Hampton Roads Wedding Photography- James Bibow

Hampton Roads/ Virgina Beach Wedding Photography

My Home:

I currently live in the little bay side community of Phoebes, in Hampton, VA. I bought a little waterfront place that I'm in love with, and not at nearly enough. I moved here this past winter from living abroad in Japan for 4 years, and never thought I would come to Virgina. I did, and in the end, I'm glad for it. I've made some great friends since moving to the area and it's getting more awesome everyday!
Photography and me

Photography has always been very important to me. The first time I realized that I loved photography faces was in DC, years ago. A friend asked me to take a photo of her and her then new boyfriend with this antique camera I had just bought at a pawn shop. I agreed and went out and bought some black and white film, and shot a roll of 12 images of them just talking to each other. Weeks later when I took the film to be developed, I discovered that in those 12 random images, I had captured 2 people falling in love. It was magical moment for me, and I was hooked.

Rodd Family-July 09 Misawa, Japan

September 11, 2009 Posted in Children

Recently, I had the great honor of shooting the Rodd Family here in Misawa. Maria, the mother, wanted to surprise their father who was deployed at the time with photos of the 3 children. We took a drive out to Cemetery Park to shoot near the water, and across the bridge which I had scouted out the day before. Of course, at the time I didnt know the park was called that! Sorry Maria! haha Either way, the shoot turned out great and we all had a great time. The children are so photogenic, its crazy! Made my job completely easy!