TV on the Radio is one of my favorite bands and since they are not too famous it's cool to get to see them in a small venue like the Lakewood Theatre in Dallas. I got to see them not too long ago there and they were opened by the Dirtbombs. Who are the Dirtbombs right? They are a Detroit punk rock band that have been around for quite some time. I was really impressed by their performance. It's always cool when the opening act is really good.
TV on the Radio has a very unique sound that I found about 4 years ago. I can't really remember how I found them, but I'm always looking to see when they are going to come back to Dallas for a performance. Check out their website to hear some of their music.
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I mostly just do Wedding photography here in the Dallas area, but I always jump at the chance to do some fun portraiture. Faith is a local model and we got together to exchange our talents. She models for free and I take pictures for free. It's a pretty good deal I think. This is one of my favorite pictures from the session.
Check out this other Dallas portrait session from a while back.
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Linda and Garrett are getting married at Perkins Chapel and they are having their reception at City Place in Dallas. These are two of my favorite places to photograph and a fantastic combination of venues. Perkins Chapel is a classic venue to get married at and one of the most popular spots in Dallas as well. City Place offers unbelievable views of downtown Dallas. It's going to be a very special Dallas wedding for this very special couple.
I took them to the Old Cotton Mill in McKinney, TX for their engagement photographs and then out to a really cool field I found the other day. It was a beautiful day for photography as I know things are about to get much hotter around here.
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One of the best things about photographing weddings is the opportunity to meet so many people from so many backgrounds. The wedding of Tobi and Toni presented me with the opportunity to photograph a Nigerian wedding in Dallas, Texas, which I found to be very rich in tradition, history, and emotions. People flew from all over the world to be at this event and some people even skyped from England and Nigeria to see it. It was a truly international event. I was honored that they chose me to be their photographer.
Their venue was the Old Red Courthouse, which is an exceptional place that really makes it easy to have a wedding with a large audience like Tobi & Toni did. The room where the ceremony is usually held is fantastic because their is so much light coming in through the windows for pictures. I always enjoy working there.
Of all the Dallas weddings I have photographed, this is the first one where the groom brought out a guitar and sung a song for his bride. Tobi really made this wedding a moment to remember for Toni with the song he sung and the tears of joy on his cheeks are evidence of his love for her. It was a special moment that any Dallas wedding photographer would love to document.
The entire night was exceptional and filled with tradition. I just kept taking pictures left and right all night long. I wish I could share them all right here on the blog, but alas, I had to choose some of my favorites.
Toni had such a fun laugh.
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I started by sending some emails to wedding professionals in the area that I didn't know personally and no one responded. Not even a no thank you. I knew I had a good idea so I wasn't too discouraged. I had to think about how to go about finding a wedding coordinator, florist, rentals, bakery, lighting, venue, and models. So many parts and so many details. Was it even possible?
Then I remembered! I had worked with a florist named Debbie Jewessen with Branching Out Events and she was super nice. She had even featured some of my photography of her floral work on her blog. So I contacted her about this and she loved the idea. It was so refreshing to have someone else on board who was just as excited as me. I can see why brides like her so much.
Debbie introduced me to Kelly Simants with Sweet Pea Events who is always up for working with Debbie and had just started an industry get together called Thursday Therapy. So Kelly invited me to this social in order for us to meet in person and talk a little about this shoot I wanted to do. I had a blast meeting many other wedding professionals as well as Kelly.
From there things starting coming together. Debbie and Kelly knew Megan at the Aldridge House (venue) as well as everyone else needed to make this happen. We set a date for the shoot and we started dreaming about what it should look like. Now I will admit that most of the dreaming came from Kelly and Debbie. I may know how to take a good picture, but I'm not all that great at creating a table-scape.
The shoot was April 27th and it was incredible. Kelly and Debbie created such beautiful details for this shoot. However, it wasn't just Kelly and Debbie that helped create these details; it was our extremely talented model bride Jennifer with Memento Designs. She created just about all of the paper for this shoot and her talent is very evident. Brides...you want Jennifer on your team! Go...get...her...now before she is booked solid for the next decade. She was our secret weapon and her husband Ty made for a great groom...*again*.
There were so many other people that helped and pitched in with this shoot and I will talk about them as well when I finally get to show some pictures. It's going to be a while as we wait to see if we get published on the Style Me Pretty blog (fingers crossed).
I am writing all of this to say this; even if I did all of this and don't accomplish the goal of being published on this awesome wedding blog; I have accomplished so much by collaborating with other wedding professionals here in the Dallas area.
I have made some great friends, got invited to Thursday Therapy where I met even more fantastic people, took some incredible pictures, and plan to do it again. I most certainly plan to do this again.
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Debby Jewesson says:
thanks hansel! i had a blast working together, too! i know your work will be amazing, can't wait to see the results! cheers!
(05.04.10 @ 10:10 PM)
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