Dayna + Bryan... Married! Austin, Texas

Late this summer I had the pleasure of working with my newest friend Amanda from AJ Photography as we both traveled to Austin for a beautiful wedding. I had the great joy of serving as Amanda's second shooter for the wedding day and I am so glad she asked me to join her... the wedding was absolutely beautiful!

This is the second time I had the opportunity to second shoot alongside Amanda and I am very thankful I was able to. The bride and groom, Brian and Dayna, were hip and cool... their wedding was so much fun to be at! There were tons of amazing details and as the second shooter, I had a lot of fun getting there early to capture them. 

Dayna and Bryan were married at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The hotel is very Texas and very elegant. The ballrooms are amazing and the outdoor location for the ceremony was very serene. 

The lovely Miss Amanda, from AJ Photography, doing what she does best...

While Amanda is hard at work photographing formals, I am able to look around and capture this... love it!

Amanda, thank you for inviting me to second shoot with you. I had a great time and as always, love shooting alongside you. Austin is amazing... I love photographing weddings there! Congratulations to Dayna and Bryan! I wish you both a lifetime of happiness!

Have a fun weekend friends!

Corey + Tessie... Austin, Texas

Back in May I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful wedding at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. Tessa and Corey, the bride and groom celebrated their "I Do's" in full Texas style in the beautiful and historic Driskill Hotel downtown. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and I have it all to thank to Miss Amanda J. from AJ Love Stories (http://ajlovestories.com/) for inviting me to tag along and photograph the wedding as her second shooter.

A second shooter serves primarily to assist the main photographer in capturing the story of the wedding day. It was my job to make sure Amanda was well-prepared throughout the day as the photographer and as a perk I got to hang out with her all day. This was my very first time, EVER, serving as a second shooter! I was very nervous and felt like I was about to photograph my very first wedding. When I first started wedding photography I jumped right in. Completely clueless but ready for a challenge. 

Second shooting for Amanda was great. I had such a positive experience and once I made the first click of my shutter my game face was on and I tried my best to assist Amanda with whatever she needed. As the second photographer, I got to experience different things behind my camera. Rather than having all of the pressure of capturing the wedding from beginning to end, I felt much more flexible to be creative. While Amanda was poised to get the main shots, I went with the flow of the wedding and really just blended in with the crowd. The result, in my opinion, was a different and much more candid perspective to this beautiful wedding. 

I hope I made Amanda proud.

Thus, I figured I would share with you some of my images and show you their wedding from a different perspective... 

Amanda!! Thank you for allowing me to tag along! I am so glad we got to meet each other and, most importantly, that we became friends :) I hope I assisted you well and that my images were up to par. I am excited to have worked with you again since then and very much look forward to the future!

Friends, I hope your week went well! Hugs :)