Thursday, November 26, 2009

The Woods Family

This is a quickie post, to share a preview with Saralyn, Robert, and Jesse.  Jesse is a rough and tumble little guy who overcame his fear of leaves in order to have a good time! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  Enjoy your family, friends, and time together (and...being off work!).










Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Powell Family

I had a session yesterday with the Powell family out at the RiverWalk.  I work with Mama Powell, coach one of her kids on the high school swim team, and had a great time with the family.  We had a few falls, spooks, and laughs throughout the session, and all in all, I think we had a good time.  Enjoy a few previews from the session, accompanied with a few of the available holiday cards :-)

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Team Nation-Part 2

I can honestly say I have not has as much fun in post production with any pictures as much as I had with these! The reception photos from the Nation's wedding just begged me to crank up my music and sing loudly while going through them.  Now, I am sure most photographers would say it's not conducive to concentrating to have music turned up and be dancing in the chair...but I have pretty much decided that's the only way to do it!
Anywho-I have alluded to the fact that the Nation Wedding Reception was a blast, and the time has come to show off some of the photos.  Keep in mind that the pictures cannot do justice to just how much fun everyone was having!  I will let the do the talking...Enjoy!

Remember me telling you Blake played baseball? These were the cake topper!
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The reception started off calmly, with their first dance...
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...followed by an emotional dance with Dad...
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...followed by a dance with Mom (remember how tall Blake is?!).
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The cake seemed to give the Molly a tough time, but Blake was proud of her.
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Then Molly returned the love while Blake struggled to get his cake cut.
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We learned the way to master catching the bouquet...by swatting it to the floor
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The guests then let loose and started to get down!
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{photographers LOVE when guests follow them around haming it up for the camera}
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As if the dancing wasn't fun enough-2 of the guys from Table 7 (if I recall correctly) took turns singing!
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Blake & Molly were exhausted by the end of the night, but it was obvious they fell more in love with each passing minute!
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Team Nation-Part 1

 few weeks back, I posted a sneak peek of Molly & Blake's wedding.  As I wind down the post-production process, I couldn't help but feel the need to share more from their fantastic day in Statesboro.  This post consists of the more elegant parts of the day (not that the entire day wasn't elegant).  Check back in a few days for the more...energy-filled...photos :-) Thanks again, Mr. & Mrs. Nation, for having me there to capture the day! Enjoy!!

So, this is the ladie's man of the day...he brought the girls coffee, veils (well, just one), and even searched through the bride's closet for dresses a guest could wear!
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Marta, Molly's sister, getting what I found out was her trademark side-pony

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No, no...I didn't see Taylor Swift....that's the bride :-)
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Molly's dress was classically elegant! Everyone had a hand in making sure nothing was disrupted by putting it on.
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Mr. & Mrs. Blake Nation!!
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There is something about this photo I just love...
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Can everyone get married and then have a sunset golfcourse to take pictures on?!
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Believe it or not, it was actually the groomsmen's idea to do the jumping shot...not to shabby for a group of guys!
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What a hoot!!
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Monday, November 2, 2009

I'm On A Boat...

...well, I was two weeks ago! Anyways, I did a quick run through of the photos I took while on our cruise and decided to showoff some of the nature-related ones.  The waters were the bluest blue, the sky was amazing, the wildlife was...well...wild! Enjoy a few shots from our trip.

Don't forget to leave comments! I'd love to know what you think :-)

Details from two pieces done by Dale Chihuly...one of my favorite sculptors!  You can see the full sculptures here.
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Crazy fish at the Atlantis Aquarium
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A bird Kirk wanted a picture of:
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
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The waves were HUGE and almost took my brother-in-law down!
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FAVORITE photo from the trip!
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Cale's 1st Cake Smash!!

I cannot believe that my little old man is already a year old! Technically, Cale is my husband's cousin's son-but to keep things simple, I call him my nephew.  Cale has my heart (so does his sister) and it has been so much fun seeing him learn and grow over the past year.  He has probably quadrupled in size (see him as a newborn here).  We got together the other evening for his 1st birthday dinner & cake smash! Enjoy a few photos of him and his tasty cake :-)

Not sure if he should go for it.
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Making sure Brit-Brit doesn't mind him touching the cake!
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SO much fun!!
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Stuffing his face with all the cake goodness
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Just a little excited!
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I love this little guy!
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