What an awesome wedding!!  When Ryan and Pam first asked me to be their wedding photographer in Boca Grande, Florida I simply couldn’t say no.  Since it was a destination wedding, I was free to ask any photographer to join me in photographing their wedding.  It was a rather easy decision to invite our family friend and Maine based wedding photographer, Susan Mullen.   We met up Sunday afternoon in Tampa, Florida and made the 120 mile drive South to Boca Grande to scout the area prior to the wedding.  It was hard to find a bad location in such a gorgeous area.

Even with all of the last minute stresses involved with almost every wedding, everything fell in to place as it always does.  The weather was great, Banyan trees were amazing and the sky was bright blue and full of clouds.  A late afternoon shower got in the way temporarily, but on the bright side it cleared everyone off of the beach.  Once the rain stopped, we had the beach to ourselves and just when we were least expecting it, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds to give us some wonderful light to work with.

Congratulations you two!

First and foremost, I’m thankful to have my awesome (and growing) family behind me, you mean the world to me.  I couldn’t be where I am today without you.

Room 911, looking over the city of angels, watching the sun disappear into the ocean, inspired.  Music inspires me and invokes thought and creativity.  It provides cadence and a motivation to reach the finish line.  Finding my place as a photographer has been a journey that often times feels like a race.  Never before have I had this type of creative outlet but it needs to be refined and given direction.

A niche..

That started in the confines of a red room among a decayed Kansas City artist’s space and is what eventually led me to this point.  For the better part of building my portfolio I focused on nothing and shot everything.  With the few random wedding inquiries earlier this year, I’ve been on the fence trying to decide if I wanted to be a wedding photographer.  So instead of saying no, I’m going to start saying yes!

It’s a blessing to do what you want to do.  I’m going to roll with it, have fun and work hard not because I have to, but because I want to.  I want to see where this road takes me.  Surprisingly I’ve already booked a destination wedding in the Keys, and a local wedding in Parkville.  Not to mention, my wife (aka Alissa) is making the couples wedding cake!  It’s really an honor to be chosen and trusted to capture a couples memories.  So for now, I’ll leave you with the last 18 months.