Ashley and Micheal

This was one of my most fun weddings! The guys were fun as you'll see and the girls were absolutely fab! Ever since the wedding I have been chatting it up with her and her friends on Facebook. Anyway, as part of my new tradition of telling couples story here is theirs about how they met. Ashley and one of her friends were out playing this game called photo hunt (sounds awesome!). She couldn't figure out a photo and saw him walking with a friend so she asked for their help. They didn't see each other for a bit and then Micheal started working at the same place her girlfriends did. She went there a lot and they talked and after about three months he was working the door and said he was glad to see her and wanted her number! So, the next day he called and set up a date. They got ice cream, and hung out most of the day having fun and laughing non-stop (this does not surprise me they are SO fun!) And they have been together ever since!













The guys were also having a great time going to get pizza and playing football.













Okay, so those of you that know me know I can be um a little emotional and that I love my job. Right? Well, I have to admit that after this wedding I got a new perspective on shooting a wedding. I am going to be super honest here.... oh gosh! I have been very focused on formals lately and have grown to LOVE them. I feel I have lost a bit of the photo journalistic side of me. It all came back at this wedding. Since there was very limited time for formals I realized that the moments were more important and the memories were what took precedent in this wedding. The laughter and love was very present. So basically what I'm saying is for the first time I felt super free to focus on moments and emotion and I'm thankful for what they helped me remember.

The reception was awesome with tons of fun and awesome dancing!











I'm not a big fan of having my photo taken but Steve is getting me use to it. Anyway, Ashley and the girls wanted a picture with me so .....



I photographed two couples engagement pictures this weekend so look for those stories and photos! They were fab couples!

My first Brides choice award....

I got an email this morning from Weddingwire.com saying I had a received a brides choice award! YAY! Thanks to all the brides who voted and rated me! This is one of those contests that wasn't paid for or solicited for so it means much more to know that brides voted on their own. Thanks so much!




Check out the other winners here

Thriller!

I just got an email from one of my brides mothers. Jo and Evans wedding was back in May and was fab by the way.... Anyway she sent me a video of her brother doing the thriller dance. It was amazing! I have posted a link and some pics for you to see!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGj5zDsgSX8

Heather and Ronnie

Hi All,

So this year I am incorporating a new type of post about couples. I am going to post stories of how couples met and got engaged. A little get to know my fab couples post!

My first couple up is Heather and Ronnie and she choose to tell me how they met and this is their story.

Heather and a friend went to her old job (Diggers) for some cocktails and with the intent on going to the hockey game with a fairly large group of people. We were trying to figure out who was going to ride with who, and we finally figured out that my friend and I were going to have to squeeze into a little Honda Accord with about 8 people...haha... so we were preparing to either be crammed like sardines or drive ourselves. We started heading out of Diggers and I hear blaring, loud, piped roaring music.... with a total of three guys in a truck. The driver yelled "Why don't ya ride with us to the hockey game." So without thinking... we got into the truck (probably not very smart!).... On the way we had the windows down and the music blasting and all I could look at is the guy driving! By the time we got there it was about time for the hockey game to start so everyone headed that way. We all purchased tickets from the nosebleed section and started to the seats. There were about 20 of us, so of course I'm sure you can imagine that was a long trip.. with beverage and food vendors EVERYWHERE. If you did not realize this by now..Ronnie (now my husband was the driver of the truck). Everyone made it to their seats and I got a seat next to my friend and a guy that I had worked with.... we were having soo much fun. Then a few of us left for moment to get some drinks and when I got back I decided to mingle... a couple of rows up. Well bout 2 minutes later the guy that drove me walked up and looked at me...with his hair spiked up and his Kiss T shirt on... and sat down.. apparently I was in his seat...(like I didn't know!) haha So he sat next to me and we started talking and talking and talking.. "He was the man of my dreams!" After that night we have been inseparable.. and we both knew we would be together forever! Now we are husband and wife and have a little baby girl.. and we are the happiest family in the world!


How cute is that story! I would love to see what he looked like with spiked hair! I totally LOVED their family and friends. It was seriously an awesome wedding. Okay with no more delay here are some pics! They again were up for any suggestions I had for formals and well... I must say these are some of my fave images. I know, I know I say that almost every post. :)

It was REALLY hard to pick which ones to post so um. There are 11 in the post. The first is just a super cute image of them.



And the funky ones!











And here's a fun twist to the traditional shot of the bridesmaids with the groom and vise versa.




Okay so these next two are not formals just a moment between the two of them and their super cute daughter!



And um one more.... This is her and her dad walking down the isle and I absolutely LOVE the light. And uh huh I planned it! It's not a happy accident.




Like I said before I absolutely loved being a part of thier wedding and am so thankful Summer referred them to me!

Engagement sessions galore.

Helloooooo, So it's been forever since I posted. Sorry about that!

I have had a ton of sessions, and lots of fun with some of the most awesome couples!

I'll start with Amy and Zack .... which by the way they rock! We went to Little 5 points for the session.




This might get long so I am just going to show my absolutely fave image from Erin and Blake ... okay two.



Matthew and Ester. Totally love them! They changed clothes and we decided to sneak a shot in the UGA library....

And when I see an awesome shadow ... I gotta use it.

Eva and Eric engagements session was um.....SOOO cold. Eva rocked it out by being Tyraish and I hardly noticed she was cold... well until the sun started to drop and it got windy. We all were cold but still managed to get some stunning images.

Jordon and Mike

I cannot say enough about them! They are super awesome and again let me do anything I wanted... as you'll see in the photos. I'm so excited b/c in a few months I get to see this awesome family again!! I am photographing her sisters wedding as well. YAY!

They got married at The Day Chapel in State Botanical Gardens. This is one of my favorite location pictures.



If you look at my blog often you might have seen Jordons dress hanging in the trees well.... here are her shoes.




Formals, formals and more formals. The first is from outside the Day chapel. The rest are from some areas around Athens. They planned an hour and half to go to the Arches, the stadium and any where else I wanted to go. Aaannndddd we did find a few extra spots that I HAD to photograph.






















I'm still going to post the Day after session and the reception from St Thomas . Also, I have an engagement session galore post I'm working on!