Rachel and Ryan’s ceremony and reception were both held at the Quail Ridge Park Lodge near Wentzville, just outside of St. Louis. The ceremony was outdoors in a park gazebo under almost-clear blue skies and not-too-hot fall weather. The park itself has lots of great natural backdrops for photos, even though fall colors had not…
Just look at these cute little faces and tell me you didn’t fall in love with them..!! Daryn, Kalen, and Gracen are three lovable young ladies whose parents allowed me to photograph them in their home. I think it was as much fun for me as it was for them, as they played with each…
Story and photographs by Derek Cadzow. Printed in the September/October, 2006, issue of Cary Magazine. Reprinted here with permission. Rows of beautiful orchid flowers dot a sea of green vegetation, some large, some small, some with multiple blooms and some with only one — colorful and exotic. You might be tempted to visualize the deepest…
Derek’s photography is terrific, but that’s only part of it. I told him that I wanted pictures of everyone at the wedding rather than formal shots, and I swear, there was not one person left out. Derek was there at our whitewater wedding for pictures before, during and, to his surprise, on the water between…
Story by Derek Cadzow; photographs by Derek Cadzow and Renée Cadzow. Printed in the March/April, 2006, issue of Cary Magazine. Reprinted here with permission. “I didn’t even know there was a nightclub in Cary!” Cary entrepreneurs Frank Lazzaro and Frank Stoltman wish they had a nickel for every time they’ve heard that phrase. But it…
Story and photographs by Derek Cadzow. Printed in the September/October, 2005, issue of Cary Magazine. Reprinted here with permission. What is it about sea turtles that compel hundreds of people, young and old, to line the beaches to watch 13 of them returned to the wild? Perhaps it is some form of empathy with the…
Chuck is one of the hard-working public relations consultants at Cherokee Publishing, which produces Cary Magazine in North Carolina. I got to know Chuck while shooting for David Sciabarasi at the magazine and he invited me along to help out at Chuck’s wedding — my very first wedding shoot! Jody and Chuck made a delightful…
Surrounded by the green majesty of Grandfather mountain on a blue North Carolina summer’s day, young Susan Tapp waits, poised and prepared, for the right note on which to begin an age-old traditional Scottish dance: the Highland Fling. The judges watch carefully, but Susan is ready. She’s been a student of Scottish dance at Cary’s…
Story and photographs by Derek Cadzow. Printed in the March/April, 2006, issue of Cary Magazine. Reprinted here with permission. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a group of Mazda Miatas, Porsches, older MGs leisurely drive down the road in formation, when all at once the starter’s flag snaps and 30-odd engines roar to life in one…