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Tuesdays with Eli - Northwest Arkansas Wine Vineyards
Yesterday I drove up to Fort Smith, Arkansas because I had some commercial work up there. On the way back I decided to stop in Altus, AR to check out the wine vineyards there. It was extremely foggy, windy, and a little rainy, but I thought it was still beautiful. This was my first time to see the miles of vineyards. I was amazed. I definitely want to do some bridals portraits or engagements here at some point. I didn't stay long because of the weather, but here are a couple photos I grabbed. Let me know what you guys think and if your down for the 2 hours drive let me know! Have an awesome week!
Tuesdays with Eli - Rehearsal Dinners
The rain last weekend keep me from going to the Buffalo River and camping with my family, so I had to come up with something else to blog for this Tuesdays with Eli. I'm hoping that I will have another free weekend at some point before it gets too unbearably hot to go camping, and I can share some photos with you guys. So yesterday I blogged my good friends Brent and Rachel's wedding day. I was looking through all the photos that I also took on the rehearsal night and I thought, hey I can blog this right? Haha. I'm not sure how many other wedding photographers attend the rehearsal of the wedding ceremony. I assume, once you've done it enough it's unnecessary. But I am still pretty new, plus I enjoy going to meet the rest of the family before the wedding day. As long as I don't have anything holding me back from going, I sit in during the rehearsal of the wedding. I love weddings because of the environment. I love how happy everyone is. From my experience, the rehearsals are just as good. I can also scope out the venue for some cool locations to shoot. Plus, the best part, most of the time I get invited to the rehearsal dinner. I'm not gonna lie, I like to eat! And once again this gives me an opportunity to get to know everyone a little better and everyone can get to know me. What better place to open up to people that around a dinner table breaking bread? Most importantly, I want the bride to be comfortable with me on her big day, but it's always nice if everyone else knows me too. Anyway, here are just a few photos from Brent and Rachel's rehearsal dinner. I had a blast, even better, Leslie was able to join me for this one!
Happy Birthday Dad!
Today is my Dad's Birthday. I wanted to share a little photo and some thoughts about my dad. My father has been one of the most influential men in my life. I'm thankful that I was blessed to have a father in my life, especially one as great as my dad. I know that without my dad's instruction and guidance I may not be the man I am today. My dad is a very frugal man, but he also taught me the value of a dollar. My dad is always joking around and playing tricks on people, but he also showed me the importance of a sense of humor. Just about every time I turn around, my dad has another crazy idea/scheme he's thinking up, but he also encouraged me to be creative and use my imagination. My dad is the hardest working man I have ever seen. I didn't even know what a good work ethic was until I took a look at my father. He's worked days, nights, weekends, holidays, and everything in between to put food on the table for my family. I'm thankful for my father. Here's to another year young, happy birthday dad!
Tuesdays with Eli - Two Wheel Road Trips
Last weekend I took a short motorcycle trip with my brother in law, Nick. This was the first Saturday that I have had free in a while, and with the busy wedding season coming up, I'm gonna take these opportunities as they come. Riding a motorcycle through the winding Arkansas roads on a sunny spring day is one of those experiences that cannot be duplicated. I love smelling the country air, and feeling the warm sun and wind, plus exploring the back roads of Arkansas gives me an opportunity to find more possible portrait locations. Win. Win. I met Nick at the public parking lot at beginning of Cantrell road downtown. This is where are journey began. I think we road for about 8 hours total. Highway 10, then highway 9 and 7 to Hotsprings, where we had lunch. I had the "Eli's Cheddar Cheesebuger". The burger was named after the owner's son, Eli. I thought that was pretty cool, but the burger was not that great. Haha. After Hot Springs we took highway 5 back to Little Rock. Anyway, we had a lot of fun, I hope you guys enjoy the photos!
Tuesdays with Eli - EM Photography Welcomes the iPad
Saturday Leslie and I went into Best Buy to check out the new iPads. I had ideas before looking at them of what I could use them for in the business, but I didn't intend on buying one yet. I just wanted to look. When we got there, I was sold. These things are really nice. When I picked it up all of a sudden I had tons of ideas on how I could use this for my business. I'm not going to tell everyone reading this to go out and buy an iPad, they are definitely not for everyone. If you already have an iPhone and laptop, then it's probably not necessary, but if you don't yet have a laptop, this could just omit that need. I have owned a lot of technology in young life, but I have never owned a single iPod. I skipped right over them, strait to the iPhone. So after giving my tax guy a quick call, I bought the 16GB Wifi only iPad. If you want to check one out (and your a recently engaged), give me a call, I'll bring it right over. Haha, just kidding I'll let my single friends play with it too. Seriously though, if we do have meeting scheduled, I'll be bringing my new iPad with me. :)
Tuesdays with Eli - I Still Love Video
This "Tuesdays with Eli" is a little different from the blogs in the past. I wanted to give you guys just a little taste of where I have came from. I started in the wedding industry shooting wedding videos. This was a few years ago, technology has changed rapidly since. I have a confession to make, even though I am a full time wedding photographer, I still have a love for video. Can't a guy have two loves? Haha. I do believe that there is something timeless about photographs. Something that a video can't emulate, this is why I am a photographer. I just wanted to share this little "date story" with you guys. Not sure if I will do any more of these, I guess that depends if anyone is interested or not. : ) I actually shot this about 6 months ago, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it at the time, I knew I just wanted to shoot it. It went down just like my engagements sessions. Spent a couple hours together hanging out, and taking photos. The couple in this video are actually my sister and brother in law. They tied the knot in November of 2005.
