I think before the ceremony might be one of my favorite parts of the day. Because for the most part, I just get to sit back and capture the excitement, nervousness, last minute details, and all the emotion that goes along with it. I love portrait time with the bride and groom, but the pre-ceremony excitement is super fun for me as a photographer to really push my creativity and work out different angles, lighting, and all that geeky stuff haha. It’s also fun to see how different each bride and groom (and wedding party, family, etc…) handles the wedding day. Personally, I think someone must have slipped me something on my wedding day, because I was pretty much un-characteristically calm haha! It was super hard to pick favorites for this category, but here we go…

First we have Megan being helped into her dress by her bridesmaids. I love the feel of this picture! Although it may have been a coincidence, I loved the gold/yellow curtains in the getting ready room and how they complimented the color scheme of the whole wedding! Putting a little bit of extra thought into where you get ready and how it looks really can make a tremendous difference in the photos, and work especially well for the album!

Next we have Hannah. I just cannot get over how classically beautiful Hannah is here! Even though things were pretty hectic at this point, I love the calm and graceful look she has. Her flower was an awesome, contemporary touch that really set off her whole look for the day! Love it.

And last for today…Charla! I loooooooove the look of joy on her face here! I believe her hairdresser was pretending the tissue paper was the veil haha. This one photo pretty much summed up the morning for me for this wedding! Everyone was so excited and just so wonderful I love the colors too, the hair salon had several brightly colored rooms that I was just obsessed with! Super fun.

The girls got their hair done at Salon 583 West in Russellville! It was an awesome, renovated old house with lots of homemade items for sale. Wonderful place to spend the morning!

Love this one

Charla and Jarrod saw each other before the ceremony, and took a few minutes to themselves. It was so beautiful

You can see where Charla gets her beauty!

Jarrod watching his beautiful bride walk down the aisle

I love this one

Movie stars

Favorite!

And a slideshow!! Congratulations, Charla and Jarrod! Thanks you so much for letting me be a part of your day, and have a wonderful time in Daytona!

It’s been awhile, and I am thrilled to death to have finally gotten out to shoot again and have some new fabulous images to show you!

This evening, I got to do engagement pictures for Charla and Jarrod in Auburn, Ky. It was so fun, and the most gorgeous fall evening. Charla and Jarrod are getting married in November, and I’m super excited! These two are just so cute! (You may recognize Charla from pictures from her brother Seth’s wedding back in March!) Charla’s parent’s house and grandmother’s house made the perfect backdrop for our photoshoot this evening. I couldn’t have picked a prettier place!

But enough talking, on to the images!

Doesn’t this just make you want to cuddle up?! I love it!

I loooove this! Favorite!

Can you imagine how gorgeous she’ll be as a bride? Oh my gosh! So exciting!

The beautiful ring

I love their joy and love that was so evident all afternoon! So beautiful!

In front of an old tree at Charla’s grandmothers…..except it was the wrong tree than her family wanted us in front of! Oops! Haha. Turns out, I don’t know a maple from an oak tree

And the gorgeous sunset!

That’s all for today folks! School has been kicking my rear so far this semester, and I sincerely apologize for my lack of blog posts, and the length of time it’s been taking me to respond to emails I will be done with all my classes in January, and I can’t wait to be able to devote my full attention to every one of my clients! Thank you all so much for your patience!

This next week is going to be exciting! Chris+Emily’s engagement pictures this week, and Hannah+Landon’s wedding next weekend! So exciting! Charla and Jarrod, thanks so much for hanging out with me today, I can’t wait for your wedding!