Weddings – Page 26 – Otis & James Photography

Erick & Amy

Now, my children of the blog, it is time to load ourselves into the o&j WaybackMachine (WBM), and to set the dials (yes, we have dials still) to a land that we shall call not this Saturday past, but this past Saturday past. Which would make it two Saturdays ago. In case that was too confusing for you. Which it probably was. And if so, much apologies. I didn’t mean to hurt your brain.

Well, seeing as how we have set the dials and pointed the WBM in the direction of this time and space, me thinks it time to stop at the wedding of dear friends to Otis & James, none other than the charming Erick, and the always lovely Amy…and, what’ that you say…it’s their wedding day??!! Yowza! Well, what perfect timing on my part then, huh!

Indeed, it was their wedding day, and what a day they had chosen. That sentence didn’t really go anywhere, but it doesn’t matter, as they had an absolutely wonderful day to work with, but any day would have been just fine with this couple, as their total and complete mastery of all things awesome ruled supreme on this day, and these powers would have done the same on any other day. Again, I’m not sure what that means, but I think that my brain (which may actually be hurt) it functioning on a higher level of understanding, so whatever it is that I put out there makes sense in some sort of a higher plane of existence, so it truly is, all good.

Back to the subject matter, Erick & Amy. What can I say about this couple, other than we had a truly wonderful time working with them! From Velva to the Studio, the good times came in boatloads (which is much greater than a carload), and we would truly like to thank them for being so wonderful to work with, and for giving us such awesome images!

Well, before I drift too deep into the inner realm of my mind, I think it’s time for us to put aside these words, and go instead to the pretty pictures. MuchLove, and – Enjoy!

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Kelly & De Anna

Again, we fired up the o&j WayBack Machine, and set the controls for a space and time that was known as Friday Friday past, and it wasn’t just so we could get back to the way things used to be on the Sixth of October…the glory days that used to be…no, no…our trip is to a time that we will call from this time forward the wedding of Kelly & De Anna!

Shucks, now…we had an fantastic time working with this lovely couple, and their equally lovely wedding party! They were beautiful…they came to the day ready to rock, they had their poses worked out, they were pressed, starched, made up, gorgeous, and they came to rock our photographic world.

The verdict? Well, let me just say that our world was indeed, rocked. Now, those aren’t lite words coming from us. No no no, my friend. If I say it, it’s truth. It’s the Gospel According to Otis, and that’s some pretty serious stuff, now. Again, this was one of those weddings where we were given the beauty, all we had to do was to pick it up and put it inside of the camera. This was our mission, and we succeeded.

We would like to thank Kelly & De Anna for being so wonderful to us leading up to the wedding, and on the day itself, and we would like to give mad props (that means ‘many thank you’s) to everyone else involved with the day – you all rocked! Alright, alright, we need to stop saying so many words, and we need to instead just look at the good time happy pictures! MuchLove, and – Enjoy!

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Cale & Brianne & Caden Too!

This past Sunday evening, our rare day of sun at the office continued with a visit from the lovely couple Cale & Brianne, and special guest star Caden!

What, oh what was the reason for all of this photographic aweseomosity to be occuring, you ask? It was for the sweet sweet e.pics of our new friends to the FunCenter, and perhaps even a family pic or two! And, this being the part when I calm all of your nerves out there and reassure that we did indeed do just what we set out to do, I will not be breaking from tradition, and I will again be letting you know that did do just what it was that we set out to do!

Yes, yes! I know that this last sentence doesn’t make sense, but if I were to begin speaking sensically now, I fear that you would think that your cool Uncle Otis had been replaced by the Otis 7000 SuperRobot. This is not the case. It is me. The Robot has been ordered, but it will mostly be answering the phones, and making lame jokes, and burning inscense, and reclining in his chair, with his Diet Coke, with his feet up on the desk, whilst engaged in phone conversations. Whereas, the real Otis will have much more time to devote to you, the faithful of the blog. It’s what I like to call a Win/Win situation.

So, you need to clear your minds of all this useless information and instead focus (did you get it, a photo-graphic joke!) on the matter at hand, which is this lovely family, and their superlovely picto-snaps! MuchLove to one and all for making it down to the FunCenter, and to all of you out there in the land of blog – Enjoy!

Fred & Kristin!

And then again, on this Wendesday Wednesday past, we were visited by the superlovelycouple that shall from this moment forward (well, this may be a little much, I mean, I didn’t name this couple, they came to us pre-named, and I’m taking a little bit too much creative license, and again, I apologize to the National Council of Creative Licensing for not abiding by the guidelines they have set out for me. I can not pretend that I actually created a couple, helped a couple get together, or performed a wedding ceremony for a couple. Again, to my fans – the people that pay my salary – I apologize. And to my family (I was raised by wolves) bark, arf arf, bark) shall be known as Fred & Kristin!

