A fab engagement session ending at the Magnificent BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Stafford, Houston.

I have been wanting to post these images for a while now, and finally got to it on the weekend of Shuchi and Ari's wedding. The festivities begin today. Very excited to be honored with the task of photographing their BIG day!

The Loggia dei Lanzi - Restoration on Giambologna's The Rape of the Sabine Women

The serenade. It is common for the man to serenade the woman before he proposes marriage to her. He either performs the serenade himself or enlists the help of his musically-inclined friends. Often he will ask her father for his daughter’s hand in marriage before proposing to her.Paolo & Paula, our friends from Roma, took us to their friend's Serenade. ...

Colder Weather - Zac Brown BandIf you haven't heard it yet, it's time you did. Never usually put music up, but couldn't resist this one.

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Deaths of Photographers Hetherington and Hondros Up Stakes in Libya - Newsweek

So its rarely I walk past the magazine racks at Target and gets stopped in my tracks. But this red headed bombshell just got me going. Was it the picture or the subject? I think it was the perfect marriage of both.Annie Leibovitz photographed Rihanna for this months issue of Vogue. Her images were so manufactured yet raw. Much like ...

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