Mark and Kerin

This photo shoot was shot at the Ft Worth Botanical Gardens .. the FREE part. Its nice not having someone follow you around watching your every move like they do a few hundred yards away at the Japanese Gardens. Sheesh!

This is Mark and Kerin. They are good friends with an old co-worker of mine. One afternoon during a happy hour, I met up with them for a few beers and to wind down from the day. Mark mentioned that they were getting married in a few months, and that were still trying to tie down some lose ends. One of which was finding a photographer. "Dear Dairy, JACKPOT!" =)

They ended up hiring Scott and I to photograph their engagement and ultimately their wedding. We met up on a Saturday morning at the gardens. I wasn't sure if the shoot was going to happen since it was overcast that day and threatening to rain. Mark and Kerin are so laid back, and they said, "Lets just see what happens." We got there, and for some reason, someone up above wanted this shoot to happen. The rain subsided and the sun peeked out a few times. Scott and I spent a couple of hours trading photographic duties, as we did on previous shoots. Here are the ones that I took.


I'm a sucker for interesting angles, and I've always like photographs that portrays the subjects in their natural state. Trying to capture a moment that some people doesn't really get to see. I just told them to stand there and do their thing, or as I like to tell them, "Act like you love each other." And they do! =)







This one is a posed photo, if I had to do it over, I'd pick a slower shutter speed to make the fountain look like it was a blur from the flowing water.







It ended up working out that day thanks to Mark and Kerin, and they were married a few months later. Those photos are to come later on.

Mark and Kerin were awesome. So laid back and just went with the flow. These two seemed like they had no worries and were just genuinely happy to be with each other. That's all that mattered. I guess I can see their point. A lot of people tend to worry about every little detail in their life that they forget to look up sometime to take a look at what's in front of them and miss the wonderful little things that life has to offer. I wish that more people were more like Mark and Kerin. I feel lucky to have met them.

GZ