Leslie FINALLY updated her blog! I could literally do a post a day for about two weeks with all the stuff I've had going on lately... so stay tuned!!!
Here is a trip from last week to Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in Alabama. It was so foggy that day that you really couldn't even see anything at any of the lookouts. But I wasn't complaining... I LOVE the fog! I love the way it separates layers in a photograph. This first one, I'm having blown up onto metallic paper... should be pretty cool!
Yay!!! We did it! Poor Ally and I have been planning this shoot for so long. After sending my power unit back THREE times for repair, we finally got it working. AND my fog machine worked perfectly! And I had two wonderful assistants, Joe and Chase. I could not have asked for more! Here's a little snippet of the shoot... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBNVHnlWs0 The fog machine is the random jack-o-lantern thing laying on the ground:) We had stopped using it at this point.
Way to go Ally! You definitely have a talent for standing on rocks in high heels!!! Enjoy your senior year!
Brooke and Jonathan had a picture perfect wedding at the Westin in Huntsville. Another beautiful couple, another beautiful day... God is so good! Brooke and Jonathan, I wish you a beautiful life together!
I just couldn't resist putting together a slideshow of my recent vintage 1920's biplane ride, set to Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me." My father and brother also shared in the experience. Daredevil Danny was our pilot and you can find out more about his flights at 866mustfly.com. Enjoy your flight! ;)
I've been slacking on my blog and I have two wonderful weddings to share! The first is my bestest friend in the whole wide world... we've been friends since we were about 5. And actually, I need to drudge up some old pictures to add to this! So come back in a few days to see me and Tracie at our cutest! Tracie is one of those friends that I can be separated from for years and pick right back up where we left off... time and distance are no barrier for friendships such as these.
I was the bridesmaid/photographer for this wedding and my friend, Carla, was so great to let me enjoy the party for a bit. We danced and danced and danced, and I sure do love to dance!!! Carla did a fabulous job, as usual. Oh and the decorations! My own extremely talented mother, Ginger, and her partner Lori, of L&G Decor, did the decorations for the sanctuary and the reception. She did the COOLEST stuff at the reception! Of all the weddings I've photographed, I haven't seen anything like it anywhere!
Congratulations Tracie and Joseph! I love you both very much!
This second wedding was one of my favorites and not because of the fantastic chapel or wonderful band at the reception or any other of the fine details that were meticulously attended to at this wedding... but it was the overwhelming love between this couple that was so inspiring! Hit play and see it for yourself!
Oh and I could not have pulled it off without the help of my friend and mentor, Shannon Wells. Shannon is the University photographer for the University of North Alabama and a well-respected photojournalist. Her talent and passion for photography have been such a blessing to me... especially her talent for mousing around and getting those shots without anyone even knowing she's there! She's just magic I guess.
City meets the country with my glammed-out gal, Taylor!
Man! This was hot, sticky, hard work, but SO worth it! I'm loving this new look where the studio meets the streets... or sunflower fields! Now the sky is the limit, literally, with what I can do and where I can go!
Taylor's mom informed me, after I had picked out this great cornfield, that her father was a corn-grower and recently passed away. I was so sorry to hear such sad news, but honored to present them with something to remember him by! Congratulations on your senior year, Taylor! Enjoy it!
I have been extemely blessed from one stage of life to the next. From high school to college to my dream job, I have seen God's hand of direction and provision gently pushing me in the way I should go. I have no explanation for any of my success but that His grace has brought me here. I am thrilled to see where this road takes me and the adventures that lie beyond.