On Saturday, July 3 while we were settling into life as a family of 4, two of my dear photographer friends were photographing a wedding for me. You see, when Julie booked me to photograph her July 3 wedding, I was not pregnant and was so excited to work with them! In October when we found out the big news, I immediately knew that I would be unable to photograph the wedding, considering we were expecting twins, and my due date was July 26. Thankfully, I have a strong network of excellent photographers and called Brantley Freeman of All Dressed Up Photography and Kathy Powell of Moore Photographing and (after Julie agreed), they agreed to take over the wedding photography for me. What could have been a scary situation for any bride I believe turned out beautifully - not only did she have ONE professional photographer to document her big day, but instead had TWO! Kathy & Brantley did SUCH a great job!
Be sure to go check out Brantley’s blog to see some of the images!
Click here for the slideshow! ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF ALL DRESSED UP PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOORE PHOTOGRAPHING. I can’t take credit for any of them (although they are so good, I wish I could!)
Things are going well with our new family of four! Thanks for all of the cards, emails and phone calls to check on us. It’s been quite an adjustment but worth every minute. We are so in love!
Samuel Vaughn Turner
Born June 28, 2010
10:19pm
4lbs, 13 oz
Selah Grace Turner
Born June 28, 2010
10:20pm
4lbs, 14oz
Long time no blog!!
As I’m sure you can expect, the past few weeks have been filled with much anticipation, excitement and pure JOY as we prepare for the birth of our twins! Today I am 34 weeks pregnant which is a big milestone for a twin pregnancy! I’ve been trying to document my growing belly and it was easiest for me just to take a quick picture with my iphone. .
As far as my business is concerned, I’m officially out of maternity leave (from shooting) and will work on computer work till I deliver. I will be back to work mid-September.
My delivery date is currently set for July 1! Less than 3 weeks before we meet our sweet Samuel and Selah! Of course anything can happen so I’m trying not to get too set on the date July 1 
I have had four WONDERFUL showers thrown by some very dear friends and family. We are ALL set, I do believe! Over the next couple of weeks I’m planning to post some pictures of my nursery, shower pictures, and finally baby pictures when the babies finally get here!
For now, here are a sampling of those iphone belly shots
Two recent portrait sessions:
Jack:
Benjamin:
And for a quick update!
This week (week of May 17) is my last week shooting, as it is getting harder and harder for me to get around! Carrying all that gear at 30 weeks pregnant with twins is not easy, and the health of my babies is priority #1 right now; trying to keep them in as long as possible! I will still be working in the office on album design and wrapping up some loose ends until Samuel and Selah make their arrival. Recently I have had an influx of wedding album orders so I’m trying to get as many done before they arrive (only 6 more weeks!). I will resume scheduling portrait sessions in September. If you are interested in booking a fall portrait session, go ahead and email me. My September calendar is already filling up since I’m taking 12 weeks off for maternity leave. Also, my openings will be more limited as I will have two sweet babies to be a mother to
I’m in the process of planning this spring portrait week in April. This is the perfect opportunity to get some updated pictures of your children, maybe even in their cute Easter clothes! I just love spring-time, and wanted to celebrate the (hopefully) warming weather with this special. Sign up will begin on March 14 via online scheduling. All sessions are first come, first serve. If you would like to be on my email distribution list with all of the info on how to sign up, please email me at brooke@brooketurnerphotography.com or leave a message below.
I’m taking this week off to recharge my batteries and get organized for 2010! I have a busy year planned with lots of amazing things going on in both my personal and business-life More on that later!
But for now, as a special treat, I’ll be posting pictures from all of those sessions that made my December so busy! :) My first catch up post will be later today.
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year!!
Goodness, I can’t believe it was over a year ago that Leslie and I met over Starbucks coffee to chat about my wedding photography packages. Boy how 2009 has flown by! I have really enjoyed getting to know Leslie & Ryan through the planning, engagement session, bridal session, and finally the wedding!! My friend Wes Church (a minister at First Baptist) performed the ceremony at Riverland Hills Baptist in Irmo. He did SUCH a great job of centering the ceremony on Christ. I just know that Leslie and Ryan will have a blessed marriage, and I cannot wait to see what God does through their union!! What a GORGEOUS Christmas wedding!!
Here are a few favorites, and of course CLICK HERE for the slideshow!!
Leslie and Ryan - hope you are having a blast in Park City skiing for your honeymoon!
One more thing I wanted to mention…it’s so neat how I get the opportunity to meet so many amazing people through shooting weddings. At Leslie & Ryan’s wedding I finally got to meet the author of a blog that I frequently read chronicling the journey of a young couple who are adopting two Ethoipian orphans. I have been so inspired by their obedience to God! It was so nice to meet you, Leigh and Gray! What a nice surprise for our paths to cross!
To check out their blog, click here!
Wow this is starting to become a pattern on the blog. I get super-busy with sessions out of the office and go for weeks without updating my blog. Last week I was extremely busy with 7 sessions in 7 days. So this week it’s all about EDITING!
My portrait sessions for the year are over, and I have two more weddings the next two weekends to finish the year strong. Pictures from my busy week last week coming soon!
My email server has had technical difficulties over the past couple of days. If you sent me an email and I did not respond back, please resend the email to both:
brooke (at) brooketurnerphotography & brooketurnerphotography (at) gmail.com
It appears to be up and running now, I’m just not sure if there are any emails floating around in never-neverland that I didn’t ever receive.
Thanks!
Brooke
