Laura and Jason {Montgomery, AL Wedding Photography}

Laura and Jason had a beautiful wedding celebration at First United Methodist Church in Montgomery, AL. The weather was gorgeous and the dogwoods and azaleas were in full bloom.




Carrie Pinckard of Wetumpka provided the beautiful floral designs.




The groomsmen were absolute nuts and kept us in stitches the entire day!




Laura and her bridesmaids - along with all the family members - were so courteous and cooperative. It was just a pleasure to capture these classic images for her in this absolute treasure of a church.











After being pronounced husband and wife, the newlyweds continued their celebration at the Capital City Club in downtown Montgomery.



The father-daughter dance was very special.



The images in their gallery will feature documentation of the traditional reception events along with captures of their friends and family enjoying their evening...



... as well as a special moment at sunset.



Laura and Jason ended the reception with a big "WWWWAAARRRR Eagle!"




and departed for their honeymoon with many special memories of their very special day!



Laura and Jason, your entire gallery of images will be uploading to your online gallery tonight and should be released for viewing sometime on Monday. I hope you and your friends & family will enjoy the sneak peek while waiting. Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of this beautiful day!

Many, many thanks to Tiffany Hughes of Lucky Photography for helping me photograph this wedding. She is another one of those special blessings that I have received in this journey of photography and many of these captures would not have been possible without her. One photographer just can't be in all places at all times.

Thank you to Jeremy Fain of Path Video Productions (jfainpathproductions@gmail.com) for being such a pleasure to work with ... I've had some rather unpleasant experiences with videographers recently so was so happy to be able to work with someone like Jeremy.

The band at the reception was A.MA.ZING and I hope to do a separate blog post on them this week.

Enjoy!

Enjoy Carly {1 Year}

How quickly the year passed! It seems like just a few weeks ago I received an inquiry from Carly's mom about the Baby's First Year plan and here she is at one!



We documented this important milestone recently at Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum. You can tell I love this place! It affords so many wonderful areas to use as backgrounds.




And while this is certainly not considered "good portraiture" I could not help but capture Carly's little inquisitive spirit as she peeked through the gate at me. Love those eyes!



Carly's sweet mom and grandmother helped make the session delightful. "KayKay" could always get Carly to smile ... especially when she danced :)



Happy First Year, Sweet Carly!



Mom and Dad's full gallery of images is uploading to their online gallery.

Enjoy Bogey {Montgomery, AL Pet Photography}

I'd already had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Putt and Chip through the local Easter Seals Dogs-on-Call Program. And now I've met their adopted sibling, Bogey. Can you guess what their mom loves to do?



This may be my favorite pet image ever! I laugh every time I see it.



And can you tell that Bogey is very playful?



Reports are that he was so exhausted after our session he fell asleep in the car on the way home :)

Ennis-Smart Wedding {Auburn, AL Wedding Photography}

Danielle and Josh were married in a beautiful celebration at Auburn United Methodist Church.



Danielle had carefully planned every detail of the wedding for months in advance. It was great to be able to watch it all come together with everyone having such a good time.






The beautiful floral arrangements were by Kimberly Nelson Floral Design.




My favorite image from the ceremony ... don't you wonder what Danielle was whispering in Josh's ear?



And now time to relax and have fun.




I promise, there's no photoshop in this one. It was all perfect lighting from God! I loved it!



Then off to the reception at the Alabama Farmer's Pavilion.



Wedding Director Ashley Contin had every detail perfected.




There were too many good times at the reception to blog them all. Two favorites had to be Jim Dunham of The Music Guys relating the love story...



... and mom's leap to catch the bouquet.



And now to some of my favorite images of the bride and groom as it was nearing sunset:






And this parting shot:




Many, many thanks to Lori Mercer for second shooting with me. Many of these images would not have been possible without her.

Danielle and Josh, don't plan to watch any television tonight as your full gallery of images is soon to be released to you! YAY!

Laura's Wedding Day {Montgomery, AL Wedding Photography}

Yesterday, in a lovely ceremony at First United Methodist Church, Miss Laura Evans became Mrs. Jason Styslinger. That means I can finally release the amazing bridal portraits we took in February!



We met at The Elms of Coosada. It is a beautiful location in Central Alabama that provides ample time for bridal portraits, a changing room for the bride, and gorgeous areas indoors and outdoors to accommodate for Alabama's fickle weather.



Laura and her mom selected four of her favorites, which were printed as 8x10s and expertly matted and framed together to display at the reception.





While Laura and Jason are on their honeymoon I will be working away at their wedding images.

Thank you, Laura and Mr. & Mrs. Evans, for such a great bridal portrait session and wedding.

Thank you, Janet, for opening The Elms to us and making us feel so welcome.