SO excited to share something a tad different for me. I’ve been second shooting weddings for Craig and taking a few nice pictures while attending weddings of close friends and family, but I’ve recently started getting inquiries to do weddings as the lead photographer! I must say that I respect that area of photography sooooo much. It is TOUGH TOUGH work, but I was fortunate to work with a bride that believed in me 100%. Porscha was the opposite of a Bride-zilla!!! Since the first time we met over coffee she was as sweet as can be. We talked about her wedding details and everything in between for about TWO hours! It’s no wonder that she had about 17 honorary bridesmaids. When a person is as kind and genuine as Porscha you have to expect her to have a lot of friends. Not only is Porscha awesome, but so is her new husband, Marlon. He was easy going, and I absolutely loooooved watching their connection on their special day…so much so that I cried that day… A LOT. There was SOOO much love and emotion, and I just hope I captured that. I pray that you two live happily ever after…I believe in that kind of stuff. 😉

It has been sooo hard sitting on these bridal pictures! Porscha looked SO beautiful!!!

…and now for the wedding day! She isn’t really into make-up…and lucky for her she was gorgeous and glowing before she even put her make-up on.“Today starts forever.”

“Yep. & I can’t wait!”

I LOOVE LOVE LOVE this shot. It looks like Porscha was happy and possessed all of the confidence in the world…as every bride should on this special day.

One of the first and only things that Porscha felt was imperative for me to capture on this day was something symbolizing how much she loved her late aunt. She wanted her presence to be a part of the ceremony in some type of way. There was a candle lit in her memory before the ceremony began. I’m sure her aunt was looking down on this day and crying happy tears with the rest of us.

Marlon waiting anxiously to see his leading lady for their “first look”…

Marlon’s boys!

& now for the reception…

Porscha’s brother gave the most heartfelt toast.

& Marlon’s friend and co-worker gave the funniest toast.

One of my favorite moments of the day/evening was Porscha and her brother’s surprise first dance. They danced to all of the classics. It was definitely something to see!

Their relationship is simply AMAZING.

& a special thanks to Shawnell Pollock for suggesting me to Porscha and my second shooter, Jacque…aka my mom. This wouldn’t have happened without you two.

Thanks for looking!!!

 

SO excited to share something a tad different for me. I’ve been second shooting weddings for Craig and taking a few nice pictures while attending weddings of close friends and family, but I’ve recently started getting inquiries to do weddings as the lead photographer! I must say that I respect that area of photography sooooo […]

Porscha & Marlon…MARRIED!

Weddings

Well, this certainly isn’t my first time working with Tiffany. She’s the Orange Moon event planner that I’ve been working with since what was almost the beginning for me.  I worked with her twice over the Christmas Break while she was home from over-seas. Randomly she asked to work together on something very different for us…a couple’s shoot! So we set one up and a few days later I see a picture on FB of her hand with the caption “I said Yes!”. Her boyfriend fiance was thinking ahead when he had her set a shoot up for the two of them. It still didn’t hit me until the day of the shoot that this was in fact an ENGAGEMENT SHOOT! SO funny that before the proposal, Tiffany and I were just talking about how amazing the details are going to have to be for her wedding, baby shower, etc…being that she’s an event planner!

Working with Tiffany and Kevin was a good time! Kevin brought the comedy throughout the entire shoot. When he didn’t have Tiffany (and goofy me) cracking up he was loading her up with compliments on how beautiful she looked and all kind of other sweet sweet things that you’d hope to hear from someone you’re planning to marry. I’m definitely looking forward to your upcoming December wedding!  🙂

I don’t want Kevin to lose too many cool points so let me just say that this bear holds value for them. He was given to Kevin when he bought the ring so he’s in their family now…along with the ring! SO Sweet, right?

Well, this certainly isn’t my first time working with Tiffany. She’s the Orange Moon event planner that I’ve been working with since what was almost the beginning for me.  I worked with her twice over the Christmas Break while she was home from over-seas. Randomly she asked to work together on something very different for […]

Tiffany & Kevin Engaged!

Events

Ok. There’s no Oscar Award here…YET. My dear friend Alicia is in what I would imagine to be the best position to get into acting. She’s young, it’s just her, she’s beautiful, and she lives in New York! When she told me she’d started making the necessary steps to begin this journey I was SOOOO SO SO SO excited for her! I could totally see her in movies…especially if she can land a role that requires a lot of happiness and smiling. When she asked me to do her head-shots, I could not get “YES!” out fast enough! Any way that I can show my friends the support or help in the same way that they have and continue to show me…I’m all in. What I love most about Alicia asking me to do this shoot for her is that she knew this wasn’t my comfort zone as far as photography and yet and still she still values my time and business so much that she did not expect this to be a free shoot. Ah, I love my friends…such blessings!

