We are so happy to share the wedding of LaLa Vazquez and Carmelo Anthony in Grace Ormonde's exquisite Wedding Style Magazine Spring/Summer 2011 issue. This was another fabulous wedding by the fabulous party planner, Mindy Weiss. Wow, that girl knows how to plan a wedding! Stunning doesn't even come close to describe how beautiful this wedding was.... oh la la! And Ed Libby Events did the most amazing job with the decor.... can we have another oh la la?!!! It was so beautiful, my jaw litterally hit the ground when we walked into Cipriani on 42nd Street, in the heart of New York city. And we were thrilled to photograph their wedding. A special thanks to our friend, Kenny Kim, who assisted Bob. I have say they rocked this wedding!

LaLa Vazquez and Carmelo Anthony's wedding was featured on a VH1 series and the show is called Full Court Wedding. You can check out all the episodes online at VH1 right HERE.

Such an incredible feeling to open email and find one from the beautiful girls at JuneBug Weddings. We have been selected for the 2nd year in a row to be featured in their BEST OF THE BEST Wedding Photography collections. We feel so blessed to be among of this elite group of photographers.

If you are planning a wedding this year, congratulations!!!! Be sure to check out JuneBug Weddings blog to get all the inspiration you will need! It's one of the BEST wedding websites in the world...! Be sure to also check out the fabulous girls, Kim Bamberg, Blair deLaubenfels, and Christy Weber, at Junebug Weddings, they are the extraordinary women behind the scenes!!!

Thank you girls for all your hard work and for making the wedding industry even more amazing!!!

xoxoxo

~ Dawn and Bob

When the über cool Director of Publications, Cameron Bishopp reached out to us about being featured in Professional Photographer magazine we were so excited!!! Thank you Cameron for thinking of us. We are truly inspired by your magazine and love each and every article every single month. And thank you Stephanie Boozer, you are so talented and we were beyond thrilled to know you were the writer we'd be working with. It was awesome getting to know you too! If you're a photographer, this is a magazine you need to subscribe too.

This article is about our workshops, primarily our wedding workshops. We are really excited to announce that in October 2011 we will be photographing an incredible wedding for a family of photographers and they want the wedding to be a workshop for other photographers to learn how Bob shoots a wedding. We won't be opening registration for this wedding workshop until August 2011. If you want to be put on a waiting list, please email us your contact info including your name, email, website and phone number. We will email you all first a week before registration opens to give you first opportunity to sign up.

Here's a copy of the article. Enjoy!!!

~ Dawn + Bob

  iPad apps at AppStoreHQ

I'm still really amazed and so proud of Bob that the iPad version of his Lights, Camera, Capture book has been so successful. It's featured on iTunes this week as new and noteworthy. It's also #1 in photography iPad apps in the US and 8 other countries. And today, it's #13 in all iPad Apps. OMG....really???? So exciting....!!! We just can't thank Barry Pruett, Sandy Smith, Courtney Allen and the entire Wiley team for believing in us. And Inkling, the developers, who created this iPad app...... you rock!!!

3 years ago, Bob photographed Amberly & Ed's wedding, (for another company he no longer is associated with or endorses), and we just found out it's finally being aired on VH1. Amberly, won the VH1 Bridal Bootcamp wedding of her dreams and Bob was the lucky guy who photographed her wedding. She worked so hard, I cried throughout the entire episode. Bring tissues if you watch this, you will need them. Or maybe I'm just a big wuss. She's such a sweetheart! I hope you get a chance to watch this!!! Amberly is such an inspiration to me to get back to the gym!!! Enjoy!!!

Big NEWS....... Grace Ormonde of Wedding Style Magazine has just launched her new book: "being in love never goes out of style." It's beautiful and we are so excited to have a signed copy. Grace and her husband, Yanni, are so sweet and wonderfully in love! It makes my heart smile!

This week we were honored to attend Grace's book launch party at the Trump Tower in Chicago. A big thank you to my sister Cheri who watched our kids for us so that we could attend this event. I need to thank my family more, without them, Bob and I would not be able to maintain a successful business.

Congratulations Grace!!!

xoxoxox

~ Dawn & Bob

To see more photos from this event, check out our Facebook Page.

We are excited to be featured on the JuneBug Weddings website as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in Chicago. We feel so blessed to be part of this amazing team of photographers. The girls, Kim Bamberg, Blair deLaubenfels, and Christy Weber, at JuneBug are beyond incredible and have created this amazing website to help couples plan their wedding. It's one of the Top Wedding Websites in the world... at least in my opinion!!! I just adore these girls and I'm so proud of all of their accomplishments. They are long time girlfriends who bond over a mutual love for fashion, beauty, and all things wedding related. I LOVE it....!!!

Thank you girls for all you do to make this industry SHINE!

xoxoxo

~ Dawn & Bob

UPDATE 04/08/10: We're getting more and more excited about the release of Bob's new book: LIGHTS, CAMERA, CAPTURE. I think the official release date is April 20, 2010 but it's changed a couple of times. I know it's very soon!!!!

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When Barry Pruett from Wiley Publishing approached Bob about writing a book, I have to be honest... he was a little nervous. He's never written a book before and he wasn't sure if he could. Well, with much trepidation he accepted the challenge. While writing the book, there were many moments where he was feeling pretty weak and he was beginning to doubt himself. But I knew that God had much bigger plans for him than he could see for himself.

I am so proud of him as he's in the final stages of preparing for the release of his 1st book. It's pretty exciting as I know he poured his heart and soul into this book. He's received some great feedback on the sample chapter we have shared with our friends.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CAPTURE
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Anyway, it's listed on Amazon available for pre-order. I'm sure once it's release, the price will go up some so order it soon! We're excited to hear your thoughts!!!

We just can't thank Barry Pruett, Sandy Smith, Courtney Allen and the entire team at Wiley for supporting Bob and I in all our endeavors! You all are the very best!!!

We are SO EXCITED to introduce our very first Operations Manager, Michele Gonzalez. She will be our main "point of contact" person for our business and help us out with many of the emails we receive. She will also be handing our schedule and keeping us on track. I know she is overwhelmed but I also know that she will do a fantastic job! So please help Bob and I with a nice welcome!

Michele's email is michele@bobanddawndavis.com. Please feel free to email with any questions you may have!

Thank you, BIG TIME, Michele! You are so LOVED...!!! xoxox ~ Dawn & Bob

You can follow us on Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/MicheleG_1
http://www.twitter.com/Dawn_Davis
http://www.twitter.com/BobDavis_1

In November of 2009, 4 people, Bob Davis, Anton Lorimer, Kenny Kim and Jim Davis-Hicks, the President of Thirst Relief International journeyed to the East African country of Tanzania. The goal of the trip was to document and create a compelling film that captured the clean water needs of the region and the efforts of Thirst Relief International. Cinematographers Anton Lorimer and Bob Davis shot the project in a documentary style that attempts to capture the real struggles and efforts of the people in Africa. Kenny Kim was the designated photographer and blogger that relayed the day to day progress to the rest of the world. Jim Davis-Hicks acted as guide and spokesperson of Thirst Relief. Post production/editing was performed by Lorimerworks. We are so excited to share the final version of the documentary video.

To make A Donation to Thirst Relief International. $5.00 goes a long way, $10.00 goes even further, etc... For the price of a Starbucks latte, you can make a huge difference in the lives of many people.

To see all versions of the video at Thirst Relief's SmugMug site, click HERE

xoxoxo

~ Dawn & Bob