Wow… What an awesome trip this was

New blog post up over at http://FarewellPhotography.com — From a wedding we shot in Montego Bay, Jamaica!

Click Here to See the Post!

-Eric

Woot!!
Just posted a blog post over at FarewellPhotography.com… About my FAVORITE wedding venue in the world.
(I like it so much in fact that *I* got married there

Check it out Here!

-Eric

Just wanted to share that there’s a new post over on my FarewellPhotography.com blog
Here’s a sneak peak!

Check it out by clicking HERE!

-Eric

My Little Brother Got Hitched!!

It seems so strange to say it… My little brother is MARRIED.
Yet on a beautiful day back in February, our family’s came together
and at the end of the day, they were married!

Joseph and Alexandra have been friends (and romantically interested)
since they were 7 or 8 years old. It may sound crazy, but these two
literally grew up in love.

11 years later, they were finally in a position where they could make
it official between God and man… And I got to capture it all

Here’s highlight reel

Shooting my Brother’s wedding was a really interesting experience
for me as a photographer… I wanted to be there for him as a groomsman,
to experience the joy’s of the day AND I wanted to be sure to capture it
all as well as possible.

My wonderful assistants for the day really helped make that happen.
Say hello to my darling wife Danielle, and her sister’s boyfriend (up
and coming photographer) Michael Flores:

The Wedding was held at the restaurant and country inn my family
has owned here in Central Florida for nearly 80 years; The Chalet Suzanne.

I’m REALLY excited to be living close enough to shoot here
more often, it truly is one of the best wedding and event venues
in the Orlando / Tampa area.

Their wedding was at 1:00PM so we were graced with BEAUTIFUL
morning light as the girls got ready…

Snacks were eaten:

It truly was a family affair… Here, two girls from each of our
families help get each other ready

The Bride was the first one ready for the ceremony; she and I slipped
away from the crowds to take a couple quick portraits and so she could
catch her breath before walking down the aisle.

(She was quite happy ;))
One last photo before we were off to become siblings-in-law

Ahh yes, so fun!
But then I was off to my parent’s home just in time to catch
a shot of my little brother going over his vows:

And then it was time!

Being in the wedding party gave me the coolest perspective to capture the day.

See?!

The Maid of Honor, and all the Bride’s Sisters:

My Mom & Dad

Time for the rings:

Then a special kiss

And a high five between Father and Son

As everyone filed out, I made my way around the corner
to see this preciously private sight.

After a few minutes alone, the couple were announced and
a beautiful little reception ensued:

There was great rejoicing:

And Toasts!

And then a family portrait (or 20):

There are SO many more I’d love to share, but this post already has a
plethora more photos than I’d normally post; so I’m going to let it
draw to a close.

I’m so, so blessed to be able to share these with you, and to be able to
share my gifts with my family… I hope that someday I’m able to do the
same for YOUR family, dear reader.

May your day be Blessed!

P.S. Leave me a comment so I know you stopped by?
Would love to know which photo was your favorite!

Blast From the Past…

If you’re a photographer, then I’m certain you can understand this story.
You go out; take amazing photos just for fun; edit a few, and then remember
another shoot you’ve got to get uploaded for a client.

You focus on your clients needs; and the next thing you know, it’s been
nearly a YEAR and your “fun” photos have yet to make it online.

Well, a few nights ago I decided “Enough is enough!” and decided to edit
ALL my photos from Sun-N-Fun fly-in, 2009.

So, here are a few of my favorites

Sean D. Tucker…

Sean is my favorite aerobatic pilot to watch… To shoot…
AND he’s a great guy to get to know as well.

The best part of Sun-N-Fun ‘09 for me though, was getting
to share it with my Mom, Sister, Brother, and the woman who
was soon to become my Bride.

We had SO much fun.
(and gained the dirtiest feet I’ve EVER seen)

We ended up having quite the contest to see who’s were
the grossest… Still not sure who won that one for sure

Becca, Nelle, and Myself

My rockin’ little bro and my Mother with a turkey leg.
(Sorry Mom)

James (my brother) has grown up SO much in the past year!
It’s wild just looking at these.

As the night grew later, the night airshow geared up.
Here’s one of the many shots I was able to capture
as the Aero Shell team prepared for their amazing routine.

Each year around Sun-N-Fun time, my family’s restaurant
Chalet Suzanne throws an epic Aviator’s BBQ… It’s always a
MUST attend event in my world; and hundreds of pilots from
around the world usually show up.

So, here’s a few from that event as well

SO much fun!!
There was one small damper on the festivities of the week though;
one of our over night guests made a mistake on their climb out and
ended up bending his airplane.

Both he, and his passenger were fine; but the accident caused a few
fires that took some work to put out.

Truly amazing that they all walked away… God is good!

And that’s it for me!
I’ve got a plethora of other events to shoot, but this’ll have to
do for now

Next up?
WPPI 2010 Recap, a few weddings, a few photo shoots, and
an epic little road trip across the US with my Bride

Talk Soon!!

P.S. Which was your favorite photo? I hope this post has
inspired you to go finish something you love to do!