This is one of my favorite weddings to date! We started the day at the bride’s house in Tampa for the girls’ getting ready shots. Andie Sleeman did the make up. I worked with Andie on a 70′s inspired fashion shoot and I think she is amazing so I recommended her to Marcella. (I will be posting the results of that 70′s inspired shoot in the next few days so check back to see them) The next stop was Embassy Suites to get pictures of the guys. Then we drove to Lange Farm in Dade City. Lange Farm is a super cool location for a wedding. The ceremony was under a huge oak tree with spanish moss hanging off it like tinsel. Jack borrowed a classic 1920′s convertible from a family member so we definitely took advantage of that and took a lot of pictures with it. When we were done having a great time at Lange Farm we headed back to Tampa for the reception at Maggiano’s on Westshore. By the way, Maggiano’s has delicious food and I’m Italian so I’m really picky when it comes to Italian food. The reception was small and intimate and seemed to go by so quick. We did capture some great moments though before we headed out to wish Marcella and Jack a bubble farewell as they drove away in their classic convertible. We had too many pictures that we wanted to share with you all so we combined them into collages. We hope you enjoy looking through them as much as we enjoyed shooting them.

Being as busy as I’ve been is both good and bad. Good because business is booming and lots of work allows me to hone my photography skills. Bad because I tend to neglect keeping everybody updated on what projects I’m working on. Now that things have quieted down, at least for this week, I’m going to post every 2 or 3 days to showcase some of my favorite pictures from things I’ve been working on.

Up first is a recent engagement shoot we did with a great looking couple, Jena and Joe. Jena is a school teacher and Joe is a camera assistant for films and commercials. We shot at the florida botanical gardens, a place with so many beautiful backgrounds that it makes my job so easy.

In addition to wedding photography, I also love fashion photography. I recently had a very fun shoot with Welsh model – Sarah Terry. We used downtown Tampa as a backdrop and it was shot at night. (one of my favorite times to shoot downtown) Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

We had our first bridal show booth this month. It was great meeting and talking with all of the possible future Christopher Visuals brides. Here are a few pictures of our booth.

Vanessa was tired of being my lighting guinea pig. She’s even cute when she isn’t smiling.

We photographed a great wedding this past weekend at the A La Carte Pavilion in Tampa. We had a super fun time with this beautiful couple and it was such a treat to be a part of their day. The A La Carte is a wonderful venue and they had it decorated perfectly. Here are a few teaser shots that I sent to the couple to hold them over. Please let me know what you think. Enjoy!

It’s been forever since I’ve updated my blog but thanks to the urging of my friend Patrick Dean to keep everyone updated in the photography world of Christopher Visuals, I’ve decided to make a new post. I also plan to post some of my past photos because a lot has happened since my last entry. For now I will post my latest project for 1800ASKGARY. Enjoy!

In addition to photographing weddings, I also do fashion photography. I recently was able to work with Sandra C. Hagen, an extremely talented clothing designer here in the Tampa Bay area. Sandra is a graduate of  IADT and has been working in the Tampa Bay area since then. Her designs are very delicate and feminine.

We had a fantastic team of professionals on this shoot. The hair styling was done by the always amazing, Tammica Simone. The makeup was done by Bella Skin and Body, who I have also worked with on weddings. I was assisted by Patrick Dean, who also does his own photography in addition to assisting me.

The models were; Megan Henderson, Adriana Susana, and Lacey Buchanon. They were all really great and had to put up with near freezing temperatures with very little clothing to warm them up.

I had the pleasure of photographing Cassie and Mike’s wedding in Sarasota, Florida. Cassie and Mike are extremely photogenic. I think Mike has a kind of Jason Statham look going, minus the “I’m going to break your neck” expression. They were both really fun people and very easy to photograph. I want to give props to my assistant Patrick Dean for all of his help that day.

The wedding was at The Ascension Lutheran Church and the reception was at The Bird Key Yacht Club.

I wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year with some shots that I took from a parking garage in Tampa. It was a perfect night for photographing the fireworks and the view was unreal. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

Here is a shot that I took back in March, of Lauren and Josef, and it was published on JCrew.com.

Pretty exciting!

…and here is the screen grab of the page.

Here is some shots from the wedding.