Tara & Will at the Daniel Island Club

Tara & Will were married on a gorgeous day overlooking the marsh at the beautiful Daniel Island Club.  Tara is from Aiken but moved to Charleston.  Will is from Florida, but moved to Charlotte.  Even though they’ve been dating for like 3 or 4 years now, Tara & Will have never really lived in the same place.  They will start their new life together in Charlotte after the wedding…finally together in the same town!  J 

Check out their Music Video below at www.chrisandcami.com/blog, then head over to www.chrisandcami.zenfolio.com to see the rest of the photos in their Online Gallery. 

CONGRATULATIONS to Tara & Will.  You guys were AMAZING to work with and I’m SO happy for you both!!! 


  

Jackie & Chris at Sunrise Presbyterian Church

Jackie & Chris’ wedding has been a long time coming!  But through all the ups and downs of Chris’ fight with cancer, the families rallied together and victory was claimed!!!  I truly believe the difficult times in life draw us closer and strengthen our bonds beyond measure.  I was witness to the evidence of these bonds time and time again throughout Jackie & Chris’ wedding day.  It is such an honor and a privilege to have been able to share in this special day with such an AMAZING couple! 

Jackie & Chris were married at the gorgeous Sunrise Presbyterian Church on Sullivan’s Island.  After the ceremony, we walked across the beach to sink our naked toes in the sand and get some fun shots of the wedding party.  Then we joined the PARTAAAAY on the Carolina Girl Yacht.  I always love working with Captain Bob and his crew…they are top notch and always make sure everyone has a GREAT time on board! 

Enjoy Jackie & Chris’ fun Music Video at www.chrisandcami.com/blog.  Then head over to www.chrisandcami.zenfolio.com to see the rest of their photos.  CONGRATULATIONS Jackie & Chris.  You guys are a very special couple to me and I will never forget sharing this beautiful day with you!

Kelly & Aaron’s 3-Year Anniversary

This beautiful message from Kelly & Aaron just hit my Facebook page.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and THANK YOU for the kind words…you guys are THE BEST!!!
  

Hi Chris, Today is Aaron and I’s third anniversary. Can you believe it? I wanted to thank you once again for the memories you captured for us that will last forever. Thank you again for being our wedding photographer! We loved working with you! 

~ Kelly & Aaron

 

Cotton Dock Remote

Last weekend I had the privilege of photographing Heather & Josh’s wedding at Boone Hall Plantation for our good friends Bill & Kelli Nixon.  The ceremony was held at the rustic Cotton Dock.  What a cool venue for a wedding!  I arrived early, as usual, and noticed the decorators were draping these long, silky, white sheets over the huge wooden rafters.  Seeing those rafters gave me the idea to mount a remote camera from one of the rafters to get this cool angle.  In the first photo you can see the D300 with 10.5mm Fisheye super-clamped to the rafter looking strait down.  The second shot is an image from the remote camera, which I fired with a set of PocketWizards.  Fun Stuff!!! 

Jody & Gerald at St. Mark’s UMC

Several years ago I photographed Jody’s sister’s wedding.  So I was truly honored when Jody and her Mom decided to hire us to photograph HER wedding too!  If you’ve been following the blog, you’ve already seen Jody’s beautiful Bridal Shoot and Jody & Gerald’s fun Engagement Shoot.  So I knew before their wedding day arrived that THIS was going to be an awesome wedding!!!  J  Enjoy the slideshow below and then head over to www.chrisandcami.zenfolio.com to see the rest of their images.

 Jody & Gerald have been together for about 3 years.  They actually met at a NASCAR race…how cool is that?!?  They were married at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church.  Debbie at Country and Lace did a great job on the bouquets and flower arrangements.  Their reception was held at the picturesque Charleston Yacht Club where Claire did a wonderful job keeping everything organized.  Believe it or not, Jody’s dad actually handed Gerald the keys to his new red Dodge Charger so they could drive to the reception in STYLE!  Dale must like his new son-in-law an awful lot!  The reception was full of energy and excitement.  Eddie “L” from Pro Wedding Entertainment did an amazing job as always.  And the folks at Beyond Expectations kept the food stations fresh and tasty. 

Some of my favorite images came at dusk when Jody & Gerald joined me for a little walk out on the docks to create some dramatic images with the sunset and the sailboat masts in the background.  After the sun went down and we turned to head back in, a gorgeous moon was rising in the east!  Serendipity is a beautiful thing!  CONGRATULATIONS Jody & Gerald.  You guys are THE BEST!!!
 


