I am so greatful someone thought of an automatic postal center!!! After the post office is closed I can still mail all my packages, that’s awesome!!! I think these should be required at every post office. I think they should actually be everywhere…walmart, college campuses, high schools, the mall! How easy would that be?
I am a true American. I get lazier and lazier as the years progress! I enjoy elevators, anything automated (except when I am trying to call someone), I like not having to walk on the stairs when I can just ride up them, I love getting to stand in Denver and not walk through the airport but be brought through by their speed walking devices!
I think I may try to do a Monday Favorites weekly!!! Bear with me! Also today is the start of my 365 so be watching for that later, I’ve got to plan what my first image is going to be otherwise no one will be interested and it also needs to be in it’s own category I believe.
So everyone knows I love love love Etsy. I found this sellers site today and fell in love so I wanted to share a few items with you!
Any kind of headpieces are so cute and super stylish right now! They show a cute idea to have a bridal one as well as ones for each of your bridesmaids!!! Super Cute!!!! I love when my clients take the time to plan for little details like this! The more you go out of your way to be original the better photos you have!!!!
She can even match a set for the bride and groom!!!! How sweet is that!!!
Wow this girl is rockin! She even makes shoe clips!!! What a great idea to jazz up some shoes for your wedding but still be able to wear them after the big day!!!!
I love her shoulder wraps here! What a great idea for a winter wedding! Well any season this would be so romantic and gorgeous, it’s just a little extra warmth for our winter brides!!! :)
These little stickers are super customizable and quickly and easily jazz up your party favors!!! Super cute! Again things like these make your wedding photos that much better!!! :)
These shoe clips are really fun too! These have more of a feather feel than the earlier posted ones! I like how they again add some flair to some plain shoes!!!
Jamie and Miller will be getting married on December 31st! I had the pleasure of shooting their engagement session last week! They are so cute together and we had a blast noticing anything that had to do with a heart! They really were up for anything and it was so fun to watch them interact and embark on a new step in their relationship. Jamie definitely finds comfort in Miller’s arms….which makes for some great photos!!! We met up at a little gas station in Goshen and then sorta wandered around town and hopped in the car to stop off at an old tree farm to finish up the session with some awesome fall foliage!
I can’t take credit for this shot, but Jamie’s idea was awesome! Check her ring out….isn’t it gorgeous!
I love how Miller always makes her laugh! They seriously are so cute! Oh and the jackets! I had to post this one for you Miller! You look so awesome in your coat! ;)
Jamie said she’s always wanted a field picture! Well here ya go! This was behind a gas station believe it or not. I think she’s such a beautiful gal!
I am in love with this spot! It’s so mystical! I loved the lighting and the colors! It’s perfect.
These two were married on Oct. 8th in the Nauvoo Illinois Temple. Here’s a few for them! Maybe tomorrow I will get around to posting some from Jamie and Millers Esession.
Amanda and Josh Ivie:
One of her bridesmaids flew in from Utah for her wedding…..BONUS…..she’s a hairdresser!
They opted for a “first look” so we could get these great couple shots before their marriage ceremony.
It was super exciting to go back up there for Josh and Amanda’s sealing since that is also where TW and I were sealed! What a gorgeous building right?
Although it was rainy the entire day (which so they say is good luck) these two were troopers. I just loved this sign and couldn’t leave Nauvoo without that shot!!!
Hey guys I’ve had some concerns about the contest raised here recently. I’m going to address a few of them real quickly before I get to photos! :) For everyone wondering about the difference in voting and the results, I heavily stressed that the voting had nothing to do with my final decision as to who would win. The voting moved these girls forward through the entire contest while the final meeting I had with the two of them was where I finalized my decision. They both put great effort and creativity into this contest and are such awesome girls!!! Before each round began the girls were all emailed very specific rules and expectations so they knew all the rules ahead of time before they chose to continue. With that said I had a super duper hard time choosing who I wanted to win this contest but after meeting with both of them I learned some things that made me choose one over the other, I did however offer Meredith a discounted package for being a trooper and working so hard and getting so much involvement going with her fan base. So in my opinion they are both winners!
