Photography on the side ~ 6-24-11

A friend from work and I were talking about her wedding in the spring and I mentioned that I wanted to get into photography. The next day she asked me what I would charge to photograph her wedding. I told her nothing because I didn't know how good they might turn out. After discussing it we agreed I would take the pictures. As a swap we got a hotel room out of the deal and thus a night away from the boys for the first time in over a year!!!

I rode down with a friend early on Friday morning because I wanted to be there all day and didn't want 2 vehicles there when Michael arrived. After a full day of pre, during, and post wedding pictures the final tally was 989 pictures. Let's just say I didn't really want to pick up a camera for a few days and totally understand why photographers get paid a fair amount of money to do the job.

Here a few of my favorite pictures from the day.

After Michael got off work he drove down to Surfside to enjoy the evening together.

After the wedding and clean-up a few of us including the bride and groom ate a late dinner at Kitty's Purple Cow" a great little dive place. Then Michael and I were able to get a night's sleep in WITHOUT waking in the middle of the night, oh how great that felt.

A picture Nana sent ~ "Having fun"

Another picture Nana sent ~ "Using brother as cover"

I was so happy to get the pictures. Thank you Nana. Being the first time away from both boys overnight since Braydon was born I was a little nervous, but I knew they were in great hands!

On our way home we enjoyed a scenic drive to Galveston. We drove around and found a cute place for lunch, The Mosquito Cafe. It was good and the food was plentiful but a little pricey. We strolled down the seawall to look for a place to stay during our upcoming girls weekend.