Wedding Blossoms {Robert & Jingjing Part 2}

{Another Glance}

Robert and Jingjing officially got engaged on January 4, 2013 on the Bei Hai Lake in Beijing. The engagement shoot was done in April 2014 because they were looking forward to capturing the Cherry Blossoms!

Iryna and I had an amazing time photographing Robert and Jingjing, Groom and Bride to be! Their wedding is this Saturday at the amazing Goodstone Inn in Middleburg Virginia. We are certainly excited and I bet the butterflies are fluttering around for them as well. Here are few shots of the both of them having some fun together and loosening up before the engagement session began...

 

Allowing your clients to do something fun and well, a bit silly, loosens them up and relaxes them for a photo session. Also, personalities glow and come alive for both the photographers and their clients! Being in front of a camera is intimidating for most people, even I find a certain fear to being caught in front of the lens. Its nice to just be silly and let loose, its sort of like stretching before an intense workout...

 

And then from there, we get eye candy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updates & Then Some...

Happy New Year Everyone! 

I am trying to make a habit out of writing in my blog at least once a month.  My New Year started off with a bang!  I have taken on a some commissions which I will be showing here and on my FB Fan page. The first two showcase horses of course! A thoroughbred jumper named Ren and a lovely older Paso Fino gentleman! That is all I will tell you for now. I will continue to post my progress along with photos soon! I am also working on another fantasy piece, a woodland elf maiden but haven't decided what medium to make her in. I am leaning towards watercolors or colored pencil, or perhaps a mixed media approach with those two mediums.

As for my Facebook New Year's giveaway, I am currently offering a custom 6"x6" colored pencil portrait raffle. All you have to do is click like on the offer and your name will be entered into the drawing. The winner will be announced at the end of January! That's it for now!

Later
L.Warren

Tracey Pennito Photoshoot 12.26.11

12.26.11 photo shoot in Bristol Connecticut with model Tracey Pennito, I was able to collaborate a shoot with photographer/artist Kevin Stiles who is also a former teacher of mine! Some of these photos were take in artist Chris DuFour's art studio.

Snowfall Lullaby Texture Giveaway

Wanted to let everyone know that my newest Facebook Fanpage Giveaway is up! I am offering 15 grainy, icey, bokeh-ey textures for your photographic and digital art needs!

Finally a Facebook First Giveaway

I promised everyone a monthly Facebook Giveaway and I haven't upheld my end of the bargain due to computer melt down that left me without my computer or my files. I lost my original Facebook First Giveaway piece when my computer went skitzoid. To make up for that I am giving two Fine Art Photography pieces away in a random drawing.

He Walks Away With My Heart

Yesteday's Summer

How to Enter:

Go to my facebook Fan Page and make sure you are a fan. Then hit "like" underneath the giveaway pieces. I will use the names that are "liking" the image to create a random drawing. The winners will be announced on my Facebook fan page and will also be contacted by private message. The winners must provide me with their mailing address in a "PRIVATE" message so that I can send them their piece!

The images chosen for this month will actually run until Dec 15th. The next single image chosen will start the New Year. This months images are two, the first entitled, "He Walks Away With My Heart" the second, "Yesteday's Summer" and both are 8"x10" fine art photographic prints printed on archival Kodak Supra Endura Silver Halide Professional Photographic Paper with archival Epson Ultrachrome professional inks.

Tough Mudder New England

Well I am writing just to inspire myself once again to get the Tough Mudder New England course under my belt. I had a dream of doing it this year however I found myself expecting a little bundle of joy who was due around the time this course even took place! I had trained really hard for the Tough Mudders I wanted to participate in and found myself in the best shape of my life, even better than when I was a Division 1 college athlete!

Tough Mudder New England takes place in Mount Snow Vermont and the course is designed by British Special Forces. I believe it is one of the most difficult Mudder courses on the circuit, hence the reason why I am wanting to do this event. I am more invested in training for the Mudders of 2012 than ever before as I have the dreaded baby fat to lose!
Check out the New England Tough Mudder video from this year...
http://youtu.be/ObcX5ZopSZE

It is hard to believe this was me just 11 months ago before baby:

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Waterford Faire 2010

Kevin and I went to the Waterford Faire this weekend and had a lot of fun. Its not far from our house which is very nice, and we did debate riding our bikes. Our neck of the woods here in NOVA still hasn't been corrupted by the development of greedy housing developers lining the pockets of our even more greedy politicians. We are very fortunate and don't regret not having garbage pickup, or cable, or city water, or the likes out here. We are quietly nestled away from the craziness of NOVA life. THANK GOD!

There was so much art and photography there that I found a lot of inspiration. Some of the art was good some if it was mediocre, you know, the bored housewife trying her hand at painting, or the retired older folks wanting to explore their creativity. But there were few pieces there created by skilled well trained hands that obviously spent an entire lifetime studying and painting or photographing, the type of work that demonstrated they went to art school or spent years as an apprentice or second shooter.

There were many local organic farmers represented, musicians,weavers, furniture makers, jewelers, authors, potters, and period demonstrations. This particular area of Virginia I live in continually reminds me of Old Sturbridge Village in massachusetts, only it is a real working live town still and not just for tourists.

I did enjoy it and found a lot of inspiration and have found myself itching to get back to creating some more equine and animal pieces. Well I did take a few shots from the faire scene. Nothing great but some fun off the hip shots. Enjoy!