We had the absolute pleasure of photographing Bridgit and Wade’s wedding a few weeks ago, and we couldn’t wait to share the fabulous photos! This wedding was one of those weddings that we could have shown up with a cell phone camera and still have taken gorgeous photos because everything was just sooooooo perfect. The location, the light, and most importantly the couple all rocked!!! This wedding was also our first “destination” wedding because it was in Natchez, Mississippi; and Bridgit and her family were just so accommodating to us! The wedding took place on the beautiful Dunleith Plantation Home. There isn’t too much else that we can say about this awesome couple and their amazing wedding, so just sit back and enjoy the photos :).

Around the grounds of the Dunleith:

The house that Bridgit got ready in, and you can even see her dress hanging in the window:

An up close photo of the beautiful dress:

And the shoes:

I cannot stress enough how much we L.O.V.E for the bride and groom to see each other before the ceremony. The intimate moment when they see each other for the first time never ceases to amaze me. Plus, it allows the day to flow better because all the formal family photos can be taken before the ceremony; and once the ceremony is over, its party time at the reception :)! But, as always, we completely respect all of our brides’ decisions and will be happy whether they see each other before or during the ceremony for the first time. But Bridgit and Wade did choose a “first look,” and we ADORE their photos from the first look:

We couldn’t ask for a better location to take bride and groom pics than this oak grove (or is it a cypress grove? oh well…regardless of what tree it is, it’s breathtaking!).

They made our job soooooooooo easy….

The gorgeous wedding cake:

I love making the bride and bridesmaids jump

One of my most favorite bridal party pics ever!

Ceremony time!

So happy.

Couldn’t ask for more gorgeous light as they get into the horse carriage after the ceremony!

First dance as husband and wife…it was such a sweet moment.

And their reception ROCKED! Everyone had a great time dancing well into the night. We took a lot of photos using the flash, but we actually like these photos without using the flash much more. The quality may not be as crystal clear since we had to slow the shutter speed and up the ISO so much, but I just love the mood they give.

Miranda took this photo and I’m incredibly jealous that I can’t say it’s mine…cause its just that awesome:

Final photo for the night:

Click here to view a slideshow of the wedding pictures!

Hope you love your pics Bridgit and Wade! Thanks again!

 

- heather

This past weekend we shot Amber and Danny’s wedding and now we can finally share Amber’s bridals from a while back. We had a lot of fun with Amber. You may remember this umbrella from their engagement shoot (here). Amber painted the B on the umbrella and it was too cute!!

Here are a few!! Enjoy!:

While we were in Baton Rouge a few weeks back we had a shoot with two of the cutest kids! Ava and Ian were just too adorable together. We met at their house and they pretty much just played while we snapped away. They had a couple of outfit changes that were just too cute.

I love the drool in this one. His mom kept wiping it off but it was too cute.:

Ava played with chalk for a while:

Aren’t they just so cute together:

They even played a little with their kitchen set:

Aren’t they both so cute! I love Ava’s pink little cowboy outfit! Adorable! She was a complete ham when she put it on.:

And one more of the two together!:

Ava and Ian were both just so cute and were alot of fun to play with!

—miranda—

So its a funny story how we came to know Grover and his beautiful family. About 5 years ago, Miranda and I traveled down to south Louisiana to visit our old youth pastors and to go to the American Idol season 3 summer tour in New Orleans (and yes, I know we’re dorks for that). Well, while visiting Pastor Mo and Mrs. Shontel at their house, we met Grover and some other people from Pastor Mo’s church and stayed up late playing cards and just having a great time. We exchanged emails and have actually kept up with each other over the years even though we only met that one time. You can almost say that Grover, or “Bubba”, is my real-life pen pal :). We’ve complained and rejoiced over email about everything from LSU and Saints football, to politics, work, and school. Now that Bubba is married and has an adorable daughter, and seeing as how we’ve only met him that one time and we’ve never met Stephanie or their daughter, it was about time that we made the trip back down to south LA. It was so awesome hanging out with him and his family again. His wife Stephanie is just fabulous (seriously, I felt like I’ve been friends with her for years because she was just so much fun to be around), and his daughter Ava is just as sweet and precious as she could be. We had such a great time with them that we’re trying to talk them into moving up to Monroe, LA with us :). So Bubba and Stephanie, don’t y’all want to move up here so we can take pics of y’all anytime :)?

Now on to the photos of the awesome family:

This one is Miranda and I’s favorite

I love baby toes!!

The shoot was right during Ava’s usual nap time, so she ended falling asleep while we were driving to a different location. So instead of waking her up and having her not be happy with us, we just let her sleep and took pics of the happy husband and wife!

Thanks again guys! Y’all rock!

- heather

A couple of weeks back, we shot Brandon and Hannah’s wedding in West Monroe. Their wedding was absolutely gorgeous. They even had a live orchestra for the music during the ceremony which was amazing!
We started out our day at the hotel where Hannah and her bridesmaids were getting ready.

Hannah having her hair done:

Brandon had flowers sent to the hotel where Hannah was getting ready. So sweet:

I love the light in this one of a bridesmaid putting on makeup:

Next we headed over to the church for some group shots:

The happy groom:

The ceremony:

A couple of beautiful details:

The reception was held at the beautiful Aubrey Hall in downtown Monroe. It was our first time to ever shoot there and it was absolutely gorgeous!! I love the old rustic feel of it.  It was an amazing venue:

Isn’t the cake pretty? :

We stole the couple away for just a few pics by the cool Love sign:

First dance as husband and wife:

The band:

A little cupid shuffle to end the night:

Hannah and Brandon, Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your special day!

—Miranda—

Ahh…we just adore them :). Serena is one of our most faithful blog readers and commenters (and we LOVE blog comments); so for that reason alone, her and her family rank high on our list. But Serena is also one of my close friends after working together for a couple years, and we really do love taking pics for her and her family. You can see Serena’s maternity pictures here. And when they had sweet Hadassah, we loved taking her newborn pictures (seen here). So, of course we jumped at the chance to do more family pics for Hadassah’s one year birthday. They are such a loving and beautiful family, and we’ve always had so much fun with them.

One reason that we love doing pictures for them is because Serena has an awesome choice of colors and outfits picked out for them to wear. She doesn’t shy away from colorful and happy outfits, but at the same time their outfits never appear too “busy”. See what I mean…fun, happy, and colorful:

And y’all know how much we LOOOOOOVE their chair. We’re still going to steal it one day

Such a loving family:

Hadassah is soooo cute and is such a sweetie!

Can’t you tell that we had a blast with them!

Thanks again Serena and Chris! Y’all are forever awesome in our book ;)!
- heather