Whitney & Logan

I met with Whitney & Logan this morning to talk about their wedding. They were just so cute together, all "lovey-dovey" and everything, that I couldn't resist grabbing this candid shot. :-) I'm SO EXCITED that they've selected us to capture all the special moments of their Big Day!

First Place Prize

Esque, an amazing fine-art lab we LOVE (and highly recommend) held a photo contest with the theme of depicting "My Town". Here's one of the images I submitted to represent the Charleston that I'm so proud to call my home. It won FIRST PLACE!!!

Brett Schauff of Esque writes "CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Smith and his image "Hazy Dusk over Charleston Harbor" for being voted the winner of the first Esque photo contest. Julie Williams and her image 'The Splendor of God's Fury' came in a very close 2nd. Thank you to all who entered. Also a very special thank you to our judges, Carlos Baez, Corey McNabb, Kevin Kubota, Jeff Wendling and Tyffany Wendling."

Josh & Rindy are In Love

I had an AWESOME engagement shoot with Rindy & Josh at Boone Hall Plantation! Check out a few of my favorites here...then jump to their Online Gallery to see the rest.

Technology is AMAZING!

I just HAD to share this with you all. :-) Many thanks to David Jay. It's hilarious and ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!

Erin & Evan at The Citadel

Their wedding day might have been a little overcast. But their celebration was full of sunshine! Erin & Evan are MARRIED!!! :-) They tied the knot at Summerall Chapel on The Citadel Campus. The reception was at the Historic Francis Marion Hotel. Erin & Evan were referrals from Robbie & Kelli Irvin and Matt & Tara Sullivan, who's weddings I photographed as well. So a big shout out goes to these guys for sending me such a fun couple in Erin & Evan. You guys were so much fun to work with. And you TOTALLY deserve each other! CONGRATULATIONS...

Las Vegas

Last week I had an AMAZING time photographing the Catersource Event Solutions Conference in Las Vegas. I was honored to be part of a team of 4 incredible photographers...Alex Quijano, Matthew Glac, Gary Coleman, and moi. We established a wonderful chemistry right off the bat and all complimented each other so well with each of us having our unique strengths that fit together like a finely-tuned sports team. We also discovered what an internationally diverse group we were...Alex being born in Mexico, Matthew in Poland, Gary in the US, and Me in Congo. We hit the ground at full speed and were on a full-court press the entire week. But it was a BLAST and we all had a great time!!!

Gary, Matthew, and I...self portrait with D3 & 14-24 f2.8

Selecting a color gel for my SB-900
Photographing one of the guests at the Spotlight Awards

Rough life but someone's got to do it ;-)

Some of the other photographers...Matthew in the front

Dragging my shutter during the energetic entertainment

Nan, my friend Gary, and Tina with lighted party favorsBase of operations for editing...Gary & I in the middle

Nikon 90th Anniversary

Here's a little shameless promotion of the company that makes my job as an artist so effortless. I've been shooting Nikon gear since back in the stone age...er...I mean film age. :-)