After getting back into the swing of things here at the office, I have been able to get close to getting caught up. Now I can start to post sessions and weddings again! Let me introduce Courtney and Dave. These guys fit us so well, not just because of what they want from their wedding but in personality as well. I hope they get to read this, because I am uber excited to get to their wedding in October!! Thanks for being such a freaking blast to shoot, I can't wait to do it again.

Courtney and Dave getting serenaded
I love getting other people involved as well



Very interesting
The whole family!

GET BACK IN THE OFFICE!!!

After working for over 7 hours, most of it by herself, Amanda tried to escape. We were working late tonight trying to get ready for our 2nd attempt at a bridal show this year and she was making DVD's all day. This picture was taken around 11:30 P.M.. "There's no sleeping in photography!!!!" We did let her go home after this but I tried to drag her back in the office. Nander is going to kill me for posting this but I couldn't resist. This would have been a good segment for our reality show! Haha.

WE'RE HOME!!!

Dawn waiting at the shuttle stop for our shuttle to our car.
We were able to get out yesterday and made it back to the airport around 3PM. John and Heather and the girls met us for a quick bite to eat at Chick-fil-A as a warm welcome commitee and then it was off to work on our bridal show display. It's good to be home again! We were so happy to see Tiger, he hasn't strayed far from us since we got here. Amanda says that he cried while we were gone.

We like Texas so much we thought we'd stay.

Our flight was supposed to have taken off 3 1/2 hours ago but it was cancelled. We were told that we might not get out of here until Friday so we'll keep our fingers crossed.

We booked new flights with Southwest this morning and hit the streets with Chris from ReedyPhoto. Check out this cactus at the Alamo. More pics to come...

URGENT!! PLEASE READ!!

Due to our hectic wedding schedule in the month of May, we are no longer accepting portrait sessions of any kind for that month. Please take this into consideration when planning your portrait sessions. We are really sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.

All-expenses paid trip to Texas!

After Lauren's wedding this Saturday, Dawn and I are leaving to catch a flight to San Antonio, TX where we will be promoting our fantastic lab Reedy Photo. Since we will be out of the office, we will be checking our e-mail profusely and returning phone calls when we can. This looks like it is going to be a very busy year for us and this weekend starts it all!!

I CAN'T TALK, I'M EATING CEREAL!!!!!!!!!

This is what my workstation usually looks like in the morning. About the time that I sit down with my cereal, the phone will ring. Almost never fails! I hate soggy cereal. We should remember that CEREAL TIME is an important time of self-reflection and crunchy goodness.

Into every life...

...a bridal show must go horribly wrong! This was our setup at yesterday's bridal show at the Cobb Galleria. It was fantastic in our minds but not quite so when we had it sitting in front of us. Oh well. Our response was good but not what we had hoped for. We have so many images that would stop people in their tracks and this was unable to show them off. Sometimes we need these little setbacks to take a major step forward.

So after quite a bit of money spent, we scrapped the whole thing. We have another bridal show on the 20th and we are redesigning from the ground up! Keep your fingers crossed that we are done in time!!

I am still working on getting caught up. This is Stacy and Jed's wedding at St. Simon's island. We had such a great time. It had been a while since we had gotten to be on the road and I needed to get out of the office. They got married at this cute little chapel on the island and then had the reception at the King and Prince Hotel. We met Stacy and Jed at Amy Peace's wedding in July. They are so much fun and they didn't dissappoint at the wedding.

The Cameo belonged to Stacy's grandmother
This guy showed up with a bagpipe and a kilt.


This little guy stole the show.
I just loved this picture
Jed looking quite relaxed before the wedding
Cool
You get a picture that stops you in your tracks every now and then. This one did it as soon as we took it.


The whole wedding will be online now, check it out!!

Availablity

I figured that I have been needing to post this for a while, I just haven't taken the time. These are the dates that we are booked for this year. All other dates are available as of Feb 6, 2007.

