Eric and Tatiana sealed the deal on September 5, 2008. Yes, that was awhile ago! Why did I not blog about them sooner? Well, back then, I really wasn't blogging as much. More so, that was during my lazy blogging phase. I should have blogged about them though, it just slipped my mind.

So Tatiana is a die-hard Redskin's fan, and Eric, he's a die-hard Steeler's fan. The fact that a Steeler's fan and Redskin's fan can fall in love, proves to me that there is a God. Hey, even they will admit, when those two teams play each other, it's hard to be in the same room together. But lets face it men, any woman who knows their way around the pigskin, is awesome in our book. We really don't care what team they root for.

Now the above shot is an affect that is done on purpose, and is rather easy to do. It is made by putting a strong light source, whether it'd be the sun, flood light, even even a flashlight behind someone's head, in this case Eric's. The result: A heavenly effect. This shot works well for weddings, and if the timing is right, I always try to pull it off. But let me tell you one thing here. The press, ALWAYS tries to pull off shots like this of Obama if they can. I know Eric's going to kill me for putting an Obama comment in his wedding blog...haha. Like me, he and Tatiana and die hard conservatives. But it's true!

My football couple sealed their vows on Sunset Beach. A little note here about this beach; It's huge, but it's not secluded. There are tourist there, but the great news is that they congregate around one central area. To the extreme left and right portions of the beach, apparently for some reason, tourists flee. Maybe there are sharks in the water that I don't know about, or maybe the tourists are just too lazy to walk that far. Whatever the case, this makes Sunset Beach a very good beach to get married at.

We actually hit a few different locations around Sunset Beach, after Eric and Tatiana tied the knot. I took them to Kawela Bay, a location made famous by the hit television show "Lost," and then we hit the abandoned building right across the street, which actually is part of an old folks home. Let me just say, for the record, that both of these locations are somewhat private estates. Kawela Bay is owned by Turtle Bay, yet is opened to the public for recreational swimming. The abandoned building is on the property of an old folks home. Did I get permission to shoot these. Nope. We just snuck in and took some great shots and left. We were in and out. Just like a ninja. Yes, I admit, I am a renegade when it comes to getting shots, but hey...tell me a great photographer who isn't? Most photographers are renegades. From paparazzi to the kids who shoot skateboard magazine, to photographers who organize 100 naked people to block of a street, to me, the sneaky photographer....we all break the law for the best shot.

So my thoughts on this couple. It's too bad they didn't live in Hawaii. I know we'd be hanging out quite often. But at least I know I have friends in D.C. now!



Steve Young
The Hawaii Wedding Report
http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com