On Your Mark....Get Set.....

Hi Everyone!!

So I hope that you're ready. Because this is the beginning of a massive blogging spree by us here at GWP (Gavin Wade Photographers, keep up peeps!), so make sure to add us to your RSS feed because we are going to be serving about 20 different kinds of awesome coming up here as we embark upon "WEDDING SEASON 09'." Or as we like to call it...."HOLY MOTHER HERE IT COMES!!!...09' "

With cameras in our hands pretty much every weekend between now and September, you can bet-your-sweet-bippy that there will be things on here that we'd love for you to check out and leave you thoughts on (both good and bad should you feel it warranted, we can take it).

But before the bombardment of our meager attempts at photography, I wanted to warm you up a little and get you in the mood for that which is to come! Our friend and fellow photographer, Aaron Dieppa, is on a mission. And that mission is to post a video blog every day for one year. I visit his blog every day, and loving each video and interview more than the previous; you've gotta check him out!

If you were to go visit his blog, you'd see a video he posted from a shoot we all did back in Vegas during WPPI with Victor Sizemore. It's such a fun and well made behind the scenes look at a "for real" shoot. Erin and I are in it (Oscar Buzz?), but mainly we just love the video and want you to love it too :)

Enjoy! And if you aren't already, you can stay in on the action of GWP by following us on Twitter and Facebook. You can stalk us, and no one will know. I promise.



P.S. To see our images from this shoot CLICK HERE
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Shooting with Scarlett in Vegas! :)

Hey guys! It's Erin!
While Gavin and I were in Vegas, I had the privilege of shooting with one of my friends Scarlett Lillian (who I met at Mike Colon's workshop in Hawaii) . She led a workshop on lighting and I had a blast getting to know other photographers and hanging out with Scarlett again.

Check out her amazing website! She's so talented! :)


Here are some of the shots from our night shoot at the MGM! :)

The Desert Rose: Las Vegas

Hello Everyone!

Yes, we are in fact still alive after our long trip out to Las Vegas for the 2009 WPPI Convention. We had SO much fun hanging out with old friends, making wonderful new friends, and hitting up some of the best parties we've ever been to on the strip! To give you an idea, we were up from around 9am until 4am each and every day, going non-stop from one thing to the next! It's taken us all of this past week to even begin to catch up on the toll Vegas has taken (and we love it by the way, haha).

Being surrounded by over 10,000 photographers this past week, it definitely got our itchy trigger fingers looking for opportunities to shoot with some of the amazing talent represented at the convention. While walking the trade room floor Erin and I met up with Victor Sizemore, an amazing local OC photographer (who just so happens to attend the church we do). Anyways, we ran into him and he mentioned a shoot he was organizing about 45 minutes outside of Vegas and was kind enough to invite us along! We couldn't wait!

After a car ride we will not soon forget with Ted, Kortnee Kate, Aaron Dieppa, and Barb, we arrived at our location in the middle of NOWHERE. Already our creative juices were practically coming out of our ears and despite the bitter wind and cold, we jumped out and put those trigger fingers to work!

Liz, our gorgeous model (and former Miss Kentucky) was such a good sport posing for all of us and not even complaining once that it was 40 degrees; she could barely feel her fingers! Thanks Liz!

More to come (including our first video blog) on our adventures in Vegas. But for now we hope you'll enjoy our latest!