So was wondering what I was going to do on Saturday night, when I remembered that Arnoldo of A Premier Entertainment would be DJing the homecoming dance at HHS.  I shot him a quick email to make sure he was going to be their and offered to stop by and shoot some pix of the event for his blog.  So I showed up right at the beginning and setup a couple of flashes and I slapped some colored gels on them and started poping off some shots, this was the first real shoot where I got to try out my new ETTL Pocket Wizards and they rock!

The dance was a huge success!  At the peak of the party there were between 400-450 people in the gym!  I don’t think I have ever seen a school dance that packed and stay that way till the end!  If you need a DJ for your party or event be sure to hit up A Premier!  Don’t forget to check out Arnoldo’s post here for the video!

Ok I know what your thinking, don’t you post your blog the night of the wedding?  Yes, normally but I was so sick and extremely tired!  And I didn’t order event cards for this wedding so no one was really waiting for this post.   Anyway this wedding was a lot of fun!  All the decorations and flowers were done by Wauchula Weddings.  This wedding came out on top despite the power going for about 20-30 min and then the generators kicked and didn’t power the AC!  Anyway check out the pix below and feel free to leave me some comment love!

Just a quick side note the third photo from the top I used spot color which is a departure from my usual style, because the lights in the front were different then the rest of the church so I couldn’t balance the photo as a whole without ending up with a blue color cast, so I was playing around with it and I actually like it!  This is only the second photo which I have used spot color the first was Tanna’s maternity shoot.  I don’t normally use it because I think it is a fad that will eventually make the image look dated like the double exposures of the mid to late 70s.

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I have been insanely busy, and with homecoming this weekend there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight.  But here a few of my faves from Crystal’s bridal session.  These were taken about a month ago.  The first one was her pick that was displayed at the reception.  Look for the wedding post soon!

Ok if you missed the show, you really missed out!  There was tons of great prizes being awarded, plenty of swag,  lots of great vendors, and not to mention the food!  I had a very nice couple talk to me about shooting there wedding at the beginning of the show, towards the end they came back to tell me that they would be giving me a call as they liked my work and my price was fair.  Now a lady was there representing Sandals giving away a free, all inclusive trip to a Sandals resort in the Bahamas, and wouldn’t you know it the couple that had just spoken to me won!!!  I had never seen anyone so excited to win something ever!  They started jumping up and down and dancing!  They totally deserved to win and I am very happy for them!

I worked very hard on my booth!  I did have some help from my personal decorator!  I probably talked to at least 50 brides, saw a few familiar faces and made some new friends.  I look forward to next year!  Make sure you mark it on your calendar.