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This and That, 2011: Elkins, Valley Bend, Mill Creek, Wedding and Portrait Photographer

I’ve been a bad blogged. Guilty as charged.  We’ve had a lot going on this summer.  Now that the dust has settled, Im going to try to get back in the swing of things.  Lots of big news for 2012…. So lets get started!

First off, many of you don’t know, but Melanie’s father was diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer mid-last year.  At the onslaught Melanie began to spent as much time with her father as she possibly could.  This understandably threw me behind. I ended up taking over a lot of Melanie’s responsibilitys and became really backed up.  Right now, we are running about 4 months behind on album design and a couple of days on orders.  We know it’s unacceptable to you, and frankly, it’s unacceptable to us.  On the bright side,   I’m happy to report that currently Melanie’s father is doing really well.

Secondly, we finally got moved.  This has to be the single most tramautic event of my life.  During the move we were homeless for a day, suffered a studio breakin (If you see someone running around with a canon 5d Mark II and 85 1.2 with a celctic neckstrap, shoot me an email), and emotionally drained.  In the end, it was completely worth it. We are currently in Valley Bend (still serving Elkins though):).  We have 20 acres of land to shoot outdoor portraits and lots of studio space to do inside shoots.  On of the most stressful things has been trying to get internet.  We actually managed to survive *3* months without it. How, I don’t know., but I’m happy to report that we now have internet!  YAY!

I’ll post more pictures later, but for now… Here’s the outside of our home /studio.

Our New Home / Studio

Home / Studio

Our little girl has grown up so fast.  We will  be celebrating the big number “2″ in March. Time flies by so fast. Every day is a new adventure with her.
Gabs

 Even though I have been bad about posting previews, we’ve still ben really busy.  We’ve done a couple of weddings, several seniors,  a maternity session and some familys.  We’ve also ben kept busy with a steady stream of newborns from Davis Memorial Hospital.  For those of you interested, we are doing newborn services for the OB department.  We give back 30% of everything you spend to the OB floor.

 I’ve had a lot of wedding inquiries lately. Unfortunately, we are booked until August. After August we have a couple of dates open, but you will need to act fast!  We only take a select number of weddings per season, and we are almost there.

So what’s been going on with Bill? Well, I’ve been keeping busy as you can imagine. I have lost my zest for facebook and twitter.. I’m mostly over the entire social media thing.  I’ve started coding again, doing a little bit of ipad (IOS) development in my spare time, which I don’t have a lot of.  Other than that, nothing super exciting to speak of.

So to all of our loyal customers in 2011, thank you, and for the new ones in 2012 : Welcome aboard!  We are glad to have you as part of our family!

And I can’t beleive I have to say this, but as a photographer, I own the rights to all of my work. Be it photographs or logs.  So if you are another photographer, and you’ve used a logo I’ve created or photograph in any of your works, your violating the copyright law.  Enough said.

Erin and Mark: Married. Elkins WV Wedding Photography

I’m going to hijack Erin’s blog post for just a minute to give everyone a quick update.  It’s finally happening! We are MOVING this week.  Nearly six months ago we found a place just a little outside of Elkins city limits with lots of land and a great studio space.  This was a big decision for us because we love our current home.  Being zoned residential and Elkins B&O taxes made for a rough business life though.  Once we get moved in, I will be posting pictures for sure.  Hopefully, life will return to normal and I can get back into a routine again.  We’ve had lots of drama selling our home and have been living out of boxes for about three months now… Not fun.  The entire point of this story is that our phone number will be changing. We just not

So lets get started with Erin and Mark’s wedding. Erin = Beautiful.  Mark = Beautiful. Wedding = Beautiful.  All of that made for a perfect day.  So lets start with some detail shots.

Elkins Wv Wedding Photography Photographer

Elkins Wv Wedding Photography Photographer

Bling:)

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Out of all of the things I loved about Erin and Mark’s wedding, I think I loved Erin’s dress the most.  It suited her and was beautiful.

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In this picture, maid of honor Holly quickly closes the curtains while Erin’s sister applies some last minute makeup – after a spotting of the Groom.

Elkins Wv Wedding Photography Photographer

Erin checks out the dress.  Yes, it’s impeccable!

The thing I will remember most about Erin’s father? He was always smiling.  In every picture I have of him, he’s all smiles.  He was so happy for his daughter.

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Erin in her dress. Is she beautiful or what? I love how her dress just flows.

 

The gals were all kind of fun too. Really easy to work with. Made us feel like part of the wedding party:)

 

Sisters, all beautiful.