January 13 - Valdosta, GA
January 14-17 - San Antonio, TX (PPA Conference, promoting our lab)
January 27 - Valdosta, GA

February 3-4 - Atlanta, GA
February 5 - Orlando, FL (Seminar)

March 3 - Ocilla, GA
March 10 - Mobile, AL
March 17 - Ocilla, GA
March 24 - Augusta, GA
March 31 - Thomasville, GA, Melhana Plantation

April 14 - Valdosta, GA
April 21 - Valdosta, GA

May 5 -Lakeland, GA
May 12 - Valdosta, GA
May 19 - Valdosta, GA
May 20 - Atlanta, GA
May 25 - Atlanta, GA (Villa Christina)
May 26 - Valdosta, GA
May 26-28 - Cocoa Beach, FL

June 2 - Jekyll Island, GA (Beachview Resort)
June 9 - St. Mary, GA
June 16 - Coopers Pointe, GA
June 22 - Atlanta, GA (Biltmore Ballrooms)
June 23 - Dahlonega, GA
June 30 - Valdosta, GA

July 7 - Ashburn, GA (Quails Landing Plantation)
July 14 - Valdosta, GA
July 21 - Miami, Fl
July 28 - Atlanta, GA

August 4 - Moultrie GA (Gin Creek Plantation)
August 11 - Cordele, GA

September 1 - Stanton, NJ

October 6 - Atlanta, GA
October 13 - Jasper, FL
October 27 - Atlanta, GA

November 3 - The Crescent
November 10 - Rome, GA
November 17 - Fitzgerald, GA
November 24 - GA

December 15 - Lake Tahoe, NV
December 29 - Not sure yet

'08

February 2 - Valdosta, GA

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So, this is Kristen. We were shooting a wedding Tuesday the 19th and I grabbed this shot. She is Dawn's sister and our assistant at weddings. Amanda is going to kill me b/c Kristen got on the web first! Haha. Anyway, big announcement. On Christmas...
...Alex, her boyfriend...
became Alex, the fiance!!
We are shooting their wedding on the 29th of December of '07. Kristen was nice enough to do it on our off-season. Little dilemna though, Kristen is the bride, Dawn is the maid of honor, which leaves no one with me shooting the wedding! I guess we'll have to get Amanda at some more weddings. It would just be nice if she would come back to work. Amanda, I miss you and need you, your family has had you long enough!

You know what really kills me, I have known Kristen as long as some members of my immediate family. When I first met Dawn, Kristen could sit on my lap, wasn't old enough to watch R rated movies and still thought boys were gross. Now she is getting married, my best friend has 2 little girls of his own and my childhood sweetheart is laying next to me sleeping so she can be rested up for work in the morning. I guess it is another of life's little miracles, growing up. It is a little depressing though. I don't want to be older, but the harder I fight it, I find the bite to be more painful. I hope I can concentrate on the miracles that I have and the ones yet to come rather than dwell on the ones that have already passed me by.

So, at the beginning of the month, I think around the 5th, I got the privelage to work with the 2 prettiest girls in the city again! This was a workout, I am going to have to get in shape to keep up with them. I was running all over the place trying to get these pictures. We were actually trying to get a picture for John and Heather's Christmas card, so it was not as loose and goosey as last time, but I still had a great time. Can't wait to see what we get to do next!! So we went to John's uncle's house. He decorates like Clark Grizzwald for Christmas. After 2 minutes, Erin had a funny smelling substance on her shoe, maybe 20 minutes after that Megan had assasinated a snowman and John posed with a candycane.

Here's Erin, a soon to be model.

Striking a pose for her fans!!
Megan givin' me the eye, always keepin her eye on me.
Look at this face!

This ended up being the Christmas card, hope you got one, we did!
Before the snowman got whacked!!
"You're next, Javon", she thinks!

"I've got one, too!"
Here's John helping out with the props
"Put the camera down or else..."

The new issue of The Knot is out on the newsstands and we have a wedding in it!! We shot Marybeth and Jeremy's wedding last October at Tybee Island. Go out and grab a copy if you can. Unfortunately, things that we were doing with Grace Ormonde Wedding Style forced us to pull our ad off the back cover. I kind of hate that, because I liked being back there. Oh well, maybe I can convince Dawn to let me have it back if it becomes available again.

Wow, twice in the same day!! Last week, we went to Mobile, AL and goofed around with Melissa and Joseph for a day and had a great time. In the morning we shot their engagement session and then in the afternoon we shot Melissa's bridals. I am dying to show some of the bridals, but I can't. Needless to say there was a sexy girl, a gorgeous dress, an old theater, water fountain and a parking garage involved in the whole thing. Both sessions were fun and March isn't close enough for us!! I can't think of enough ways to say how much fun we had with Melissa, Joseph and Jennifer.

In a staircase at a Museum. Cool light. Good eyes, Jennifer.
Joseph is a police officer and knew this guy. No, we didn't get arrested, although I know that must have been the first thing that some of you thought.

Cool wall!


Inside a carriage house that is now a bar.
So hot! Upstairs at the carriage house and in bed.
Very sexy!

I love you guys, Melissa and Joseph. Thanks for everything while we were with you and we can't wait to come up with a reason to shoot you again.