Engagements
Christina & Jason’s engagement session in NYC
01/21/10 23:35
After an extremely busy 2009 I finally have some time to devote to the blog. Thank goodness!
Back in September Natalie and I went to New York City for our anniversary and while we were there I had the opportunity to photograph Christina and Jason’s engagement session. Christina and Jason are both in the entertainment industry. They met while working for Disney and Christina is currently a member of the famous Radio City Rockettes.
We had a perfect September day for their session. We started out in Central Park and then headed down West 72nd Street for some more urban shots. Christina and Jason were a great couple to work with and helped make our trip to NYC that much more memorable!
Here are a few favs from the session.
Ken
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Katy & Matt's enagement session
08/26/09 13:30
I
will be photographing Katy & Matt’s wedding this
January so the warm summer evening at Huntington
Beach was quite a contrast to the winter wedding they
(and I) are looking forward to. It was a perfect
summer evening for photographs and Katy & Matt
made it way too easy to get great shots. They have
such strong chemistry and they’re both very
comfortable in front of the camera.
Here are a few of my picks from their session.
Ken
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Here are a few of my picks from their session.
Ken
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Mary & Matt’s engagement session
05/08/09 10:52
I
met Mary and Matt at Coe Lake in Berea for their
engagement session. The sky was a little overcast
which worked really well for that time of day
providing soft, even light for their photos.
Throughout their session it became obvious how much
Mary and Matt enjoy just being together. They gave me
their best smiles every time they looked at each
other.
Thanks for the great session guys!
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Thanks for the great session guys!
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Tricia & Brian's engagement session
03/16/09 22:08
Tricia
and Brian was my third session of the day. To mix
things up we took some photos around downtown Olmsted
Falls and also a few in the park. My personal
favorites were by the railroad tracks.
My picks below.
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My picks below.
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Heather & John’s engagement session
03/16/09 21:30
Heather
& John were my second session of the day. The
ground gets especially slippery and treacherous in
the winter time especially in some of the spots where
I wanted to take some photos but Heather and John
were troopers.
Here are some of my picks.
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Here are some of my picks.
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Marcie & Anthony’s engagement session
03/16/09 21:00
I
don’t photograph a lot of outdoor sessions in the
winter but I happened to have three engagement
sessions a couple of Saturdays ago, (purely by
coincidence - really!). There was just enough fresh
snow on the ground to cover the dead of winter that
can make photographing outdoors this time of year
such a challenge. Being that I had three sessions in
one day I couldn’t travel to various locations which
brought about another challenge; to photograph three
couples in the same area (in and around the Olmsted
Falls David Fortier River Park) and make each session
unique.
Marcie and Anthony were my first session of the day. Even though there was a good amount of snow on the ground it wasn’t unbearably cold. Anthony and Marcie both warmed up to the camera quickly and we got some great stuff!
Some favs below.
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Marcie and Anthony were my first session of the day. Even though there was a good amount of snow on the ground it wasn’t unbearably cold. Anthony and Marcie both warmed up to the camera quickly and we got some great stuff!
Some favs below.
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A little girl's dream
02/05/09 01:30
I
normally wouldn’t use this platform to discuss
something so personal but I really felt compelled to
do so.
I had to drop something off at my kid’s elementary school yesterday. As I was leaving I noticed a class project that was on display about Martin Luther King Jr. The wall was covered with construction paper portraits of Dr. King and underneath each portrait were the words “My dream is...” along with some lines for the children to fill in their own dreams. I stopped for a moment to read a few. Their dreams ranged from the grandiose ending of poverty, world hunger and global warming to the more personal of wanting to be a professional athlete or a policeman. I smiled at most and chuckled at others.
Then I read one that was quite sobering. A little girl wrote, “My dream is that my mommy and daddy will love each other and stay together.” “Wow,” I thought, “what caused her to write those words?”
We live in an age where personal happiness supersedes personal responsibility. Many people enter marriage with the attitude that if it doesn’t work out then divorce is always an option. But I wonder what would happen if we lived as though there was no option. What if we truly took the marriage commitment to heart? What if we agreed that the word divorce would never come from our lips in the midst of a conflict? Wouldn’t we try just that much harder to make it work?
I am not an expert on marriage. I’m just a guy who’s been married for fourteen years. I can attest to the fact that every (and I mean every) marriage falls on hard times, but I can also testify to how much better things can be and how much deeper your relationship can grow once you’re on the other side of those trials. When I got married I had no idea what I was in for. I didn’t have a clue how difficult things could get. I also had no idea how good things could be and that I could love anyone as much as I love Natalie now.
As important as it is to love each other for better or for worse it is prudent to ask questions before you take the walk down the aisle. As difficult and embarrassing as it may be to cancel a wedding it is far less devastating than divorce, especially where children are involved. When Natalie and I were engaged we went through a book called “Before you say I do” (Amazon link). While it certainly does not offer any guarantees it does help to determine how well matched you and your future spouse are and how you might handle difficult times and decisions.
By the way, it is a faith based book but don’t let that scare you. You need to find out where you and your future spouse each stand on those issues as well.
Ken
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I had to drop something off at my kid’s elementary school yesterday. As I was leaving I noticed a class project that was on display about Martin Luther King Jr. The wall was covered with construction paper portraits of Dr. King and underneath each portrait were the words “My dream is...” along with some lines for the children to fill in their own dreams. I stopped for a moment to read a few. Their dreams ranged from the grandiose ending of poverty, world hunger and global warming to the more personal of wanting to be a professional athlete or a policeman. I smiled at most and chuckled at others.
Then I read one that was quite sobering. A little girl wrote, “My dream is that my mommy and daddy will love each other and stay together.” “Wow,” I thought, “what caused her to write those words?”
We live in an age where personal happiness supersedes personal responsibility. Many people enter marriage with the attitude that if it doesn’t work out then divorce is always an option. But I wonder what would happen if we lived as though there was no option. What if we truly took the marriage commitment to heart? What if we agreed that the word divorce would never come from our lips in the midst of a conflict? Wouldn’t we try just that much harder to make it work?
I am not an expert on marriage. I’m just a guy who’s been married for fourteen years. I can attest to the fact that every (and I mean every) marriage falls on hard times, but I can also testify to how much better things can be and how much deeper your relationship can grow once you’re on the other side of those trials. When I got married I had no idea what I was in for. I didn’t have a clue how difficult things could get. I also had no idea how good things could be and that I could love anyone as much as I love Natalie now.
As important as it is to love each other for better or for worse it is prudent to ask questions before you take the walk down the aisle. As difficult and embarrassing as it may be to cancel a wedding it is far less devastating than divorce, especially where children are involved. When Natalie and I were engaged we went through a book called “Before you say I do” (Amazon link). While it certainly does not offer any guarantees it does help to determine how well matched you and your future spouse are and how you might handle difficult times and decisions.
By the way, it is a faith based book but don’t let that scare you. You need to find out where you and your future spouse each stand on those issues as well.
Ken
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Announcing new save the date designs!!
01/21/09 16:57
Natalie,
Renee and I have all been busy coming up with new
designs for our Save the Date cards and magnets. The
colors can be customized to match your wedding. Here
are a few of our new designs...
Ken
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