Dallas Wedding Photographer Amy Karp
Dallas Wedding Photographer specializing in modern wedding photography with a fun artistic flair.
Peyton and Chris said “I do” during their wedding amongst some of the greatest works our world has seen at the Dallas Museum of Art. Watching the two of them together was just AS breathtaking. Chris looks at Peyton and it makes you FEEL his love for her….really feel it! Enjoy the wedding ceremony and formals as I cook up the reception for you munch on. Again, its something HOT; you will want to come back for seconds! For those wanting to feast on the appetizer, here’s part 1
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Peyton and Chris got married at the Dallas Museum of Art, in Dallas 
It was such a beautiful wedding. Originally scheduled for the sculpture gardens, however the October rain in Texas had other plans for them. I had been a member of the Dallas Museum of Art for a long time and have always wanted to shoot there. The first time I met with Peyton and Chris, they started to talk about how he proposed and what plans they had for their wedding. They are both architects, and had a very “planned” idea about how they envisioned their wedding. I was bursting on the inside listening to their wedding plans. From the location of the DMA to the custom tailored suits Chris and the guys would be wearing. I was so thrilled to be the photographer to tell the story of their wedding day!
So back to the rain….because the rain decided to rain on our parade, plans changed for the party, but Peyton still brought all the FIERCE to her wedding :: she is HOT! This bouquet is seriously one of the most gorgeous things :: orchids, HELLO! And Peyton’s wedding dress, could it be any more perfect for her? Oh, and the wedding rings….the rings! I don’t have words, just look for yourself. Part two of this wedding will be full of the closest ceremony pictures ever (there was NO aisle, so I was behind the officiant trying to be as discreet as possible) a mini-couple session with Peyton and Chris being so in love with each other and just more hotness! So stay tuned blog stalkers, and non-blog stalkers :: this wedding is gonna rock your socks off! A big thanks goes out to Celina and Jessi for helping me! 
I have waited long enough to publicly (on the blog) announce a creative project I have teamed up with a former bride to create!
I am 1/2 of Groom Sold Separately. We at Groom Sold Separately are setting ourselves apart from the other wedding sites by showing you the best of the best! We also have a LIVE FORUM where brides can connect with vendors and each other to discuss their personal wedding plans. On the forum we also have a CLASSIFIEDS section. This enables brides to sell, trade or purchase items for their special day. How awesome does this sound already????
Huge giveaway going on right now on Twitter – be sure to go follow @groomsoldsep to get the skinny!
Meet our model #2 for Gia Wood’s Hair Shoot, Marzia. The McKinney Cotton Mill is seriously out of control with all of the cool places to shoot. Sheila (shout-out!) let us use her incredible space to take these rockin’ images. Enjoy this eye candy while I am baking you some more to feast your eyes on.
Is it just me, or are red head’s just HOT?? We rocked it at the McKinney Cotton Mill! You saw the behind the scenes footage for this shoot, now check out the hotness. More will be coming your way in the next few posts.
These next images were shot by Jason Anderson of JA2Photography. He was there to help me out and ended up shooting a ton of fabulous images himself. He wanted to come along to get some posing ideas for his own photography business and these girls really posed it up for us!
Karen and Gary were married in Allen, Texas. We were able to share this wonderful union with the to two of them and their friends and family. Karen is a dancer and most of her bridesmaids were as well. It was sooo hard to get these girls to come out of their shell 
(not really!) I big shout out to Jeremy for helping me out for the day. He really does well with the girls and gets them to glam it up for the camera! We then headed over for the reception at THE Southfork Ranch! Yes, folks….I said, “Southfork Ranch”. You might have heard of it before. A little sitcom was filmed there, “DALLAS”. I got to shoot Karen and Gary at Southfork! “Who shot JR”…ok, enough with the Dallas references and back to the images. This wedding was a BLAST and there was so much dancing. Have fun with these images and know we had fun making them!
congratulations Karen + Gary!
If you are reading this blog, that means (a) you are awesome or (b) you have reset your feed to be http://www.amykarp.com/feed/ or (c) you are searching for a rockin’ wedding photographer in Dallas!!!
Meet Baby Andrew! This little fella is so serious and ALERT! He must have had a pot of coffee before I got there, because I couldn’t wear him out to get him to go to sleep! The last few babies I have photographed have been wide awake, so it was something I just had to work around. Both of his parents went to Texas A&M, so we had to work in the rings somehow! We put Andrew in an orange outfit at one point during the shoot and his Mom said we couldn’t have any pictures with anything Aggie until he took that color off They are Aggie to the bone! On a side note: I do not specialize in families & babies, but only do them on occasion because my little guy isn’t too little anymore and they are fun to snuggle with
Meet Julie.
