Originally I just planned on posting a quick image up on Facebook of a quick edit I did on a recent engagement shoot and call it a day for my social media efforts. Just then I changed my mind and decided to give all my lovely clients an update.
I just finished up editing Kara and Nathan’s wedding images and they are currently loading into their online gallery (that will take about 6 hours to complete). YAY!!!!
Followed by:
Crystal and Greg
Ivory and Matt
Liz and Jacky
Audra and Jeff
Jordan and Jordan
Sean and Jessica
My goal is to work on one wedding a week and hopefully knock them all out a few weeks before Christmas.
Now if you are wondering where you fit in with your sessions please don’t be alarmed my goal is to have every family session finished up by the end of November to give you plenty of time for ordering gifts for family!
Now I’ll leave you with that lovely image I planned on posting to Facebook today! :)
Yay!!!! I just love The Wedding Post! If you haven’t checked them out be sure to hit up their website and browse around for a bit! Lots and lots of loveliness! Also be sure to like them on Facebook! I was so excited to wake up and read this email:
“ERIKA!!! You have completely out done yourself with these photos and I could not wait any longer to show the world. You are TODAY’s post so please help us spread the word! Also, I noticed that Jordan and Jordan were just married. . . would you be so kind to send over their wedding photos for a follow up post as soon as you have those edited? That’d be fabulous!”
Thank you SO much,
Anne-Claire
Seriously after you read her post it will make you want to call her up and enjoy a cup of coffee with her (well not me because honestly coffee isn’t my thing, but I do love those Blackberry sodas at Starbucks!).
We are just starting up our engagement season! I’ve got some new things in store for this year……although you’ll have to wait until next week to see them! I know…such a tease! :)
Just finished up an Awesome Snow Engagement Session with Allison and Andrew! Their wedding will be at the Beautiful Creekwood Gardens in Rogers AR!!!! I can’t wait to shoot there again!
Can I just start off by saying this girl is stinkin GORGEOUS!!!! Her eyes are totally beautiful!
I just loved the colors of this storyboard! We had a lot of fun in a short amount of time with these two!
We finished up the session with a beautiful sunset and some play time! I was excited when Allison and Andrew plopped down in the snow and started making snow angels!!! Ahhhh….reminds me of being a kid again!!!!
I met up with Amanda and Cade less than a week ago out on some property that Cade grew up on with his buddy. What a beautiful place up in Missouri! Amanda and Cade are so cute together too! If you are big into fishing at all you’ll know Cade’s name! Yea he’s that good! I hear he’s going to be on TV next year! That’s super awesome! When Amanda and I told him that he could go fishing during the engagement shoot we had to practically run to keep up with him! I imagine these two have had lots of fun and memories on many a camping trip! And that cutie Amanda she has her own camo outfit fully decked out for a girl…..PINK details! Awesome! Oh and the arrows on her bow are zebra and pink! Someone was thinkin! When Amanda mentioned the idea of wearing camo gear for some pictures I was totally excited! I just love that part of their session! They will be getting married at Cooper Chapel and their reception will follow at Simple Pleasures just down the road! I’m excited for them!
I posted a few of my favorites and a slideshow at the bottom with more!!!
I just love this image and the lighting is great!
Hi Amanda and Cade……CONGRATS!
I like this one a lot too…..look how happy Amanda is! :)
Ummm of course the super talented fisherman caught a fish during our session…..barely! ;)
This was previously Monday’s Favorites but we collaborated and thought it would be best to blog our new Out and About section soon after the weekend.
Today’s Favorites are going to focus on engagements. Have you ever heard of Lifestyle Portraiture? Think about how much more personal your engagement pictures would be if you were doing what you as a couple normally do and enjoy! Lifestyle Portraiture involves capturing you as you really are (of course in an artistic manner bc otherwise it would be considered a snapshot!)
I’m going to highlight a few examples of what I’m talking about with storyboards!
