We thought about waiting to post these photos until we’ve put together a complete gallery for Kate and Mike’s wedding, but everything was just so pretty, so we couldn’t really wait.

Here are a few of our favorites.

Kate and Mike, we’re very happy for the two of you, and are honored to be a part of your special day. Be safe traveling back to Kansas.

I actually meant to only post three or four images.  Oops.

I got to spend some time today with Chef Billy Thompson in the Trellis Room at the Battle House in Mobile, AL. Everything moves so quickly in the kitchen so I didn’t have the chance to learn all about the foods that were being prepared, but they sure looked tasty.

We’re well on our way to rolling out the new website, and I feel like a kid on the night before Christmas, all jittery and eager for what’s to come (part of the jitteriness is also due to coffee.) I finished overhauling the blog this morning, and if you’ve never payed close attention to the layout you probably won’t notice the differences (and I’d argue that could be a good thing). But, we’ve done away with all the borders, and most importantly we’ve increased the width of our posting area so that we can now display larger images!

Here are two photos from the Alabama Tour taken with the Rolleiflex:

Holga of Downtown Mobile on Dauphin Street next to Bienville Square.

Amy and myself in our Easter Sunday best.

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a VIP?  It sort of goes like this:

Somebody very important meets you on the airport runway.

You step down from your private jet and shake hands with important people.

You walk 15 steps or so to your car.

The police escort you to the city’s finest hotel (The Battle House, in this case.)

The Battle House staff is awaiting your entrance with a lot of enthusiasm.

You have nice personalized glasses.

Everything around you is beautiful.

And, of course, you get spa treatment.

Now, if that’s not Southern Hospitality, then I don’t know what is.

The Battle House in Mobile wanted to give a few important guests a very special treatment, and part of that treatment included us photographing their special treatment.  If you’d like to follow the entire day, you may click here to view the full gallery.

This Wednesday, we were honored to document a portion of the “Alabama Tour,” which will be explained in detail in a later blogpost after the rest of the film returns to the studio.  In the meantime, we bring you a few images from the Trellis Room kitchen (Battle House Hotel) as they prepared an impressive seven-course meal for four very important guests.

I find it very interesting that after a private jet, police escort, spa treatment, champagne sabering, and exclusive tours, I had the most fun in the kitchen.  I’m not sure if it was the community in the kitchen (they are very much like a family) or if it was the kitchen itself, but I thoroughly enjoyed being in the midst of it.

For some reason, I always see movement in the kitchen in black and white.

This is Fondo Di Alba-an Itallian truffle-which is a fungus scouted from the ground by trained hogs and dogs.  This box cost $500.

Tiffany in the kitchen thought it was cool too.

This is the closest I’ve ever been to kobe beef.  While the meat was still in the package I got to feel its tenderness, and let’s just say beer-fed, massaged cattle makes for very tender meat.

This is Charles Mereday, Executive Chef, putting the finishing touch on the kobe.

A few weeks ago, our friend Stephen was here in Mobile shooting a wedding, and while he was here he took this wonderful portrait of me out by the man shed-my most tangible symbol of masculinity to date.

Here it is, all jazzed up, framing courtesy of Amy.

Erica and Tim are engaged, and don’t they just look so happy?

We’ll be covering their wedding this summer too, and we’re glad to be a part of their big day.

Say hello to Keeleigh at six months!