Randy and Jessica Shrine of St Joe's, and Crowne Plaza Clayton

January 2nd 2009 Jumpin ahead here, but I'll go back.

In love and commited. That is how I would describe Randy and Jessica. They are so happy together, and were both such a part of the planning and designing of the day that it was obvious through the details. The beautiful ceremony location you see is the The Shrine of St Joe's. Their concern for their guests enjoyment of the wedding was obvious, and they consideration for that showed up in the details as well, even in the cake that had EVERY wedding guests name written in icing on it!

Cold! That was another word that comes to mind. My hands were sooo frozen after our first 10 minutes or so out of the bus they hurt. I ended up borrowing Randy's gloves. I usually don't shoot with them as it's hard to change the setting on the camera but i had to. It won't show up in the images though, as they both were such troopers they got out there and got some beautiful shots with me.

I want to send a quick thank you to Gail Mohrmann (and the whole Mohrmann family, whom I've photographed most of :), who referred Randy and Jessica to me, and was a big help for the couple in planning the day. As well as some other familiar faces that day, whom you see in the photo with me, ha! The photobooth studio was courtesy Darby at Laughing Penguins/. The party was at Crowne Plaza in Clayton Crowne Plaza in Clayton

Randy and Jessica have both already personally called and thanked me for the job I did, and I cannot do their words justice in terms of their flattery. But I wanted to get this post up to you to be sure and thank you for having me be there and letting me know how appreciative you are of my work. Thank YOU both! ~ Tim

and - of course - images...

Lyndsay and Kevin at the Shrine of St Joeseph and the Crystal Ballroom Renaissance Grand

November 14th 2009



I'm working on getting back to current here. I've had several people ask me when I was going to update my blog again, so I'm going to work hard to show you what i've been up to.

Lyndsay and Kevin were all smiles all day long. From what I gathered, their engagement had been long overdue, so I guess they had something to smile about! We got some beautiful shots thorughout the day, as you can see below, but I think their favorite part of the day may have been the reception.

Lyndsay's brother, Michael, did a STIRRING rendition of Journey's song, "Don't Stop Believin", made famous again by the Sopranos final episode. And the Ohio State Snoopy song wasn't bad either.

I loved how Lyndsay went from her elegant curls in her veil, to a cute side ponytail for the reception. And Kevin's Dad, Bill, I want to personally thank for coming up to be and so sincerely telling me how wonderful of a job I was doing.

The flowers were done by Keith, at Botanicals Designs http://www.botanicalsdesignstudio.com/. The colors were perfect for the outdoor foliage that day.

Crysatl Ballroom Renaissance Grand St Louis

Enjoy the visuals! ...

Annie and James, Fischer's in Belleville IL - November 7th

Annie and James, what can I say?! Great couple to work with. Crazy Friends. Pudding shots. Dancing on Bar tops. Well, I guess that's what I can say - LOL! I had a blast.

First, thank you guys for being such a fun group to work with, and insisting that i try at least a couple differnt kinds of pudding shots. Butterscotch was delightful. Christy - Thanks for making me "one of the girls" ha!

Who says you can't have fun when you're working? Just look at these shots. They are beautiful and we had fun.

James, don't ever stop smiling. you're brother hit the nail on the head when he said you have the same smile you had when you were 8 (at least I would guess he's right)! I really enjoyed my day with you both.

And, here's a great shot of me and the girls, and one taken in the photobooth. This is becoming a theme as you will see in my next post (whenever I actually get around to it!)
Sorry, this was Oct, but Nov and Dec were VERY VERY VERY (very, very very) busy

HERE I GO AGAIN!!!! Melissa and Darin at the 3rd Degree Glass Factory in Delmar

Going down the only road I've every known. For those of you who caught the whitesnake sake reference. for those who didn't look up Whitesnake, here I go again. Great song from the 80's. Or at least that's how I remembered it.

ANYWHOOOO......

October 24th, 2009 Wedding - Melissa and Darin

So Darin and Melissa had a really fun day. She had some freakin hilarious wedding day sneakers custom made for her by an aunt I believe. I'm guessing she loves the peanuts cartoons.

We got some really great shots, and the reception was at the really cool and interesting, 3rd degree glass factory. I've never been there, but it was really impressive. They had artists blowing glass during the reception and Melissa and Darin, and their bridal party got to make their own glass art! How cool is that.

I bought my wife (Heather for those of you who don't know her name) a really cool vase for her birthday there. That's the first time I've shot a wedding and got some birthday shopping done.

Anyway guys, thanks for the wonderful day! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post about it.

Coming soon, my November weddings!!! Stay tuned :)

Gretchyn and Sam, Assumption Greek Orthadox Church, St. Louis, MO and Triple A Golf Club, Forest Park

AHHHHHHHHHH! It has been busy. And I chose now to rip open my computers and build new machines and update, etc and so on! I'm not too smart sometimes. Why didn't I wait till January??

Anyway, I ever did get a chance to put up a post about Gretchyn and Sam's day. It was the first time I photographed at Assumption Greek Orthadox. I've been there for the Greek food before though! I love me some Baklava, Gyros, and just about everything at those feasts.

The Church is BEAUTIFUL. It is so intricate, I thought it would be busy, but it rendered so well in images, I was impressed.

The shot of the dress, I really worked for. It's not just a simple find a spot in the room and shoot. The Hilton Frontenac is a beautiful hotel, so I went out of my way to create a still life incorporating details of the location.

Sam, I KNOW you're probably upset that I didn't post one of you actually WEARING the crown, durning the ceremony. Sorry about that :) I loved sharing the day with them. They seemed to really balance each other. Sam was a constant joker, and Gretchyn was always trying to keep him in line, ha! We had a beautiful day, and got some beautiful images.

As always here's a few favs. Wish I could post more, but it would just get to be too much.

Thank you, to Megan and Mike, for sending another fun couple my way!