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As if shooting a wedding on the Oregon Coast isn’t exciting enough for me, the anticipation became greater after photographing Deb & Tony’s engagement session.

These guys are a great couple. A couple times I had to reel them in because they were so absorbed in each other’s conversations. I love that when a couple I’m photographing are that into each other. It makes it so much easier to get fun, natural shots.

While planning the session, Tony wanted to include this tandem bike and Deb recommended East Campus in Lincoln as a location. I hadn’t thought of East Campus since I was a photographer at UNL’s Daily Nebraskan. That place is a photographic gold mine–especially now that classes aren’t in session. After leaving East Campus we spent a short bit of time in the Haymarket before heading over to Oak Lake.

Awesome guys. I’m looking forward to sand and sun in August!

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I had a blast photographing Brandy and Shelby in the historic old town of Brownville, Neb. Brownville is this quaint old town along the Missouri River and is Nebraska’s oldest town. It’s a charming little place where the arts are embraced along with the town’s history.

Towards the end of our session we went to an old, abandoned farmhouse that is perched atop a hill just outside Brownville. Brandy and Shelby were both awesome sports and willing to try just about anything I suggested. During twighlight I thought it might be cool to have them in the house. I was going to use a remote light to light it up and shoot them through the window from outdoors.

As we approached the door, the faint scent of skunk and visual contact with a bat made us think otherwise. I think the photos we took outside suited us just fine!

Later that night I stayed with my in-laws on their farm near Tecumseh. Ironically, their dog got sprayed by a skunk that very night. It made me appreciate our decision to keep the photo session outdoors.

Here’s a pic I was going to blog a long time ago–from my last wedding.

This photo was not-at-all my idea, but I enjoy sophomoric humor as much as the next guy. The guys at this wedding were all good sports. With rain coming down, we went under an overpass instead of to a park for a quick photo session followed by a wedding-party trip to the bar.

This is one of the super fun parts of my job. A lot of times I find myself in these situations–where the bride, groom, and only the network of their very closest friends are around, having a blast during the time between the ceremony and the reception–away from parents, aunts, uncles and other guests.

While I’m obviously there to work, my wedding parties almost always treat me like I’m one of them. I appreciate that graciousness.

Congratulations to Adam and Tammy, who had a wonderful wedding

Saturday. The ceremony was at Peace Lutheran Church in Grand Island, followed

by a reception at the Howard

Johnson Hotel Riverside in Grand Island. Roses

For You did an amazing job decorating, making the HoJo look spectacular.

I had a lot of fun shooting their wedding. Tammy’s contageous

smile could really lighten up a dark reception hall.