Sweet Shots

I had the privilege of photographing Molly Lawson's head-shots last week for her new website dlishdessert.com. Molly's company "d'lish" specializes in wedding cakes, specialty cakes and individually designed dessert menus for small catered events. If you need a sugar fix or if you just enjoy gourmet baked goods you can find some of her signature mini cakes, cupcakes and designer shortbread cookies at Etcetera Gourmet on Daniel Island. You can also come by the studio where I'll now have a steady supply of the mini strawberry cupcakes, my favorite. So real quick, how I came in contact with Molly is we were shooting a wedding at the SC Aquarium and I saw one of the coolest cake ever. The bride described the cake as looking as if it had hit a giant sunflower while speeding in a convertible on the highway. The cake was fun, frivolous, laid-back and happy which is exactly what the bride and groom wanted. Then I looked to see a huge spread of cupcakes decorated in the bride and grooms colors. Molly had taken the time to get to know her client's likes and personalities and produced delicious creations that reflected them. Seeing someone taking the same care and attention to their clients needs as we do in our photography business Liz and I knew we had to meet this artist. We got Mollys card from the planner and contacted her the next week. Okay enough story telling let me show some pictures. I'll also include the pictures of the sunflower cake and cupcakes.

Photoshoot with Tom Brokaw

I did a photo-shoot with my friend and fellow photographer Brianna Stello at Gucci in the Charleston Place Hotel. The event was hosted by Roper St. Francis, held in the upper ballroom of the hotel, in appreciation of the generous contributions of all the donors who were attending. The special guest and speaker of the evening was former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Tom Brokaw. Mr. Brokaw was a total professional and a trooper, holding out for more than 120 posed shots. Yeah I'm not sure I could have held out that long. You go Tom. Unfortunately I can't show you all the images but I did want to share the setup and one of the personal shots we snuck in with Mr. Brokaw.

Check out the sweet setup for the shoot on the showroom floor of Gucci.

Brianna Stello hangin with Tom Brokaw. Yeah as usual I was stuck behind the camera where I like it.

Summer in the City

"Summer in the City" is a project by South of Broad Theatre Company to send talented teens to New York City for a month of intensive training and auditions. The cost of the trip is partially paid with scholarships and the rest of the $5300 is to be raised by the students. We had several of the past years attendees, and next years hopefuls come into the studio for a headshot blitz one Saturday afternoon to capture some image to promote the program. We ended up getting a lot of great shots and snuck in a preview of Nick Smith new documentary film on the Summer in the City project.