After it all happened, it was weird very being in Blacksburg. Everyone outside of town had heard on CNN/everywhere and were soo supportive, but it was a very strange place to be. I wasn’t planning on it, but I did make my way down to campus for the vigil in the days following the shooting and it struck a cord with me. I kind of finally saw our community come together that was effected and it helped the healing. Thought I’d share the pictures I took that night with my point and shoot Canon.

We Remember. Never Forget. We are Virginia Tech.

All of the pictures from that night on Flickr.

The atmosphere at this wedding was of joy and celebration and the dancing was a total blast. Hopefully the pictures will help show how fun of a day this was.

I added a little funny tribute to Richard transforming from a Bachelor to a Husband here (with more pictures) if you want to check that out too.

Taking lots of pictures while being a groomsman in a wedding and being sick at the same time can prove to be difficult. I got to take a few pictures though, and got to learn more about wedding photography by watching their photographer.

Their photographer was really awesome at setting up shots like the one of where they are on the couch, which is a shot I would never have thought of. Things we kept hearing were to turn our chins to face the camera and for people to relax their shoulders, but it helped show me that photography isn’t only taking the picture. It’s a lot about how you interact with the people, and how you “arrange” them, so to speak. The photographer was balanced things well because she had and made it pretty lighthearted but was making sure she got good shots. The last picture is one of her shooting them on the dance floor.

More knowledge is always a good thing .

Here are some more amazing “photobombs“.