They came down to the FunCenter and said to us, “Check it out, Otis & James – if those even are your real names – we’ve come to town for a big ol’ batch of superawesome e.pics…and I trust that you will be able to provide us this service.”

And then we was all like, “Yeah…we can hook you up, but theres one catch…a caveat, if you will. You gotta be able to bring the skills to the shoot. You can’t just waltz in here and expect us to make the magic, the magic has to come from within.”

After a few moments in which all of us tried to comprehend what it was that was going down, we knew that it was time to enter the studio, turn on the lights, put a freshie card in the camera, and let the magic happen. Rest peacefully, dear readers of blog, because not only did this couple bring the skillz, they also brought the freakin magic. Both. Right here. Dang.

So, we’d like to take this moment to thank this wonderful couple for stopping by the FunCenter, and we’d also like to thank all of you out there in the cyberspace that stands between us for being the glue. Again, I have no idea what this means, but I’m really feeling this, too. Well – Enjoy!

Ryan & Jenice!

On this Wednesday Wednesday past (I’m not going to start up the WayBack Machine, as it is currently in the shop being pimped out…dayum!), our day come to a wonderful conclusion as we were visited by a wonderful couple that goes by the wonderful (whoa…I think that I may have just committed a flagrant abuse of the word wonderful there…I need to apologize, first, to my fans, because they need to have role models that will not let them down like this, and secondly, I need to apologize to the National Adjective Council, because even though they have warned me of the dangers, or pitfalls, of being part of such acts, I blatantly disregarded their instructions and went right ahead and thought that I could use ‘wonderful’ three times in the same sentence. We need to move forward from here, but I doubt that we’ll ever be the same…) name of Ryan & Jenice!

Ahh, man, I’ll tell you something…this loverly couple were simply splendid to work with, and the truth of this, shines through the sample photo-graphs that are waiting just a few more sentences away. But we gotta wait just a little bit before we get to the goods, as we have to take a little bit of time to thank Ryan & Jenice for stopping by the FunCenter for our sessionofsnaps, and I’d even like to thank all of you shining stars out there in the land of blog for going the distance with me. I don’t know what that means, but I really feel it. So, with this in mind – Enjoy!

Josh & Nichole!

All you all ready for a little trip back into the O&J WayBack Machine??!! I know it’s been a long time, but I think that it’s time for us to fire it up again. It’s back from the shop, and I just had it detailed, so I don’t think the ride will be that bad…except for the fact that it still has the Captain & Tenille 8 track stuck on play…but, I really think that they’re about ready to become hip again. Sometimes I think of myself as the Captain, and Jamie as Tenille.

Alright, let’s travel all the way back to a land, space, and time that we shall from hereafter refer to as being not this past Wednesday, but this Wednesday Wednesday past. “Why Uncle Otis, Why are we putting our lives on the line like this in this crazy WayBack Machine with this awful 70’s music??!!” the children of the blog were asking.

“It’s so we can be a part of the superfantastical e.pics of the one and only, the couple that shall be known as Josh & Nichole!!”, replied Uncle Otis, as he turned up the volume on the 8 Track just a little bit louder. Nothing relaxes UO like the sweet sounds of C&T.

Man, I’ll tell you something, brah…this couple owned their session. The totally owned it. They were incredible. They were fantastical. They were magical. It was as if we had gone to their FunCenter, and we were lucky that they let us into their world for one brief moment. And then, before we knew it, our time together had come…and gone. But we’ll always have some supersweetsample snaps, so – Enjoy!

Nick & Ali!

Sometimes, you love working with a couple so much, that you ask them to come back for a second time. This was the case with the Ã¼berlovely Nick & Ali, as we loved our first time with them so much that we pleaded (or is it pled…is that even a word? Ahh man, where’s me proof readers when I need them most…) and begged (there’s a word that I know how to use, as a good Otis always knows when it’s time to beg…good Otis…sit…stay…) them to come back for one more round at the FunCenter For the study of Fun and Centers, currently specializing in the study of the center of creme filled cookies (FCFTSOFACCSITSOTCOCFC, for short) to get just a few more super-sweet e.pics taken.

Having worked with this totallyawesomesuperÃ¼bercouple before, we knew that they were going to enter the session as total and complete pro’s (that meas pro-freakin-fessional, y’all), and they did not dissappoint us. In fact, they took the awesomeness that was their first time with us, which was 100% awesome, and doubled that. Did you hear that, THEY MADE IT 200%…WHICH IS DOUBLE!! DOOOOOOOUUUUUUUBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLE!

