The Latham Family at Rolater Park

Once again, I got to work with the beautiful and wonderful Latham family! I feel so blessed to have so many young families that I am able to watch grow through my lens. I adore these little guys. They remind me a LOT of my kids at that age. There is never a dull moment!

Annie & Charlie's St. Paddy's Day Wedding

I shot my 30th wedding this past weekend on Saint Patricks Day. I remember watching my 10th, and then my 20th roll by and thinking how special they were to me. This one, however, was not only special to me but to a lot of people that I have come to know and love very much. I met Annie about 10 years ago. We had come to be good friends with family friends of the Uselton's and back then Annie was just a teenager with a unique and awesome sense of style that I often envied. Over the years, not only has her style evolved and become even more amazing but she has become an amazing and stunningly beautiful woman with one of the biggest hearts that I have ever had the pleasure of being welcomed into.

Being asked to shoot this wedding was a great honor. Not only was I excited about being there to witness this beautiful union along with so many people that I love and care about, Annie included, but I knew it would be a spectacular and carefully planned event that my camera and I simply couldn't miss!













The bridesmaids were absolutely gorgeous in their dresses made of vintage lingerie. I want one for myself now :-)


Henna tattoos and cameo's...who would have ever thought this could be such a winning combination?


She was wearing her green for St. Paddy's day!


Along with all of her other amazing idea's, Annie came up with this gem for her and Charlie's "first look". Balloons were also incorporated into Annie and Charlie's engagement pictures which were shot by Nashville area photographer Nikki Hollis. For some reason I find it adorable that Annie obviously loves balloons because it goes so perfectly with her bubbly and fun personality!




Lavender was also a big part of the day. I'm not going to complain about being surrounded by one of my favorite aroma's of all time for an entire day




Not only was it his daughter's wedding day, but it was also dad Randy's birthday. He also officiated the wedding after walking his little girl down the aisle :-)






Hearing Annie's beautiful mom, Sheila, sing is always a welcomed treat. But hearing her and groomsman, Mike, perform "Marry You" was simply wonderful.


























Needless to say, this wedding was well worth the drive! I remember on my way up to Tennessee, while jamming out to Cher and singing at the top of my lungs "This is awesome, I wish I could get away for work more often" but by Sunday I was really missing my family. I actually a teared up a few times during the day thinking about them. Usually when I am away from the boss, I have at least one kid with me, and when I am without all kids I have the boss with me. It was weird! I guess I need to train Cate to shoot so she can come be my assistant the next time I have an out of state wedding! I can pay her in candy...

Now onto next weekend's 2nd Annual Starving Artist Expo! I just got all of my mats and bags in today so I am officially ready :-) Bring it!

Here's a link to the official video, in case you missed it. Hope to see you there! It's going to be awesome!

http://vimeo.com/59661428

Amber & Jensen

I was prepared to post these photo's last night but i couldn't find the right words. This afternoon, I still don't have them. What can you really say about a little boy that hasn't already been said, anyway? I know. I should know, anyway, because I have two of them myself. Though my boys are a little older now and easier to handle, I remember very vividly the days of having a 2 year old boy(all 2 years of having a 2 year old boy). For some people, usually the parents, trying to persuade your two year old boy to sit still for anything, let alone pictures, is a huge task. In all honesty, I felt a little nostalgic yesterday running after Jensen. I kind of miss it. Kind of...mind you. Ok, I am glad we are over that stage. Maybe I don't miss it at all but it's good for me to get to interact with 2 year olds that aren't mine on a regular basis because it really does bring it home how QUICKLY they grow out of this phase, and every other stage. When it's your kid, you feel like it's going on forever. I always rolled my eyes when people said that it flies by, or that they grow up SO fast. I remember telling some stranger in the store once "Uhh, he's got a little brother 12 months younger than him, so I promise, nothing is flying by with me other than my patience!" She didn't laugh. Oh well...I thought it was funny. In short, working with kids like Jensen makes me wish that I had cherished that stage in my boys lives and had more fun with them rather than wishing them to go by faster. Hopefully one day I will have another baby and have a second chance. Until then, I will be content to have cute clients like Jensen to play with on occasion!

Kids are amazing at any age, but two years old are so full of curiosity, and excitement, and wonder, and energy. Lots and lots of energy. But Jensen was a happy boy and I adored every second chasing after him :-)

I was so incredibly excited when Amber contacted me to do this session. I have always thought that Jensen was such a beautiful little fella and had secretly hoped that one day I would get a chance to work with him and his beautiful Mama. And it was everything I ever thought it could be!

















This isn't my best work, but I just loved this picture :-) So fun! I love fun parents!


I love this picture too. Oh how many times I have tried my best to let my kids explore around water while I kept a firm grip on the tail of their shirts or their belt loop, just in case!




I am so jealous of Amber's beautiful freckles!