justin & whitley

Justin and Whitley had absolutely the most beautiful wedding at McGuire-Millrace Farm in Andrews. Of course, they chose the most rainy weekend ever to get married, but the rain cleared after the ceremony so we could sneak outside and get some great shots of them around the property. They do say rain is good luck for a marriage right? If so, these two are going to be ridiculously happy :) They have be SO patient while I've been working on these pictures, and I wanted to give them one quick little sneak peek. I'm obsessed with this picture right now. I think you can really see how much they love each other. I hope you guys enjoy this quick, very small sneak peek. I can't wait for you to see the rest of them!

well hello baby fever...

I'm a little behind on blogging this, but back in late November I had the pleasure of getting to head over to Tera and Daniel's house to take photos of brand new little Pierson. He at first did not want to cooperate, but his grandma finally got him calmed down enough to get some good pictures. I'm finishing them up right now, but I wanted to post this quick one that I absolutely adore. My baby fever has officially kicked up a huge notch, thanks to this little guy - it really didn't need any nudging at this point though! I hope you guys enjoy this quick little sneak peek :)

Chaffin Family

Yeah, I disappeared for a while there....

School started about two weeks ago, and for the entire week before school starts, I go into teacher mode and the rest of my life pretty much has to shut down in order for me to get ready for the upcoming year. For some reason that is beyond me, we also decided to move that same week! Needless to say, I have literally had NO time until now to sit down and edit pictures. I'm finally hitting it really hard this week. And without further ado, here is some of what I've been working on...

I got to meet up with the Chaffin family back in August, and they were such a fun group! They all met up here in the mountains for a family vacation. I took their pictures on the last day of their trip and we had such a blast! I hope you guys enjoy these. Sorry for such a large share, but ya'll have been so patient in waiting for these that I wanted to put several on here. Enjoy!

Batman and Snow White

I got to visit my friends Jen and Brian's house the other day and take pictures of her adorable kiddos, Abram and Alden. They are such fun kids and I love hanging out with them. They are pretty used to me, so it didn't take long for their goofy sides to come shining through. We set up the background stand in Jen's living room and just let the kids play. I think they had a good time, but I'm not sure if they had as good of a time as Jen and I had watching them :) We got some great funny face pictures and they also dressed up in their halloween costumes. It's not every day that I get to meet such celebrities as Batman and Snow White. Enjoy guys!

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Hannah's Bridal Shoot

While I was visiting my mom in Charlotte, I got to meet up with Hannah to take her bridal pictures at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens. It was quite possibly one of the hottest days in recorded history. Despite the weather, we had such a blast! Hannah is such a fun gal, and she was hamming it up for the camera like she was an old pro. I mean honestly though, if I was as tiny as she is, I would be showing the camera some love too :)

My charger officially bit the dust this week. I am not kidding, I actually made sparks fly out of the thing on more than one occasion, which is just never what you want. So, thanks to my good friend Gianna, whose charger is the same kind my computer uses, I was able to get enough of a charge to open a few images of Hannah to add to my blog.

I hope you like this small sneak peek Hannah. Thanks for being so much fun!

I am so in love with this picture. I love the shape of her dress, I love the parasol, I love the way the sun is shining down on her, and of course I'm absolutely head over heels in love with this arbored walkway.

She jumped into one of the fountains without hesitation (we of course had to wait until the gardner that was following us around had left so we didn't get into trouble). I think her mom thought I was crazy when I asked her if she wanted to do it, but I love it and I'm glad it turned out the way it did.


These were taken in the orchid garden (aka: the hottest and most humid builing on the face of the planet). I love the way the flowers look in these. Is she not just the cutest little thing ever?!?

Carter Family

Last week, I got to meet up with the Carter Family for a photo shoot at Deep Creek. They were on vacation here from Florida. I think it was a little bittersweet for them because their oldest son is getting ready to leave for a two year mission and their second oldest son is leaving for college in the fall. Becky and Fletch have six (that's right, I said six) of of the coolest kids! You could really tell how much all the members of the family loved each other. I love this picture because you can really get a sense of who they are as a family. I had a blast with you guys, and I hope you enjoy your quick little sneak peek!

Elizabeth + Eddie

I couple of weeks ago, I was able to shoot Elizabeth and Eddie's wedding in Stecoah. They have a beautiful house out there and were able to have their adorable garden wedding, right there at home. It was such a wonderful wedding with all their closest family. I was so honored to be a part of their special day! Here are a few quick shots from the wedding. Enjoy guys!

My Cool Name Art

I finally finished our name art from when were on vacation! I know you've all been dying to see my finished product :) I'm doing them as 4x6's and then framing them each individually so I can put them up in our house however I want. It might change again, I'm not 100% convinced that these are the pics I want to stick with. I took a lot of different options for each letter, so we'll see what I end up with when I eventually get them printed. Maybe this will inspire you guys to get out there and do your own version!

Luna Family

I had the pleasure of meeting the Luna Family about a week ago. They are all the way from Alabama and were vacationing here with their adorable family. I loved getting to play around with them and take some really cute pictures. Here is the first quick look at Deacon and Penny. I loved the location they were staying at, and can't wait to use this cool old fire truck in some future pictures. I hope you enjoy your quick sneak peek Jill and Ryan!

Miley Mania!

While we were on vacation in Tybee Island, Miley Cyrus was filming a Nicholas Sparks' movie called "The Last Song." They had just gotten down there the week we were there. The day before we left, we were on the beach, doing our own beachy thing, and we noticed that they had set up a fake carnival on the beach, closed down the pier, and people were obviously getting ready to do something. Come to find out, they were going to start filming that day and they eventually made everyone clear out of this one section of the beach - which was also the section of the beach we were on. It also happened to be the busiest section of the beach in Tybee Island, so everyone getting moved was quite an experience to see. Thanks so my sister-in-law, Meggan, we were able to get a pretty good spot to watch them film. Of course, I had my camera out and was snapping away as fast as humanly possible. I don't have a telephoto lens, so the quality on these isn't fantastic since I had to zoom in and crop them on the computer.

So, watching this whole filming experience was pretty interesting. They had people working down there for quite a while. You could tell when the "important people" got out there because they had security following their every move, and that was when everyone was made to get off the beach. In fact, right when those very important people walked by, my friend's daughter Rose (who is very much two right now) had just woken up from her nap and was in the process of changing into her swimmy and bathing suit. Any of you who have ever changed a two year old know there is a point where there's going to be some nakedness happening. Well, they walk by, and she's butt-naked. To add to it, she had also decided that was the perfect time to pee. My friend just apologized and laughed because what else are you going to do with a toddler in that situation?!? It was classic...

You'll notice in these pictures that there are lots of people still on the beach where Miley is. Don't be fooled! These were all extras that were brought in. I felt bad for them too. There were quite a few people that had to ride on those carnival rides for about four hours. Others had to stand in the ocean, and the people that got it the worst were the ones that just had to walk back and forth carrying beach gear. What was really fun was trying to see how many people would try to casually walk past the security guards and the cops to try to get to the part of the beach where they were filming. They tried to act like they had no idea why there was a horde of people forming a very definite line on the beach, and then why there was all this equipment everywhere. One lady actually let her twin girls just run to see if they could get to where Miley was! It was insanity!

They had poor Miley out on the beach in scorching heat in a full black outfit with a sweater and boots! Apparently, she's a bit of a weirdo in the movie, because I've never known anyone to dress that way at the beach, especially not on a hot Georgia day. I felt bad for her for about five seconds, but then I remembered that she's making more money than I'll see in my lifetime, and I didn't feel so bad anymore...

Anyway, after that insanely long post, enjoy these pics :)



Here is the entire view of that last picture. This is all the movie equipment that had to be up in order to film her for about an hour simply walking back and forth. Seriously, all that effort was put into filming her walking. All this stuff was needed just for that. I couldn't imagine having to pay all these people...



And alas, it was all over as soon as it started. Miley was whisked off in her golf cart. When she left, the majority of the crew did too. All that was left were a few camera guys and Miley's body double. You'll notice that they are both in this picture, and I've pointed them out with red arrows. They were dressed exactly the same, and from a distance they looked a lot alike. The body double had to stay and do all the work that didn't involve Miley's face. They filmed just her feet and stuff like that. Poor girl, all the work and no recognition :(



I hope you enjoyed my little brush with fame. This is as close as I will ever get I'm sure! :)