Modeling Shoot for "L"

"L" wants to be a model. I would say her chances are about 100%, wouldn't you? She looks like something right out of a magazine!  Hope you had fun!!

I'm on a billboard!!

How fun is this?!  One of my pictures is being used for an ad on a billboard!  My beautiful bride, Ashley, and her handsome groom, Donny will be on a billboard somewhere in GA between Ringgold and Dalton.  (Which I think is really fun, because they live in this area, so their friends and a family will be able to see it.)  But what's even more exciting, I think, is that my sister-in-law, Tara and her family are on there too!!  How exciting is that?!  My nieces will be thrilled.  I love, love, love this picture of them.  I wish I could take credit for that one, but all props go to Tracy!  It will be fun to see when it goes up in a couple of weeks.  I'll be out of town doing destination weddings, but I can't wait to get back and see it!

Morris Homecoming

I had the awesome opportunity to photograph another beautiful adoption homecoming! The Morris' are an amazing family and are dear friends of ours. I remember when we were in the long process of waiting to go to China to get Malia, Kelly would call me and we would cry together on the phone. She knew God had given them a broken heart for orphans (particularly the children of Ethiopia), but just wasn't sure what that meant for their family . With already having 6 biological children, most people would think it would be insane to want more! But when God calls you to something, very rarely does it make sense to the rest of the world. And as hearts were being broken in their family, 3 Ethiopian children (a sister and her two baby brothers) were waiting for a family whose love was big enough to take them all in. It's so amazing how God works all the pieces of our lives together to make a beautiful picture. I have to warn you, you may want to grab a couple of tissues before watching this slideshow ;)

New Orleans - 1st post

Wow 2 post in less than 24 hours!  I haven't done this in a while.  I still have a couple of slideshows I need to post, but needed to take a little break.  I wanted to post a couple of the many, many pictures I took when I went to New Orleans (way back in Oct.).  It's just now that I have been able to get to them.  I had the awesome privilege of going to a workshop where I was able to shoot beautiful models, side by side with some of the most famous photographers in the wedding industry!  I am so blessed to have been able to do this.  It was a total blast and I got tons of pictures.  I'll try to work on a few here and there (between my clients' shoots) and post them.  I have so many it was hard to choose where to start.  Of course, some of my favorites were with this sweet model.  I have a thing for photographing Asian beauties (for those who may not know, my baby is Chinese).  She was a sweetheart and absolutely gorgeous!  I'm thinking about using some of these on my website.  Any suggestions on which ones might be keepers?  I think I'm lovin' #1 & #4.

Tracy & Brad - slideshow

I'm still not posting like I used to, but I promise it will get better. (I know my blog has been a little boring lately). I'm finally caught up with my editing, book designing (almost) and ordering for everyone, and after a very, very stressful last few months, I am now ready to start looking toward and great season. I've got lots of fun shoots coming up and am finally at a place where I'm excited about my job again! I know a couple of you have been dying to see your slideshows. So that's what I'll be trying to work on today. This is Tracy & Brad's slideshow (hope you guys like it!) They had the reception of the year!! Such a fun couple!!

Amazing Race

Yes, I'm back in the world of blogging again!  Still finishing up with some way past due weddings, but I'm starting to get a little of my life back!  So, I just had to take a minute to share this video with you.  It's funny.  Let me set the stage....Natasha and Ben (my daughter & son-in-law, for those who may not know) took a little trip a couple of weeks ago to N.C. to audition for "The Amazing Race".  We're all big fans of the show (a good friend of Ben's was on it a few years back.  If anyone is a fan they may remember Chuck and Millie (from season 3, I think).  Anyway, this is sooo down Tasha & Ben's alley.  They love adventure and are super competitive (you can tell by the video, lol).  So they went to audition and they were interviewed for the local news channel.  I cracked up when I saw it.  The "take-charge wedding planner personality" came out in Tash.  I love what the anchorman says right after the clip!  Too funny!

Tracy & Brad's Wedding

Tracy & Brad's wedding was beautiful. They are such a fun couple (Tracy is always laughing, I love that! And check out the picture of Brad kissing the car...typical guy!) And their reception was nothing short of fabulous! They left no detail undone (and there were lot's of details!). You could tell that this couples' focus was not on themselves, but on their guest. They went above and beyond to make the night a fun-filled time for their family and friends. Just to name a few of the things they provided..... an awesome blue grass band (they were a group of boys, I think the oldest of them was around 14 or 15, and they were amazing! I could have listened to them all night), a solo artist to sing their first song (also amazing!), along with the best DJ's in town, an ice cream bar (catered by Clumpies), a photo booth, a mini antique car show (provided by Emerson Russell), and get this...a separate tent with a cigar bar (they flew in a guy from CA to hand roll each guest their own specialty blend cigar) and then topped it all off with an amazing fireworks show!!! It was the party of the year!!! And it was so fun for me to be a part of it! I have to give a shout-out to Jenny & Beth from Emerson Russell's Catering. They did a wonderful job in making this such a great party! I'll post the slideshow soon.