Liz and Paul Wedding - Part 1 - Tennessee Gunslinging

Here is the first of a few blog postings on our time in Tennessee...

The morning of the wedding, Paul had several of his guys get together in the Tennessee countryside for some good ole' fashioned Tennessee gunslingin'. There were 15 guys and 12 guns with about as much ammo as you could shake a stick at. Man, the testosterone was in full effect. Living in the Bay Area and all, I was not much of a 'gun' guy, but after that morning shooting semi automatic shotguns, a glock and a few other shotguns, I can say that I have a few more notches in my redneck belt! It was about as much fun as I have had in some time. You have to watch the slideshow to fully appreciate our 'Guy-Time'. Enjoy!

Oh, and a special thanks to officer Daryl Howard for organizing our morning shoot!

If you have trouble viewing the slideshow, you can always go to the direct link HERE.

Mercedes and Eric

Garrett and Jason photographed our dear friends, Eric Jones and Mercedes Johnson at their wedding at the Mark West Lodge and Gardens in Santa Rosa. Eric is a designer (Ohmbox) that we have worked with and have been friends with for years, so this was very special for everyone. You may recognize them from the Discovery Workshop blog posting that we did a while ago. They were one of the couples that we invited to be subjects for our Workshop Day 3 and the women at the workshop fell in love with them.

Here are a few images from the day:

Summertime!

Oh boy, its summertime! And oh how we love the summer... Vacations, camping, hot weather, swimming, running through the sprinkler, BBQ's and beaches! Its here and we love it.

'I am leaving on a jet plane' tomorrow! I am off to Michigan and Tennessee to celebrate my little brother's wedding! While Garrett is heading to the high Sierra's for a camping adventure with his family and then flying out to Tennessee with Jason to photograph the wedding and celebrate with us! It is going to be a huge party...

We meet in Michigan at the 'Lake House' where we rendezvous with my mom and dad, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, and 9 nieces and nephews... It's a madhouse while we are there, but oh.. so enjoyable. Then it's off to Nashville for Paul and Liz's wedding, where I am the best man. There will be close to 400 people at the wedding and it's going to be a blast! I can't wait to hang out with my family, Liz's family, AND Garrett and Jason. What a great time it will be! Look for updates and images along the way... (If we have time!)

Cake and Pictures

We are VERY excited that we have been invited by Shea Roggio from Cake and Pictures to be a part of their new web directory. The goal of this new portal is to only feature wedding photographers that bring something new to the table, in terms of quality, uniqueness or geography. They will only promote photographers, so their users will be brides and grooms for whom photography is a priority. Working with Cliff Mautner and Bill Cramer, they are following in the footsteps of their first web directory, Wonderful Machine, which has been successful and very effective in promoting commercial photographers.

Here is an ARTICLE in PDN about Wonderful Machine.

They have hand selected a limited number of photographers to feature in each of the 50 most prominent cities in the U.S. and soon 50 areas internationally. We are listed along with Ben Chrisman, Anna Kuperberg, Kevin Kubota, Becker, Bob and Dawn Davis, Jose Villa, and Jim Garner just to name a few other amazing photographers... We are very honored and humbled that they have chosen GB Photographers to be a part of such an exclusive group.

If you have a moment, check out their site and look at some of the outstanding photographers that they feature. We can't wait to see what happens next!