A few days ago, the results for the 2011 Q4 contests for both the WPJA and AG|WPJA were announced. Unfortunately none of my images placed.

Shucks.

But so it goes for contests. So I figured I would share some of my favorite losing images from both contests. The caption below each images shows what category it was entered in.

AG|WPJA

Category: Getting Ready

Category: Getting Ready

Category: Creative Portrait

Category: Creative Portrait

Category: Ceremony

Category: Reception

WPJA

Category: Emotions

Category: Emotions

Category: Parents

Category: Details (Found)

Category: Reception

Category: Toasting

Category: Bouquet & Garter (Action)

Category: Architecture & Settings

You can see the winning images for the WPJA and AG|WPJA at those links.

Here are some images from my engagement shoot with Emily and Chris at Piedmont Park.

They’ll be getting married in Savannah, GA at the end of this year. I thought it was fun that they were the first couple I shot this year (on 1/1/12) and they’ll most likely be the final clients I shoot for the year (their wedding is 12/29/12).

Looking forward to your wedding!

If you take a look at some posts previous to this one, you’ll notice a different branding on the images. Well, I’m currently in the process of shaking things up a bit. I wasn’t very thrilled with my previous wordmark and really wanted to add a touch of color. As for my site’s design, I was mostly happy, but knew I could make it better.

Now, I absolutely love the layout.

Perhaps what I love most are the BIG images. I love my clients and the work I do for them and I want potential clients to see that. Viewing images online can be a drag sometimes- there are compression issues, different screen resolutions, and many times images are just too small! And small images don’t do justice to beautiful imagery.

As for my wordmark/logo, I had been playing around with the idea to use my company’s initials. However, felt like I still needed to incorporate the full name too. So, I ended up with this:

I hope you like it as much as I do. One thing I really enjoyed working through was deciding on fonts. I love typography and a good font makes me happy. My logo incorporates the fonts Chunk Five and Helvetica Neue.

So please excuse the mess around here as I transition over to the new look . I’ll be changing some of the older post to include the new look but not sure I’ll get to all of them.

I recently traveled to South Carolina to shoot Jess and Michael’s wedding. Their ceremony and reception were at the wonderful Creek Club at I’on (on Facebook). Soul Fish provided the music.

Thanks to Jess & Michael for having me capture your wedding day!