Amy & Nate are married!!! {Georgia Wedding Photographer}

It's been about 2 weeks since Amy and Nate tied the knot! It was a GORGEOUS day for a wedding! It was a little warmer than anticipated, but truthfully we couldn't have asked for a nicer day.  I think I've said this before, but just to catch everyone up to speed, Amy is April's sister. If you follow my blog at all, you have seen April and her 2 cutie pie kids a time or 2. :)  As soon as Amy told her family she and Nate were engaged, I had a text from April telling me to block that day off! And I do mean as soon as...lol  If you know April, you know how serious that statement is! lol 
I was thrilled to capture this day for Amy and Nate! I had been introduced to this family at various birthday parties but hadn't had the chance to really spend one on one time with any of them, so I was excited to get to know them all. I mean, I love April so how could her family not rock!? Guess what? They do! Amy and Nate came to Saint Simons for their engagement session. If you  haven't seen those images, you should. They are breathtaking!! Knowing what awesome images we captured at that session, I knew their wedding would be the same. It was a small ceremony and reception held at Amy's home. She has the most beautiful home! I was mega envious!!  Nate's dad conducted the ceremony. It was so sweet and personal! Most of the family hadn't met before this so he made a point to explain each person as they performed their part in the ceremony. Might be overkill to some, but I thought it was perfect!  Nate's dad also gave them the sweetest wedding gift I've ever seen. It was so awesome, in fact, that both April and Ashleigh (sisters!!lol) had gotten to me to make sure I knew the significance of it. :)  He gave them a Bible. A Bible that had been his for forever! He had written all sorts of special events, notes, thoughts, etc in this Bible. Pretty much a journal of his life was contained in this Bible. Precious can't even explain this gift. Definitely a one of a kind gift from the heart....so sweet!
Amy and Nate, your special day was perfect!! Amy was calm and beautiful. Nate was happy and handsome. The families were so sweet and kind and really had a great time getting to know each other as they shared this day with Amy and Nate....so, without further ramblings from the photographer, enjoy this sneak peek into their day!
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Church!

Part 2 of Elizabeth's TTD!! Saint Simons! {Georgia Wedding Photographer}

Elizabeth also wanted to do some of her Trash the Dress session at Saint Simons Island. I love shooting at the beach so of course I'd never say no! :)  We'd already done some of them here in Milledgeville, so we rounded the session out at SSI! Love these!! And as usual, Jake was there! He's such an awesome husband...Not every husband would go along with all of these hair-brained ideas she and I have! :)  Thanks, Jake!

Brooke is BEAUTIFUL! {Middle Georgia Savannah Atlanta Teen photographer}

I am stupid behind on my blogging...and my editing!! It has just been one thing after another lately! Being a work from home mom has been giving me a run for my money lately, that's for sure! I am so happy to be busy doing a "job" that I love and be able to spend the time with my sweet babies at the same time. BUT, sometimes, I don't do as well in the balance department as I should.  The home life has been winning lately because of sick babies, but the pendulum will swing again and hopefully soon I can keep it in the middle! :) We'll see!!

So, back to the blog at hand....Brooke!! Beautiful Brooke! Brooke is one of Jon's gazillion cousins! I should set up a category for just his relatives! ha ha He is so lucky to come from such a large wonderful family! Anyhow...Brooke is the daughter of his cousin, Beth. I don't know logistically what number cousin that makes her, but in my "world" it doesn't matter. So, Beth said she'd like to do some pictures of Brooke. Brooke is young, tall, and beautiful...um, yes, please! I'd love to do a session with her!  We set it up and off we went! I picked her up that afternoon and we started our trek through Milledgeville. We started out in my favorite "field" by my house, then ran by Walter B., and ended up at their family farm. I really could shoot at that farm all day every day! It was so awesome from a photographers standpoint! I loved it...well, except for the chicken feathers on the ground!!! But, I sucked it up and got the shot anyway! :)  I'll zip my lip now and share some of these images! I have so many more to work on right now that my jibber jabber needs to be reigned in for once...enjoy these images of Beautiful Brooke! :)

Time for one of my BFF's to get hitched!! {Georgia Engagement Photographer}

As usual, I'm behind on my blog posts....I know! Suprise! (Ah-prise as Anderson would say!) Anyhow, this blog update is all about Jennifer and John. :) I am very lucky to have really awesome friends. I mean really awesome friends! Jennifer is one of them! :)  Jennifer and I may be a strange pair of friends to some people. We've been known to have an argument or two. But we know to give each other a little space, and all will be back to normal. We're good like that!  Jennifer and I are ZTA sorority sisters. Somehow she kinda adopted me as her big sis. She and I have been through alot together. We have laughed...we have cried...and we have gotten ourselves bamboozled a few times! :)
So, a few weeks ago I drove up to her home in Canton to meet the boy. Yup, the boy!! The boy she's gonna marry in just a few weeks.  GEEZ...more like 2 weeks now! I was so excited to do some engagement pics for them and get a chance to hang out with Pressley (which is how she's better known!) and John. John is a great guy, I'm happy to report! :) He's very laid back, which my girl needs! He rolls with the punches. They are sweet to watch together. Not the sappy sweet sweet, but sweet none the less. They are subtle with their affection for each other, but it's very obvious. Which makes me a super happy BFF!  Jennifer has a really great sense of style and a good eye for photography. She and I have talked "shop" alot.  She's always finding me neat little photography ideas and sending them my way. Love it! We'd originally planned to do this engagement shoot at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. I still want to shoot there, but....the fair fit much better!  I'm pretty sure she and I had talked about shooting a session at a fair before. She saw there was one coming (duh, Fall=fair time!) and called me up to see if I was game. OF COURSE!! As a matter of a fact, I want to do more fair sessions!! The Perry Fair is comin' up, ya'll!! What an awesome time for some portrait sessions!!!
So, we shot these at the Canton fair in Cherokee. Very interesting place, I tell ya! :) But first we did some more formal shots at this little place I passed on the way to her house. I love finding little random places to shoot. Just ask any of my clients that have ended up in my rockin' mini van while we ride around during a session! Jennifer, John, and I drove up there...parked in some parking lot and walked down the side of a fairly busy windy road to get to this little spot. :) Yup, I'll do just about anything for an image once I have the idea planted in my head! I'm glad to report all 3 of us made it to the spot and back completely unharmed! yahoo!
Enjoy these shots from our session! I can't wait to watch y'all exchange your vows...really! I'll probably end up crying. ha ha! :) Love you, girl!