Karlee Field Bridals

Well... another day, and another beautiful Bride Portraits shoot; her name is Karlee Field, and as well as another brides, Karlee has requested Privacy for publishing her Bridal Images in the Web site (at least not before their wedding day), and I will respect that 100%. But I want to mention something else about Karlee; yesterday, in the morning, I've seen something that I love: Karlee came not alone, but with some family members, sister, sister in law and mom... having that help and support, I think, is GREAT. I personally think and feel that the support and help from family members is the greatest in the world... and it was really fun, we had a great time and we spent almost 2 hours for the session (none of us wanted to finish the session).

Now, today images are coming from Kelsie Adams, who got married about 2 weeks ago... as a matter of fact I post Kelsie and Brock wedding day photographs on the August 15th 2008 Blog... so if you want to check it out, go to :

http://aa-photography.blogspot.com/2008/08/yesterdays-kelsie-brock-wedding.html

Kelsie is great, pretty, active and she really is in love with Brock... and let me tell you (everybody) I had a really good time taking her Bridal Portraits.

Well, enjoy them and tell me what do you think about them.

Thanks.

AL

Don't forget to tell me what do you think about them... write your comments.

Thanks.

AL

Maria & Jeoffry Wedding

Here it comes, this last weekend I had the priviledge of taking the photographs of the wedding of a friend of mine, Maria who I knew from a Portrait session for her Business Card, long time ago (by the way, she is one of the best real estate agents around).

Well, this wedding was amazing (and this is another reason why I love my job, because I do a REALLY variety work every time, different locations, different things every time). The people was really self-entertaining, relaxed and way happy; beside, the house, acomodations, food, amenities, etc. were exquisite.

I got to know Jeoffry on that day, (and yes, his name is spelled differently); His is amazing as well, he has a passion for sailing, which passion transfered already to Maria.

Well, here I have some of the photographs I took on Saturday for you to see and enjoy.

Weel, tell me what you think of them.

AL.

A Wedding thought

Well, In the last couple of days I've been working mostly from my office, doing some "office" related stuff... you know, paper work, taxes, contracts and more "fun" stuff. But in between those "activities", I had the privilege of working with one young bride, (whose photographs I'm NOT going to post, since she doesn't want her fiancé to see her on her wedding gown before the wedding day), a girl who is really excited about her wedding day, a girl who taught me a really nice lesson, or I better say that she reminded me about something really important.

The lesson that this young bride made me realized is that the Wedding day should be a beautiful, loving and relaxed day; a day where the bride and groom are getting united for at least this life, which is going to be at least for 50 years or more. Some other couples are getting married for this life and even for the eternities. What a beautiful day when that is happening. But, the "wedding industry" has turned this beautiful moment: The marriage of a loving couple, into a time where everything is money and a really stressed time for the couple and their families... and as a matter of fact, after asking some of my former customers and even family members, the answer I got is that the main memory they have from their wedding day is the stress they had; and secondly, is the love and fun they felt.

I don't deny the fact that everything cost, and there are some things that cost even more than that, but the important lesson here is that the couples should be focusing on the covenants and promises they are making that day, because is going to last (at least) a whole life, and for some, even longer than that, instead of worrying about the flavor of the cake or the colors in the center pieces for the tables in the reception center... Don't get me wrong (specially the brides to be), I am a guy and I don't understand everything that girls do, but take a moment in your wedding planing, and put everything aside to breath and make this event a fun time for everybody around you... then, if everything is under control and everybody is happy, keep planing your wedding day as you were; otherwise, make the needed changes and keep planing it.

If you are struggling with these, let me know, since I have plenty of resources for wedding events.

Thanks for taking the time to read these thoughts that I felt I should share with all of you. If you have comments about it, please, I would love to hear them and problably have a nice "blog-open" conversation; your comment could probably help somebody else.

Thanks again for your time.

AL.

Jason Corless Senior Portraits

Yesterday morning one of my customers was a friend of mine, who asked me to take his high school senior portraits... it was a blast!. We spend a couple of hours in the session and we were everywhere: my studio of course, the Lobby of the hotel (where my studio is situated) and then we went out in the streets around downtown Ogden. We concentrated our efforts in close portraits rather enviromental portraiture.

Hey Jason, you did great man!.

I am posting 6 (six) photographs out of the 118 photographs I took for you (everybody) to see them... well, let me know what do you think about them.

Thanks again you people.

AL

Camping Weekend

Imagine this: camping with your family in a beautiful location up in the mountains... well, that's what I did this last weekend: My wife, my kids and me (of course): Hiking, Mountain biking, horse back-riding, 4x4 wheeling, and tent sleeping... let me tell you, we had a great time. Even more being this our FIRST tent-camping as a family this summer...!!! We went just on Friday and Saturday, but it was a great relaxing time.

After many weekends of "hammering"... (I mean, shooting weddings), and perfect timing: 2 weeks before the start of the shool year. I really did need something like that.

The weather was perfect and even a wind-gusty night, we had it really good.

Well, here are some of the photographs for you to enjoy.

Remember, all non-commercial comments are most welcome.

See ya later.

Yesterday's Kelsie & Brock Wedding

Well, as I told you yesterday, I went to Kelsie Adams and Brock Week Wedding, and you know what?, It was beautiful. The day itself was excellent (was hot) and my throat was as dry as ... something dry; but we had a great time. I met the videographer, Dustin, a great guy.

I'll show you some of the photographs now; but before that, today I am leaving out of town for the weekend, and as soon as Monday I'll show you some of the photographs that I will take there.

Bye for now; but remember, all your comments are always appreciated and most welcome

AL








I'll talk to you later. Bye.

A new starting point

I have no words to describe how sorry I am, that I totally forsook my bloggers friends and my blog at all... so, I am not going to write how I feel about that (but you kind of know how I am feeling today about that).

What I am going to write today is that I have a wedding !!!. I love weddings !!!... specially when I am the photographer. Every week, since summer has started I've been shooting weddings and my time has been blessed by customers who are coming in a regular basis.

One thing I want to express to all those who are reading (to those who believe in God and to those who doesn't): my family and my work are direct blessings in my life and I am so thankful for these.

I want to show now some of the last months Weddings, Engagements and Bridals I've been taking... and even Portraits. Enjoy them.

Your Comments are always welcome. Feel free to tell me anything you want about anything (except advertising... please!).

Thanks again.

AL