Anyway, check out these head shots and send up a prayer for my friend and her blossoming journey!

This isn’t for her portfolio, but this is soooo Alicia! Hehe!

Thanks for looking!

Ok. There’s no Oscar Award here…YET. My dear friend Alicia is in what I would imagine to be the best position to get into acting. She’s young, it’s just her, she’s beautiful, and she lives in New York! When she told me she’d started making the necessary steps to begin this journey I was SOOOO […]

& the Oscar Award goes to………

Portraits

These kids are no strangers to my blog. They make as many appearances as my God kids…It’s Toot & Taylor! Taylor was my very first newborn shoot and now she’s THREE months! She wasn’t as easy going and sleepy as she was 3 months ago…oh no…she was a little baby diva. She required resting periods, milk on demand, and to be held here and there. LOL! Toot couldn’t decide if he loved pictures or hated them, but regardless we got AWESOOOOME shots! He also decided that he might want to be a photographer and took this opportunity to help me get the shots. He was directing me on how to pose them, what they should be doing, the faces they should be making, etc. It was interesting to say the least…LOL!

Thanks to Nichelle for continuously supporting my growing business and being on top of capturing all these special moments for her beautiful babies!

Thanks for looking! 

These kids are no strangers to my blog. They make as many appearances as my God kids…It’s Toot & Taylor! Taylor was my very first newborn shoot and now she’s THREE months! She wasn’t as easy going and sleepy as she was 3 months ago…oh no…she was a little baby diva. She required resting periods, […]

Toot & Taylor’s Christmas Shoot

Family

Cake smashes seem to be THE latest and hottest thing for child photography these days. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s new or not, but I like itttt. I’d love to look back at pictures of myself indulging in my first cake to celebrate my first birthday, but unfortunately I don’t  think photographers were quite as cool a few decades ago. Again, I’m thankful for my God kid’s mom, Brit,  for allowing me to test this out with her our baby. I’m sure I’ll have several other ideas and I guess it’s a win for her as well because she gets awesome and memorable documentation of her favorite little people. Ah, it seems like just yesterday we were watching him get his first bath and telling MJ it was finally…BIG SISTER DAAAAY!!!

Never mind how rough she’s looking…it was a loooong night for us all & this was her FIRST time ever holding our Romester! *melts*  I will never ever ever forget this day.

So I can honestly say I haven’t been this ecstatic about a photo shoot since…since…forever! Don’t get me wrong…I get little butterflies in my stomach RIGHT before every single shoot, but I just knew THIS one would be loads of fun. I knew that my little Romester would be a handful to shoot, but I also knew that I’d get great images because he’s got more personality than any kid I’ve ever been around…well, since my little brother. My baby is now ONE today! Although, the end result was quite messy I’m thrilled with these pictures. I enjoyed searching Etsy for the perfect colors for him with Brit and running around Augusta looking for a cake stand and balloons with MJ and Stace (my best friend). We made a great team!

I’m looking forward to more cake smashes and if you’ve got a kid that’ll be celebrating a birthday, what are you waiting for to schedule their cake smash session?! 🙂 Here are the pictures if you need a little more convincing…

Staying true to his age group, he gave me tears and a tantrum to end it! 

MJ was such a big help with this. She even volunteered to hop in the tub to clean the cake off Roman…so of course I let her make a guest appearance in the photos 😉 

Out of them all, these two are my favorites from their session. They’re the most loving kids and they’re SO close and it shows. & YES, Brit came up stairs and said “Where’s Meme?!” & MJ says “She’s in the tub with us!” I just hopped in FULLY dressed to get the shot on the right when I saw Roman hugging her…It was the most “in the moment” thing I’ve ever done…LOL! 

 Thanks for looking at my beautiful little loves. <3 MJ’s Princess Themed bday shoot will be up NEXT!

Cake smashes seem to be THE latest and hottest thing for child photography these days. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s new or not, but I like itttt. I’d love to look back at pictures of myself indulging in my first cake to celebrate my first birthday, but unfortunately I don’t  think photographers were quite […]

Roman’s Cake Smash

Siblings