Richard and Jerrice

I'm super excited about photographing Jerrice and Richard's wedding at the Biltmore!

Jerrice and Rich met September 30, 2005 outside of a party in Midtown Atlanta. Both were out celebrating special occasions with their friends. Jerrice was celebrating her birthday a few days late and Rich was partying with his friends from OSU for Robert Frazier’s bachelor weekend. As they were both leaving for the night, an acquaintance of Rich’s randomly approached Jerrice and asked her if he could introduce her to someone. Jerrice said yes, and Rich’s friend then introduced them. As fate would have it from that first meeting, Jerrice and Rich have been courting ever since!

Calling all Trash the dress wanna beees

Wanna Trash your dress? Well. If you do ....The time is now! I am giving away a free session! I have a little bit more time left before the wedding season starts and I want to do a super creative TTD session at a local junk yard. Email me if you're interested. I would like to do it before the end of this month.

And what would a post be without photos. I have more stories and couples coming your way!


This is the FAB Erin and Blake! Love Them!

Some more pics

I waited for a car to drive by to get this shot. It's kinda fun.



And how could I not post a Life is good shot. I got this tire cover for Steve for Christmas.

SNOW!

I hope everyone is as giddy as I am about the snow! Here's a few shots I just took.






It's snowing really hard now so I'll be going out in a few minutes to take some more!

Kristin and Chris

What can say about on of my cutest couples? I feel lucky to be a part of their day! I met them at another wedding Ceili and Brian and that was an awesome wedding!

Keeping up with the theme of telling you a bit about my Brides and Grooms here's their engagement story.

While on a mountain weekend trip with a group of friends, Kristin and Chris were playing one of their favorite games. After playing with another couple, Chris asked Kristin to stay outside to practice. After tossing a few bean bags, Chris tossed a one right to her. Surprised, she caught it and noticed some writing on it. It said "Will You Marry Me?" Before she knew what was happening he was down on one knee with a ring!

Best week Ever!

Well, after the award from earlier this week and now this! THIS one of the best weeks ever!!!!

I was going to wait till my name appeared on the site but I couldn't wait to share!!! I have been accepted as a member of AGWPJA It stands for The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. I am so incredibly excited and well as you might have guessed feel incredibly grateful to be part of this website along some of the most amazingly gifted photographers. I am still in shock. Is there a such a thing as a virtual pinch?

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!