recap / Carmen & Mark

My two pals Carmen and Mark were wed hmm, well over a month ago. The other day she asked when was I going to blog the photos (the ones I liked the most). Well I like them all, so here’s 70+ photos. Click read more to see them all. Man, that was a super wedding. I love shooting for friends.

Their awesome wedding rings.

Mark's mom, one of my fav pics.

recap / Ashley & Charlie

Wow! So much has been going on lately. Between selling my car, buying another one and shooting tons and tons of photos this summer I sometimes find it hard to do the simple things like relax. Anyway, I can’t thank each and everyone enough for either referring people to me, or finding out about me and my work. I try to update the blog, but lately just too much has been going on. Plus, it’d help if I got some awesome comments from you guys and gals! So, leave some ya hear. I thought I’d change up my workflow and post nothing till all photos were done, but I’m going back to my old ways. So here’s a recap of this spring/summer this far…

That Day

I haven’t blogged in forever. Clients and prospects may be wondering what’s the dealio, but I decided to change my workflow and finish projects before blogging them. However, I’m going back to my old ways and sneaking out some photos before the project is done, but first I want to share with you something very near and dear to my heart.

This is the first time I have ever ever shared these photos, except with one or two people. After getting their feedback I think it’s important to share something very dear to me. They have sat dormant on my computer for well over a year. They are hidden no more.

Without going into much detail, below is my depiction of Mothers Day 2008. I have a rather unique family background, but one I am rather thankful of for I know God has a plan in all of this and He will take care of me for the days to come. The first is a photo of me on a tricycle. If you know me at all you know I like anything with wheels, be it 2, 3 or 4. (sorry unicyclers I can’t stand yall’s one wheel of fury). I saw this photo for the first time in many years while visiting my biological mother in 2008. I don’t know why God puts mental illness on this Earth, but I must accept my family as they are and pray for them constantly. I hope that they are just as moving for you as they are for me. God bless.

Joy & Matt

I had this awesome blog draft all typed up and never hit publish. Looking back I realized I was blabbing way too much, but I really enjoyed these two people Matt & Joy. They both met while running so running was the theme of the day. We met up at a local runner’s thing where Matt won of course and I took a few photos of that part. It was a long day, but it sure paid off. Congrats you two! I’m so behind on my blogging! Click the read more link to see a lot more photos. I had a hard time picking my favorites! (psst, this looks better in firefox browser)

Shimmer Wall

I follow A LOT of blogs. Upon returning from vacation I had like 8 billion new blogs to read, which sadly got left behind. One of them is Swissmiss, which by the way just follow it blindly and you’ll thank me later. Below is a list of videos found on the spiderwebs that has this same kind of art/technology/installation all over the globe.
Art is everywhere. Stay inspired.

Kickin Shimmer Wall from Leo Suarez on Vimeo.

Ashleigh’s bridal session

Ashleigh and I got together a few weeks back to shoot her bridal portraits. We had a grand old time. Isn’t she just gorgeous? I love how you can see her smile, the dress, the wood floors, the big windows and lots of light. If you can’t tell, I really like light.
The pictures were all done downtown at the Marion Hatcher Center, which will be the location of the outdoor wedding this Sunday.

You can view a few more pictures from the session over on the clients page. Have a look!

Ketchikan, AK

Ah yes, the city in Alaska that’s impossible to spell correctly. We were only at the port for the morning, for good reason. Yet again, another tourist trap dock, but once we got out past that short little diamond store filled downtown area…. and onto a sea plane we were golden. We, being me, and two other guys, along with the pilot took an hour’s flight in a sea plane over the Misty Fjord area / Tongass National Forest. We landed and got out onto the floats of the plane.

Tracy Arm Fjord

She looks cold doesn’t she?

No words can adequately describe this place, yet I will make a humble attempt to do so. Somehow cruise ships can fit without wrecking into the rocky walls or floating icebergs. I basically stayed outside on the deck for more than half of the day just admiring the GIGANTIC mountains and ice-something or another that was keeping us from going any further. The captain said it was the best weather he’s ever seen as well, which is saying something if you’ve been piloting ships for 10 years.

Skagway, AK

Aw, look at us two. Aren’t we cute? My grandma raised me, so this is our trip together. 24 & 82 years of age, hanging out for a week.

I simply loved Skagway. Our tour got a bit mixed up, but we ended up taking a tourist trap train ride up the mountains into the Yukon Territory / Canada and saw a lot of snow. We also dropped off hikers twice on the way up, which made me a little jealous of how badass they were, you know, being a hiker in that area is much more hardcore than our little weekend getaways in Georgia.

Seattle, WA & Alaska

I’m currently on a 7 night cruise with my grandmother. We left port yesterday and are on the sea today. I bought some air time to upload some photos from the trip and for a local magazine. I’ll be back on the 17th and a bit more ‘accessible’.

Let’s see how this upload speed works.

Transmission complete! Back to being on a ship living it up like the geriatric in training I am.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

So I’m the official shooter for the Augusta Ballet in town. www.augustaballet.org I mainly cover the people around the events, and not the events themself, usually a copyright issue is involved, or the lighting is too dim etc. Well I said to hell with that last night since the lady said “No flash photography”. Game on. No flash, no problem.

The last set involved black lights and full bodysuits. There was also a screen in front of the stage that projected different scenes like the moon, sun, and other weird junk. It was a super cool performance though, and I actually stayed awake.

I am obviously by no means a professional ballet aficionado, but to see that kind of entertainment and art locally was truly something worth seeing. 

Just another FYI: I will be out of town starting tomorrow and will not be back in town until the 17th. I’m going on a family vacation to Alaska!

Make a Wish Aiken, SC Car Show

This blog post has been moved to my automotive website, www.omyef.com. Sorry for any confusion I may of thrown at you by posting car photos. So, if you like cars, or just reallllly like every picture I take, add omyef.com to your RSS reader of choice. Have a nice day To see the rest of the pictures, just click the image and you’ll be redirected.

8mm

I haven’t had any luck with finding a good 8mm camera, but I was able to find a projector via my friend Jesse. It was at a yard sale for $10. *happy dance*

Here’s the problem. I don’t have any 8mm films to try this thing out with. Maybe you, or someone you know has a stash of old films sitting around? If so, send em my way. We’ll have a vintage movie night at the mancave, complete with popcorn and red carpet.

I did find some films on eBay, but the selection is of course quite thin.

Berry Wedding - #1 pic

This past weekend I traversed up to Rome, Georgia for an awesome wedding with Joy & Matthew. I’ll blog more about them later, but I wanted to show you a photo I took on Saturday. We snuck away from their reception for a bit and got a lot of cool photos over at the old entrance. I’m so glad we were able to shoot their wedding. They were a blast.

I also want to give a shout out to Haley Lamb for the deal on the 20mm lens she was selling. I can’t wait to use it on my trip to Alaska. It’s too bad I don’t live closer to Rome. I really miss the beauty of that campus. Did you know that it’s also the largest in the world?

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