St Louis Wedding Photographers | Hawes Photography Blog » Best-of-the-best http://hawesphotographyblog.com Truly creative wedding and portrait photography for Kansas City, St. Louis, and worldwide. Award winning artists with an original artistic style. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:39:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Best of the Best 2010: Ceremonies http://hawesphotographyblog.com/2011/02/best-of-the-best-2010-ceremonies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-the-best-2010-ceremonies http://hawesphotographyblog.com/2011/02/best-of-the-best-2010-ceremonies/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:39:52 +0000 ahawes http://hawesphotographyblog.com/?p=3243 This is when our couples do the deed …. not that deed… sicko!

Aaron’s Picks:

Heather’s Picks:

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First comes love… then comes marriage. We will admit that e-sessions are one of our favorite things about the whole wedding process because we can do things that simply can’t be accomplished the day of the wedding (i.e. with time constraints and in a white dress).

Aaron’s Picks:

Heather’s Picks:

Our 2010 e-sessions offered a wide variety, which is no surprise considering we get to work with so many unique couples. I chose images that really summed each session.

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We’ll roll through 8 categories of awesomeness: Shooting Ourselves, E-session, Getting Ready, Ceremony, Details, Reception, Wedding Party and Couples. Be sure to check back and let us know what you think of our picks.

Shooting ourselves

Sometimes we (usually Heather) like to take pictures of each other shooting. Here are a few of our faves.

Aaron’s Picks:

Heather’s Picks:

I didn’t order mine, but I love Aaron’s self portrait from Annie and TJ’s wedding. Plus he looked pretty rockin’ at Bryan and Amanda’s e-session….

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Aaron’s Picks:

I can’t believe we’ve reached the end but here it goes. All of our couples are amazingly special to us and choosing these ten was extremely difficult because of that. Thanks everyone for a great 2009 and here’s to an even better 2010!

 

#1.

Heather’s Picks:

This is what it all comes down to ladies and gentlemen. We do what we do because we love the couples we work with. They’re all different and all awesome. Choosing just 10 images to sum up an entire year of work is painfully difficult.

 

#1.

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Aaron’s Picks:

I made the mistake of reading what Heather wrote about wedding parties before doing it myself. So now you get this. Wedding Parties are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Okay, I apologize for that. I really have a blast with the groups because by the wedding day, our couples know we’re crazy, know that we’re likely to put you someplace strange, ect. By the end you’ll either love us or hate us, but at least you’ll be in a couple cool images. Like these. Enjoy.

#1.

 

Heather’s Picks:

There’s no good way to sum up wedding parties. They’re always a mixed bag and you never know what you’re going to get until the day of the wedding. We’re lucky because most of our laid back clients have equally laid back friends. And that means we can ask them to do sometimes strange things to get some great images.

I do have to say that I love, love my top pick. If we were narrowing the entire year to 10 images total, this would be high on my list.

#1.

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Aaron’s Picks:

We had, by far, some of the best parties ever this year! That made choosing much harder than in past years. Enjoy.

#1.

 

Heather’s Picks:

This year’s reception picks were all about fun, activity and atmosphere. We witnessed some great parties and here’s a peak.

#1.

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Aaron’s Picks:

After about three attempts to write what I think about shooting detail images I’ve realized that I’m incapable of writing today. So this is what you get: Shooting details is kind of like shooting fine art. Creative takes of inanimate objects that spell the mood for a scene. That kinda reads like bacon wrapped vomit. I hope Heather did a better job. Enjoy.

#1.

Heather’s Picks:

The detail category is unusually difficult to narrow down. It’s hard to separate what I LOVE as a detail and what I LOVE as a picture of a detail.

#1.

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Aaron’s Picks:

It’s a little funny that our biggest staple as wedding photographers is the most difficult for me personally. If you’ve ever been shot by me you know that structure isn’t exactly the driving force so working with the most structured part of a wedding day can be a creative challenge. It was one of my biggest things that I worked on this year and love the results. Enjoy.

 

#1.

 

Heather’s Picks:

I love the ceremony images from this year. I’m glad we raised the allowable number to 10 for the year because I couldn’t cut any of these images. They’re so true to each couple – explosive laughter from Katie, relief in the hug between Jenny and Kristian, anticipation as Andy awaits Laura. These images sum up each event in one shot.

#1.

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Aaron’s Picks:

I’ll be honest, this is really Heather’s category. Guys just don’t take that much prep time so I’m usually off doing other things that get me in trouble. It’s also fun b/c this  is where our picks really start to differ. I guess marriage is no account for taste. J/K

 

#1.

 

Heather’s Picks:

The getting ready part of any wedding day can range from extremely serene to extremely hectic. No matter what, I love capturing it.

#1.

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