And now for Mr. Handsome, Mark, looking sharp in his tux.

The guys, Chilling:

And now presenting, Mr. and Mrs. Metz!

We’ve done some sessions up at Scott Hill before but this was our first wedding there. Perfect! Brides to be, if you are looking for a venue, look no further.  I could have shot there all day long.

As much as I hate to, I am going to have to end this blog post.  Our internet at our current office will be getting shut off any minute now.  Good luck Erin and Mark.  Thank you SO much for letting us be a part of your special day.  You really made us feel like family. It was hard to not drop the camera and celebrate with you.  BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH! – Bill & Melanie.

 

Dee Dee and Josh – Married : Elkins, WV Wedding Photographer

First off, I have to apologize to Dee Dee and Josh, I had thought that I posted their preview, but I hadn’t.  We’ve been in the middle of a move for over a month now and it’s starting to take its toll on my sanity:)I’m excited about the new studio:)

Lets start with us getting ready.  I just loved this picture of Dee Dee.  She had just finished getting her hair done.  You can just tell the excitement in her eyes!

Dee Dee Hair

The flower girls, taking pictures while Dee Dee is getting ready.

 

Dee Dee glowed the entire day.  Josh is a lucky man. Dee Dee was such a pretty bride.

We had so much fun with these gals.  They made the day exciting, for sure:)

Josh, our groom was so humble.  If I could work with one groom over and over again, it would be Josh. He made sure things got done, but was so chill about everything.

The groomsmen on the other hand, were off the hook:)  I’m not sure how Josh managed to keep them in line, but he did!

I don’t think you are getting out of it that easily Josh!

The wedding was beautiful. I just love weddings at D&E.  I’ve actually thought of only doing weddings at D&E. That’s how much I love weddings there.

Presenting Mrs. and Mr. Sanson!

Aren’t they a lovely couple? We wish them all the best!

The food was to die for.  I’ve had a lot of good wedding food in my time, but I’ve got to tell you…. That chicken dish was awesome.

This picture kills me.  Cake swap:)

Best of luck to you Dee Dee and Josh.  I’m really sorry about your preview:)

 

Ray and Katie – Married : Bill Dempsey – Elkins WV Wedding Photography

I’m not really sure where to start but I’ll try.  Katie and Ray,  You’ve provided us with such a georgeous wedding – we were in  total delight the entire day.  It was hard to pick so few pictures to do a blog post about, but we managed – and it was a fete.
We started our day at Halliehurst one of two beautiful mansions on the D&E campus, which happens to be one of my favorite backdrops for weddings.

Halliehurst

Halliehurst

Katie was smiles and giggles all day.  She really owned the day. That’s for sure!

Katie

Katie

The Dress

Katie

Katie

I can’t begin to tell you how much we loved the gals. The were so fun and down to earth.  Katie was surrounded by true friends on  her wedding day.

Ray was pretty calm, but not as calm as Katie.  He was ready to marry his love on this fine day!

Ray’s groomsmen were off the hook. That’s about all I can say about that:)  They’d probably like me to mention a fraternity party from back in the day, but I won’t do that. *wink* *wink* Ray:)

Katie and Ray : Beautiful couple eh?

 

Shoes.

 

Jessica and Tim Married : Bill Dempsey Elkins WV Wedding Photography

We had a great time with Jessica and Tim.  Such a beautiful couple and such a beautiful wedding.  The weather was perfect, who could ask for more?

I’ll start this entry with a detail shot.  This is an old family bible that has been around for generations.  If Jessica and Tim’s love holds up as well as this bible, they don’t have anything to worry about.

Elkins WV Wedding Photography

Jessica glowed the entire day.  Her happiness radiated every room she entered. She was stunning and I don’t think I got a bad picture of her all day long.  Here she is getting ready

And what about her dress you ask? Perfect of course!

Waiting for the big moment:

The bridesmaids were a great group of gals.  I’m not sure if Jessica could have picked a better supporting cast:)  They were all helpful and friendly and everything went of without a hitch.

 

One of my favorites from the day (Jessica’s eyes say it all):

Tim was about as handsome as a groom can be.  You could just tell he was genuinely excited to be marrying his soul mate on this fine day.

 

The groomsmen were all kinds of fun. Here they are chilling:

A quick picture from the ceremony

Tim’s parents watch as two hearts become one.

Making it official:

Mr. and Mrs:

Jessica and Tim, we had a great time at your wedding.  Thanks for allowing us to capture your memories from this special day.  We have some many great pictures from your wedding, it was hard not to post them all!

 

 

 

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