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Recently I had the privilege of heading out with my friends Bradford & Liza to take some engagement shots.  Liza approached me quite a while ago about being her wedding photographer, and after Bradford popped the question, we met up for coffee and made it official!  I’m pretty excited about their wedding, we had a lot of fun getting these great shots – there were so many great ones, I had a very hard time picking these few for the blog!  And this is still going to be a HUGE post!

I hope you guys enjoy these shots, I know I did and I can’t wait for your wedding day!

Blessings,

Mark

Aren’t they cute together? 

Haha the twigs…Liza could barely keep her’s on!

So they decided to climb a tree instead.

 I LOVE this shot!

 These next two shots show you the scale of their relationship – having fun one second, to falling for each other the next!  So awesome!

lol yippee! 

Gorgeous eyes!  Can’t wait for the wedding!

Bradford also has some stellar eyes…maybe I should have turned him away from the sun lol

Of course, I saved the best for last!

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Hey everyone

Just wanted to post another shot to let you know that this challenge is still in progress!

This is one of my best friends, Jason.

Enjoy,

Mark

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Continuing on with the family theme I have going, as I was visiting my sister at college we were walking to a restaurant for supper and we stumbled this awesome little lighting situation!  The sun was getting lower in the sky, and it was reflecting off of a garage with a big white door on the front – a 20 foot reflector if you might!  It was aligning perfectly with this tree in the background, so I asked Angelina to pose for me and I was able to get the shot that I wanted.  I think Angelina did great!

Taken with my 5D and 50mm 1.8 lens – all natural light.

Enjoy!

Mark

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It’s been a few weeks (too many in fact) since I’ve updated my 52photo project.  I’ve been falling a little bit behind with all of the busyness that is happening around me, but I am here to say that I am working on getting caught up! 

This past week I went on vacation to Chicago to meet my new neice, and I had lots of time to shoot.  I brought along the simplest of setups  – just my trusty Canon 5D and a 50mm 1.8 lens.  It was nice and light to carry, and a lot of fun! 

When I pulled up this shot though, I knew that I was going to be changing some gear in the near future - I love prime lenses! 

This is my first neice, Clare!  We had a good time playing on her swing, going to the park, and also to the zoo!  I think I need to go and visit more often!

Blessings,

Mark

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A few weeks ago I had the privilege of doing some shots for a this family, and to get to know them a little bit better!  Mike & Leanne are very active members of my church, so it was nice to be able to actually meet them in their home, and to get to know them and see what daily life is like for their family of now 5 – too bad one son was away!  Mike & Leanne we’ll have to do this again some time, it was soo much fun!

Mike & Leanne have such a great relationship with their children. You can tell just by the way they interact with their children and the love they shower on them – just like their Father showers on them.

I hope you guys enjoy these images and treasure them for a long time to come!

Blessings,

Mark

Really?  Is it possible to make a baby any cuter than this little girl?

Mike & Nate like to play a little game called “chase”.  It’s pretty simple, Mike basically chases Nate around, catches him, and tickles away until his gails of laughter echo throughout the house.  Then they start again:)

You can also definetly tell they have big dreams for each and everyone of their children.

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