Dallas Arboretum Bridal Stroll :: Wedding Professionals

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Robin, with DiFiori called me yesterday and asked me to pop in at the Dallas Arboretum Bridal Stroll to capture her gorgeous wedding ceremony setup at MiMi’s Garden.

It was breathtaking! They set up the garden complete with french tulle & crystals…purrrrr! DiFiori is one of the finest in the wedding industry. After I left, I checked out what this stroll is….

Brides and Grooms currently selecting a wedding venue for their special day or have already booked at the Dallas Arboretum for their wedding are invited to attend this special evening event with up to 6 guests.

  • 6 pm guests shall arrive to a valet greeting; vehicles will be moved to the exit point
  • RSVP List Check in
  • Stroll the beautiful garden venues at sunset
  • View the three reception venues and various ceremony sites enhanced by some of Dallas’ best Event Design Companies as well as hors d’eouvres from several of the Arboretum’s Approved Caterers; D.J.; and florists; cake bakeries; meet and sample their best
  • Gather some imaginative ideas for your special day
  • Win great prizes!

Sounds like a fun time…I should have stuck around for a little longer ;)

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kacie + john | ENGAGEMENT @ STONELEIGH & THE MEYERSON

Kacie and John are two folks that could get me in trouble as a photographer. Their willingness to go ANYWHERE in Dallas I (or they) suggested made our engagement session an absolute blast! The Meyerson was a treat. We arrived and were a little under the gun to shoot and get out due to another event scheduled for the evening. We worked around all of the decorations and managed to find some fun places! Enjoy the show and thanks for stopping by.

Kacie and John had to stretch and get warmed up for the rest of our session together ;)

The Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas has such a rich color palette and all the history of this hotel is so fascinating. We had to take advantage of the big red couch, because its Kacie’s favorite color!


Thank you so much for the crazy fun day with you engagement session….it was a blast!

Kacie didn’t want the fun to end…her expression when I said our session was over:

and Johns….(:D)

that’s a wrap!

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kyle + hailey | WEDDING (sneak peek!)

We shot Kyle and Hailey’s wedding today and it was so cold. Thanks for hanging in there. These images are TOTALLY SMOKIN’!

Kyle and Hailey you make 20 degrees in Texas look HOT!

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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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andrew { BABY }

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 ;)

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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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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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collin + logan | BROTHERS

A few weeks ago I got to spend the morning with these two brothers, Collin + Logan. I was so sad when their family moved away from us, but am so happy we still get to keep in touch and I still get called to document their milestones!!! Colin just turned 4 and Logan just turned ONE! These two boys are adorable. Enjoy the pumpkins and Happy Halloween everyone!

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