Heather & Jeremy | Family Session

Heather and Jeremy have been good friends of ours since 2005.  They have captured our family's most treasured moments...our engagement, our wedding, my pregnancy, pictures of my girls, family pictures, Christmas pictures, birthday party pictures, etc.  Almost every picture hanging in our home is one they have taken for us.

Being photographers, they're rarely on the 'subject' side of the camera and found themselves without a current picture of their precious family.  When they came to me to take some family pictures of them, I was so touched and so honored.  I hope they treasure these pictures as much as I treasure all the beautiful photos they've given us.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our session:

'Bridal Session'

Cheryl and I used to work together several years ago and have stayed in touch over the years even though we no longer work at our old company.  A few months ago I asked around for volunteers to get back into their wedding dress and let me take pictures of them.  Cheryl contacted me that day!  She had been looking for an excuse to wear her dress again...and as you can see, she's still a beautiful bride!!

We had so much fun catching up that day.  The weather could not have been more perfect and I could not have asked for a more beautiful 'bride'!!  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our shoot:

 

Alan and MaryKay's Engagement Session

Back in September I had the opportunity to shoot some engagement pictures with Alan & MaryKay.  They are such a sweet couple and I'm so excited for them!  Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot

Leah & Aaron's Wedding

Leah and Aaron's wedding was my very first wedding to second shoot and that was all it took for me to fall in love with second shooting!!  I assisted Heather (Reflections of....Photography) with this wedding back in May of 2007.  Three years later, I still remember how beautiful everything was!  Leah was a gorgeous bride and her dress was stunning!  They had an amazing wedding/reception at Carraway Davie House and it was a blast!

 

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Daddy's Shoes

I love it when my oldest daughter tries on our shoes...even more so her Daddy's.  There's just something so precious about a little girl wearing her daddy's shoes.

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Flamingos don't like construction

My girls and I went to the zoo this week and met up with some friends there.  When we came up to the flamingos, they were MAD as hornets!  Most of them had their heads up in the air, necks straight up and they were making this horrible squawking noise.  My favorite part about their agitated state was their ruffled feathers!  Even though they were angry, they were beautiful!

The zoo is doing some construction and I'm thinking the flamingos are not at all happy about it!

This guy was right up on the fence.  I could have easily pet him if I didn't mind losing a finger in the process.  (See the ones behind him with their heads straight up in the air?)

I'm in love with these feathers!  I'm so glad I was able to get a quick shot!

I can just imagine these two complaining about all the noise...that or 

making fun of people like me taking their picture!

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Fun with my girls

Just having some fun with my girls on my youngest daughter's one month birthday. 

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My Wedding

No, I didn't shoot my wedding...but I did shoot these pictures this past week!

Our wedding was almost 5 years ago and I've just now started designing our album.  (Sad, huh?)  Anyway...looking at all our pictures made me want to play around with my camera and recreate some shots.  ::Sigh:: I love wedding stuff  :o)

 

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Lauren's Wedding

I got to second shoot this wedding with my friend Heather, of "Reflections Of..." Photography, back in summer of '07.  I had a BLAST at this wedding!  The bridal party and their friends & family were so much fun to be around!  I can't wait to post more about it but I'm just going to post a couple of pictures for now and I'll add on more later :o)

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