This is, hands down, our favorite blog post to build every year. While we love photographing portraits of people in love… and oh my gosh, we DO… there’s something particularly challenging and exciting and gratifying to capture real life as it’s actually happening on a wedding day. These real moments, more than any portrait, can […]

Today, we’re sharing our favorite wedding portraits of 2015. Some were taken before the ceremony, others immediately. These are the images we are often most rushed to create… and that’s totally normal. Our couples want to spend time with their guests, while most all of them prioritize some romantic time to just be together, we […]

A Quick Note about some difference in 2015’s Year in Review: In the past, we’ve done a contest here on the blog for the “Best of 2015”. But honestly, we’re over it. I don’t like the competition! There are favorite photos from EVERY wedding, and the scramble to get votes… while it might drive traffic […]

Have I mentioned that we love these posts? Oh yeah. I have. Like, twice a year, when we post them. Oops. But really, we do. The outtakes and prep moments from our work help take us back to what it felt like to create those images. Something can look totally badass and be completely silly […]

We never get tired of return customers. As far as we’re concerned, that’s the best measure of customer satisfaction… if they come back because they love the work, we’re doing something right. And with Shelley & Matt, we’re really glad they continue to think we’re doing it right! These parents of a still-baking little girl […]

What year is this? Almost 2016? Yikes… we’re behind the curve. The thing is, we’ve had “set up a McGowan Images Instagram account” on our to do list for over two years. It’s one of those things that seems simple enough, but managed to overwhelm me every time I sat down to think about it. […]