Now back to pictures!!! I shot three engagement sessions this weekend of which I am going to post one from each session tonight, but then I will give each guy and gal a personal post over the next three days so no one feels gipped out of a blog post! :) These are just eye candy for now! More to come so keep looking!
Hey everyone thank you so much for taking the time to vote and support your friends here on our blog! I know there has been a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes for this contest so thank you! I want to give you some results, but remember the final say so will be announced on Friday so stay tuned…..
Total votes cast 854
226 of them came in for Alyssa
while 627 of them for Meredith
Once again the final winner will be announced on Friday. I want to meet with each contestant and get a personal feel for them before I start handing out offers to come shoot weddings for free! :) I hope you understand….
Great job girls. Both of you had very creative submissions. Thank you for putting so much effort and talent into this contest to make it fun for everyone who participated! I enjoyed reading all the comments that were sent my way and learned so much about you girls through all your friends!
I know there have been way too many posts without photos so I’ve got some for you! These girls are the last of the contestants left and I had them incorporate their images with Erika Dotson Photography somehow and this is what they came up with. I love them and think they are both super cute! Please vote on the one you think is the most original. Voting will end on Tuesday at 8pm.
Thanks for your participation!
Erika
This submission is from Alyssa A. Kilgore:
This submission is from Meredith Ehrhard:
“I hope this is sufficient! Thanks for working with our circumstances and making this fun! Since we started dating a year ago, we have typically been apart about 3 months at time, (a total of about 8 months now) as Sean travels to college campuses across the US speaking to college students for his job. This is the reason we are getting married in December even though we only got engaged a month ago: we can’t stand to be apart any longer and we are ready to hit the road and travel together! We really didn’t want to back out of round 2 even though I am in Arkansas and he is in Georgia right now. So, because we are always up for a challenge, we decided to get real creative and take two separate photos and place them together as one! Hope you enjoy!!”
First off I want to congratulate everyone on their engagement as well as your chance to win this contest. I really enjoyed reading everyone’s stories and while it was very hard to choose it must be done (otherwise I would be known as the “free wedding photographer”!!!!) – doubt my husband would like that!
Originally I was going to choose 5 to progress to the next round but considering we only had 7 people submit stories I am going to only pick 4 to advance….
So congrats to………
Jinny Pattison (in honor of Meredith Ehrhard)
Alyssa Kilgore
Kellie Kirby
Erica Bailey
You are moving on to round two!!!!
You will be emailed with your next directions.
Thank you everyone who voted! I appreciate the publics tremendous response to this contest! Be posted for more to come!
I had the true pleasure of being in Natalie and Brad’s company tonight! They are both pretty busy so as luck would have it today was one of the very few days we could get them in before they got hitched on Oct. 24th! They drove up all the way from Poteau today! Go you guys, oh and that got me thinking congrats to Brad for recently quitting smoking! I’ve heard that’s pretty tough so I thought everyone should know and congratulate you! Also Natalie is working on kicking a nail biting habit to the curb! Go you guys, way to better yourselves!! ha ha Anyways just a bit of random info I learned about you two tonight! On to the the real reason we got together today…. I had such a blast with you guys and I can’t wait for you to get married! Here’s some images to enjoy!
Oh and real quick I think Brad is super lucky…….just look how gorgeous this gal is! I love her curls!
Hey everyone if you didn’t win we are still offering 15% off our original packages from now until Oct. 28th 2009! All you’ve gotta do is call us or email us and book a free consultation so we can meet up and discuss what you need photography wise! Your wedding date doesn’t have to be before that date but you’ve gotta book us before that date for the 15% off (that means retainer fee and contract signed so we will hold your date for you).
For the Round One Winners……………..
Hey guys you will be voted on by our staff (which would be Tanja, my momma, my stepdad, my husband, Ellie (my puppy that really can’t read so I’m just including her as part of the family) and myself.
But you will also be voted on by how many comments you can get on your story. So if I were you I would get all your friends to go and vote once they are published!!! Send out the word via twitter, facebook, emails, phone calls, snail mail, myspace, skype, whatever you’ve gotta do to get people to comment on your story!
Please remember just because you had the “most” comments doesn’t necessarily mean you win automatically! The judgement call is still up to us and we’re looking for creativity! The votes will just weigh in percentage wise and help boost your score a little bit!
