Heather & Trent

What a way to start off the wedding season. Nicole and I had a great time up in Champaign this Saturday shooting Trent & Heather's wedding at the Wesley United Methodist Church. If either one of them was stressed out they sure didn't show it.

After the ceremony we headed out to the U of I Quad for a brief session. We had some time to kill before they had to be introduced at the reception, so we headed for an old watering hole that the bride, groom and wedding party used to frequent in the "old days."

Now I could show you the romantic and highly emotional shots that happened at their wedding ... but where would the fun be in that?

We'll start with a shot at the quad. (Make up your own title.)



An old friend.



Trent & the Ladies ...



Cutting the cake?



The REAL first dance.



Ok ... I don't want to give it all away, so I'll leave you with one from the reception. It was a wonderful day joining two great families.

I would like to thank everyone for making us feel right at home.

Let the season begin!

Time sure does have a way of creeping up on you. I've had some down time since the beginning of February and I thought this would be an excellent opportunity for me to catch up with all those little projects that just seem to hang around the office ... not projects for clients, but rather those housekeeping chores that we love so well.

I needed to toss out some videotape that I had shot over the last 17 years. I can be a real pack-rat and I hate to toss anything, but these tapes had absolutely no value at all. It almost brought a tear to my eye. ;-)

I also had planned to have my new shopping cart setup by now. I ended up running into problems with my host company and the cart system I purchased wouldn't work. So ... I'm now set up with the same domain name of scottbrooksphoto.com, but it's now hosted at bluehost.com. I've spent most of this week working on the cart and hope to have it up and running very soon.

So, now that "down time" is over, here's a quick run down of what's coming up.

Next week we're taping the Mattoon High School spring Musical. This will be my first opportunity to work with MHS and I'm really looking forward to it.

This year they're doing Disney's High School Musical. It's an extremely hot property this year since it's had a lot of exposure on the Disney channel. On Monday I'll be attending dress rehearsal and shooting some photos. Check back in next week for an update on the musical. I'm hoping to have a slide show of those photos up and running by the end of next week.

More theatre ... The first week in May I'll be covering Charleston High School's production of How to Succeed in Business. I've been working with Charleston High School for a number of years and I can honestly say that I always count performance week as one of the year's highlights. Not only is it fun, but I've had the opportunity to watch many of these fine, young actors mature as they've gone from freshmen to seniors.

And just as I do with all my shows ... watch for photos and a slide show on this site.

For those of you that can never get enough of weddings ... plenty to come this year. My goal is to get a few of my favorites up the week after the wedding. Can I do it? We'll see.

Keep checking in for new photos, new slide shows and new videos. This year should prove to be very exciting.