I am pretty much in love with this wedding. Yesterday Leigh Anne, a southern belle from Montgomery living in LA, married her sweetheart Scott, a golf pro from Pennsylvania, at The Oaks Plantation in Montgomery, Alabama. She seriously brought everything she had to make this a truly classic southern wedding! Full post soon to come - so catch a sneak peek…
WOW! This has been one of the best days ever.
Full post coming soon, complete with a check off for the 101 list - for now, check out this sneak…
What a stunning couple! Seriously, these two could model on the side. So, I met Margot and Chris for their engagement session at the Five Star Plantation, where we shot on location. Stellar!
I completely loved this session! Margot and Chris were amazing, they brought their dog Bella along, as well as both of their Moms - who rock! Also present was my great friend Jamie Burnett, who I would shoot with every day if I could…check out her blog for another perspective on the session. Okay, other highlights that stand out - I brought a behemoth mirror that we drug all over Five Star; Jamie rode around mudding with me, with the mirror on top of her while her feet hung out the window; I face-planted not once, but twice…the list goes on and on… Good times!
I can’t wait for Margot and Chris’s wedding, which is coming up October 10, 2009 in Birmingham. Congratulations y’all!
How rocking is Jameela?!
I love the images we got yesterday afternoon during her maternity session, and definitely plan to post more next week. She is super-cute and so much fun! I can’t wait to share her amazing session with everyone, but here’s a little peek for now…
So it turns out that sports photography can actually be pretty fun! Now at heart I believe I will always remain an emotion girl, but the action and details are making some headway. Here are just a few quick images I grabbed to share from today’s shoot - all about the sports…
So I’m presently in Kentucky on a commercial shoot for Campbellsville University with Details Communications.
SO fun! New friends, very cool school, great kids, and a really energetic atmosphere.
However, as I’ve been shooting all day and am about wiped out - and have just enough time to get in a quick post for the day - I thought it might be fun to keep it in the details. Pun totally intended!
With that said, check out a little bit of Campbellsville, close-up…
And just for fun - here is me and Mike trying Ski for the first time with our new friend, and extremely helpful student aide, Miranda.
*Image shot by new friend, and also super-helpful student (and senior photographer), Andre.*
I had the greatest time at Natalie and Scott’s wedding! There is definitely a full post coming soon, so get stoked! But as I am presently about to fall asleep sitting up in a hotel room in Kentucky, all I can manage is to throw out a quick sneak for now…
Never a bridesmaid…or at least anymore.
You are all probably familiar with my friend Anna - sister of Mary Brantley, whose engagement session was posted just a couple of days ago. Great news: Anna is engaged! Sad news: I can’t be present at the wedding.
There was a point when I felt as though I was in a wedding every other weekend. Those days have passed. But now I am SHOOTING a wedding every other weekend! There are very few people in my life who I look forward to standing beside as a witness to their marriage…Anna is one of them.
Anna and I became friends the summer of 2001 when we worked at JH Ranch together and were housemates. We hit it off fast - super-fast! I think we were pretty much inseparable by the time we got off the bus from Sacramento. We quickly became very close and the friendship has weathered the years in a deep and meaningful way. Interesting note: Anna and I have NEVER lived in the same place! And yet, we have leaned on one another and grown closer over the years. Especially dear to me, she was one of four bridesmaids who stood and witnessed my marriage to Jason.
I have prayed for her husband for years. And now Brad is here!!! They became engaged to be married just a couple weeks ago - awesome proposal by the way. Their website is so sweet and inspirational and you should absolutely check it out! Above all else, their love story glorifies the Lord in an awesome way, and I have loved watching it unfold! Their wedding will be amazing - great wedding planner, gorgeous location, beautiful couple in love. So, with all that said…here comes the snail mail and tears…
I got home from an engagement session this week and was welcomed with a lovely handwritten note. Real mail! Imagine that! I open it up to find the most heartfelt letter from Anna, asking me to stand beside her on her wedding day as a bridesmaid - and I cried. Really cried. I was heartbroken! I would have loved to be a part of her wedding day, but alas was already going to be at another wedding that same day - one that I am shooting. In the end, we talked and cried and rejoiced, and I am still sad to miss the day she marries Brad, but I am also still excited about the wedding I am shooting that day…and all is well that ends well.
So there is my little story for the day. The perils of working in the wedding industry…and the blessings of amazing friendship…
Here is just a little sneak peek of my morning session today with the fabulous Margot and Chris!
Check back next week for a full post - you don’t want to miss this one…totally hot, great locations, and a stellar entourage to boot!
Let’s talk about an engagement session that couldn’t get better - Mary Brantley and Lee.
I am so excited for this cute couple! Here’s a little background: Mary Brantley and I go back quite a bit. Her older sisters are dear friends of mine and have been for about eight years - YIKES! Anna, (who I totally called out in my 101 in 1001 list), is one of my very closest friends, and was a bridesmaid in my wedding. Obviously, I think that Maners totally rock. And therefore, Lee totally rocks as he is engaged to marry the youngest daughter!
We had a great time shooting the engagement session earlier this week - and seriously, MB and Lee are MAJOR troopers. When I tell you that we went ALL OVER Birmingham in 40 degree weather and some pretty intense wind chill factor, in summer clothes nonetheless, I’m telling you like it is. Completely worth it! They were amazing to work with. What a beautiful spirit and relationship these two have! And they’re pretty dang cute too…
LOVE this image…
And of course, I can’t ignore the audience that gathered for the shot above!
Silliness is always the best policy…how great is Lee’s expression?!
And this is one of my faves from the whole day. So sweet! I love the excitement and interaction in this image!
Mary Brantley and Lee will marry on August 8, 2009 in Huntsville, Alabama. I can’t wait for their wedding!
