Remembering Our Veterans…
Every once in a while I find the time to take some personal photos, and even more rarely, I find the time to retouch and share my personal work.
While down in Florida for a shoot this summer, I visited an old friend who is a Marine currently stationed at Eglin Air Force Base for EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) School. He took me to see the Memorial lit up after sunset to capture a few photos.
In honor of the 235th Marine Corps Birthday yesterday and Armistice Day today (better known as Veteran’s Day in the States, but hey, I’m a dork…), I’m posing a few photos of the EOD Memorial honoring the legacy of our fallen EOD warriors.
There is a separate plaque for each of the four DoD branches of service.
Among the plaques are the names of every US EOD tech that has fallen in the line of duty since the inception of EOD in WWII. A special ceremony is held annually to commemorate and add those who passed during the previous year.
Finally, I want to thank all of our veterans and those men currently serving in the US Military. We appreciate the sacrifices that you and your families make to keep our country great!
Lattica and Dan’s Wedding – The Woodlands Resort
It’s been a busy, busy fall for me with bunches of totally awesome weddings, family sessions, engagement sessions, and bridals and I haven’t had much time for blogging! Now that Christmas card season is over, I’m starting to get caught up, and hopefully I’ll have more time for blogging!
I wanted to start back with a very special wedding from this summer. Lattica and Dan were married on a beautiful Friday this past June. Dan is currently in flight school training to be a pilot with the Air Force, and since he’s had a busy schedule with the military, they hadn’t been able to spend much time together in the months before the wedding. All that has changed now, since their wedding, Tish has followed Dan across Texas, and is now living in Montana (brrrr!) to be beside her man. Love knows no distances and they’re both making great sacrifices for Dan to serve our country.
They were married at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands, Texas.
Lattica pinned these inside her dress for her “something old” and “something blue”.
She had such beautiful beading on her wedding dress!
Lattica and Dan opted to do a “first look”, an opportunity for the bride and groom to see each other prior to the ceremony. I’ll let the following photos tell the story:
Just like each couple is unique, each first look is special and different. More and more couple are choosing to break the antiquited tradition of not seeing each other before the ceremony (a tradition that comes from the days of arranged marriages), for this opportunity to make the walk down the aisle a little less stressful. It affords the couple TWO special moments instead of just one, allows us more time for photos together (and the images that you’ll treasure most for years to come), and allows the couple to enjoy their wedding reception and mingle with their guests much sooner after the ceremony instead of making them wait for your arrival.
The wedding party goofs off and stays cool in the shade.
The two photos below are of the “Silver Dollar Salute.” By surprise, one of Dan’s friends who was formerly in the military, gave Dan his first salute as an officer.
Lattica and her bridesmaids watch guests arrive.
Definitely a favorite!
Tish and Dan share their first dance together as husband and wife…
I always love a little lens flare. 
Ring shots!
Thank you, Tish and Dan!