Ok…finally!  First post of the new year and it’s already late January.  Who gets the slack award?  (all fingers pointing squarely at me).

Let’s kick it off with a snow session here in Richmond.  Jamie and Chris came down from Manhattan and decided to spend a not-as-cold-as-you’d-think snowy Sunday with us to get an engagement session in.  Alas, they’re jetting off to Napa Valley for their wedding day so there won’t be any follow up wedding pictures (no jealousy there, Jamie.  Seriously.  None at all.)  Good luck in everything you two and can’t wait to see you again when you’re back on the better coast

Having spent very little time on the west coast, travelling or otherwise, we were elated when Catherine contacted us and asked if we’d be willing to travel to San Diego, CA to shoot her wedding.  It took approximately five seconds to get from “Really?” to “Of course we’d be delighted!”.  And the rest of the story is what you see below, a happy and beautiful couple who married each other just off the oceanfront of La Jolla, CA (15 minutes north of San Diego) in an area known as “The Cove”.  After a little time on, around, and under the ocean side cliffs we moved off to The Catamaran resort on Mission Bay.  Thank you, Catherine and Taylor, for the privilege of being there for you and providing us with such a wonderful experience.  We…umm…yanno…would maybe consider another trip should a friend or two need a photograph.   Enjoy!

Donna Hughes is a talented and lovely bluegrass artist that hails from Trinity, N.C.  She’s written for and played with musicians across the country including Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Tony Rice.  I had the privilege to see her play a very cool, very intimate show at The Mad Hatter in Farmville, VA.  What was an impromptu image that I took of her as she played turned in to a great call from Rounder Records to provide her still photography for the upcoming album.  We toured the city and the river a bit, had a great time, and can’t wait to get my copy of the new album.  Enjoy!