Top 10 images from 2012

2012 came to a close a week ago, and what an adventurous year it was!  Highlights were: a week long trip to Paris, a road trip to Illinoise (Sufjan Stevens reference), shooting a wedding in Tennessee where I was assisted by my beautiful wife, and kinda sorta wrapping up the year with an incredible road trip throughout California.  While 2012 was slower for me in the business sense, life was at moving at quite the clip.  All in all I shot fewer sessions and weddings, but I do love the thousands of images that I was still able to create.  It was hard picking my Top 10 favorites, but here you have 'em.

Also, a quick shout out to Visual Supply CO. for their rad VSCO Film software.  Thank you!

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 The Seine River - Paris France - June

ISO 100 - 70mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D 

Musee d'Orsay - Paris France - June

ISO 80 - f/2.8 - 1/125sec - Canon G12

The Eiffel Tower - Paris France - June

ISO 100 - 38mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D

Dinner in Paris France - June

35mm film - Holga 135

 Drew & Sarah's engagement session - Garden of the Gods, CO - June

ISO 100 - 45mm - f/2.8 - 1/200sec - Canon 50D

Pat & Kimbosha's engagement session - Colorado Springs, CO - July

ISO 100 - 51mm - f/8.0 - 1/160sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 52mm - f/2.8 - 1/3200sec - Canon 50D 

Barton & Sarah's wedding - Jackson, TN - October

ISO 100 - 40mm - f/2.8 - 1/400sec - Canon 50D 

ISO 100 - 42mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA - November

ISO 100 - 24mm - f/2.8 - 1/1000sec - Canon 50D

A special shout out!

Typically wedding photographers have a "second shooter", some big time photographers may even have a "third shooter" and an assistant.  What is also typical is that the images created by these assistant photographers are claimed as the lead photographer's own work - never giving anyone praise.  I've been that photographer, today I'm going to break that mold.

It was a special privilege to shoot Barton and Sarah's wedding on October 20th in Jackson Tennessee, with of all people...  My wife!  Andrea has quite an eye for photography, before we ever met she had taken some incredible photos of places such as Venice and Maine.  She loves traveling, but since we've been together she has kind of stepped back and let me be the official photographer on our many adventures.

Several times I've joked that maybe I'd give her my Canon 50D and then buy a new full-frame camera. That way I get a new camera and an assistant.  But after seeing her photos from this wedding maybe I'm the one who should be the second shooter.

Andrea I love you, you're an incredibly talented photographer (not to mention super sexy)!

That's a wrap!

Since Barton and Sarah's wedding I've been on the go go go, to include a road trip along the majority of the California coast.  Last night while listening to the Colorado College vs. Denver hockey game I put the final touches on the rest of the editing I needed to do.  I was so stoked to reminisce about the wedding as I looked over each and every image, I was not so happy about Colorado College losing, haha oh well.  Here are a few more of my favorite images from that incredible day!

 

Stone Wedding Sampler!

I've known Barton for several years.  We met years ago at Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs Colorado, and since then have traveled with Axis, and generally hung out in our much loved state of Colorado.  Barton is one of those rock solid friends that asks the tough questions.  He'd mentioned girls he was interested in over the years, but when we met Sarah My wife and I knew that she was absolutely perfect for him.  We had the great honor to goto Jackson TN to capture their incredible day!

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^^^ Mr. Barton Stone ^^^