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.

Fun with long exposures and mini-flashlights…
Masha drew this in the freezing air.
I love the serenity of this scene.
The two women in my life… Mom and Wife.


The burn areas were very interesting to photograph.
This is a bush in the burn area – looks like a bunch of neurons!



The innertubing was super fun – Masha held on for dear life!

What a looker!

I wish I had seen a WREN instead, but no such luck.

We miss it already.

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.

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…

Her first look at herself…

First look at each other – so genuinely in love.

One of my favorite altar faces ever.

Father of the groom didn’t let his uniform keep him from letting a few tears out.

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

At the University of South Dakota – Vermillion.



Rose Garden?  Yes, please.




She tried to steal the show…


This is why I love taking a 10 minute sunset portrait session during the reception.

Thanks everyone for all your help in getting me shuttled around and feeling welcomed.  I hope to visit again soon!

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.

I recently got Boutwell Studios‘s “Totally Rad Actions” and I think they are awesome. I’m looking for new ways to really give brides unique images that will fill them with warm fuzzies every time they look at them. I hear they may come out with a new set soon, which I will likely purchase because of how good their first set is. I’m a sucker for companies with good products, and I think the best “buzz” for marketing is one based on someone really getting value for something they bought. I hope my brides see their photography that way!

I have been thinking about this recently: the world doesn’t need another lame blog. But the world DOES need a unicycle that is as easy to ride as a bicycle. While the world is working on that, I’ll just be over here starting my blog.

You might be asking yourself, who is this Christopher Wren guy? I may never tell. I may give you a clue, Wren is not my last name. Christopher Wren is a guy I recommend to shoot your wedding, and at the same time he’s me. By choosing a different name, I get yet another positive recommendation. Myself.

I hope this blog is a source of pointless procrastination, wedding wonder, and technology tidbits.

Here’s a photo I recently entered in the OC fair: