Monthly Archives: October 2007

marcella and zach’s wedding at st. austin’s catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

We captured this awesome wedding during game day at the University of Texas.  Unfortunately, UT lost to Kansas State by a huge margin.  The wedding, on the other hand, was a success.

We started off the day by capturing Marcella getting ready at St. Austin’s Catholic Church.  It was a beautiful ceremony, and it was only a couple of blocks away from the reception.  We then  walked on over to the University of Texas Ballroom for a fun reception.  We did have to walk faster than usual, because it started to rain only a few blocks over during the football game! 

The University of Texas T Ballroom reception was beautifully-lit with candlelabras and huge ornate and elegant chandeliers.  We tried to maintain the mood of the reception in many of our images.  You can see some of them below.  Here’s some fun moments that we captured, along with some quick fashion work. 

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

I couldn’t get over how similar Zach and his dad looked here.

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

Marcella’s brother (left) had taken leave from the military to see her get married.  They also had a friend in the active military as well, and they were part of the house party.  This moment was very moving to me, because of my prior military commitment (I was in the military for 11 years).  Here’s the Marine Captain describing his service award ribbons.

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

I just love the artistry portrayed in Catholic churches. 

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

Here’s another awesome image that my associate shooter, HJ, captured.  She always where I can’t be (I was upfront at this point), and gets great angles. 

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

 I think Marcella should be the new spokesperson for Darque Tan.

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

Here’s a really nice moment that we captured with Marcella hugging her new uncle-in-law.

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

I’ll let you figure out what song this guy is dancing to.

marcella and zachs wedding at st. austins catholic church and university of texas ballroom in austin, texas

tigers win! 6.5-0!

What a phenomenal game!  What a surprising finish!  We were down by 10 points or less the enire game, and came back in the 4th quarter to win the game!  I couldn’t believe the gutsy play-calling that our coach, Les Miles, was doing.  We made 5 4th down conversions on the last drive, and this game was a nailbiter!  We are also now unanimously ranked #1 in both polls.  What an exciting time for LSU football.

I stated ’6.5-0′ because the win felt like we won 1 and 1/2 games!  Florida is a tough team to beat!  I will give Florida a lot of credit – they are truly an awesome team and I hope we don’t have to play them again.  As long as Tennessee or South Carolina do not lose any more SEC games, then we will play one of those two teams for the SEC Championship.   

Now, I’m REALLY looking towards Jan. 7th, 2008 – BCS National Championship in New Orleans!

Now, to all of my Texas friends.  I’m really sorry to hear about your loss.  I know the team fought hard, and it was a close game with OU.  There’s a lot of football left to play, so you don’t know what could happen in the future. 

 

melissa and mike’s wedding storyshow

tigers win! 5-0

Tigers win!  5-0!  It was a crazy Saturday in college football as many of you know.  5 of the 13 top teams lost their games.  LSU played pretty bad in the first half, and I think their minds were focused on next week’s game with Florida.  They came back in second half and established the run.  I was happy to see Trindon Holiday receive a few carries and had some great runs.

LSU is now ranked #1 in the AP poll for the first time in 50 years, too!  If we beat Florida, then that will be 3 top-25 ranked teams that we have beaten, while USC hasn’t played any top-25 ranked teams as of yet.  There should be NO reason why we should not be #1 next week if we get the win.  What’s interesting is that Kentucky is slowly creeping through the rankings, and they are at #8.  We play them right after Florida at Kentucky. 

kelly’s bridals at dun vegan keep in austin, texas

We took this beautiful bride out to DunVegan Keep for an awesome bridal session.  I really loved how her dress fit her figure so well, and I think I will now refer to her as ‘Mermaid Bride’ because she looks like a mermaid (minus the big fins!).   I still can’t believe how warm it is for this time of the year, but Kelly held up well.

 

We will see this awesome couple again in few weeks at the Terrace Club in Dripping Springs. 

 

kellys bridals at dun vegan keep in austin, texas

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