Brandie and Justin's Wedding

This wedding took place March 21st but I'm only just now getting a chance to go through and choose some pictures to share with you. Again.. I initially chose way too many to share and have tried to narrow it down, but there's still a lot. Brandie and Justin both were very pleasant to work with, and their wedding was beautifully done. Here are some of my favorites to share with you:

















And if you feel like watching a 3 and a half minute video teaser of their wedding, you can see that below:

Sweet Little Lexi

This little sweetie was not feeling very well so she really wasn't up for pictures. I think she did pretty well despite not being her usual self. Either way - she's still a cutie! These are some of my favorites:

Brandie's bridal Portraits

As I mentioned in a previous post.. I took a lot of pictures of this beautiful bride. We had so much fun working with her and shot at two different locations in Columbia. I did actually delete a few from my original run through of choosing pictures for the blog so that it wouldn't be AS lengthy, but its still long for you.
Her wedding was this past Saturday and I should have some pictures from that to share shortly. Enjoy!

















And I have to brag a little on my husband. He doesn't usually shoot with me, but he tagged along. I gave him a really good lens (the 70-200 f2 on my sturdy tripod) and let him do what he wanted. Of course, I did the posing in everything, but he chose different angles, and then I photoshopped them. These are my favorites of his:

The Billa Family

This beautiful family is from Ghana and was given the gift of a portrait session with me. It was such a pleasure meeting them and I enjoyed our photography session.. they are so sweet and gracious .. and beautiful.

Some personal news...

Well, it has leaked out on Facebook so I might as well post it here too. After eight years of marriage, my husband Ted and I are expecting a baby in September. I will be 13 weeks along tomorrow, so a little past the 3 month mark now. Too early still to tell the baby's gender. So far, it has been tough on me. Actually, this is the first week that I've actually felt okay. I've been in the hospital twice already and had to go get some maternity clothes a few weeks ago because I can't fit anything. It should get better from here - but I appreciate everyone's patience that has come into the studio for portraits. I've had a lot of support and you've all been wonderful. I will still continue to work as normal, probably up until late July or August and then I'll start having to cut back some. I hope to be able to pick up again soon after the baby is born.. maybe early October when the weather is prime for outdoor fall portraits. I will keep taking each day as it comes so dont hesitate to call and book your portraits! A lot of Saturdays are already accounted for between now and when the baby is due so if you need a Saturday, you might want to schedule it sooner than you usually would.
anyway.. thats my news to share with you!

Brandie's bridal Portraits

We had a gorgeous day on Saturday for bridal portraits. Brandie is a beautiful bride and was a lot of fun to work with. I actually picked out 27 of her bridal portraits that I wanted to put in the blog somehow.. but then realized I can't post any of them until after the wedding so that no one sees her in her dress ahead of time. So.. you'll have to wait two more weeks to see some of her portraits, unless she gives me permission to post some of the headshots. Until then.. sorry.. but you have something beautiful to look forward to!

5 week old Peyton

This little guy is so precious! He wasn't feeling his best, but thats okay. At least in my portrait studio, you can take all the time you need for feeding, cuddling, and calming your little baby. It was a pleasure meeting this baby and his family who drove up from Alabama to have this session. Here are some of my favorites: