Holly and I are from Mt. Sterling, just east of Lexington (GREAT town to be from, btw).  We weren’t super-close growing up (we’re a couple years different in age), but you can’t be from Mt. Sterling and not know everyone in town.  I do remember that Holly and her brother Victor (hey Vic!) were always happy, laid-back, and well-liked.  Good people!

Holly called me out of the blue not too long ago so that we could meet up at Cosi and chat about her wedding.  She told me all about how she and Vinay had met in England while in med school together.  Vinay is now in Maryland working on his residency, and Holly will be starting hers shortly. For now, though, she’s in Lexington (sooo tough to be apart, I’m sure), getting all of the details together for what will be an  unbelievably cool wedding.

This is my very first Hindu-Indian wedding.  I cannot wait.  Holly has been giving me quite an education on the traditions and events surrounding the wedding.  It’s going to be a blast.  A photographer’s playground.

To Holly and Vinay—Thank you for having faith in me to do this right.  You’re awesome individuals, and you’re even better together.  That would make you awesomer, right?

So now for the engagement session images…

We started out at the Headley-Whitney Museum.  Gorgeous place.  This was the first time that I’d been present to shoot the moment of the proposal.  Vinay hid the ring in a bouquet of flowers.  He told Holly that I had requested that he bring flowers as a prop for the photography.  I would never do that (ha!), but it made for a great cover story.  Once Holly looked down inside the bouquet, she found the ring she’d been waiting for.  Make sure you check out the slideshow to see the sequence of events.  Very cool moment indeed.

Like I mentioned before, Holly and Vinay met in England, so they felt that getting some shots at The Pub here in Lexington might be a nice way to bring back some of that flair.

Looooove this shot.

After lunch in Lexington, we took off for Newport for some ice cream and time at the riverfront.  Vinay was flying out of Cincinnati, so it made for a nice way to wrap up the day.

Please check out the slideshow!  When it’s over, please connect with me!  You can leave a comment below, then I’d love it if you’d stay in touch through Facebook and Twitter.  Cool?

Bye, y’all!   -shaun

Katie surprised me a couple nights ago with this awesome birthday cake.  I love my Nikon D3.  I love cake.  I love Brandi Romines and her cool Lexington cake business (Happy As A Lark Cakes).  Put those three together, and you’ve got a pretty happy camper.

Check it out!

And the video!

In the next few days, I’ll be photographing many of the events surrounding President Kalam’s visit to Kentucky, but this image from yesterday’s lecture at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business & Economics is one that I just couldn’t wait to share.  Pretty cool, eh?