Jessica and Cody

Jessica and Cody were married on August 8, 2009 at the Balinese Ballroom in downtown Memphis. We started with a few family pics at the Madison Hotel where Jessica and the bridesmaids were getting ready.




We then traveled by horse and carriage to the Balinese Ballroom, where Cody and the guests were awaiting Jessica's arrival.

Tosin Kayode

Oluwatosin "Tosin" Kayode has lived through more adventures than many of us have read about. And he's just getting started.

A native of Nigeria, in 1998, Tosin was serving as a nautical scientist onboard an oil tanker when both of the ship's generators failed. Tosin, along with 52 other crew members drifted out to sea, without any communications with the outside world. They soon ran out of food and had to catch fish and cook them on an improvised diesel-fueled stove. Without proper means to flush the ship's water tanks, they were forced to drink water that was far less than pure.

After 4 months at sea, the ship was spotted. All 53 crew members survived, but most were ill and required immediate medical attention. Radiological sciences played a huge role in diagnosing Tosin's condition. It was for this reason that he chose to devote his life to helping others through a career in radiology.

He will soon be headed back to Nigeria with the intention (and the know how) of opening his own clinic so that the residents of his country can get the radiological treatments they need without traveling overseas.

Tosin, as well as some of these images, is featured in the June/July 2009 issue of ASRT Scanner.

Kendall and Weston

Kendall and Weston were married on August 1, 2009 at Cedar Hill Farm in Hernando, Mississippi. I shot a wedding there back in 2003, and the place has changed so much since then that I didn't even recognize it.

The day began with a private meeting between Kendall and Weston on the side porch of the main building at the Farm.








In what was a first for me, Weston and his guys wore jeans and cowboy boots.

Karen and Aaron's E-Session

Karen and Aaron are getting married next year at the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. We recently did their engagement session at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Girl Scout Camp Part Six

My kids start back to school this week. My 6 year old started yesterday and my little one starts on Thursday. For me, that means summer is essentially over, even if the calendar says we still have another five weeks.

Here is the last round of pics from Girl Scout Camp...


Canoeing is definitely one of the core activities of any summer camp.







Horseback riding is definitely one of the more popular activities.





At the end of the day, everyone goes through the "tunnel" or "arch" to prepare for the flag ceremony.


Every morning and every evening a flag ceremony is held. It is raised every morning and lowered every evening, then folded neatly and put away until the next morning.


The only real difference I saw between Girl Scout Camp and Boy Scout Camp was the size of the campfire. When I was in Boy Scouts back in the 1970's, we used to build HUGE bonfires every night. We'd cook "tin foil dinners" (just like it sounds...ground beef, potatoes, onions, carrots and maybe another veggie wrapped in tin foil) by placing them on the fire at the edge, preferably on a log that had burned down and was just smoldering. And you could count on s'mores for dessert every night. Our fires were very large, and I'm sure they weren't terribly regulated. These days, I'm sure that there are strict regulations as to how large a campfire can be and how close the kids can be seated to it.



This will end the series of pics from Girl Scout Camp, but my summer stories are only beginning. I'm just now getting around to editing pics from a couple of family outings, as well as some pics from the Fourth of July. They will be posted soon.