emily + john { e pics }

A few weeks back I met up with Emily and John early one Sunday morning - they were in town briefly and we needed to get their e session done... it was kind of raining but we waited a little bit and it stopped and we had a great time together! John was full of great ideas which was cool! Their wedding is going to be in December at the best place for a Christmas wedding- Canterbury Village!!! Can't wait! They make such a sweet couple, Emily is so pretty and with her dancer backgound is a joy to work with posingwise..very intuitive. After I was looking at a shot in the camera I realized John looked like someone famous - Woody Harrelson ( younger version of course! ) maybe we can get a shot of him behind the bar at the reception!

Anyway- here are some shots I liked a lot!

Emily and John- Thanks for a really fun Sunday morning! Hope things are cooling off in Texas! See you soon!

xo

mary

aisha + jamie { e pics }

I am counting the days until Aisha and Jamie's wedding - for me this wedding is kind of like how a kid anticipated Christmas - seriously I can't begin to say how amazing it is going to be. Aisha knows the exact look she wants and she is working with the Parsonage, so needless to say its going to be spectacular! They are having it in their backyard, which they have totally transformed- and I am totally embarassed to say the work they have done in these few short months looks a million times bettter than the yard we have had for oh- 14 years!

Anyway- Shadow greeted Bill and I as soon as we got out of the car- I WANT THIS DOG!!!! He is beautiful and best of all so well behaved......if you guys ever get tired of him.... yeah I know thats not gonna happen.

The happy family

 love love love freckles!!!!!

How is it possible to be beautiful and so freakin adorabley cute????? Most people are one or the other

but somehow Aisha is both. I can not wait to see her in her wedding dress!!!

 22 more days!!!

WE LOVE COMMENTS

tricia + michael

Tricia and Mike are married! As soon as I met Tricia I knew her wedding was going to gorgeous, hip and super cool- just like her- and it was all that and more! She did an amazing job planning the wedding-every detail came together to create the perfect setting. We have shot a number of weddings at the reception venue and I have never seen it look as beautiful as it did on their wedding night.

And not to forget Michael! He is truly one of the sweetest guys around! You can tell he adores Tricia and would do anything to make her happy ( even kissing in public! ) 

Here are a few images from their day-

Tricia sneaking a look at Michael.

 If the need arises there may be a story posted about these shoes, but for now lets just look at how cute they are.....

 The DRESS!!!

Tricia was STUNNING! The perfect mix of style, grace, elegance, and just the right amount of edginess -

 This picture makes me happy! Just looking at them I know they are going to share a lifetime of love and happiness.

How can you not love a bride that brings balloons????

Tricia wins this mustache contest hands down!

I am so so so grateful we stopped here!!! Thanks guys!!!

Flowers from the Parsonage- always my fav!

I love everything about this picture

Some details! This was perhaps one of the coolest color schemes I've seen!

Mr and Mrs Rapin

 Tricia and Mike, what a day! what a night! what a crazy group of friends you have!!! We had so much fun working with you! Thank you for choosing us to be your wedding photographers!

xo mary and bill

WE LOVE COMMENTS!

dana + tim

Not many couples can say they have known each other their WHOLE lives! Dana and Tim were born a day apart in the same hospital- they were in the nursery together. In preschool Tim announced that he was going to marry Dana someday! They are such a sweet couple and their love for each other is so apparent.

We had great fun with them and their wedding party! Here are a few of my favorites from their wedding.

Dana lived in my neighborhood when she was a child, but I hadn't seen her since her family moved away. It was really nice to see her parents again ( and Doug!)  Their backyard was beautiful for doing pictures before the wedding.

Tim looking cool......

The reception was at the Nature Center at Indian Springs. It was our first time there so the week before Dana and I went to scout out where we might want to do some pictures. The playground area was perfect for some fun pictures.

We really loved this venue! When we took Dana and Tim outside after dinner to shoot a few images I could have stayed out with them for hours, there are just so many great photographic opportunities there!

I love this image- Dana looks so happy!

Dana and Tim, we are so happy we got to be your wedding photographers! It was such a fun day, filled with love, laughter and happiness-perfect!

xo

mary and bill

We Love Comments!!!

christy + jr

Wow! How lucky can we be??? Bill and I get to work together as a team doing a job we LOVE and on top of it we get to work with amazing people like Christy and JR - and their entire families and bridal party for that matter! What a wonderful group of people! Christy was breathtaking....... her bridesmaids looked like someone had ordered them from central casting, all gorgeous ladies! There was so much joy coming from everyone, I am smiling just remembering the day. Here are a few images......

Going to the chapel........

I loved the flower in the bridesmaid's hair. The Parsonage did all the flowers and as usual did an amazing job!

Christy's dress was designed by Austin Scarlett for Kenneth Poole. Austin was on Project Runway, a show I love! The dress was a piece of art in itself, and once Christy put it on it was magical.

About to walk down the aisle.......

I took this image between the strings of the harp.

Some bridal party fun......

These girls looked just as amazing from the back as they did the front! Loved these dresses and each lady wore it so well!

 There are a lot of reasons we love doing weddings at Pine Knob and the Carriage House, one of course is the beautiful grounds.

Christy's Mom planned a surprise- she arranged for a horse and carriage to show up at the reception. JR proposed to Christy on a carriage ride, their reception was at the Carriage House, so how perfect was this idea? Here are Christy and JR seeing the surprise for the first time.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the day. I was shooting JR with the bridesmaids and Bill got this shot of Christy as she watched.

The toasts were touching and funny.......perfect!

The first dance as Mr. and Mrs.!  The band, Smiling Faces, was fabulous!

They had a candy "bar",  people always love that!

A million thanks to you Christy and JR and your whole families! It was such a joy working with you all! We wish you all the happiness in the world! Can't wait to see you in August!

p.s. We Love Comments!!!