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Avril & Josh’s Big Day | NWA Wedding Photographer

About a month ago, I shot Avril and Josh’s wedding here in Fayetteville. It was a small, intimate ceremony held in the field at her mother’s house, and was a perfect fit for everyone. The same man that married Avril’s parents married her and Josh, with a nice, unusual ceremony full of Mark Twain quotes, a two-person bridal party, and even ended with Avril accidentally putting Josh’s ring on the wrong hand! Every wedding has its quirks like that — you gotta love it. Congrats again, Avril and Josh, and thanks for making me part of your big day.

 

Catering by Little Bread Co. of Fayetteville.


 

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Arin & Michael’s Wedding | NWA Wedding Photographer

A few weeks ago, I shot a small, sweet wedding ceremony and reception at the Garden Room in Fayetteville.

Arin and Michael had an intimate, quick ceremony with their children, and the kids had a blast with the smoke machine and disco lights at the reception. Arin even made her own bouquets! It was a small group, but they knew how to have fun. And thanks, Arin and Michael, for being good sports: you didn’t think twice about saying “yes” when I asked you go come out into the rain with me for a few quick photos.

Congratulations to the both of you, and good luck with all of those rowdy boys!

 


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Avril’s Bridal | NWA Bridal Photographer

Today is Avril’s big day, so of course I get to release her bridal images to you! While Avril normally isn’t the “big white dress” type, she handled it well and knew how to smile when she needed to most. In fact, she didn’t even want to do a bridal shoot in the first place.

Her gut reaction when seeing them for the first time:

Stephen, that’s awesome!
You’re amazing. I consider myself to be painfully NOT photogenic but that looks great!
Thank you so much ;). I didn’t realize how much they would mean to me until I saw them like that.
Thanks again!!!!
 - Av

I’d call that a success.

We shot at the downtown Square in Fayetteville a few weeks ago. Look for her wedding photos soon!

 

(This post is scheduled to go live as she’s walking down the aisle…so if she’s late, no peeking!)

 

 

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Mary Beth & Doug’s Wedding | NWA Wedding Photographer

 

A couple of weeks ago I shot Mary Beth and Doug’s wedding in Fayetteville. Congrats, you two!

(Yes, there are a lot of photos. Just keep scrolling.)

 

Vendor Details:

Ceremony Venue: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Reception: Fayetteville Country Club
Planner: Details Weddings & Events
Dress: Wtoo collection by Watters from Lows
Hair: Shag
Makeup: Glo
Jewelry: Bought on Etsy
Band: The Big John Miller Band

 

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I’m Married! + Featured Post

Whew! Well, it’s done. I got married on Saturday. It was quite an experience to always be the one in FRONT of the lens at a wedding. Now, it’s back to business!

 

(Images by Lindi of Bettencourt-Chase Photography and Lena Marhsall for Stone Ridge Photographers)

 

 

 

This will be a quick post, since I’m still recovering from wedding celebrations and my mini-moon. Here’s a screenshot from a blog post by Details Weddings & Events, a local wedding coordinator, that my photos were featured in recently. Check it out! (Click here for the full post.)

 

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Happy New Year from Ironside Photography!

Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to a great year and a great 2011.

2010 was a great year for me, and here’s a quick recap:

• January 1st of 2010 marked the launch of this new website.
• I had a show at the Julie Wait Gallery up in Rogers.
• I applied to six grad schools for an M.F.A. in photography, and didn’t get into a single one. I’d like to attribute that to my never having taken an art class instead of my portfolio, but who knows. Then I realized that the academic/fine art route wasn’t the one I wanted to take anyway.
• My birthday, of course.
• I officially, and legally, formed a business. Ironside Photography became real.
• I got engaged. Have you seen our website? www.stephenanddarby.com
• I showed at Art Amiss 12, and participated in many a First Thursday Fayetteville art walk.
•  I drove to Iowa to see the Dalai Lama speak.
• I shot the Wakarusa Music Festival, along with various portraits and a few weddings.
• I did some work for the University of Arkansas Honors College–most of the photos on their new website are mine.
• I went to San Francisco and Yosemite with my family and came back with some portfolio-worthy shots.
• I finished my honors thesis and graduated!
• I traveled to India on assignment.
• Darby and I traveled to Washington, D.C., to see the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
• Ironside Photography’s website turned 4!
Help Portrait 2010 happened, and it was great.
• 2010 ended with a nice show at Arsaga’s in Fayetteville, a contest win, and an unusually cool lunar eclipse.

How’s that for quick?

Thank you all for all of your support this year, and I’m looking forward to what 2011 will bring. I couldn’t have done it without you.

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Wedding: Helen & Lindi

Last weekend Darby and I drove to Talequah, OK, to shoot our friends Lindi and Helen’s wedding. We met Helen in our freshman year, and Lindi shortly thereafter. They finally got hitched last weekend, and it was a great time. Yes, it’s true, and I’ll just say it–they’re lesbians, and, no Oklahoma does not recognize such marriages. But they did it anyway. Cake, dresses, bouquets and all.

