This has been the shot that we always do as kids. Same wall. Same stance. Same order.

Here are a few of the older “Martschinske Poses” from the past:

Now the other way…

Everyone say cheese… Yes. that’s me thinking bowl cuts were cool. A little side note: I thought they were actually called “Bull Cuts” back in the day!

The Girls.

Leading the pack… MOM!

Whoa kids… play nice…

I thought we’d try a different pose…

And now the extended family. Tucker is looking very “extended” here.

Mom, Dad and Rosie

Yeah… we are a little different than the rest.

And THAT is where I came from. Haha. It’s a bummer we don’t see each other that much anymore. We are all so busy with a lot of different things. Jessica will be attending the University of Connecticut for their Masters program. She did amazing at University of Idaho and has a full ride + a stipend for school. She’s getting paid to go there! I’m proud of her. I did show her everything she knows so partially it’s like I’m proud of myself.

5:00pm – I rush to Pro Photo Supply in Portland to return a PocketWizard that I thought was malfunctioning.

6:15pm – I rush to my friend’s (Garridan, of Camiga Studios) house to borrow some lights.

7:00pm – I arrive at the studio 30 minutes before the shoot with NO lights setup or metered yet!  I enter through the first door only to find that the key doesn’t work on the second door.

7:05pm – After 5 minutes of the alarm sounding the Vancouver Police Department shows up.  THAT was a little awkward.

7:10pm – I have to bust through the second door, breaking some molding. I begin setting up 4 lights, a reflector, a background, 4 pocket wizards and some slave triggers!  I was rushing!

7:29pm – I take my first meter reading, make some adjustments to the single 580 exII being used as a background light.  Tyler calls, I had accidentally sent him 10 blocks down… oops.

7:45pm – shooting begins.

As you can see, some photoshop needed to happen!

Here is the one they selected (out of 250+) for their Save The Date selection. They will be printing 225 of these bad boys to send out to guests.

Near the end I love playing a game I coined as the “Say Anything Game.” It includes me basically “saying anything” in a storyline setting and capturing their reaction. I believe for this one was the point at which Courtney farted while at the alter. By the way… the “Say Anything Game” always includes a farting bit.

Oh… Isn’t this always the case for us guys… pockets empty for the ladies.