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!:

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—

To Toni…Here it is! I know that you have been checking for them.

To everyone else…. here is part 2 of Toni and Patrick’s beautiful outdoor wedding! As Heather said previously, we absolutely adore this couple! They were so much fun and were up for anything. They pretty much gave us free reign for anything that we wanted to try! I seriously can not say enough about how much fun they were!

The groom was a ton of fun:

Our favorite type of group shots (outdoor and relaxed!):

Toni and the girls waiting on the ceremony to start:

The ceremony:

As soon as the ceremony was over, the shoes came off:

I love the cupcakes:

I told you they were fun:

The flower girl was so sweet to share :

Just a reminder that we will be out of town for the next two weeks and will be returning all emails when we return!
Have a great week!!
—miranda—

That’s right, this is only Part 1 of Toni & Patrick’s wedding photos because there were just too many pretty pictures for us to chose from. So we’re going to post their pictures with two different blog posts. We’ll have Part 2 of their wedding up next week.

Reason #1 that there were too many pictures for us to chose from: we just can’t help ourselves, we’re partial to outside weddings because we love love love shooting outside.

Reason #2: Toni and Patrick chose to see each other before the ceremony, so we had LOTS of bride/groom pictures. I would go into detail on why we love for the bride and groom to see each other before the wedding, but the fabulous Jasmine Star said it best in her post here (seriously, click on the word “here” and go read her blog post about “First Looks” because she really explains the pros far better than I ever could).

Reason #3: Toni and Patrick are awesome. Period.

But on to the photos…their wedding was at their aunt’s house where we took their engagement photos a few weeks back. We loved this location when we did their engagement pics, and we loved it even more for the wedding. We took more detail pics than we ever have because there was just sooooo many pretty places to photograph. Here’s just a few:

I adored these quirky, antique-looking doors for decorations.

Getting ready:

And here’s their first look. I love how you can just see the happiness and anticipation on Toni’s face:

That’s all for now, but stay tuned next week for Part 2 of their wedding!

- heather

Ashley and John have been such a fun, easy-going and wonderful couple, and we have absolutely enjoyed working with them! Ever since their engagement shoot last fall with their adorable dog, we have looked forward to working with them and photographing them (they make our job incredibly easy because they both look so good in front of the camera )!

Their wedding day was a somewhat dreary day weather-wise, but that didn’t damper their spirits and mood! Everyone was all smiles all day, and the rain even cleared up enough for us to snap some quick shots outside too. But they did such an awesome job of decorating the church and reception, it was great shooting inside too! Check out Ashley’s beautiful dress in the sanctuary:

I LOVED the idea of each bridesmaid having a different color bouquet:

The beautiful bride getting ready:

And while the girls were busy getting ready, the boys were kicked back and played the Wii that Ashley bought John as a wedding gift.

Stunning!

The groom doesn’t look too shabby himself

The fun and beautiful bridesmaids:

And the handsome groomsmen:

Ashley with her father right before walking into the sanctuary:

The ceremony:

First kiss as husband and wife

Some pics of the happy bride and groom after the ceremony!

I love the vintage, old-school mood of this one:

The reception hall was decorated beautifully!

It was lightly raining when they left, but that didn’t stop everyone from standing outside to throw birdseed and to send them their congratulations and well-wishes!

Thanks Ashley and John! We had a great time with you guys and we wish y’all the best! And congrats to John on your pharmacy school graduation this coming weekend! One last picture of us with the couple:

We shot Hannah and Brandon’s wedding last night, and just wanted to share Hannah’s bridal pics that we took a few months ago! Enjoy!

Love the light in these first two!

- heather

Its been a while since we’ve posted, but the blog posts will pick up now that I’m out of school (YAY!).

So now on to Jenny & Peyton…in short, we just love these two people! They have been so great and fun to work with, and we can truly call them friends and not just “clients.” I always like to see the connection between our brides and grooms, and these two are just so seamless and comfortable together. Even though it sounds cliched and over-used, they just “go together.” And I love seeing connections like that.

Jenny & Peyton had a small, intimate wedding on a Friday night and then rocked out with their friends and family on Saturday night. We had such a wonderful time at their wedding celebration, and here are a few of their pics! Thanks again Jenny and Peyton, y’all are awesome!

Some details:

The beautiful bride:

The ceremony:

We usually don’t post the group pics, but this one with their close friends just cracks me up.

The happy bride and groom after the ceremony:

And now for Day 2. Some reception details:

Ok, now this cake is just a thing of beauty. Seriously, best cake E-V-E-R! I guess this is why we love Jenny & Peyton so much…anyone who has a Death Valley cake at their wedding gets major brownie points from us!!!!

The bride and groom first dance:

This was the best bouquet toss! She was determined!

Afterwards, they got the party rocking!

and for the last picture, I just love this picture of Peyton singing to Jenny (you can see his mouth is open..its because he’s singing to her). So sweet.

We have lots more to post to get caught up, so stay tuned!
- heather

you may remember brooke and james from their engagement session a couple of months back. we had a lot of fun shooting brooke and james’s wedding. the ceremony was beautiful and all of the little details of the reception made it perfect.
brooke and james opted for a first look. i can’t say enough about how much we love doing first looks. for those of you who don’t know what a first look is, it is when the bride and groom choose to see each other before the wedding. it gives so much more time for more intimate photos between the bride and the groom. after the ceremony it frees up more time for the bride and groom to spend with their guest at the reception.

brooke getting ready! i absolutely loved her hair!!

james is all ready to go. loving the camo!:

james had to keep his eyes closed when walking in to see brooke for the first time:

some from their first look:

i love the flair coming from the light in the ceiling:

then we headed outside for a few pics of the bride and groom together:

now for the ceremony:

a couple of details from the wedding and the reception:

leaving the reception! congratulations brooke and james!!:

thanks brooke and james! you were both so much fun to work with and we had a great time at your wedding!

—miranda—

We should get some kind of award for our turn-around time on this session, because we took these photos yesterday and we already have them up! yay for us! But for future clients, don’t hold us to this standard :)…these two lovebirds are getting married in less than 3 weeks and we HAD to get the photos to them this fast for the newspaper announcement. Plus, we’re both on spring break this week, so we’ve been working extra hard and faster than we usually can (school gets in the way for both of us…stupid school…).

But on to Toni and Patrick…they are one of the funniest couples we’ve ever photographed. At one point yesterday, Toni apologized and said we probably don’t have couples who cut up as much as they did, and I said I wished more couples would cut up and let loose like they did :). And the location for yesterday’s shoot…oh my, it was just fabulous. A photographer’s dream. We shot at Toni’s aunt’s house (which is also where the wedding is…score!), and it was amazing! There were so many different locations and areas to shoot, we could have photographed for many more hours. We can’t wait to take more pictures of this beautiful couple at this beautiful location in a couple of weeks!

Hope you enjoy the photos Toni and Patrick! We had a blast!

The little buildings all around were just adorable!

I love the lines in this photo:

This picture just makes me smile. The whole shoot was practically like this…just each one of them making the other one laugh.

I LOVE. LOVE. LOVE this one!

And some more pictures with gorgeous light:

I can just hear my Mom and Dad (as supportive as they are) asking how come I cut their heads off, but I’m rather fond of this crop. So, yes, I know their heads aren’t in this photo, but it was on purpose

Toni said we’d have a hard time getting “sweet” photos of them, but we got plenty like this one :):

And this one:

Thanks again Toni and Patrick!

- heather