Family Beach Portraits

This was my first family beach session this year, the first of what I hope will be many more to come this summer. Here are the 5 brothers and sisters

All the grandchildren
All the men
all the women --- don't I always say it -- I get to photograph some gorgeous women, they make my job so easy.
precious little girl

this simple portrait might be my favorite of the day -- he's only 4 yrs old but there is something so very smart in those eyes.

Chad and Kasey

I felt like it was such a long time coming meeting Kasey. We've gone back and forth via email for several months now and last Saturday we finally met as we went out for her engagement portraits. Her and her fiance Chad are so cute together, not only a good looking couple, but so real, they are fun and laid back, I love them.  I'm thinking their wedding in October is going to a great time.

 Kasey lives just off Shore drive, and it was her idea to do their pictures on the bay. I've always wanted to do a shoot at or under the Lesner Bridge so this was perfect. Since it was my first time on a shoot near the old Duck Inn I had them trying out every nook and cranny :)









God was smiling down on our shoot --- He made that very clear.  Beautiful

a lot of people don't like lens flare....I on the other hand love it!!  Lets call it my thing, a rule I like to break, to me it makes it feel real.  I wonder what other photographers think about it.  Do you go out of your way to avoid letting the light hit the lens directly?  If I did that I don't think I would get the look I'm after.  To me it doesn't take away from the picture, especially since the subject is completely dark anyway, it's not like the flares are in the way of something important.  Maybe I'm just weird.  Comment if you have any thoughts on the lens flare, I want to hear your thoughts.

 

I love her being on her tippy-toes, they fit so cute together

Vince and Jessica

Jessica and Vince are truly some of the most beautiful people in town. I'm not just talking about their looks either. They treated me like family rather than the hired photographer, and after it was all said and done, I feel blessed to have  2 new friends in my life.  What a pleasure it was to be able to capture their wedding day.  

This was not a posed shot, I was peeking over to make sure Jess was coming and could hear her cue and she looked up and perfection.  It is in the running for my favorite picture of the day, especially since it was a true moment
 Virginia Beach has had some of the strangest and sometimes plain ugly weather in 2008.  May 10th was no different, it was windy and drizzly all afternoon. Someone made the smart decision to move the ceremony inside from the  beach, the guys moved some sofas, and set up the chairs in the living room and this is the beautiful result.

I forgot to mention the sun came out during their vows and it ended up being a gorgeous evening.


As always there are many more pictures from this day on my website.  

Jessie

Jessie and I go way back, what is it 6 years? I was so happy to see her today. She is an aspiring model and has such a great look, really all I had to do was shoot away. Sure I did my usual post process but it was really easy because she is just so beautiful, she would make any photographer look great.















She has the best smile!!