of our eyes in it and a numbered “cheat sheet” to match eyes up to people in the family. Turned out, one of the cool things we did was to engage the kids and adults around the Christmas tree in a little game of Guess the Eye. That was a lot of fun and I think made the gift more special.

So, I present here a simple set of eyes for you to look at and perhaps be inspired to create something special for someone in your life.