Karen and Paul

My friend Karen contacted me to ask if I'd shoot her wedding at the fabulous Ambruster Chapel. I knew where it was and remembered wondering what the inside of the building was like. Karen is hysterical and I love spending time with her so I said I'd be glad to photograph this special day for her.

The day of the wedding weather was perfect and the location was absolutely stunning (as you can see in the photographs). The styling and architecture of the building, regardless of it's usual use, was absolutely gorgeous and a fantastic place to shoot photos. I was so glad they chose me to shoot for them. I'm always glad to see people enjoying their weddings so taking pictures of happy people smiling and laughing and enjoying themselves? Sign me up!

Oh and the photo of the bride and her daughter?  Proof that having a second shooter can really pay off!

Misha and His Girls

This is my friend Misha.  I asked him a few years ago to go out and help me practice with some natural, direct light photography.  We headed down to the levee that keeps the Mississippi from flooding downtown St. Louis.  The graffiti wall down there is spectacular, I highly recommend going to see it.  Unfortunately, much of the art has been tagged over with much lower quality work but there are still a few gems to find down there.

This is one of my favorite pieces, with the stencil of two women in pink against the blue background.  the colors in this shot really shoot off of the image which is one of my favorite things to do.  His shirt has been made fun of by a lot of our friends but for this image, the orange and bright red work great.  There are lots of colors here and he is a very colorful guy.

Update on The Motive - Mrs. White

Thank you everyone so far for your support on this project.  We've still got a long way to go but as promised, since we reached the $500 mark, here is the first photo to be released publicly from The Motive.

It took me a long time to find the right model and a hallway that would work for my purposes.  The hallway was probably the hardest part though you wouldn't think that would be difficult.  I did shoot this show on a shoestring budget, though, and didn't want to rent locations if I could get out of it.

That being said, my friend Nicole was kind enough to let us use her upstairs hallway to shoot the photos for Mrs. White.  I wasn't sure if it would work but I'm pretty pleased with the result.  I wanted the photos to have a simplicity about them, so that it was easy to see the important parts of the art without a lot of distracting excess all over the place.  I would have loved to shoot this show in an old Victorian Mansion but didn't have one available.

If we can make the next goal of $1,000 I'll share another character from the shoot.  Whoever is the donor who puts us over the top will get to pick which of the five remaining characters to see!  Thanks again for your support and I am really looking forward to seeing where this goes from here!