Our Philosophy

Our approach to photography is a lot moreinteresting than what comes under the heading "About Us." Yes, I was nearly a fulltime photojournalist as a teenager and spend 30 years in the profession.

But what does that really mean? On the rabidly traveled curve of learning brought on by digital photography means experienced is quickly gained. A famous Poker Champion recently said that the shear repetition of poker hands played on the Internet would turn a novice into a 20-year seasoned veteran in six months.

What matters then is relevance. Knowing trends and styles is a plus, but understanding how photography stands up to time is earned only through the discipline of long-term observation. So my two decades in photojournalism, having been published in all the major newspapers and magazine you care to name, overlapped by 17 years as the photographer for Furman University bring me to that position.

So here's our approach. We photograph one wedding on a given day. That's the standard or it should be. Increasingly we bring talented second shooters, more boots on the ground, to get the fleeting candid shots. These are the images that stand up to time.

We bring a photo manager who acts as a liaison to wedding directors, coordinates the "must haves" and is an extra set of eyes to detail. That person is my wife, Mona. Few are better, just ask the directors we've worked with.

We come early; we split up, shoot together, but not over each other's shoulder. No angle or perspective is out of our reach. We shoot with natural light when possible, light for effect, and are very mobile. Give us time and will make the unique, or we'll catch the ephemeral moments on the fly.

We seriously enjoy what we do. There's a story to be told and we love stories. If our images bring you back to this time 20 years from now, then we've done our job, happily.