April 17th, Jody and Casey got hitched!  Casey and her family did a great job planning the wedding.  The cakes were gorgeous and better still, absolutely yummy!!  Check out the grooms cake with the “embossed leather” icing and carrying the “Lazy J – Rockin’ C” brand.  Loved it!! 

The flower arrangements, elegant.  And the bridesmaids dresses, flirty and fun…with pockets!  Oh, how I love a dress with pockets!!  Casey was just beautiful, Kenley was adorable and Jody, charming and handsome.  It was just a great, fun, beautiful day and Jeff & I had such a good time with all of you! 

Click the link below to see more images…..Enjoy!

Quick glimpse into Casey’s bridal session.  So loved that Casey brought along her boots and Jody’s hat!!   It’s always fun when brides bring along things that will make the session “theirs”.  It was a gorgeous day and much fun with Casey and maid of honor, Lindsey!!    My favorite image of the day is the one below:

Jeff and I have had the best time getting to know Casey & Jody and their daughter Kenley.   Laid-back, down to earth and love to have fun!  Here are a few favorites from their engagement session we had earlier this spring.   Casey asked for the haybale shot below and I love-love-love the way it turned out.   (Jeff and I really do like to hear ideas our clients have for images and create together, with our couples, images to remember this exciting time in their lives.) 

Some of Casey’s bridals to follow later this afternoon!

While doing some wedding editing, I realized I’d never blogged any images from Rachel and Chris’s wedding this past March.  They had a gorgeous wedding…Rachel and the bridesmaids were beautiful and Chris and his groomsmen were too much fun!  Their day was just full of joy and laughter.  Jeff and I hope their marriage is filled with more of the same. 

Rachel and Chris, thanks so much for sharing your day with us! 

Jeff and I are offering a new wedding portrait plan, “The Limited”.   This plan is perfect for couples who want great wedding day portraits and ceremony coverage with two photographers at a reasonable price.  Why is it The Limited?  Well, we have a limited number of dates available for this plan.  It will only be offered for a limited time and limited area (travel charges apply for weddings outside of Diboll/Lufkin area) .  And this special is limited to weddings scheduled from August through December 2009. 

If you are interested in the details of this plan, please call 936-829-0247.   If you leave a message, please leave your name, phone number, wedding date and mention that you are interested in “The Limited” wedding plan. 

 Erica and Tracy were married this past Saturday so I can safely post her bridal session now and finish the story of Carey & Erica’s bridal  session. 

So as I blogged earlier in Carey’s bridal post , we were photographing both Erica and Carey’s bridal portraits in a field at Southern Stables in Lufkin…complete with “cows” (as we’d been referring to them).  Just as we get Erica set up to start her portraits in the field, the owner of Southern Stables calls to us, “Y’all might want to start heading over here” and points across the field towards the “cows”.  We all turn to see that they have slowly started to amble towards us.  At this point, let me emphasize the SLOW and the AMBLE part!  They still had over half the field to cross and didn’t look that interested in us at the moment.  But Erica, her mom, Jeff and I…we all seemed to be in agreement right then about several issues.  Like, that the “cows” really aren’t “cows” so much as they are L-O-N-G-horns…and the horns on the longhorns look alot more intimidating at the closer vantage point and we’d all rather have the fence between them and us. 

So Erica and her mom gather up the dress and flowers then start towards the gate.  Jeff, thinking about the issues with my back and leg, tells me to follow them while he gets the bag and equipment…so I do this crazy limpy-gallop to follow them and urging Jeff to be quick.  So we’re trying to figure out the catch on the gate and all look back  to see the longhorns have decided they don’t want to miss the party!  So they come galloping after us…the leader is just shaking his horns at us.  When we finally all get safely on the other side, they were right there behind us!  I realized then just how much appreciation I need to have for a herd of “cows” next time I enter their territory!

Anyway, we get everything set up again, this time on the SAFE side of the fence…then the adrenaline and relief hits us and we all burst out laughing.  That’s when I got the shot of Erica below…which is one of my favorites. 

Carey & Russ were married June 6th…so it’s more than safe to show her bridal session now.  The wedding was gorgeous and Carey’s dress is probably one of my all time favorites.  It just had great detailing, very elegant lines…loved it!  And she was absolutely stunning in it! 

Jeff and I photographed both Carey and Erica’s bridal sessions at the same time at Southern Stables, here in Lufkin.  Southern Stables is a lovely home that’s now a bed and breakfast.  Around the home there are these gorgeous fenced fields with some taller grass, so we head over that way.  Carey’s sister mentions the “cows” on the other side of the field but  Carey and I reassure her that the cows aren’t going to bother us if we don’t bother them.  So we start Carey’s session.  After we take several images with Carey, she goes inside for awhile and it becomes Erica’s turn.  That’s where I wish I’d had a video camera because the next few minutes could have won us a big check on America’s Funniest Videos.  (To get the rest of the story, check out the pictures from Erica’s session next week.) 

Here is my favorite from the field…before the running of the bulls…

Tricia and Sam were married this past Saturday and even the rain couldn’t dampen their spirits.  Here are a few pictures to tell the story of their day.  It was filled with family, smiles, tears and love all around.    

Tricia & Sam…It’s been an honor to get to witness and record your engagement and wedding.  Jeff & I wish you all the best!

I had the pleasure of photographing an engagement session for Carey & Russ.  They will be tying the knot later this summer and I can’t wait to see what they have planned for the wedding.  They are both super-funny and I loved watching them interact.  Russ was a tease and kept Carey laughing for me…then in the image right before the one taken above, Carey turned the tables on him…but we’ll keep what she did our little secret!  haha…  But they are so crazy about each other.  It’s just there in the way they look at each other. 

Carey & Russ…thanks for a great time…even if we did freeze!  I feel truly blessed to be able to share this time with y’all.  Here’s a sneak peek until I can get the rest of your session proofed for ya. 

P.S.  A special thanks to Sar for being “tha-Light” for the day.   Will work with you anytime!

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A couple of weeks ago I blogged that we would be having an Open House & Grand Opening once we had everything ready.  Well, we’ve finally settled on a date…Thursday March 19, 2009…it will be a combination of celebrating the new studio opening and my birthday! 

The open house will be an all day event, so plan on  stopping by, have some refreshments (we promise to have something YUMMY!!), register for our door prizes and just visit when you get a chance.  The party will continue thoughout the next week as we’ll be drawing daily for the door prizes, offering some special booking bonuses for 2009 seniors AND then we have our Spring Garden Quicktake special scheduled for the following Tuesday, March 24th.   

2010 Seniors…We’ll also have applications available for our FACES 2010 program so be sure to come by and get one.  We will be selecting our 2010 senior models in the coming weeks so we can begin their model sessions.

We’re easy to find…201 N. Temple Drive, on Hwy 59 between Curves Gym and Temple Credit Union.   936-829-0AHP   (936-829-0247).