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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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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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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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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amy karp | WAITING

while you were changing, I was still shooting!

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julie + mark | SNEAK PEEK!

whooohooo! We got a little wet (or Julie + Mark got a little wet) today at our shoot! It was a blast. Here’s a quick video and some sneak peeks from our session! I had a blast today you two.

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stephanie + lee | WEDDING pt2

THUMBS UP EVERYONE!

Here is part2 of Lee + Stephanie’s wedding (part1 is HERE). We were at a few places for pictures on their wedding day, so be sure to stop by the blog to see part3, its another location as well! Our first stop was Carrollton First Baptist Church to get them married, then we went over to the Family Center at the Church to have a reception, THEN we were able to go to the Las Colinas Canals on the way to the reception to take some fun bridal party pictures! THIS WAS THE HOTTEST DAY IN AUGUST, but everyone still looks gorgeous. I was a hot mess behind the camera, but nobody was taking pictures of me except for Andrew ;) . Enjoy these fabulous images and please remember to give these folks so blog love, ’cause they ROCK!!!

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sneak peeks!!!

I have so much to blog about and want to give you a taste of what is to come during the next few posts…a teaser if you will! Stay tuned folks, this blog is about to get insane with all the hotness that is about to happen!!!!

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brandi + holman | eSESSION

For those of you stalking my blog looking for your sneak peeks….they are on the way! This week is going to be crazy blog post week ;)

We started their session at the Dallas Arboretum and then hit two spots they made it to on their first date. The lamp post in the last image just makes me all mushy when I look at it. I was privy to a little bit of the story behind it. Brandi and Holman are so in love and it is written all over them! I seriously got goosebumps hearing their story. I might have cried a little bit too! I am a sucker for lovey-dovey sappy stories :) I have to make sure to keep it together for their wedding this weekend. I need to be able to see the images I am taking! Brandi has THE MOST CONTAGIOUS SMILE! I just cant help but smile when I look at these images. Please enjoy and as always, I would just love to know you stopped by, so leave some blog love in the form of a comment ;)

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stephanie + lee | WEDDING pt1

Let’s get lee + stephanie married. I just received a notification on Twitter that Stephanie was about to look at the CD with all their wedding images! Whoooohoooo…now, she gets to be on the blog!

I talked about Stephanie’s eyes dancing when I was editing her bridals, but you should have seen them on her wedding day. She was glowing all over. I could tell Stephanie and Lee have a very deep love for one another and it filled every room they were in. Enjoy these images and stay tuned for the rest of their wedding.  It was the first time for a few things with this one; including a separate location to take formals with over an hour to play! Also, I must say my appreciation for my second shooters certainly grew stronger with this wedding. I was all by my lonesome for this event. Be sure to leave some blog love…I am a sucker for comments ;)

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mallory | BABY

I love shooting babies….with my camera! The joys of being a parent are over-whelming when you get to experience seeing your little one grow up. Turning one is a HUGE deal! I wish I could bottle up all the things I experience with my little fella, thank goodness I have pictures to look back on all the milestones. Enjoy this little gem, Mallory! Her mom, works at Old Red Courthouse in Downtown Dallas, so we were able to go play there for her one year portraits.

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tamra + tyler | DAY AFTER

Today was supposed to be a fun Day After Session at the Fair, but alas the rain rained on our parade! We improvised by shooting at Mockingbird Station and drawing quite the crowd at times. I had so much fun meeting all of you and cant wait to see some of your fun images! Thanks again, Tamra and Tyler (& Sophie!) for being rockstars!!!

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kiley + matthew | WEDDING pt3

You met kiley + matthew a few posts back (part1 & part2) now let’s get this party started!

So You Think You Can Dance? It really is not every day I get to witness break-dancing at a wedding reception and these awesome details! So much thought went into this gorgeous wedding. Just check out these cakes! Kiley surprised Matthew with a cake that reminded him a little of “Home”! They had a photobooth and yes, we did partake, but you wont see that one hit the blog ;) . For the first dance, traditional was not their style and they started boogieing right away. Just for future reference, generally the people with the point-and-shoot cameras at your wedding flashing their cameras while we are taking your picture is a bad thing, but I am digging the shot John caught of them during their first dance with the random flash in the background. Thanks random guest with the perfect timing to make that awesome shot! The girls delivered a hilarious speech. Everyone was hysterically laughing, “Butta-who?”. You guys really know how to throw a party! A huge thank you to John Livas for shooting with me! Enjoy this set of images and as always, leave some blog love….I would love to hear from you!

Congratulations Kiley + Matthew!

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karen | BRIDALS

I love wedding days! Today Karen is going to marry Gary and I get to go spend the day with two people in love and happy! Who doesn’t want to be surrounded by happy people?!?!?

Karen was more than prepared for our bridal session together. Her Aunt lives in Prosper, Texas and we shot her and Gary’s eSession there. I was shooting then and decided the bridals were going to have to take place at her house….I hope we are BFF’s now, because she has so many cool things to play with! If you see a tent in your backyard and lights flashing during the day, don’t be alarmed….you might have a photographer camping out! We were setting up the first scene when Karen shared the news we would also be playing with a horse! WHAT? That’s just crazy! I was so excited about this session! Karen, you are a superstar! I better stop now while my “exclamation!” key on my keyboard still works!!!

Enjoy these fun images as I am about to go rock Karen and Gary’s wedding!

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kiley + matthew | WEDDING pt2

Kiley + Matthew were first seen on the blog here during Part1 of their wedding day celebration. I posted a ton of words for Part1 so during Part2, I will just let your right brain do the working. Enjoy the images of these two tying the knot and try to not fall out of your chair during the end of this post! NOTE: No photographers were harmed during the making of these images!

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