Kristy and Russ: "Day After Session"

On any given wedding day, it is rare that we have more than 20 minutes to shoot pictures of the bride and groom. In fact, a lot of the time we have far less than that even. It's actually very stressful to "work the magic" when we know we have mere minutes to shoot. And usually, the couple is anxious to get to the reception anyway. So what's the answer? Well, there's a couple options in my humble opinion. A - See each other before the ceremony for a "first look" with pictures to follow. B - Restrict the number of family pictures after the ceremony.....cut down the list to only what is absolutely essential. C - Have a "day after" session - whether it's literally the day after the wedding, a month after, a year after......or in the case of Kristy and Russ.....right after the reception ended.

After the reception was over, we still had plenty of daylight and the gorgeous grounds of Graylyn to take advantage of....so we did. Instead of frantically cramming in a few minutes of pictures after the ceremony, we took close to a full hour to walk around Graylyn shooting.

Introducing....No Holds Bridal

It's official! We're now offering these fun sessions for brides after their wedding day...we're calling them "No Holds Bridal" meaning there are no rules, no restraints, no limits to what we can create - the sky is the limit (similar to the popular trend "Trash the Dress"). I really do enjoy shooting bridal portraits, but find that we are often held back in the shoot for fear of getting the dress dirty. "No Holds Bridal" sessions are the perfect solution. So, if you're wanting to put that dress back on and get glamorized for a day, shoot me an email to schedule a session for the spring - cheyenne@cheyenneschultz.com

Tiffany was actually married in July 2007 and has been looking forward to our shoot for some time now. We definitely lucked out on weather before it got too cold! Hair and makeup done by the awesome Kymm from Who's the Fairest. If you are getting married and don't yet have someone to beautify you on your wedding day, you should book Kymm ASAP!

After Tiffany's session, we pulled her husband Scott in for a mini "Mr. and Mrs. session (day-after session). Don't they look totally hot?

I love how he's checking her out here. :)

9 Days In

We're only 9 days into November and I've already decided that this is crazy-busy-how-am-I-going-to-get-through-it-month. Even though we shot our last wedding of the year last weekend, November is packed full of engagement sessions and family portraits.

Here's a sneak peek of what we've been up to the past three days....

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

LOTS of blogging to come:
-Jon and Lauren's engagement session in Savannah, Georgia
-Laura and Joe's wedding
-Megan and Tate's engagement session
-Jessica and Steve's wedding
-Megan and Joel's engagement session
-Brooke and Matt's engagement session
-Tiffany and Scott's day-after session

See.....I told you.

Vegas Shoot: Ross and Lesya

Finally I get these up! The last night that I was in Vegas for WPPI, I was given a great opportunity- Scarlett Lillian invited my other roomie Lauren and I to her night shoot for Ross of Flosites and his new wife Lesya. This was my first night shoot, so I definitely learned a lot. Most of these were taken with my little 50mm 1.8. A great lens that won't break the bank!

Check out the shots that Scarlett and Lauren got.

P.S. Clearly I'm struggling with getting my watermarks/blog frames to post consistently - I'm working on it!