It’s especially fitting, because shortly thereafter, Proposition 8 got overturned by a federal judge in California, and may be well on it’s way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s a great thing for supporters of the civil rights of all people, and a great thing for Helen and Lindi; maybe someday they’ll be able to get hitched legally and receive the same benefits as other married couples. I’m happy that it got overturned, and happy for Helen and Lindi. Congrats, you two.

Here are a few photos, and the rest are up here on Flickr!

UPDATE 10/14/10:

Helen has written a wonderful article about her day. She really gets at the heart of the troubles with weddings, and the reasons people should get married — I highly recommend it. Plus, there are some good photos too :P .

You can read her story here.

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Wedding: Andrea & Elliot

Last Saturday I shot a little bit of Andrea and Elliot’s wedding in Bentonville with Stone Ridge Photographers. I was there for the ceremony and for only the beginning of the reception, but it was a big crowd and quite a fancy room at the Embassy Suites to host them–it even had an ice sculpture! Here are a few, and you can see more here on Flickr.

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Wedding: Katie & Brent

I shot Katie and Brent’s wedding a few weeks ago with Stone Ridge Photographers at the historic (and haunted) Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Katie and Brent–man, what a fiesty, happy couple–had a fairly small group of family and friends that made for a fun night of karaoke, dancing, and, of course, drinking. It was also one of the best cake-smearings I’ve seen…so great that it came a few inches from the front of my lens, and got on my pants and pretty much everyone around me. But, they had a great time, and I hope they have a long life together.

Here are a few shots, and the rest are here on Flickr.

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Wedding: Jenny & Marty

In late May (yes, before Heather and Kyle’s wedding), Darby and I shot a small ceremony in Gulley Park in Fayetteville for Mark and Dana of Stone Ridge Photographers because they had another wedding to shoot that day. It was small, short, and sweet, and the overcast day made for some interesting lighting. This also happened to be the first wedding I’d shot without Mark and Dana being there, so at first I was a little nervous about getting the necessary shots.

We didn’t stay until the end of the reception, because the bride and groom had paid for X number of hours, and told us to leave when that was up. We obliged, but that means no photos of the band, dancing, cake cutting, bouquet throwing, etc. Their loss, but I hope they’re happy with what they got!

Here are a few shots, and the rest are here on Flickr.

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Wedding: Heather and Kyle

Sorry it’s been a while since my last post. Things are, in a word, insane. I have to finish my thesis, take a family vacation, prepare and hang a show, and move…all in the next 5 weeks.

In other news, here are a few photos that I shot a couple of weeks ago at Heather and Kyle’s wedding with Stone Ridge Photographers. It was HOT, but we got some good shots. This was the first wedding I’d shot in months for them, as school was keeping me plenty busy. The rest will be on Flickr soon. I’ll link when they’re up.  (EDIT: They’re up.)

Congrats, Heather and Kyle!

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Bachelor Party + Baby Turtle

Last weekend I went to my friend Ryan’s bachelor party–the first one I’d ever been to! We floated rafts on the Elk River in Missouri, which was conveniently located downstream from a Tyson chicken plant. After a weekend of galavanting, here are a few photos. Obviously, these aren’t all of them.

They’re getting married this weekend, and it will be the first wedding I’ve actually been “in.” Woo!

(I happened across a baby turtle on a road that was also a retainer wall near the dam, and boy was he fast!)

As always, you can find the rest on Flickr.

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Trash the Dress: Redux

A little over two years ago, I shot my first Trash the Dress shoot with Stone Ridge Photographers at War Eagle Mill. The bride, Audrey, had actually gotten married two years before. She came out, got to wear her dress one more time, and got to get her hands wet. Trash the Dress is catching on across the US and worldwide, and photographers have been known to tear up the dress or even set it on fire–we weren’t that mean. This time.

The shoot was a blast, and it was a blast going back to re-process the photos. I’ve learned a lot about processing since then, and I think a lot of these turned out pretty well. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to go through these–doing the same thing in Photoshop would have taken much to long. This way, I was done in just a few hours. If you haven’t used it, I highly recommend it. Plus, it’s cheaper than Photoshop.

So, if you think you might be interested in a Trash the Dress shoot, feel free to contact me. Do some quick searching online first and find out what you might want–I think you’ll find that this type of shoot can be quite rewarding and unique, and the images will be fantastic. Imagine showing those to your friends! (Guys are welcome too. Rock climbing in a tux? I think yes.)

Note: the dress turned out fine and good as new, after only a $80 dry cleaning fee. Perfect. (And you don’t even have to wear your actual wedding dress if you don’t want to.)

So here are a few of the images. Go to my Flickr page (click Galleries above) to see the rest. Let me know what you think!

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Two Years Later

A shot from a Trash the Dress shoot in conjunction with Stone Ridge Photographers at the War Eagle creek in northwest Arkansas two years after the bride’s big day.

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