My burning hot couple from a few weeks ago got married! The celebration took place in a very small town in a small country church just a little while ago. The occasion was celebratory and joyous with big family, big laughs, and big hearts all around!

The weather was slightly overcast and miserably hot — stifling even. Everyone trooped around outside for photos and a few unique opportunities arose…trains, planes and automobiles…without the planes part. The church sat a few hundred feet from the busy train tracks of Strasburg. We crossed them for the boys’ photos. When we did, we saw this rocking car rumble by…we flagged him down and borrowed the restored black ‘69 Camaro for our shots! Too fun! Later, we flagged an oncoming train down. Okay, we didn’t flag it down, but it did stop not too far from us while we were shooting the couple’s photos and then started up again and we got to watch it leave. Awesome!

Michael & Christina, I look forward to seeing you guys again soon for your proofs, but in the mean time, here are some fun teasers!

The radiant lacy dress!

Bad boys for a bad boy car! 

Michael, Michael, Michael…peeking at his lovely bride’s hand prior to the ceremony. Special moments! 

Can you see the train coming?  

The very last one, I promise!

I was going through some photos I took over a year ago, and found myself looking at the RAW files with fresh eyes. I reprocessed the photo with my current toolset and it made me happy inside, so since it was older work (pre-blog), I decided maybe you all, my faithful blog-stalkers, might like to see my old junk…Please keep in mind, these were shot with my old Nikon D70.

I will add to this intermittently, but only if you all want me to. Let me know if you would like to see more of my old work. If anything, we can share in the humiliation and I can show you how far I am hopefully coming.

The first official From the Archives photo, #001:

I had the opportunity to shoot a local actor, soon-to-be model last week. Dustin McKamie went to New York a few weeks back for auditions with over a thousand other talents, including my good friend, DJ Rouse.

Dustin came back from the event having been voted Actor of the Year and Male Fitness Model of the Year by the judging panel. The funny thing is, Dustin hadn’t ever modeled before! Now, armed with a full Steller portfolio, he is on his way to L.A. to start his new career.

We shot down on the Plaza…yet again. I think I shoot there too often!…Anyway, we got everything he needed to kick-start his portfolio and had a blast doing it.

Notes: Shot natural light, Nikon D200 with 50mm 1.4, processed in Adobe Lightroom with my exclusive Steller set of presets (coming soon to photographers everywhere!). Touch-ups in Photoshop.

This was Dustin’s Headshot choice:

Cool it, ladies….just cool it…