Aperture Vision Photography Blog

We Have Moved Our Blog!

A|V — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:41:37 +0000

In an effort to streamline our blog and, more importantly, bring you MORE pictures on each post – we have moved our blog. You can visit our new blog at www.aperturevision.com/blog. A link is also on the right column of this page. Please visit us there and we look forward to seeing you!

Tricia and Brandon Married ~ Part 2

A|V — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:00:58 +0000

We wanted to share with you some more pictures from Tricia and Brandon’s big day at the Gassaway Mansion from last week. We hope you enjoy!

Beautiful!

A perfect night!

Tricia & Brandon ~ Married Part 1

A|V — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:24:08 +0000

This past Friday, we had an amazingly wonderful experience with Tricia and Brandon. These 2 are not only a beautiful couple, but they were both a complete joy to work with! You couldn’t ask for two nicer people. Here are a few shots from the early part of the day – we’ll have more posted in a few days from the rest of the day. We hope you enjoy!!

What a beautiful day and setting for a wedding! The Gassaway is awesome!

Mom's trying to hold it together...

Check back later this week for part 2!

Savannah & Colin ~ E-session

A|V — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:29:09 +0000

Colin and his family are close friends of our family, so when asked if we would shoot for them – we were honored! We started our day in downtown Pendleton, moved over to the oil mill “ruins” and then to Lake Hartwell for some late afternoon sun! We’re looking forward to sharing their big day with them next month! Here are a few shots from the e-session.

AU Incoming Students Welcome!

A|V — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:12:24 +0000

Last weekend Anderson University welcomed all of their incoming students and had a special service for the incoming freshman class. I know I’m getting older – because these guys are all class of 2014 . Sounds insane!! Anyhow – here are just a couple of shots from the move-in and service.

bringing it all in

Dad taking a break

a little music

walking the "Gauntlet" is a tradition for incoming Freshman and Graduating Seniors

The freshman class - over 600 strong!

Brandy & Mark ~ Married Part 2

A|V — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:52:12 +0000

Here are some more shots from Brandy and Mark’s big day! We had such a great time. Below are some of the contributors for the day as well.

Wedding Coordination: RSVP Upstate Weddings and Events

Cake: Couture Cakes of Greenville

Music: The Beat Box

You can't fake this! Pure joy seeing his bride come down the aisle!

Mark and his mom really cut a rug!

Serious moves...

more serious boogie

just like Barry Manilow - we made it through the rain!

Brandy & Mark ~ Married! Part 1

A|V — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:40:56 +0000

A few months back we realized that we were shooting Brandy’s cousin’s wedding (Katie & Chris) as well, both of them booking with us just by chance. Catchy little coincidence! They have such a great family – we have been looking forward to hanging out with all of them again. Brandy and Mark are both incredibly nice people and we feel blessed to have been able to shoot their big day. Thanks guys!!

The ceremony was at Holy Trinity in downtown Greenville – which is just beautiful! Reception was held at the Westin Poinsett on Main Street. Here are a few teasers. We’ll have more posted in a couple of days. Enjoy!

This was a beautifully charming church!

Brandy ~ Bridal Session

A|V — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:26:37 +0000

Brandy is a trooper. Plain and simple. We met up with her last Saturday for a rescheduled bridal shoot with the highest of hopes for an urban outside shoot. Unfortunately, mother nature had different plans that afternoon and proceeded to bless the parched earth with a beautiful drink (read “torrential downpour for 4 hours.”) So what’s a bride to do? Well – we tried waiting it out – but it was obvious that it could turn into a slumber party if we hung out too long. Instead – we made our way over to the Westin (where she was getting married the next weekend) and set up shop there (read “we made lemonade!”) We have been excited to share these pictures of our beautiful bride and now we can, as she and Mark were married earlier today. We’ll have some teasers from today’s wedding up in a day or two – but here are a few from the Westin’s session.

I just LOVE the architecture here!

The Art of “Fine Art”

A|V — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:32:19 +0000

What is “fine art” photography anyhow? Webster’s defines it as : “art (as painting, sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects.” So then what is beautiful? I guess it is all relative, as we all know, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I originally began my career years ago as a fine-art photographer. I took pictures of things, people, or places that I found beautiful and turned them into an image as I saw it. Luckily, others found what I saw as beautiful as well (or at least intriguing) because they bought my pictures. As a wedding photographer, I have been blessed with the opportunity to take that “art” eye and translate it through pictures of beautiful people on a beautiful day – brides and grooms on their wedding day. However, I have not had the medium to share some of my other work that I have proudly taken over the years. Some of these may speak to you – some may not, but I wanted to share these works with you all through this blog. So – moving forward, I will be randomly posting a picture or two here and there from my “fine art” past and present days. Please feel free to comment on them – like, hate, whatever. I’d love to hear your feedback!

This picture was taken outside Basilica de Sacre Coeur in Paris. This guy was standing out in the cold and snow paying his harmonica (harp) for spare change. I named this picture “Harp for Change” as an ode to him. Obviously a double meaning in the name though. This was back in the film days, so I purposely shot this black and white and with a 1600 ISO film, pushed to 3200. I thought that the added grain would help tell the story of the cold and blustery conditions. I’ve always loved this picture and have had many requests for a print of it. Enjoy!

Claire & Andrew ~ Married Part 2

A|V — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:48:27 +0000

We’re at our family’s place at Litchfield beach on a long-weekend vaca with the whole fam – and sharing these pictures of our beautiful bride Claire – and now we can share some more with you! Here are a few more shots from their big day last weekend. Enjoy!

Walking down the aisle

get those feet up!!

love this shot!!! they look like the only 2 people in the room...