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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Beth & Trevor: December 27, 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Posted in Weddings

Few people have come into my life that have touched me so quickly and deeply as my December 27th bride, Beth, has.  I knew of Beth in high school - she was two years younger than me- so when she contacted me to shoot her December wedding, I couldn't wait to catch up! After shooting their engagement session at Wofford we had such a great time, and I knew this adorable little lady just had to be my friend!  Since then we have gotten to know one another much better and she has taught me what it means to be generous, more expressive with my emotions, and a better friend.  And Trevor, well he's so great! He's such a ham and goofy but an intellectual all at the same time.  Ahhhh, i just LOVE this couple!  I could go on and on about how wonderful they are but I know y''all just want to see that SLIDESHOW! :)

Ceremony: Spring Valley Presbyterian
Reception: Spring Valley Country Club


PS - check back to see some images from her bridal session later this week!

Here are a few from the wedding day-

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Beth and Trevor - I hope y'all are having fun at your ultra fab spa in Florida! Can't wait to hear all about it. And Beth - thank you for the friendship you have brought into my life - you are so dear!!
Love you both!!

Merry Christmas ( a little late!)

Monday, December 29, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized

Christmas Card 2008

Melissa & Jonathan: December 20, 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Posted in Weddings

What a beautiful Christmas wedding!  Melissa & Jonathan were married Saturday in Summerville.  I first met this sweet couple at Kristin & Phillip's wedding last March.  I knew immediately that we would just hit it off!  I've toughened up a bit and stopped crying at most weddings, but I just couldn't hold it together at this one.  Melissa walked down the aisle to "Be Thou my Vision" and it was truly a holy moment.  I'm glad I had a camera in front of my face to hide the tears of joy.  

Enjoy their slideshow!!  Usually I use the first dance song for the slideshow, but this time I decided to use one of the songs from their ceremony.  It's "Come Home Running" sung by Chris Tomlin.  Somehow I'd never heard this song before, but it's been on playing on repeat since I heard it at the wedding.   It just fits these two, a beautiful couple that seeks to honor Christ. I can't wait to see how the Lord will use their marriage for His glory.

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Teaser pic!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Posted in Weddings

More from Melissa & Jonathan's wedding on the way!

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Lauren & Jason: Engagements

Monday, December 22, 2008 Posted in Engagements

Friday I met Lauren and Jason up at Wofford for their engagement portraits.  Lauren and Jason met while attending Wofford…they were lab partners freshman year. How sweet!   We wandered around campus and snapped some cute pictures with and without their lab Maggie.  Here are a few of my favorites! Can't wait for their wedding in May!

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Purvis Family

Thursday, December 18, 2008 Posted in Babies/Children, Baby's First Year, Families

Tuesday I shared lunch with my friend Heather at the new Panera (super close to my house-whoohoo!!) and afterwards I popped over to her house to photograph Bailey and their family.  
Heather and I have been friends since high school, but our friendship has really deepened over the past few months.  We have the most amazing deep spiritual discussions, and I’m always so uplifted after our time together.   Plus she’s got an ADORABLE little boy and precious family.  Here are a few from our mini-session on Tuesday!  I can’t believe how Bailey has grown..I remember visiting them in the hospital back in June when he was born. Seems like yesterday!

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Jeannie & Cory: Engagements

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Posted in Engagements

Last week I photographed Jeannie & Cory's engagement pictures at the State House. What a SWEET couple. We had so much fun roaming around and looking for cool spots. Can't wait for their weding in June! Here are just a few:

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This week!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized

2 Bridal Portraits

1 Maternity Portrait

1 Engagement Portrait

This is an especially busy week for me!

Oh, and my wedding year is almost over! I've shot 23 weddings so far this year, and I'll be finishing the 
year strong with Melissa & Jonathan's wedding on December 20 and Beth & Trevor's on Dec 27. I can't wait! 

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree…

Monday, December 8, 2008 Posted in Personal

Every year, one of my favorite times of the Christmas season is carefully unpacking each of my precious ornaments collected through the years and strategically hanging them on the tree.  You see, Christmas ornaments for us aren't just something to decorate the tree with.  Each one represents a memory or a time in our lives.   Our ornaments don't match, there's no rhyme, reason, or 'theme' to our tree.  Our tree is just US.  I love it.  I've been so fortunate to have had opportunities to travel the world, and my souvenir to myself is always an ornament!   

Justin and I have a new tradition this year, which I am so excited about! I absolutely LOVE traditions!!  We're going to start getting a photo ornament made each year with a picture of our family, reflecting how our family grows and changes (and we age!) from year to year.   This year I had to play 'catch up ' and get ornaments made for 05, 06, 07, and 08.   The ornaments came in today!  I got all sentimental putting them on the tree…just thinking of the future and our children one day with their little fingers handling these ornaments from when their parents were young and newlyweds.  I know that we will treasure these ornaments for years to come.  That makes me smile :)

Here are a few ornaments from my travels, and the bottom row are the 4 new ones I got tonight!

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Here are the memories represented above..just a sampling from our tree-
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*Bern, Switzerland (when I was living in Austria my family visited, and we spent Thanksgiving 2003 in Switzerland)  
*New York City (my sister sang at Carnegie Hall around Christmas in 2000…we took pictures in front of the World Trade Center…little did we know the tragedy that would strike less than 10 months later)
*Martha's Vineyard (2002 went on a road trip w/ my mom, aunt, and grandmother)
*Bethlehem (2008 - trip with mom and grandmother)
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*Key West (in college some friends and I spring breaked there)
*Japan (gift from my grandmother who traveled there in 2005)
*San Francisco  (Justin and I traveled there in 2006, one of our favorite vacations!)
*Nantucket (from 2002 trip w/ mom, grandmother, and aunt)
and finally bottom row: our new 'family picture' ornaments 
2005 - our wedding day :)
2006 - my sister's wedding day
2007 - camping the weekend to celebrate quitting my corporate job and going full time into photography
2008 - in Italy

Blessings to you all!!

What if things were different?

Friday, December 5, 2008 Posted in Personal

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! In our household especially! We’ve got the tree up, decorated, outside decorations up. All of this holiday cheer has got me pondering something: why does it seem like the “Holiday Season” is driven more and more each year on American consumerism, and less and less on the celebration of Jesus Christ? I mean how can it get any worse than the man getting killed in Wal Mart by crazy ‘black Friday’ shoppers?? My perspectives are being stretched and challenged this year especially. How can I give of myself more: be more generous with my time and finances, be more loving in my relationships? The Lord is changing the way I think about Christmas and what it means to celebrate and worship more fully, instead of simply accumulating more and more material things (that I really don’t need anyway!)

Love!!