Kansas City Rocks!

Dan and I had the opportunity to Join Chris and Angela for their wedding in Kansas City this weekend. They are an awesome couple and they definitely know how to throw a party! Angela's dress fit like a glove and they started the partying early and didn't stop until midnight, and I'm sure there was an after party somewhere that went on till the break of dawn!!

Here's Angela, one of our most beautiful brides!





Angela and Chris rented a party limo to tour around Kansas City before the ceremony. Lots of champagne, beer and cheese nips.



The priest which performed the ceremony was a high school friend.

The couple is hanging out on the beach in South Padre Island for a while, feeling the hot Texas sun and enjoying their time together. Thanks, you two, for letting us be a part of your fantastic day.

Crissy and Jakob

Crissy and Jakob were scheduled to get married on September 12 at Heather's Glen in Conroe. That's right...just before hurricane Ike remodeled the Houston area. Crissy and Jakob prudently decided to move the wedding day up to the 11th but unfortunately Dan was stuck in Lake Jackson covering the hurricane for the local paper and I had already evacuated my family to Austin by that time.

Luckily Mike Fulton and the guys at Tricoast Photography had evacuated from Lake Jackson to stay with family in the Conroe area and were available to shoot the wedding at the last minute. Mike and the gang didn't have much equipment with them and no wedding appropriate attire (nothing a quick trip to Target can't solve) but they pulled it all together and covered the entire day. My thanks goes out to Tricoast for helping us out and capturing Crissy and Jakobs special day.

Here are a few of my favourites from the Tricoast gang.

Life After Ike

Dan and I both and both our families fared well through Ike. Only minor damage to our houses. However, neither of us have power at the moment so I am publishing this post from my kid's computer hooked up to a generator. I won't turn on my main photo processing computer until we have stable clean power back at the house.

Dan and I took a trip down to Surfside beach this afternoon to check out the folks that were really hit by this storm. Some major damage down there. Some of the houses look fairly good but others were either fallen over or missing all together. Sobering.





We spoke to many of the local residents and I was happy to see that the storm has not crushed their spirits. They are working hard to clean up their town and bring life back to as close to normal as they can.

Evacuated!!

Hey! Steve and I were supposed to have two rockin' weddings this weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans. Our families have evacuated in advance of the possible arrival of Hurricane Ike and both weddings were postponed!  Steve is safe and sound with his family, but I work in the media, so I have to stay and watch the storm roll in. I sent my family to higher ground and tomorrow I'll be one of those poor dudes you see on CNN boarding up his windows. 

Take care and we'll see you on the other side!

Dan

Who is Studio979?

There are very few pictures of Dan and I floating around. Let's face it we spend most of our time on the other side of the lens. Sometimes you will see a guy in the background of a shot, dressed in black and holding a very big camera...that's usually one of us. The only other time we show up in photos is when we are taking test shots for lighting or demonstrating a pose.

So I thought it's probably time we show our ugly mugs so that you know who your dealing with when you're talking to Studio979.

The first one is Dan posing for a light check at this weekend's wedding.

And then there is me, Steve. This one is not as flattering but the conversation went something like "Can you pose like this and put this thing in your hair...perfect, thanks"

Lucy & Jaer

Steve and I spent all day Saturday with Lucy as she and Jaer tied the knot at the beautiful Crystal Ballroom at the Rice Hotel. Lucy met Jaer while they were in college at Indiana University. After Jaer moved home, Lucy got a job down near Houston to be closer to Jaer and they finally married with all thier friends and family together for the party.

Congrats to you guys and have fun in Key West! More pie, please!!