Callie & Eric are married!!! 12/20/08

Eric and Callie got married at an amazingly beautiful church located in Woodstock, GA.  This Christmas wedding was back-dropped with all the decorations to make any bride's dream come true.  For me, I truly enjoyed shooting this wedding because I was helping to capture a friend's special day.  Eric and I grew up in church together and I have gone to church camps and many other things with all his groom's men.  I met Callie and the engagement shoot a few months before and had a great time getting to know her better.  

Here are a few shots from the day, to start I have some getting ready pictures:  

Callie really let loose on this picture, we pulled her train up behind her as a back-drop and the rest is just part of the picture:

This one is my favorite, I just love the way the train comes all the way to the foreground with the cross glowing in the background.

The reception was beautiful, a sit-down dinner followed by dancing and a grand exit!

Jake at 7 days!

Little Jake was just 7 days when I showed up to get some pictures of him.  This was my first baby shoot, and it was much different than I thought.  He basically slept the entire time.  But it created a good challenge for me to find creative shots of him with him sleeping.  My favorite part was every time my flash would go off, he would wake up and give me this mean look and then immediately go back to sleep.  But Jake was just a great baby, and I hope I was able to capture that "new baby" look that he will soon outgrow.  

Woodman Engagement!!!

This was a shoot back in November that I'm just posting.  We did this shoot over Thankgiving break at the Marietta Square.  What a perfect atmosphere for pictures.  I've known Brandon for many years and I met Lucy about a year ago.  Brandon and I have had some fun adventures together and this will go down as another.  They are such a fun couple, I think we spent more time laughing than doing anything.  

There were so many great places to shoot at the square I think I could have taken pictures all day, Brandon finally said they were tired of smiling.  Below are a few from the day...

Jenny and Christopher are married!! 11-22-08

Jenny and Christopher were so much fun to shoot!  This wedding was located in Shelby, NC, at the church were Jenny grew up attending.  I met Jenny about two years ago in Grad School,  and I also had the privilege of shooting hers and Christopher's engagement pictures about six months ago.

I think this is the first time ever that all the wedding parties were on time for the shoots and I actually finished with the before pictures ahead of schedule (that never happens).  The wedding was beautiful, and everything went smoothly.  We finished the night at the local country club partying and dancing the night away.  

I think this is my favorite picture, they choose to not see each other before the ceremony, but I had them each stand on one side of the wall and hold hands, only I saw them together.

This guy was the entertainment of the shoot, I caught him here leaping off the stage.


Christopher could not decide on what pair of shoes to wear....

Glacier National Park!

This was an unforgettable family vacation!!  We flew into Kalispell, Montana and drove through Glacier National Park and all the way into Canada, where we stopped at Banff and Calgary.  This was my first visit to this part of the country, and it was absolutely amazing.  We pretty much had great weather the entire trip and the sites were breath-taking.  For me personally I had a rough moment, my dad, brother and I went on a very difficult hike where I broke my lens and hurt my knee really badly.  So the rest of the trip I had to figure out ways to take pictures with a lens that didn't work.  Luckily it happened on the next to last day.  Here are some pictures from the trip:

Me hanging out with some Mountain Goats
Glacier National Park
A bear we saw near Banff, Canada
Lake Louise, Canada
Glacier Lake
A Ram we saw on one of our hikes