Lisa & Clay Rock Bowen’s Island

Lizzie & Charlotte are the unwitting masterminds behind “THE PERFECT COUPLE” that is Lisa & Clay!  J  They are the ones that invited Lisa to St. Michael’s when she moved here and introduced them.  When he proposed, Clay planned this huge, fun, elaborate deal.  He got permission to get the key to the bell-tower at the church, took Lisa to the top right at sunset, and proposed up there overlooking all of Charleston!  She was very surprised.  They went out to dinner afterwards and Lisa says he acted like a nut, telling everyone he passed “SHE SAID YES!!!”. Believe it or not, Clay actually picked out her ring on his own.  I love that!  And I LOVE the ring too.  It’s so classy yet unique…just like Lisa.  These two are absolutely perfect for each other and I am so honored that they have asked me to be a part of this special time in their lives. 

Brittainy & Nate Explore Charleston’s Hidden Alleys

Last August I received this wonderful email from a beautiful young lady named Brittainy:

“I am very interested in using you as a photographer.  I know two people that have referred you to me.  I was at the Whitney and Ryan Kalinsky wedding on Seabrook and I know Amy and Seth Zeigler.  They both say you are great and I was very impressed with you at Whitney’s wedding, working all alone yet you were there for every shot!  I did photography in high school and have done some friends weddings myself so photography is a big deal for me on my wedding day!!!”

There is NOTHING that gets an artist more energized than hearing something like this.  Needless to say, I was truly excited when they hired me and was REALLY looking forward to Brittainy & Nate’s Engagement Shoot last week.  I loved the location they picked for their shoot…loved getting to know them, laugh with them, listen to them…and loved how their images came out.  These two have something very special…a connection with each other that is hard to find these days!  I can’t WAIT to be there for them on their wedding day…

Karina’s Getting Married!

Karina & her “entourage” met me over at Boone Hall Plantation earlier this week.  I’m not actually photographing her wedding, but was SO HONORED when she asked if I would do her Bridal Shoot.  Karina is a beautiful, spirit-filled young lady…so full of life and love!  It was a joy just being with her and sharing this special time in her life with her.  I love how elegant she looks, even when she’s leaning on her fiance’s guitar!!!  J

Jennifer & Robert

Jennifer & Robert were a BLAST to work with!  J  They really opened up to me.  And we had a great time together on our “walk-about” downtown.  We came away with some fantastic images that I think capture their personalities to a “T”!

RadioPoppers & PocketWizards, Oh My!

My good friend and fellow photographer, Robbin Knight, was covering Lisa & Justin’s wedding with me last weekend.  (www.chrisandcami.com/blog).  Like me, he’s another big fan of using every trick of the trade, including wireless technology, to cover all the angles and get our clients something unique and different.  So between us we had as many as 8 remote Nikon SB-800 strobes AND a remote Nikon D300 firing at the SAME TIME!!!  The strobes were being fired via RadioPoppers and the D300 was being fired via PocketWizards.  

For our bird’s eye view of Lisa & Justin’s Horah, Robbin used his 96” ShureLine pole, normally used to hold a remote flash, but that we had modified to hold my D300 with a 10.5mm fisheye.  He triggered the camera with a PocketWizard, which fired the on-camera SB-800, which told the RadioPopper to fire all the remote SB-800s.  Meanwhile, there I am in the crowd getting the “inside” view with my Nikon D3/14-24mm combo, triggering the same remote flashes via a RadioPopper mounted on my SB-900. 

It’s always so much fun working with Robbin.  We had a BLAST!!!  Plus Lisa & Justin couldn’t have been more fun to work with…

Lisa & Justin at The Marina Inn At Grande Dunes

Lisa & Justin had an UNBELIEVABLE wedding last weekend at The Marina Inn At Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach.  Check out the crazy slideshow at www.chrisandcami.com/blog.  Then head over to www.chrisandcami.zenfolio.com to see the rest of their photos!!!  J

 

Acclaimed Guitarist Nikolai Svishev

Check out this “Canon in D Duo” video by acclaimed guitarist Nikolai Svishev.  He’s an amazing artist and always a pleasure to work with.  I’m honored that he chose some of my wedding images to display throughout the video!