HIS Blog: May 2007

Baby Jay

Introducing Jameson Villa! This little sweetie is almost 16 months old now and has THE most gorgeous, melt-your-heart blue eyes you have every seen. What a cutie!

Thanks Christy, Jim and Marianne for letting us take his pictures. He is a joy!

PS: If you're ever in need of some hard core exercise, find a toddler and try taking pictures of him! Damion was literally running up and down the yard chasing this little guy and worked up a nice sweat :)

Beautiful story...

Last week's wedding has a long history that we've been privileged to be a part of! We've been friends with Rick and Angie for a very long time and were blessed to photograph their love as it blossomed. After knowing each other for almost 20 years, it (finally!) took Rick and Angie less than 1 year to go from friends to husband and wife. Although I must give credit to everyone else who suspected the romantic possibilities, I HAVE to put down in writing that Damion and
I saw something growing (that they didn't realize :) two years ago on our trip to Africa when Rick and Angie BOTH had to sit together on the Emergency Exit row so that they could have more leg room....and enjoyed it!

Are these not the cutest three flowergirls you have EVER seen? They were the sweetest, carrying "kissing balls" and were so good on stage too! And just in case you didn't notice, Miranda is on the right! (We haven't posted photos of our kids for so long...here's one with more coming soon!)

You'll notice the red rose in these pictures, Ah, the rose, romantic story here too. Angie had her big beautiful bridal bouquet ready to carry, but Rick has 1 red rose delivered to her before the wedding began. To honor him, Angie choose to carry the single red rose down the aisle and gave her bridal bouquet to her sister, Melissa, to carry. sniff, sniff..... :)

One important aspect of their wedding, was that Rick and Angie paid tribute to many of the special couples in their lives, from choosing married couples to be their attendants and having them stand together, to asking Pastors Dave and Viv to perform the ceremony. We were very touched by the way in which they honored so many on this most special day.

Thanks Rick and Ang for being such wonderful friends and for letting us capture your special day. You are truly two of the neatest people that we know and you both deserve the very best...and God has brought that to you in each other. May His blessings rest upon you in all that you put your hand to!

Here's a sneak peek at a few of our favorite images, but make sure you click here to check out Rick and Angie's slideshow.

Cristina + Bobby + Las Vegas!!

Cristina and Bobby love to travel. So where do you shoot your engagement photos to go along with a travel theme? Las Vegas of course!! You have New York, Paris, Greece, and not to mention, the Las Vegas Strip and lights!

What a wonderful time we had! Let me first tell you that Bobby's mother and Step-Father joined us for the weekend as well. I can't even begin to tell how incredible these 4 people are. Really... all 4 of them have to be some of the most self-less, giving, loving and just all around wonderful people we have met. We really felt like family with them which made the trip worth it in itself.

Did I mention they let me bring Julie and the girls?!! Yeah..and Bobby's mom carried our 3 month old Olivia for 3 hours while we walked around the Las Vegas Strip. How sweet was she! She's definitely going to be a top notch grandma some day!!

We took off in the afternoon to shoot around the Belagio and Caesar's Palace. We then took a short break, met for dinner and then off to New York New York, Paris, The M & M Store, Belagio again and shortly before midnight we made our way back to the lobby of the Planet Hollywood Hotel (Previously the Aladdin) to end our evening.

Cristina and Bobby were very patient and made our photographic experience so much fun. I would definitely say that as the night went on and it got really late....the photos started to get pretty darn romantic!