The bummer about shooting a bride is that you can’t post the pictures right away. The groom is not allowed to see her in her wedding gown before the big day and you don’t want to spoil the surprise for the guests. So, now that the knot has been tied, here comes the bride.
We had a rainy day to contend with on the day we shot Lindsay’s bridal portraits, so we had to be creative with our choice of location. Shooting them at the church where they were to be married turned out to be a beautiful place for her portrait and it gave us a chance to see where the wedding day would take place. I must confess that I coveted Lindsay’s awesome hat/veil thingy and told Russell that I would be wearing one very similar at my next wedding. I was kidding about the next wedding part, of course….but seriously is that thing cute or what?!? Reminds me of Reese Witherspoon’s veil in Sweet Home Alabama. Anyway…. I hope you enjoy these images. Stay tuned for a sneak peak of Lindsay and Richard’s wedding pics later this week.
~Jennifer
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Well……it’s been quite a while since I last blogged so I thought I’d do some catching up. We have been in business for a year now and I still feel like I have so much to learn. There are so many facets to building a photography business and I am learning something new everyday. I wanted to take a moment to share some images from Michelle and Andrew’s wedding that we shot in November. We had so much fun that sometimes we forgot we were working. Looking at these pictures makes me happy because I know how perfect Andrew and Michelle are together. I hope you enjoy them as well.
Russell & I recently had the opportunity to photograph the birthday party of two precious brothers. They are the children of a high school classmate of mine, Kelly McCaskill Hamm. Kelly’s little guys are 13 months apart and were turning 1 and 2, so as one would imagine, her hands were just a little full.
Russell and I both agree that bridal sessions are among our favorite things to shoot. There are few things more inspirational than a beautiful bride in her wedding gown. Michelle brought along her friend, Dana for this session and we had such a fun time. Michelle’s only request for her bridal portraits was a shot with her fiance’s brick at his childhood ballfield. She left the rest up to us and we really enjoyed putting together a session that we felt suited her personality. Our two children love Michelle and our daughter, Addi, 2, calls her Shell Bell. As I was editing Michelle’s images, our son, Grant, 5 years old, wanted to know about the brick images. I explained to him that it had her future husband’s name on it — Andrew Lucas. Without even a second thought, he replied, ” Soon he’ll be Andrew Smooches!” I guess he is starting to understand this whole marriage thing. So, it is with great pleasure that I present to you Mrs. Shell Bell Smooches. Mr. & Mrs. Smooches tied the knot last Saturday and we cannot wait to share their wedding pics with you. We had a blast at their wedding and were so blessed to be a part of their big day! Please check back with us for their wedding blog in a few weeks.
When we first started this business, I reall
y did not think I would want to photograph little ones. Afterall, I really did not care for going to the portrait studio with my two kiddos and dancing around like a crazy person trying to make them smile. However, I must admit that I really enjoyed these two Little Ones sessions. Ava really got into having her own photo shoot and she was striking a pose before I could even get my lens cap off. As for Keeley, she was just so cuddly and cute I couldn’t get enough of her sweet little face. She slept through her entire shoot and struck her own little poses, even while snoozing. Both shoots were really enjoyable and I couldn’t stop smiling when I was editing them because they were both just so cute. These sweet girls definitely changed my mind about photographing little ones. I think these images will tell you why?
For those of you who know us, you may have wondered how we got started in this 
We were so excited when Crystal’s mom asked us to photograph Crystal’s bridal portraits. I had known her and her family since she was 6 years old and used to babysit her and her sister when they were young. I was so honored that they trusted us to capture her in her wedding gown. We had been dying to get our lenses on a bride and we couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful one to start with.
