Last week, I was sorting and editing images for an award submission of 2009 Engagement Sessions set in urban environments. One of my favorite sessions of 2009 was with Aaron and Audrey. We shot this session in a small southern town about two hours south of Washington, DC. I chose a few of the best...
I love shooting engagement sessions. Unlike the wedding day, which is tightly scripted, meticulously planned and wrapped around a rigid time line, engagement sessions have no rules. Getting good shots and enjoying the day are part of the plan, but beyond that it’s a blank slate. We are limited only by our imaginations….and weather. I...
I grew up admiring the images of photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Andre Kertesz and Alfred Stieglitz, among others. I am also a huge fan of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, who had the uncanny ability to transform the simple, the everyday and the ordinary into thoughtful, compelling and often haunting images, not without...