That would mean, like, let’s say you have all of the money in the world, like, all the money that anyone has ever had, it would be like taking all of that and making two of each. Now, I don’t need to hear any logic arguments from anyone saying things like, ‘Actually, dear exalted Otis, even though it is doubled, you would still only have 100% of all the money, because the percentile remains constant to the amount as a whole…’, so, to all you math dorks out there, just zip it. I don’t need to hear it. Like, I’m proud of you for being good at math, but that ain’t my bag, baby.

So…yeah…Nick & Ali! They tore it up…they rocked the house, they may have even raised the roof. That’s how insanely good they were. But enough of all this pablum that I’m throwing in your faces, let’s get to the real reason that all of you are proud enough to call yourselves ‘students of the blog’, the pics. Without any further delay, it’s Nick & Ali – Enjoy!

Eric & Amanda

…and then…then there was the wedding of good friends of o&j, Eric & Amanda! You know what, I could spend all sorts of time here expounding upon all that was during this lovely day. I could go on and on, off on all sorts of different tangents about some crazy random stuff that really doesn’t pertain to anything, but would I really be doing a service to this wonderful couple, or would I just be sullying what was an absolutely wonderful day!

So, what I’m going to to instead is just give you a bunch of words and phrases, and you can create your own blog post. Ready? Here goes:

Fun!
Lovely!
Wonderful!
Awesome!
Sweet!
Gorgeous!
Super!
Touching!
Splendid
SuperAwesomeTacular!
SweetSweetSnaps!
Like To Take a Moment
Wonderful Wedding Party
Gorgeous Bride & Groom
Rockstars of the Highest Order
muchlove
Enjoy!

Alright, this way, you can all – on your own time – put together your own blog post. Then you can skip all of my RigamaRoo, and get right to the good time pictures that you’ve all been wanting to see. So, without any further delay, Eric & Amanda – Enjoy!

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Ash & Rachel

…and then on the Saturday Saturday past, it was time for us to spend a little bit of o&j quality time with none other than the wÃ¼ndercouple themselves…Ash & Rachel! Now, if you are a good student of the blog, you should know that we’ve already taken their e.pics, so this would mean that it was now time for the main event! But, if you are a slacker student (like your Uncle Otis is…), then I will just straight up tell you, it was their wedding. But seriously, if you didn’t know this from just glancing down the page, you may want to seek medical attention because your head wound appears to be getting worse.

Ummmmm…moving on…it was their wedding! Hip Hip…Hooray! We have worked with this wonderful couple before, in fact, the superlovely Bride was even in a wedding of one of her Bridesmaids that we shot this summer, except the Bridesmaid was a Bride, and vice-versa…uhhh…well, you can figure this out. She was an awesome Bridesmaid (well, she was the Maid of Honor, to be factual) – in fact, her speech she gave at the reception was one of the best, if not the best, Bridesmaid speech that I’ve ever heard at a wedding. I’ve heard many. Many of them come after much libation intake, and many of them are sobbing, meandering, structually unsound, and loooooooong (remember, future bridesmaids, there is no reason to mention any previous boyfriends/engagements/husbands…ever). Not Rachel. Oh no, she was in control, concise, easy to understand, and came in at about the three minute mark. Perfect! Have I gone off the tracks here?? Alright, back to the subject.

So it came as no suprise to us that this wedding, the wedding of Ash & Rachel was an absolutely lovely event! Well planned, with much thought put into all of the details – again, perfect! And that was how the whole day was, absolutely perfect – and it made our job one of ease, as we just showed up and they did all the rest! We would now (and when I say we, I mean all of my different personalities) like to spend a moment giving thanks to this wonderful couple, their wedding party and their families for making our day wonderful, and to all you friendly glowing people of the blog (you really should have that glow checked out, have you been near radiation lately?) – Enjoy!

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Derek & Tammy

Some months ago…let’s see…it must have been all the way back in the cold month of January, we had the goodgreatly opportunity of being in the FianceÃ© Bridal Show! We met all sorts of friendly people, some of which even became part of the O&J Family (dysfunction not included!) We had a great time that day, but the big part of the day was when the grand prize winner was announced.

Much anticipation filled the hall as her name was read…who would it be??? As it turned out, it was none other than our lovely Bride herself, the one and only Tammy…who actually was by her one and only self at the Bridal Show! It was a truly touching moment when she made it onstage and was presented with the grand prize!

Fast forward about nine months, and we found ourselves at the big event. It was finally here, and I’m here to report that it was a beautiful day! We had a wonderful time working with this lovely Bride & Groom (and their totally awesome wedding party), and we would like to thank one and all for being so great to work with! We’re happy that we had the opportunity to be a part of their wedding, and we wish them all the best in their life together! But enough of all this sentimentality, let’s get to some sample snaps – Enjoy!

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