Last night, I photographed Mary Ashley and Juan’s wedding here in Columbia. It was so sweet, and I got to see a lot of people I haven’t seen in a while! Mary Ashley and I went to middle school together. More on the wedding later!
But now that Mary Ashley is married, I can show some of her fun bridal portraits we did at the College of Charleston, where she went to school. I think these totally show off her carefree personality. :) I’ll update on the wedding in a little bit.
Now that Megan is a married lady, I can post some of her bridal portraits. We took these at the Governor’s Mansion here in Columbia.
Hello! Happy Memorial Day Eve!
This has been a pretty busy weekend for me…Saturday I photographed Marie and Verne’s wedding at First Baptist in Columbia, and then today I had Michelle and Brent’s engagement portraits. I’m still working on Marie’s sneak peek and slideshow, but in the meantime here are a couple of her bridal portraits that we took at the USC Horseshoe:
Normally I don’t post images from bridal portraits on my blog until after the bride’s wedding, because of the chance of the fiance and others seeing the dress before the big day! But Erin and her mom didn’t have that concern, and wanted me to put some sneak peek images on here. So here we go!
I met Erin, her mom, and maid of honor at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken on Monday evening. These gardens were gorgeous! But I must admit that driving in Aiken is a bit confusing. My friend Heather from Aiken had warned me about this back in college, but I guess I had forgotten! I got so turned around trying to get home Monday night!
I’m excited about Erin’s wedding in May!
Here are just a few from Monday -
Tomorrow I’m off to NYC! On the agenda - going to see a show (Avenue Q), lots of yummy dinners, a food tour in Chelsea, and the thing I’m possibly most excited about - eating dessert at Serendipity! I’ve wanted to go there ever since seeing that movie! I hear their frozen Hot Chocolate is to die for!
Here’s another from the "Trash the Dress" sessions that took place this past weekend in Savannah. This image in particular was at the beach on Tybee Island. For those of you who are wondering what trashing your dress means, just scroll down 
Still more to come from Savannah, along with some sneak peek images from adorable Sara Hunter’s baptism that I photographed this past Sunday
This past Friday and Saturday I spent in Savannah with about 10 other photographers from the Southeast, trying our hand at a ‘trash the dress’ bridal session. When I tell people about this, at first they look at me weird. "Why would anyone want to trash their wedding dress, those things are expensive!" Well, exactly for that reason. Who wants to spend all that money on a gorgeous wedding dress, to wear it once and then retire it forever in the back of your closet. Why not take the opportunity to take some really fun and edgy photographs with your gorgeous wedding dress?
These sessions usually take place after the wedding, so if the dress gets a little dirty (or totally trashed) it’s ok! The session can be as extreme as you wish. We started out pretty tame in the woods on Friday, getting our models to lie down on logs, in the grass, and then made our way almost into the swamp. Saturday was a little ‘trashier’ and our model got completely in the ocean. We got some really good stuff!
I’m nowhere near finished editing my images from the sessions, but check back in the next few days for some of my favorites from our fun sessions!
For now, here’s a sneak peek - one of my more tame ones at Wormslow Plantation:
Make sure you come back for more of my favorites!
I promised to post some more of the bridal portraits from my two sessions I did for my sister Elizabeth, who just got married this past Saturday. I couldn’t post these earlier because I didn’t want anyone to see her in her gown before the big day!
The wedding was gorgeous - I did not take my camera because I wanted to enjoy the wedding as a guest and family member….so I’m sorry for not being able to post any images from the day itself…
A lot of these are a little on the more artistic side vs. the traditional. That’s what she wanted, and of course I was happy to oblige :) Here are a few more from our ‘barn’ session:
And a few from Charleston:
Isn’t my sister absolutely beautiful!! I’m so happy for her and Jon.
About a month ago I mentioned in one of my posts that I took some fun, creative bridal portraits of my sister around Columbia (she’s getting married December 30th). Yesterday, we went down to Charleston to do some more. I guess that’s one of the ‘perks’ of having a photographer as a sister….as many bridal portrait sessions as you like in multiple locations! :) We had so much fun, as we always do together.
My sister is having Juliet from Hair by Juliet do her hair for the wedding. Yesterday she did a hair trial, and oh my gosh, it looked GORGEOUS!! Juliet did exactly what my sister wanted. She is truly amazing. And then she decided to tag along with us to make sure her hair stayed looking good. If you are looking for someone to do wedding hair in the Charleston area, Juliet is your girl. She’s awesome!
Renee and Russell got married this past May, and Renee’s photographer only offered indoor, studio portraits. She wanted some portraits that were outdoor, and a little more fun, so she asked me to do these for her.
You may wonder why I wasn’t her wedding photographer - because I was IN the wedding! :) Renee is one of my best friends from college. We’ve now been friends for almost 8 years. I haven’t finished proofing, but these were a couple of my favorites.
