Recently, I shared a set of images from Keith & Kayla’s amazing wedding day … Well, I was stoked to have the opportunity to shoot a relaxed and very sexy fun Anti-Bridal session with them just last week. Keith had just had KNEE SURGERY  days before the shoot and still opted to go out and troop around hiking in a suit without wincing or complaining…he is just that incredible of a real hoss of a man. Not Hasselhoff … Hoss, like on Bonanza. Come on, people.

Anyway, we got a ton of fun photos! Keith & Kayla are GORGEOUS (Keith, you’re okay, but your new bride makes up for any looks you lack, am I right dude?) impossible to take bad photos of. Although we got a LOT of great portraits and fun story of the day, I was trying to get a few artsy shots on this session. What do you think?

Kelley Fantasma did Kayla’s hair & make-up and then joined me on our little excursion to a nearby state conservation reserve. Check out Kelley’s new blog. Also, my wife and two precious daughters also joined us and the lil’ girls actually proved to be excellent human light stands. Ha!

So, it’s not a traditional bridal shoot. It is not really a “trash the dress” or TTD session. It takes place after the wedding but before an anniversary. It is…as someone whom I hold in very high regard (John Michael Cooper of altf.com) would call it…it is an anti-bridal. Totally out of the ordinary and not what you would expect.

My original plan for this shoot was…well, suffice it to say that it got put on the back-burner due to circumstances beyond my control, so for this shoot we all three winged it and just drove around and shot at a lot of fun spots. Not much of a plan, but fairly decent results.

Jon and Caycee and I had a ball. I shot their wedding on July 5, 2008, and I absolutely love the couple. They are more than just clients to me. I hope you see a bit of their personalities in these photos. I am working on several “special” ones that will be released later, but I wanted to get this sneak peak up asap.

Please, please, speak up and let me know what you think and which one is your favorite!! I am dying to know!