Christmas Pics

Last week my buddy Ed asked me to come over and take some photos for him for Christmas, here are a couple of my favorites!

Bat Mitzvah

A couple of weeks ago I took some some photos at a Bat Mitzvah, it was insane! The event was at Landerhaven in Beechwood, but the event planner did such an amazing job decorating that you would never even recognize the place! Each table in the room was decorated differently to match the model that posed as a centerpiece. It was pretty awesome. Here are a few pics from the night!

Laguna Beach Slideshow

So this Thanksgiving was a little different for me. Now I don't know about you, but I don't eat to live, I Live to Eat!! So as you can probably imagine Thanksgiving is usually a pretty exciting day for me. Usually there's a nice subtle dusting of snow on the ground. Mom's mashed potatoes, canned cranberry sauce (usually my brother polishes that stuff off before anyone else can get their hands on it), fresh baked rolls right out of the oven (my mom covers 'em up with a little blanket so by time they get around to you the butter still melts right on), and turkey.... Aahhh, I am truly thankful for days like Thanksgiving!

This year was a little different. This year instead of snow I had sand (not a shabby trade). This Thanksgiving even though I was clear across the country in beautiful Laguna Beach, California, I couldn't have felt more at home.

Jill and Jon were an awesome couple to work with and they had an absolutely gorgeous wedding! The Ceremony and Reception were both held at 7 degrees, a sick venue in downtown Laguna. We did an engagement shoot on Wednesday at the beach, Thursday we ate turkey at the rehersal/Thanksgiving dinner, then on Friday Jill walked down the aisle. Here are a few pics from the weekend, there is a slideshow at the bottom you can click the link to watch.

Check it out!!

Laguna Wedding

I am out in Laguna Beach right now, about to shoot a sweet wedding on Friday... Here's a little sneak peek.

There will be a few more tonight, we did an e-shoot at the beach today... Came out awesome!!!

Happy Thanksgiving... check back tomorrow for the e-shoot!

Vanessa & Jon

Last Saturday I went out and shot 2nd camera again with my buddy Scott from Easywind Studios. It was really an awesome wedding. Valarie Kirkbride of Kirkbride's Wedding Planning & Design put together a truly incredible day. We started off at St. John's downtown on E. 9th Street. The church was unbelievable. The voices of Cleveland's own Singing Angels filled St. John's, giving Vanessa's ceremony the perfect touch. After the ceremony the guest headed over to the Silver Grille in Tower City. The room looked amazing! Valarie brought in special lighting for the event that really gave this wedding a L.A. feel. It was a great surprise running into some old friends at the reception. All in all, Vanessa and Jon were a pleasure to work with. I hope you guys love your photos!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THEIR SLIDESHOW!















Everyone loves a fruity martini during cocktail hour.

Bubbles!

It was almost impossible to take a picture where Vanessa wasn't smiling.

These chocolate milkshakes were delish!

Kyle & Jess Highlights

Last weekend Marisa and I shot Jessica & Kyle's wedding. We brought my brother Adam along to get some video footage of the day. I put together a little highlight reel with some photos and some video. Check it out and let me know what you think! Jess and Kyle, you guys were awesome! Jessica you looked absolutely gorgeous and Kyle you didn't look too shabby yourself. The pictures came out great! I can't wait to share them with you both. Check back next week, they will be on here. Congrats!


The quality above sucks... if you have high speed internet click here to view a much better quality version.

The Senior Trio

Today I went out and shot some senior portraits of a couple of close friends of mine. I used to be a small group leader at Cuyahoga Valley Church; Jordan, Nick and Brian were all in my small group. I led their group from the time they were in 7th grade all the way through their Junior year of High School. We have a ton of great memories together growing up and it's truly amazing to see the kind of men these boys have grown into. Even though I was their leader, these guys, as well the other few guys in our group have really been a huge influence and inspiration in my life. Guys, you are such an encouragement to me! I love you all and I am excited to see what God has in store for each of you! You each have so much potential, follow your dreams guys! Hope you like the pics.

To see a slideshow with a few more from the day click here.

A couple weeks ago I went out and shot with my buddy Scott from Easywind Studios. Scott's wife is prego so I told him I would tag along with him to give her a break that day since I wasn't booked. It was really nice to be the 2nd shooter all day. I got a chance to relax and just capture the day as it was without any pressure. Here is a slidshow of some of the shots.

To view the slideshow click here.

My Super Costume!

Well, it's Halloween once again. It's crazy how fast this years gone by! See the thing is, for me, Halloween is a pretty big deal. It's not that I love vampires and haunted houses (to be honest they kinda scare me), tricks and treats aren't really my thing either. Still however, each October I look forward to this one night, the only time all year when the more ridiculous you look, the cooler you are. And believe me... I am pretty cool tonight. In fact, I have a history of being really really freakin' cool on this particular day. In high school I dressed up as Waldo from Where's Waldo? Amazing! Ya, I was awesome... at least for that one day. The year before Waldo I was the Pokemon kid... ya, that's right. I told you I was really cool. Actually, now that I think about it I even had 2 live Pokemon. I actually convinced two almost grown men to get into these hilarious childrens costumes. Cliffy was Jigglypuff, the big round pink thing and Freddy was Marill, the blue mouse thingy. The fact that they only could find children's medium costums only made these guys look cooler!

This year, I wanted to throw it back a little bit. After much thought I decided to I wanted to be a little more Super this year. Not that Waldo and Ash (the Pokemon dude) aren't super.. they just aren't as super as the one and only QUAIL MAN!!!! That's right, Quail Man, underwear and all! For those of you who are confused about the idenity of Quail Man... you need to watch some Doug.

Anyways, here are a couple pics... hope you get a laugh!




This is Cliff, my roomate... he is dressed as Billy Madison. He would be a lot cooler if he would have wrote Frank the right way. Retard! j/k Cliff.

Onyx String Quartet

Last weekend I went downtown to meet up with a new friend of mine, Alexandra Early. Alex is a violinist who played at a wedding I was at a few weeks ago. I have to admit I was quite impressed with Alex's playing. Growing up I took viola lessons... for those of you who don't know, a viola is like a big violin. Much more manly than a violin, or maybe that's just what I told myself. Anyways, if you are looking for a string quartet or even just a solo violinist, you need to check out Alex's site. She has some samples on there, but take it from me.. she is VERY GOOD! Her website is http://onyxquartet.org/
Here are a few of the shots we got last weekend.