Would it not be so much fun to have a huge pillow fight with your honey? I can’t wait for someone to come along and adore my idea! Shoot we could even set up a bed outdoor during sunrise so we wouldn’t have to clean up all the feathers (of course we would have to find earth friendly feathers)! - is there such thing really?
Oh this would be the cutest session! I can’t wait for a couple to come along that is super outdoorsy! This would be the perfect session for them!!!!
I’ve done a few lifestyle sessions previously……..
Cute vintage style date in an ice cream parlor! This was such an adorable session!
Or how about a doggie date at Petsmart! This was a fun session as we ran in and out of the aisles hiding from employees bc we figured we would get kicked out if they knew what we were up to!
Let me know if you are interested in a Lifestyle Session. What you aren’t engaged……so what let’s do a Just Because Session with the two of you! Oh wait you’re single…..yea that’s not going to work…..just kidding! Let’s do a Just Because Lifestyle Session with just you! Are you an excellent baker and you want to document it? Let’s go!
Tanja and David, where in the world do I start? Well right here in my backyard in fact! Tanja has been out to my house many times and knew this was the area she wanted to have her engagements done. David is such a sport and does pretty much whatever Tanja musters around in her head! I love it! David adores her and I think it’s beautiful. I was actually there the day that he proposed to her hiding behind a rock ledge trying to capture some photos of the whole thing!
Tanja wanted a vintage style to her engagements and I just love these travel inspired ones we started out with! It was a BIG deal to keep track of David’s passport (as he’s visiting from England)!!!!
I have wanted to photograph someone on this bridge for a very long time! I’m so glad that Tanja was able to see the same thing I did as she drove over it for the first time to my house!!!
We then headed to another place that I’ve been dying to shoot at!!! Every weekend when we go to visit TW’s parents we pass this vineyard and I always put in a mental note: I’ve got to take someone out here!!!! Now I can put that note aside thanks to Tanja! She’s so stinkin beautiful……doesn’t she just look famous with that beautiful hair?!?!?!!?
This next set has a bit of a funny background story to it. We first tried to set up our picnic in the middle of the dirt road. But between getting the blanket down, the typewriter, the soda, and not to mention the couple a car would come then we’d do it all over again and another car would come!!! We got a bit frustrated but headed to a beautiful field instead. But the story doesn’t stop there, while we were taking these Tanja noticed some cows getting closer and closer…….well apparently we were in the middle of two fields of cows that were headed towards one another as if they were going to battle! Needless to say we got our stuff quickly and hopped over on the other side of the fence into the “safe” zone!!! :) Then afterwards they followed us to the gate and we tried to touch them. I didn’t realize they hadn’t ever seen a cow that close before! If I would have known that I would have stuck them out in our field and let our little cow come say hi!!!
Tanja and David I can’t wait to fly out to Europe next summer for your wedding day!!! You two are such a beautiful couple! It’s been such a blast being able to work alongside you two and see you grow!
And like I promised…………something BIG happened last night!!!!!!!
He set everything up prior and went all out with flower petals, tons of candles, and a cabin at Devil’s Den!!!
Then blindfolded her the entire way there!!! Perfect!
SHE SAID YES!!!!!!! SHE SAID YES!!!!!! (She also said “Oh my G, Oh my G, Oh my G about 20 times!!!) Well she said the full word but I’m editing it for my blog post! :) Congratulations you two!!!!
TANJA IS ENGAGED!!!! TO AN ENGLISH BOY!!!! (if you didn’t know Tanja is our associate photographer!!!!)
I’m super excited for them!!!! I hid with a friend who was video taping and I was shooting. It was super super super dark and not the best conditions but I’m sure she’ll be excited to have something!
We are excited be part of Ashley Avra and Jim Clark’s big day coming up on July 17th, 2010! We got their contract in the mail yesterday! I can’t wait to meet them in person, hopefully in the next month!!!
