July
13
2009
Yes! There’s nothing more I love than sharing my work with you all. This particular shoot I’m a little more excited to share since it’s accompanied by some sweet video (all the way at the bottom of the post). Natalie & Ryan’s engagement session had a lot of fun stuff going on folks. Aside from the couple I think the wardrobe changes, the props, the location and the good good light are some of my favorite things in this particular session. Incase you haven’t noticed, different, unique locations are a big part of what my engagement sessions are all about. I’m not a huge fan of repeat locations and spots. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t shoot at the same place twice, it just means I’ll always try to make it different every time for every couple. Big Joe once said something like this ” its special people in ordinary places” and I totally agree with him. Sure Fenway Park or Saratoga Race Track are special locations but when I put our subjects in the location the backdrop becomes ordinary. In a nutshell it means our clients are more awesome than any location could ever be. Maybe I’m rambling a little but thats my shooting philosophy. So anyway when Natalie & I began brainstorming about none other than the perfect location we hit a little road bump. The idea we had wasn’t jiving with our schedules and what not. So we thought about some spots and long story short we ended up on this piece of land with a barn and some hills. We thought since we were going to shoot in the middle of nowhere some props would be good. So we ended up with some balloons, blowup hearts, some flowers we never really used, a guitar, a dog and a red wicker chair. After non stop evenings of rain and gloom mother nature hooked us up with what was a perfect night. The rest folks is history.
So when it comes to the fun little video below basically it goes like this. I knew this would be a perfect shoot for my man the one and only Al Woodard of Al Woodard Films to document me doing my thing. So that day with 3 hours notice I called Al and like a true loyal friend he came out for an hour and did his thing. Al hooked me up with some crazy footage and I edited it down into an eight minute recap of what was an hour and a half session. Again let me stress that I edited the video, if Al had edited for me I’m sure it would be on a level of quality I couldn’t begin to fathom. Since Al had to roll out early and I do my token “bling shot” at the end of all my engagement sessions I had Natalie’s sister shoot me doing that and Becky I thank you for that! I thank Al for taking care of me and most importantly the bride and groom to be Natalie & Ryan, coming to a JEP blog near you in June of 2010.
Enjoy, leave love,
JP
When an engagement session starts with the good good light like this you know its going to be a good good night.
How perfect is that yellow balloon and the yellow scarf?
I’m really digging these two next to each other.
YES! That sky is wild. One of my favorites from the casual series.
This barn wears b&w so well.
Wardrobe change… one of my favorite shots from the green dress series.
and the light got better…
Seriously how cool are these hearts?
One more wardrobe change by Natalie.
The dress choice perfect for the balloons. This is one of my favorites.
I can’t wait to photograph her as a bride.
I had to give Natalie & Ryan’s boxer Casco some blog love.
So Ryan busts out the acoustic and starts playing Dave Matthews and Natalie tells me her brothers in a DMB tribute band. This couple just got way more cooler. Ryan’s good too, I was bout to put my camera down and start requesting tunes.
and as we always do it here folks. my token “bling shot”
Heres the video. I know I can be a goof sometimes but its all about having fun right? Also since these two are dmb fans I had to throw some in.
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Love it!
THis was fun…thanks for sharing.
awessssome video :) loved all the smiling faces, amazing work by al!
Really love the behind-the-scenes look at what you do. It is clear you two and your wedding parties have A LOT of fun while shooting.
Another fun thing to try – reading your guys’ lips as you’re guiding the bridal party, or talking to the camera! Fun fun :)
I LOVE THIS!!! This is the first video footage I’ve seen from the wedding and I am so pumped! Thanks so much for posting this!
I LOVE this….it brings back SO many awesome memories from Alissa + Shane’s Wedding day…seriously one of the MOST fun weddings ever. Thanks for sharing this!!
Mr Woodard (aka director) instructed the duck thing , he really did.
This video generates so much excitement! What a fabulous team! I can’t wait….3 more weeks! Great work guys!!! P.S. I love these video segments in the blog! More please:)
Wow! How fun to see you both in action! our family cannot wait until June!! By the way, do you always coordinate your ties to the bridal party color scheme or is it coincidence? Either way, you guys are a class act!
So Fun! It is amazing to watch all of you work and this is so great to watch…to see the motion and how things all come together. Dream Team is the perfect term Mona…Posts like these make 2010 brides like me OVER THE TOP excited for the big day. Thanks for putting the footage together and sharing :-)
Hah! this was so fun to watch! how did al get the ducks to do that at the same time? :)
It was nice to see some of my own bride and grooms, Sean & Jaimee, Shane & Alissa having so much fun on their wedding day. once they leave the tux shop I don’t ever get to see them enjoying their wedding day. I do get invited occassionally but unless it is an obligatory family to a friend I don’t often go. I’m thankful for the photos and thank you notes couples send so I can see what they looked like together, but I really appreciated the live action. JP you are a show unto yourself. It was so funny that it seemed you were moving to the music at times even though the music was after. You have an entertainers personality, I’m not sure what side of the camera you should be on :o) TC
Love it, love it, LOVE it. :) Made me smile all over again. Loved seeing all the other bride and grooms who had the dream team of you and your dad, and the one and only Al Woodard. :)
After seeing so many of the couples in pictures, it was so nice seeing them actually moving about and laughing and such. Well done. Proud to be among those captured by you guys. Fun. :D <3
LOL!! I LOVE this!! I am so glad Jerome and I doing our farmer dance in a field is at least set to Tripping Billies!!! Keep up the GREAT work guys! Can we do it again?? PLEASE!!!!
Makes me even more excited for 64 days from today!! Shout out to the Big Joe and Little Joe 2010 Brides to be! It’s almost here ladies!
The two of you are a class act!
This is awesome! I’m getting SO excited for August!!!