Meet Mark.
Together they are Julie + Mark = totally awesome!!! They met at K-State and have been inseparable ever since. This is the fabulous couple that ran through a fountain for me. It was totally worth it :: the ring shot is KILLER!
Claire contacted me and asked if I did one-on-one sessions with photographers. We soon began emailing back and forth and set up our ROCK WITH ME SESSION! We talked about posing, lighting, camera settings, & several other things. OH, and I showed her how lose camera equipment! I left light stands on this shoot downtown and then went back to get them and they were gone 
:: sad, sad, sad. Here are a few images from our session.
And meet Claire….I couldn’t resist taking pictures of her. Isn’t she fun??? We actually planned this to show her how quickly you need to engage your subject and we talked about posing as well. She’s an old pro at posing, so she knew the drill. AND she now gets to sport a cool new image in her bio section of her webpage
A few weeks ago….OK, more than a month ago Miami Marketing Group :: MMG hosted a BIG party at Studios 1019 in Dallas for Absolut. I was the lucky photographer that was able to document the occasion thanks to John Livas for the referral! Sky Nellor kept the party going while the bartenders kept the Absolut flowing You didn’t come to this blogsite to read cheesy rhymes, so check out the images below.
Alright folks…..here is the behind the scenes look at what we did last night at our shoot for Gia @ GiaWood.com Be sure to check back to see the girls all made up sporting their killer hair by Gia!!!
I mentioned lots of hot coming to December and last night’s shoot will be adding to the hotness….here’s a sneak peek to keep you coming back for more
Last night was my last wedding of 2009. Congrats to Sarah + Chase!
Karen + Gary were married in September in Allen, Texas and then we went over to a little piece of Dallas, TEXAS history known as Southfork Ranch . You won’t want to miss out on the next parts of this wedding. We had a tremendous time getting these folks to open up (insert sarcasm here! - They were just so camera shy! ) Karen is a dancer and all of her bridesmaids are as well (her sister says she isn’t, but I saw her on the dance floor!). Gary and all of his groomsmen were fun group of guys also! During our formal pictures I was telling Gary how awesome his hair was and one of the groomsmen piped up, “He’s about to get married, back off!” Karen + Gary wanted to see each other before the ceremony and it was so relaxed and wonderful for them to have some great portraits beforehand. We did a FIRST and SECOND first look (one staged outside so we could have some wonderful natural light). Enjoy these images from their special day. Thanks Jeremy Gilliam for being my co-pilot for the day!
For the past two months several wedding vendors have been getting together for a little happy hour fun. Kelly Simants from Sweet Pea Events puts together this fun-filled evening and dubs it “Thursday Therapy”. So far the photographers in Dallas definitely take over this event, so all you other wedding folks need to make it out to the next Thursday Therapy! We are having a blast and would love to meet you too! In the meantime, check out what you have been missing
A few weeks ago we did our ROCKIN’ Family Mini-Sessions :: they ROCKED!!! It was so fun to shoot so many families in the same day at the same location and get stuff that was so different. Thanks to the Columbus Family, The McManus Family, The Cabaniss Family, & The Haar Family - YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
Last stop for lee + stephanie | WEDDING :::: Papasito’s!
Here are links to the other stops along the way for the day (part1 & part2). I will let the pictures do the talking, I am now craving fajitas for some reason!
while you were changing, I was still shooting!
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I am a sucker for comments on this blogsite, but my heart is truly in the right place for the blog love wants on this one. I was reading a blog from Canada earlier today of a great guy I follow on, where else, TWITTER! David Redding over at Redding Photographics did a post about Cans for Comments. I just had to jump on this canwagon :: its a good cause folks (show some blog love!!!)
In 2008, Chris + Lynn Photographers started a fun tradition to help raise awareness about helping out those in need. Read all about it here.
Each comment we receive on this blog until 12-12-09, we will donate 1 can to the North Texas Food Bank. This will help eliminate hunger in North Texas, but think of all the other places this can help out. Get involved blogstalkers! All we need is some comments and our part starts. Now won’t you do yours and leave some love?
Who else is involved:
Think Photographics, Redding Photographers, Andrea Murphy Photography, Kristel Wyman, Chris + Lynn, Lori Miles, The Bebbs, Blue Olive, CJ Scott, Erin Gilmore, Amber Hughes, Jamie Delaine, Tracy Heppner, Michael Wachniak, John Heil, Christine Tremoulet, Runway Boudoir
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Thanks so much everyone! Happy Holidays and let the blog love begin!
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