FINALLY!!!

Well we are finally getting caught up a little bit. As you know from previous posts, my schedule since the middle of March has been extremely hectic. First it was to Washington D.C. to meet with legislators for ASCE, then to Austin for a meeting, then to Las Vegas for Wedding and Portrait Photographer's International convention, then to Beaumont for an ASCE meeting, then to Ohio for my Mom's 70th birthday, then back 2 weeks later for my Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary, then to Austin again. Mix in with that weddings, engagement and family shoots on every weekend that I was not out of town. So we have a lot of catching up to do with photos.

This past Saturday we had the pleasure to shoot Ernie and Nikki's wedding at South Padre Island. Ernie was leaving at 11AM on Sunday morning for the Marines. Our hats go off to him for serving our country and best wishes to him and Nikki for their future.

The wedding reminded me of some photos that I took in Washington of a soldier that appeared in several of my shots, but always from the rear. I finally caught up with him near the Vietnam War Memorial to thank him for his service to our country. It is due to people like him that we have the freedoms that we do. Keep up the good work!

I arrived to Washington early on Tuesday so I would have that afternoon to sight see and catch some photos. Of course, that afternoon was overcast and it drizzled almost all afternoon. I only packed 1 camera and 1 lense and no flash. Most of the time I had my camera under my jacket so it wouldn't get wet. Of course, while I was in meetings the weather was gorgeous!

Anyway, here are some of my favorites from that afternoon and early evening.