Studio J in Tampa, FL!

Amanda, Jessi and I ventured to Tampa last weekend to hear some of the top wedding photographers in the world speak on various wedding photography topics. It was a source of great ideas and inspiration. We learned some cool new lighting ideas so tried them out below. Here’s a funny Tampa story: we rented a convertible for the weekend, drove it to the convention hotel to take the photographer shuttle bus downtown Saturday night, then missed the last bus (by 5 minutes) back to the hotel after the Jacksonville / Steelers game. So downtown, we had to call a cab to take us back to our convertible at the convention hotel to get us back to our actual hotel. Great work by us. The first picture is Amanda and Jessi with some crazy back light on an “attractive” hotel curtain – shot around 3am I think. You 2008 wedding folks are going to get some cool new creative stuff from us this year!

Amanda took this one of me at a super slow shutter speed – notice the plane that looks like it’s about to fly into my head? This one was Amanda’s idea – kicking sand with a bounce flash off the concrete wall behind me. She couldn’t stop saying how that was the softest sand ever which means a lot coming from a Hawaii junkie!