Pumpkin Time!

Check out our beauties this year!

We really love our new logo – so I carved it!  I decided to leave out the “Christopher” and “Photography” because just WREN took waaaaay too long.  I’m going with the “less is more” excuse.  I also learned the value of toothpicks and slow cutting.

The pumpkin-mirror…

The carnage…

Have a happy and safe Halloween everyone.

Big Bear! Just a little snow…

I haven’t put much personal stuff on the blog lately, so here are a few tidbits from our weekend in Big Bear.  My wife and I visited my folks at their timeshare, which was by far the easiest way to travel.  The crisp mountain air was easy to breathe, and a few days away from the city was more than welcome.

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bigbear_0003I love the serenity of this scene.
bigbear_0004The two women in my life… Mom and Wife.
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bigbear_0007The burn areas were very interesting to photograph.
bigbear_0008This is a bush in the burn area – looks like a bunch of neurons!
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bigbear_0012The innertubing was super fun – Masha held on for dear life!
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What a looker!

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bigbear_0015I wish I had seen a WREN instead, but no such luck.
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We miss it already.

Luralyn and Jordan – Vermillion, South Dakota

Luralyn and I have been friends since my days at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and we worked together often as student leaders in SLO Crusade.  When she told me she was engaged to Jordan, I was super excited for her, but I never imagined I’d be flown out to Vermillion, South Dakota to photograph her wedding!  South Dakota was cornfield after soybean field after cornfield, and I really appreciated their simpler approach to life.  I have never seen a reception so excited to do the chicken dance and the Hokey Pokey, you would have thought there was a big sum of money to the person who got into it the most.  Their guests were a hoot and a holler and I made some new friends along the way.

Anyway, Jordan and Luralyn are now happily married, and I have the photos to prove it.

Click “play show” below to check out the slideshow (music too!), and then onto my favorites from the day.


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How is it that a black and white image technically contains less information than it’s color counterpart?  Black and white speaks to the soul…

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Her first look at herself…

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helming_0023One of my favorite altar faces ever.
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Father of the groom didn’t let his uniform keep him from letting a few tears out.

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helming_0029I’m glad no children were trampled when I was running backward to get this shot!

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helming_0031At the University of South Dakota – Vermillion.
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helming_0035Rose Garden?  Yes, please.
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helming_0041She tried to steal the show…
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helming_0044This is why I love taking a 10 minute sunset portrait session during the reception.
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Thanks everyone for all your help in getting me shuttled around and feeling welcomed.  I hope to visit again soon!

Model World

Sorry everyone, I’ve been swamped in moving my blog to a dedicated server, which will mean much more room for BIG photos. I hope to get on a steady blogging pattern at least once a week after all the dust settles.

Just to give you something to chew on, have a look at these photos I took. My question for you is, are they real or models? You think you can tell? I’ll post comments as you all do to see how your guessing is going.


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