Lindsey’s dad gave the funniest, most heart-warming toast to his daughter and son-in-law. I think it touched everyone in the room.

The groom showing off his ring to his mom.

Be on the lookout for photos from their amazing wedding – coming soon!

For some reason, this picture makes me think of Twilight…not really sure why….

Love how she’s got him cracking up in this one:

Probably my favorite from the day – how stunning is she?!?!?!!!!!

Claudia and Erdem had a beautiful wedding in Auburn. One of my favorite parts of the day was the Family Formals. What?!?!?!! you say? Yes, that’s right – the Family Formals, which are never anyone’s favorite part of the day, hehehe. But…Claudia’s and Erdem’s families live in different countries, and as I’m sure they don’t see each other nearly as often as they wish, it was extremely important to them to have tons of pictures of their families. To this end, we took family pictures in several locations. If you’re looking to have unique family portraits, and have FUN doing them…take your cue from this wonderful couple, and think outside the church!

A few pictures of the beautiful bride for you –

And yes, we did indeed do the traditional Family Formals.

LOVE this moment:

And this one – the excitement is so obvious!

Something you don’t see very often anymore: the Receiving Line. I can’t even begin to tell you how highly I think of this tradition. It’s not only the perfect way to make sure you get to speak individually to each guest at your wedding, it also allows me to photograph each them with you!

Here’s a couple of my favorite dance floor moments:

Congratulations, Claudia & Erdem!

Back in August, I had the wonderful opportunity to photography Elyssa & Cameron, who are actually the niece and nephew of one of my April 2010 brides. Elyssa adores having her picture taken, as you can tell, but Cameron…not so much…

Is this sweetness or what?

And now the same set-up, but with a mad face. I <3 mad faces.

I have to take a minute here to thank Courtney and Leda (my wonderful bff) for their amazing help with putting this together.  I couldn’t have done it without these two!  Be sure to check them both out - in addition to being website-savvy, they’re also both fabulous photographers.

I hope y’all enjoy this new venture of mine, and find it easy to use.  Let me know your thoughts!

You know how some things are meant to be? Well, Mel&Chris = meant to be. I’m sure there are endless examples of how perfect they are together, but if you’ll look at the picture above, you’ll see my personal experience of how they’re meant to be. You see, both Chris and Mel are avid readers (also, Chris is a Librarian) so I asked them to each bring along their favorite book. At one point during our time together, I took Chris’ book, which is the one pictured above, and Mel’s ring, and asked Chris if he by chance had a favorite passage in the book. Not only did he tell me no, he went on to tell me that there would probably not be anything in the book photo-with-engagement-ring appropriate. I flipped open the book. Scanned the page. Flipped the page. That’s when I found the passage above. Appropriate, indeed…

I always tell couples when we first get started that the first few pictures are normally “throw away pictures.” The subjects are nervous, we’re still all getting used to each other, so more times than not, the first few pictures just aren’t worthy. Not so with Mel and Chris. These two pictures were some of the first ones we took. (And make sure you check Chris’ socks – love!)

The first part of our session took place at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn. I’d driven past it many times, but had never stopped. It was perfect!

I absolutely LOVE the colors in this photo.

For the second part of our session, we went to the library. Perfect, right? I absolutely LOVE when couples make their engagement sessions personal. More than anything else you can do, a location that is personal to you will make you fall in love with your photos.

I seriously just want to post the link and password here so you can see ALL of the pictures from the library. They are priceless!

The best part of The Library Session? We sat in the stacks and giggled. Snickered. The.Whole.Time. It was awesome. There were times I couldn’t shoot for laughing so hard.

Mel giggled a little too loudly. The quintessential Librarian, Chris shushed her. She shushed him back.

Mel&Chris, Thanks for one of the best sessions EVER! Can’t wait for August 2010!

Welcome to my new approach to blogging. Few words, lots of photos. Now sit back and enjoy a sneak peek of Anne & Matt’s beautiful day!

Anne & Matt, It was an absolute pleasure to spend your wedding day with you. Best Wishes!

Gorgeous Bride.Groom + Amazing Friends&Family = very few words needed. Enjoy the photos!

Brothers. This picture of Noah and his two brothers makes me happy my own boys have each other.

The Classic Bride.

On to the reception. I loved this table – wedding photos from different members of Christie and Noah’s families. What a great idea!

In lieu of favors, a donation to St. Jude’s.

*teehee*

My wonderful assistant Sarah got this shot – love their expressions!

My new friend: Mark. Christie told me he’d be there, snapping away right along with me.

One of Mark’s captures:

Unless I’m much mistaken, this moment is titled: Now, walk it by yourself…walk it by yourself….

Christie & Noah – thank you so much for welcoming me into your lives on this important day. Best Wishes for a long and happy life together!

Now…we all know that kids aren’t always up for taking photos. Evie’s dad really wanted lots of pictures of her in her Disney dress-up outfits, since she is about to grow out of them. However, Miss Evie just was not into playing dress up for me. We still managed to get some pretty great pictures of her in them. Here’s a couple of the outfits we used:

Who says you have to smile for a photo to be great? This is actually my favorite picture of her from the whole day. I *love* the look on her face in this one – if it doesn’t say ‘toddler’ I don’t know what does!

Isn’t 6 months all about exploring? And at this age, the best thing to explore? Grass!

Yes! A smile!

We took a break from sticking the camera in the kids’ faces and let them play for a bit. Playtime=great captures.

Hey look! More grass!

My favorite of Ridge from the day – how could you not fall in love with this kid???