MacKensie + Dan Engagement! – Dallas Wedding Photography

MacKensie and Dan are engaged!  We’re so excited that they’ve decided to get married in wonderful Mexico this September.  We went out for a couple of hours last week and got some really good shots of these two.  They’re naturals so they make our job really easy (we like that ;)  View the edited pics below!

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Chaunva & Jamie’s Chapelle Des Fleurs Wedding!

Congratulations! We’re so excited for Chaunva & Jamie. Chaunva’s my sister so I’m kind of partial to this wedding. Everything was beautiful and Chapelle Des Fleurs did an amazing job with everything. They’re located in Flower Mound, Texas so check them out if you want to have your wedding and reception at the same spot. I was in this wedding, so I wasn’t the primary shooter, but I brought my camera and got some really good shots! It was a beautiful wedding so I just couldn’t resist!

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Peter & Beverly + Kids!

We had a good time taking pictures with the Dinh family! I went to high school with Peter so it was good seeing him again along with the rest of the family. They also brought us some delicious SugarLush Cupcakes (order some, they’re awesome!)  We’ll see you guys again soon Peter & Beverly!

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Heather & Bert’s Wedding – Dallas Wedding Photography

Finally! We took over 2400 pictures at Heather & Bert’s wedding, so it’s taken us some time to get them online and edited. They look awesome! The reception was kind of dark at The Brewery in Dallas, but it had some cool lighting that looks awesome in the pictures!

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Will A New Camera Help?

Every time we shoot weddings, events, or potraits, one of the top questions is “What kind of camera is that?”.  People usually assume that the good pictures come from a good camera…the answer is yes and no.  Larissa and I use all Nikon equipment.  Nikon cameras, Nikon lenses, batteries, you get the picture.  We like Nikon.  There are lots of photographers that use the same equipment that we do, but achieving good photos is more than good equipment.

The main thing a good camera will get you is the ability to take pictures in less than optimum conditions.  For example, wedding receptions are usually dark, dim, and overall the worse lighting you could possibly imagine.  Guest with point and shoot cameras will have a very hard time getting a nice picture.  The Nikon D700s we use allow us to take amazing pictures in near dark circumstances.  View some of the pictures under weddings at www.chavvon.com and you’ll see.

Most of taking good pictures is indentifying a certain pose or situation, taking the picture and editing that picture.  Most of the time, when we take a picture, we already have an editing technique in mind.  That could be old school, black and white, a cool texture, etc.  Take pictures with a vision, don’t just point and click.  Think beforehand how lighting will look in black an white, will the shadows make the face too dark, etc.  If you can think of all of this before hand, you can get your point and shoot camera photos looking good, any upgrade will just take your pictures to the next level.

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Chaunva’s Bridal – Dallas Wedding Photography

Chaunva is Married so we can finally release her bridal photos!  We did a variety of locations so she would have some traditional and non-traditional poses.  We will be posting the wedding pics soon!

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Chaunva & Jamie Engagements – Dallas Wedding Photography

We took Chaunva and Jamie to Southlake Town Centre and had a really fun time shooting their engagement pics. We held up traffic a few times, but we got some really nice shots! Can’t wait until the wedding on May 23rd!

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Mark & Ashley Engagements

Mark & Ashley are such a precious couple, and we were really excited to get some engagement shots of them. They turned out great!

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Melissa & Brayden

We planned to go take Melissa and Brayden’s pics on Saturday, but the rain just wouldn’t stop!  Luckily things were all clear for Sunday.  We had a great time shooting Melissa and Brayden and the little guy is a natural.  He knew exactly how to pose and do what we told him to do.  Good job Brayden!










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Baby Christian!

We finally did it!  We have been wanting to go with Mark and Ashley to get pictures of precious baby Christian, and the weather finally cooperated!  They turned out great, but of course they would, he is so beautiful!

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