hailey + kyle | WAXAHACHIE WEDDING pt1

Brrrr……that’s a great way to describe the day for Hailey and Kyle’s wedding in Waxahachie. The high for the day was 17 degrees in Texas and that means we were inside most of the day.

Hailey envisioned having some outdoor portraits for her wedding day and decided to brave the cold for some fun photography! I have to admit, I was a frozen before the ceremony, but it was WELL worth it. We had fun and captured some fabulous images with the wedding party.

I would like to thank Josh and  Claire for their help with this wedding. It was cold and you both were troopers! Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 of this wedding. They will be here before you know it!

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kacie + john | WEDDING sneak peek!

Happy Easter everyone! Here are two frames from Kacie and John’s wedding last night at the Maple Manor in Dallas. Its a photography heaven in that location :)

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Alice in Weddingland benefiting Brides Against Breast Cancer

You all know I am a huge fan of giving back and now is my chance to do something HUGE for a great charity, Brides Against Breast Cancer.

Groom Sold Separately is proud to present Alice in Weddingland

Alice in Weddingland is…

An event of epic proportions celebrating the GRAND PREMIER of Groom Sold Separately. The event will be benefiting Brides Against Breast Cancer and is being hosted at The Ryan Manor. This is your chance to mingle with event professionals and brides and experience weddingland through OUR looking glass!

Alice tumbled through the rabbit hole in the story to find many things to be curiouser and curiouser. Some of the exciting things that will be happening at Alice in Weddingland will be: A strolling fashion show featuring 20 designer wedding gowns from Brides Against Breast Cancer, a bouquet croquet match with pink flamingos and chances to win PRIZES, a chance to be on the cover of Texas Wedding Guide , strolling buffets, a 5 foot mad-hatter cake, a sketch artist an much MUCH MORE!

Here is your chance to be a part of something for a fantastic cause all while having an exciting evening of fun!
GSS has an all-star cast to create this over-the-top event benefiting Brides Against Breast Cancer.
Currently there are several blogs in the blogsphere having giveaways for tickets to the event. Stay tuned for more information and your chance to win! Want to buy a ticket now? Head over to our ticket page to reserve yours. Don’t delay, tickets are limited. Early bird pricing through March 20th!

I am giving away 2 tickets for the event on my site. Would you like to win one? Its easy…all you need to do is:

A – leave a comment on this post telling me why you would like to go.

B – fan Groom Sold Separately on facebook and write on our wall why you would like to go.

C – tweet @groomsoldsep why you would like to go to Alice in Weddingland

This is an incredible event for such a relevant cause. I am honored to be a part of it and I cant wait for this contest to begin…..AAAAAND GO!

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sarah + chase | WEDDING IN GARLAND pt2

I am having a bit of writers block with post, but the pictures will certainly speak for themselves. This couple is fun and they made their wedding fun for everyone that was there! Sarah and Chase, part2…stay tuned for part3 :: the wedding reception is cooking for your viewing pleasure!

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By the time we got set up for the ceremony, they were pronounced husband and wife. They told me the ceremony would be short and sweet and they were serious! I was given the heads-up there was going to be a spectacular recessional to Chris Brown’s song, Forever and there was! I am so glad I watched that episode of The Office when Jim and Pam had their wedding, I did my homework and I was ready ;) You know your Grandparent’s are cool when they do it too!

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sarah + chase | WEDDING IN GARLAND pt1

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Chase and Sarah’s wedding took place in a beautiful historic Church in Downtown Garland. Sarah booked me for her wedding a year and a half away and leading up to their wedding day, I was able to get to know the couple and we had a blast! I learned that if you say cuss words in front of Sarah, she blushed first then laughed and Chase laughed first then laughed some more. I learned that Sarah’s mom was the teacher who occupied my Aunt’s classroom before my Aunt. I learned that Sarah’s niece is cute as a button and her family is one of those families that genuinely cares about everyone around them. Thank you Sarah and Chase for choosing us to document your day and tell your story! It was a blast…stay tuned for the ceremony….HINT there are sunglasses and dancin’ Grandparents!!! Thanks to Anna and Jason for helping me rock the last wedding of 2009!

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hailey | BRIDALS

Hailey found me on facebook and boy am I glad she did! We shot her wedding today in Waxahachie, Texas and had a fabulous time…brrrr, it was so cold! They were real troopers and managed to hang in there while we got the shots we needed to rock their wedding! Enjoy Hailey’s fabulous bridal portraits and stay tuned for the rest of the wedding photography!

We shot Hailey’s bridals at the Las Colinas Canals and she is stunningly beautiful. I left a surprise in one frame…it was baby day at the Canals! Her wedding dress was made for her :: it must have been. It was the first dress she tried on too! I am so inspired by these girl’s dresses. They seem to blow me away each time I see them! I don’t think that effect will ever wear off. Brides are just fabulous!

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peyton + chris | Wedding @ the DMA pt3

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Wow, what a wedding! Peyton and Chris (part 3) has finally arrived….check out { part1 } and { part2 } to get caught up and see how beautiful this couple is together.

The reception was also at the Dallas Museum of Art, so it made for a quick turn-over, spilling right into the reception just after the formal portraits. I have had many girls ask me about Peyton’s gown since I posted part1 and part2 of this wedding, it was Claire Pettibone – “Juliet”. It seemed like it was made for her. Speaking of made for you….did I mention that Chris’ suit was custom tailored as well? It was made for him too :)

It was a pleasure working with Katie Norris, she did the “day of” planning for the wedding. Also, Monique at the DMA was super to work with and very organized.

I will let the pictures do the talking…enjoy the wedding rings, cake, singing, dancing, more singing, more dancing, crowd roars, and sparkler exit. It was an action packed wedding!

Congratulations Peyton and Chris!

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peyton + chris | WEDDING @ The DMA pt1

Peyton and Chris got married at the Dallas Museum of Art, in Dallas :D 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! :)

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gia wood | MODELS

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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.

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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!

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julie + mark | eSESSION

Meet Julie.

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Meet Mark.

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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!

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claire | ROCK WITH ME

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.

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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 ;)

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amy karp | CANS FOR COMMENTS

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

If you want to get involved in this as well, please leave a comment and let us know your link. We will be sure to add you in a jiffy! :)

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website: cansforcomments.com

still working some kinks out…so stay tuned (go ahead and add a bookmark)

Oh, and whats a blog post on a photographer’s blogsite without a picture?

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Thanks so much everyone! Happy Holidays and let the blog love begin!

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absolut | EVENT

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.

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gia wood | BEHIND THE SCENES full post

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!!!

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gia wood | BEHIND THE SCENES

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 ;)

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sarah + chase | SNEAK PEEK!

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Last night was my last wedding of 2009. Congrats to Sarah + Chase!

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karen + gary | WEDDING pt1

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!

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thursday therapy | FUN TIMES

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 :)

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ROCKIN' mini-sessions | FAMILY

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!!!

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stephanie + lee | WEDDING pt3

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!

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