Here’s a slideshow of photos from Starla and James’ wedding in Roanoke, Virginia earlier this year. I know I say this for just about every wedding I shoot, but it was a great wedding! The ceremony location was a little challenging with how dim it was inside, but the reception location more than made up for it with how much beautiful light those big windows let in. I tried taking a cue from my friend Graham on packing light (check out his travel blog), and so this was the first multiple day, out-of-state wedding I’ve shot without any checked luggage. By minimizing my gear to only the essentials plus a small lighting kit and backup equipment, I was able to make room in my camera bag for my toiletries and extra clothes. Also, I don’t usually talk about equipment on here, but something you gearheads out there might find interesting is about 80% of the shots were taken wide open with a tiny 35mm f2 lens. I just can’t get enough of that focal length and I really like the small size of it compared to big zoom lenses. I think the photos taken with it turned out quite nice and I will be using this lens a lot at weddings from now on.

As far as the slideshow goes, make sure to let it finish loading before pressing the play button or playback will be jerky. After you finish watching it head over here to see the rest of the photos and/or order prints. Thanks for looking!