Back in March I had the pleasure of assisting the wonderful Teresa Ousely of Wiz of Oz Photography with a beautiful wedding at Tanglewood Hills in Bettendorf.
We had a blast, Teresa is so much fun to work with, I’ll be helping her out with a few more weddings this summer.  The adorable little flower girl above was probably our biggest challenge of the day.  So adorable & so camera shy. Teresa and I both wanted some pictures of the little cutie, but she made a game of hiding from us, but we managed to get a few cute pictures of her. The one above was my favorite. 

One of the things I love about shooting with other photographers is that I can try out things that I’d like to do at my weddings, without the pressure to “get the shot.”  For this one I wanted to play with some off camera lighting during the reception, and I loved the results, so I’m going to be doing a lot more of it.

I’ve picked up quite a few lighting tricks this winter that I’m dying to try out, so look forward to some off the wall images!

We had so much fun playing “hide & seek” with these two.

The brides daughter was so cute!

We were so worried we’d have rain today for baby L’s 6 month pictures , but we were really fortunate and the rain held off.  I was really looking forward to this shoot, baby L’s last few shoots were all indoors (here, here and here) , and I’ve been waiting for the weather to improve so we could finally get some outdoors shots.

I’m so happy it worked out and I got to take some more pictures of this happy little cutie! We went back to Vandeveer Park where we took his beautiful mom’s maternity pictures. I think I have to give bonus points to his mom & big sister for being the best cheering squad I’ve ever seen, it really paid off though, they got some huge smiles out of him. That top one is my favorite so far, so cute!

Oh & a big thanks to mom & sister, I lost something in the park during the shoot & they both came out to help me look.  I can’t wait to see them again for his 9 month pictures.

No babies were harmed in the making of these photos! Mom was hiding behind the wall holding him the whole time.
Couldn’t decide between the Cross Processed version and the Black & white for this one, so I posted them both.

He’s got such gorgeous blue eyes!

Don’t you just love that smile!

I meant to post this awhile ago, but I’ve been behind (starting to notice a theme with these posts?).  A few months ago I had the chance to 2nd shoot a wedding for the awesome photographer,  Sarah McGee. She is so much fun to work with! The wedding was way back in February, the ceremony was held at the Trinity Cathedral and the reception was at The Outing Club, both in davenport. You can check out Sarah’s gorgeous pictures from the day here. What a beautiful wedding. These were a few of my favorites.

I love when there is this kind of gorgeous detailing on the dress.

Sarah set up this shot, I just managed to grab it from a different angle. Trinity Cathedral is such a beautiful church!

I used an extra Pocket Wizard to borrow Sarah’s lighting set up for this, I’m not too happy with the background, but I love the movement in the dress.