On Location Portraiture's Jpeg Blog

Aaron and Shauna in the West End

I photographed Shauna Crenshaw and Aaron Parker in the West End in December for a night shoot. Their wedding is a few weeks from now!

 

 

Joel and Laura in Love

Last November, I photographed Joel Arredondo and Laura Buchanan at the Dallas Arboretum during the day and in the West End at night. Their wedding is in October of this year. I photographed Joel's sister's senior portraits in 2009.

 

 

 

Chris and Casey

Chris Rackard and Casey Martin's wedding is in May, but I photographed their engagement portraits last November in downtown Dallas during the day and the West End for a night shoot.

 

 

 

Blaire and George at the Arboretum

Blaire Wilson and George Thornton married in June, but their engagement portraits were created at the Dallas Arboretum in the spring.

 

Ashley and Rex

Ashley Horn is marrying Rex James in March, but their engagement portraits were created at the studio in late November.

 

Linsey and Todd

I'll be photographing Linsey and Todd's wedding in May, but we created their engagements portraits this past November at Lakeside Park and the Arts District in downtown Dallas.

 

Bonnie and David's Night Shoot

I also saw Bonnie Townsend and David Webb later that evening (after Sage and Talita) to photograph their engagement portraits in the West End for a night shoot. I photographed David's senior portraits several years ago.

 

 

 

Sage and Talita at the Arboretum

Sage Goldsmith and Talita Furtado met me at the Dallas Arboretum for their engagement portraits:

 

 

Kaivan and Marycarmen's Day

I'm skipping ahead in the order of my shoots a bit - because today Kaivan Askari marries Marycarmen Ramirez in Frisco! Their engagement session was last month at the Dallas Arboretum. I also created a Viewmaster reel for their wedding tonight!

 

 

 

Nathan and Michelle

I photographed Nathan Lambert and Michelle Keffer at the Arboretum in the spring, too! Their wedding will be on July, 11, 2009. I created a Viewmaster reel for their wedding during the engagement shoot,

 

 

Ashley and Travis

Ashley Avalos and Travis Hazelton are getting married soon in Corpus Christi, but they were in Dallas recently for engagement portraits at the studio!

 

 

Rachael & Joe

Rachael Tomko and Joe McCormick's engagement portraits were created in the West End for a night shoot on Valentine's Day (as were Erin Johnson's and Mike Hackney's engagement portraits)! Ahh!

The Tomkos, starting with Rachael, are a family Erin and I have known for long before we started On Location Portraiture. Rachael was just a little girl when Erin first taught her music lessons in private and at Heritage Christian Academy starting around 14 years ago or so. And now she's getting married! Well, we both say, "Wow!" - and congratulations to her and her fiance, Joe.

I had also previously photographed Rachael's senior portraits, as well as her sister Rebecca's senior portraits and her brother Josh's senior portraits.

 

 

 

3-D Engagement Portraits - Mike and Erin

Erin Johnson's and Mike Hackney's wedding is less than a month away! I created their engagement portraits last month at the studio, and when I did so, I also photographed their engagement portraits to be seen in 3-D! Here are the 'normal' portraits:

 

   

I can't show you the full effect of the 3-D portraits on this blog, but they're basically designed to be seen in a vintage Viewmaster viewer. I take the photos using 35mm slide film, but my camera for these is a twin lens Viewmaster camera made in the 1950's. I get the slide film back from my lab, and cut and paste the images into a Viewmaster reel. It really works, and it's really cool! The first image is a viewer with the reel, the second image is the camera I use, and the third image is the reel I made for Mike and Erin.

 

Creating 3-D portraits is just for engagement sessions right now, and they have to be scheduled as a daytime studio or location session. I've put the Viewmaster reel as an option on my wedding brochure and price list! The Viewmaster viewer and reel could be kept private for the couple and their friends and family - but I'd suggest bringing it to the wedding reception!

Deborah and Brad in Dallas

Deborah Morales and Brad McCloskey's wedding is in July of 2009 - but we photographed their engagement portraits in downtown Dallas for a night shoot in October.

 

 

Amanda and Chad at the Arboretum

Amanda Van Roy and Chad Morrissey were married in October, but I photographed their engagement session at the Dallas Arboretum in June:

 

 

Ross & Rachel

In the summer I photographed Ross Bishop's and Rachel Martin's engagement portraits at Firewheel Golf Course in Garland. Their wedding was on October 25th. BTW, if you two see this today or tomorrow, I'm almost done with the weddings photos! I'll call you on Monday.

If you're not Ross and Rachel, you might have done a double take on the names. You'd be the first, I swears.

I've actually known Ross and Rachel for a while, now. I photographed both of their senior portraits as well as Ross's sister's senior portraits and her wedding. The last photo is an image from Ross's senior portrait session five or six years ago.

  

 

Ryan and Tifini

Ryan Murray and Tifini Baker are getting married in Mexico, but I photographed their engagement portraits at the studio. I had photographed Ryan's sister, Heather, earlier in the year.

Nicole & Adam

Nicole Mosser and Adam Harris are getting married in September, but we just photographed their engagement portraits at the Dallas Arboretum!

The Night Shoot - Tommy & Celina

It's been quite a week and a half - I've had 17 portrait sessions, a rehearsal dinner, and a wedding in the past ten days. So, I've been off on posting - but I'll be posting at least 10-12 entries in the next three days.

The first is something I'm just starting to do, and I'm very excited about it. It's called 'The Night Shoot', and I'll be doing it for engagement sessions and for high school seniors. We basically spend the 30 minutes before sunset until 30 minutes after sunset, walking around an urban location, and create portraits with a lot of mood using the available lighting from shop windows and street lights.

These are Celina Trevino and Tommy Byrd's engagement portraits, photographed in Deep Ellum. I photographed Celina's sister's wedding last year, and I photographed Celina's senior portraits several years ago.

Faith & Blake

Faith Morris and Blake Abbott are getting married on May 31st in Sachse. Their engagement portraits were created recently at the studio.

Lacey Eberle and Kevin Rodgers

Lacey and Kevin are getting married in May. Their engagement portrait session was in the Arts District in downtown Dallas.

Michael & Stephanie in the City

Michael Kenney and Stephanie Schuurman are getting married in March. Their engagement portrait session was in the Arts district of Dallas, just walkin' around! It was also my first shoot with the extremely cool Nikon D3 - which I borrowed for the shoot from my friend, Jim Welborn.

Chris and Lisa-Kay's Engagement Portraits

Chris Pierotti and Lisa-Kay Stone's engagement portraits were photographed alongside White Rock Lake, where Lisa-Kay often runs.

Michael and Amber

Michael Connel and Amber Roberts are getting married in Vegas, but their engagement portrait session was at the Mandalay Canal in Las Colinas:

Thorson Engagement Cards

Emily Thompson and Alex Thorson are sending out 'Save the Date' cards for their wedding. I've designed two different samples (plus a slight modification on one). They are designed as 7x7 photo prints that will accompany their actual cards. Which would you choose?