Winston-Salem Engagement / Winston-Salem Portrait Photographer

Beth was Abby’s big sister in their sorority at Wake Forest University.  Beth and Abby must have gotten along pretty well because Beth and Chip will be at Abby and Barr’s wedding this September at the Biltmore.  Beth and Chip will be getting married later this year in Mexico.

I can’t remember which happened first.  Beth and I scheduled our engagement sitting.  Abby booked me to photograph her wedding.  All I know is that they found me independently of one another and they independently decided to hire me, which I think is pretty neato.

Firstly, this is not a story about Beth and Abby.  This is a story about Beth and Chip.

Also, this is not a story about me, my childhood or my father.  However, I’ll just mention *for a second* that my dad went to Wake Forest.  I spent my childhood at (what seemed at the time) every single basketball and football game with my best friend, the basketball coach’s daughter.

And as it turns out, Chip played football at Wake Forest.

Beth and Chip live in Charlotte.  It seemed a natural choice to meet up in Winston-Salem for their engagement sitting.  We went to Old Salem followed by their alma mater’s beautiful Wake Chapel.

I got these icecream parlor Sweetheart Chairs from stylists Maura and Tara of The Darling Bee.  Aren’t they sweet?

 

 

Amherst Media Book Feature - The Art of Posing by Lou Jacobs

I’m so excited to share this!!

The project of putting together this book started almost a year and a half ago and other than a brief mention of it on my website I’ve been pretty quiet about it.  Finally, after much anticipation and draft after draft of hard work the book is in print.  The book is titled The Art of Posing: Techniques for Digital Portrait Photographers, written by Lou Jacobs and published by Amherst Media.

The book features ten acclaimed photographers, describing their portrait posing and business approaches in ten dedicated chapters.  I was honored to have been included as one of the ten featured photographers.  My chapter includes black and white film portraits of children and families (all shot in Bangkok, Thailand) and lots and lots of great tips.  The other photographers featured have their fill to offer, creating a great resource for people interested in this stuff.

You can purchase the book through me - just send me an email (I get a cut this way :), Amherst, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.

The first two pages of my chapter:

Portraits in Bangkok - Schedule Now / Bangkok Portrait Photographer

I’m returning to Bangkok for portrait sittings (and a wedding at the Oriental Hotel)!  Book Your Bangkok Portrait Sitting Now.  Dates have been changed to January 22 - 31, 2010.