Anna's Bridal Portraits - Winghaven Gardens

Somehow I keep lucking out with brides who know how to rock my camera for their bridal portraits. Anna was no exception.

She and Tim were married last night here in Charlotte, so I can post her portraits.....since I took them I've been dying to show everyone! We shot these at the Winghaven Gardens - extra props to Anna for sticking it out through all of the mosquito attacks! :(

Ginger and Dean: Engaged!

Ginger and Dean are getting married in just a few short weeks on the coast of NC! We can't wait!

As mentioned in their sneak peek, Dean was such a champ during our shoot - he had recently had knee surgery and was on crutches! I know it must have been incredibly tiring as we drug him around uptown Charlotte for over an hour, but he still managed to keep a smile on his face.

When we planned for their engagement session, Ginger had told me that they weren't "photogenic people" and would laugh when she thought about having their picture taken. After this shoot, I beg to differ. :)

love it.

My view.

Geoff's view.

Guess who's home?!

After having eaten ibuprofen and spending two nights in the dog hospital, our girl is home! The vet told me that Ellen was a great patient - just very crazy.....which is no shocker to me. :) When they brought her into the room to me, she could have cared less that I was there....she was more interested in sniffing every inch of the tiled floor.

Thank you so much for all of the well wishes and prayers for Ellen - Geoff and I greatly appreciate it!

Same old Ellen - biting......

......and licking......

.....except she has a naked front leg where they had to shave to give her the IV.

Now it's back to enduring the never ending barking. Oh well, I'm just glad she's home. :)

Anna and Steve: Married!

When I first got into photography I would hear just how great second shooting was ALL THE TIME. Everyone would talk about how fun it is because you get to be get some different shots and stretch yourself creatively...blah, blah...yeah, yeah. Well, it's so true! Not only do you have the freedom to be as creative as you want, but the pressure associated with "getting the shot" isn't there. So yeah, basically it's great.

Speaking of second shooting, I had the opportunity to shoot for Charlotte photographer David Johnson at the beginning of August. He was in need of some help to shoot the girls getting ready, as well as the ceremony of Anna and Steve in Rock Hill. Lucky me - I was available. :)

Anna got ready with PLENTY of time to spare before the ceremony started, so I had a lot of time to capture some fun details shots, as well as some awesome bridal portraits.

The ring - DANG!

The attire - LOVE IT.

The bouquet - Oh. My. Goodness.....THE BOUQUET. I'm OBSESSED with this bouquet. Seriously - isn't it gorgeous?!! It was ENORMOUS.

Just because I love it so much, here's another shot.....

....and another.

I found this next shot to be interesting - it was shot in a mirror.

Are you serious? Beautiful!

It was REALLY warm outside, so we opted to stay in for Anna's shots with her bridesmaids. Unfortunately, we were limited for space inside the church - especially because of Anna's large number of girls! FORTUNATELY for me, they looked HOT when I packed them all in to the space that we had to work with.

Super tall window in the bridal suite + some time to kill = flipping SWEET shots!

A little bit of texture - just for fun.

Georgia fan anyone?

Steve - waiting for his bride.

They are way cute.

Congrats you two!

Thanks so much for the opportunity, David!!! :)