I know a lot of you lovebirds will be getting engaged tomorrow and to help you celebrate I’m offering a slew of upgrades and good stuff through the end of February! Contact me via email at info@michaelsinkphotography.com or text/call 540-871-4035 (leave a message if I’m tied up!) Setup a face to face meeting over coffee and I’ll give you all the juicy details on the deals!
(BTW the photo is for Turnback Tuesdays! Aaron and Kelly had a beautiful wedding way back in 2010!)
We were honored to be asked to photograph Caroline and Joe’s wedding at Wisteria Ridge! We had a gorgeous fall day with a constant breeze up in the mountains of Callaway, VA.
Shanna Bush was there guiding the way, ensuring everything went smoothly!
Just a little teaser before the big reveal!
Kate had worked with us a few years ago through Metropolished a local modeling agency. We loved working with Kate! She is so confident and beautiful, we wanted to work with her again. Like so many of our clients we formed a friendship with Kate and kept in touch through the years. After getting married on the other end of the state Kate asked us if we would do Fashion Bridals for her…
Fashion Bridals are otherwise known as “Trash the Dress” sessions! We immediately jumped at this and we all brainstormed some neat ideas and locations. Now, you may be wondering how fashion bridals are any different from regular bridals, I mean, we don’t really trash the dress do we?
No! We just take a different direction than your typical bridal session, a little more edgy, the dress my get dirty (not trashed!), but you get to wear what is probably the most expensive, detailed, elegant dress you’ll ever own more than once! And you’ll get some stunning images to show off forever!
We started off with some natural-light images to warm up a bit, Kate took the role of Super-model and ran with it!
Kate had such a beautiful gown! We sat her here on the old stairs and wrapped her up mermaid style so you could see the beading/embroidery on the back…
What a gorgeous smile!
See, I told you the back was beautiful!
The sun cooperated to give us an awesome sunset, and some great clouds!
Grunge and glamour combine for Fashion Bridals…
Had to get the shoes, I just had to…
Clouds, thank you so much for your appearance!
Kate, thank you for “bringing it!” You are a Super-Duper Model!
see, I told you she was gorgeous! Then we opted for a little more drama and got this…
…I pushed it a step further in the digital darkroom later and… still beautiful and super-edgy!
Elegant, beautiful, with eyes that draw you right in…
A little more traditional now with the bouquet and a smile…
The reception was being held at the barn so we made sure to utilize it in a couple…
Even with the mid-summer sun beating down Kelly helped us nail this awesome image toward the end of the session…
So fun, such a good sport to play with us in the heat, this might be one of my favorites from the session! That dress came from here
We couldn’t pass up these french doors… Thanks Kelly for being so super-modelly!
From Saint John’s Lutheran to the Woodland Place we made a magical journey with Whitney and Daniel…
from their wedding in September at the Kyle House
I received a phone call back in December from The Knot wedding magazine and was reluctant at first to call back. We get calls from magazines, websites, and other publications looking for us to buy advertise with them. For those of you who have met with us we have probably told you that we don’t advertise (except for rare exceptions involving a favor or acquaintance), that all of our publicity comes from word of mouth (my absolute favorite!) and Google.
So I reluctantly called back and spoke with Kimberly at The Knot, she told me that we had been picked by Knotties (brides on The Knot website) as a favorite photographer for Virginia! Then she got on into the advertising spiel! I then asked her how these “favorites” had been chosen and she informed me that all brides with weddings in 2009 were asked who their favorite vendors were for their weddings. I kept an eye on the newsstand for the DC/Maryland/Virginia issue of The Knot Best of Weddings issue and picked up a copy to check out. Their were only 47 photographers in that area picked (most from DC and Maryland), so I am flattered and proud, and a flood of other emotions!
This is a description and FAQ about the best of weddings http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/planning-a-wedding/articles/best-of-weddings-2008.aspx?MsdVisit=1 , they have a list up on the web as well here.
Here are a few snapshots of the magazine…
Page 18 baby!
Carley’s note regarding the idea behind it…
Ta Da!!
Thanks you sooo much to all of our brides that are on The Knot!
Some other local vendors that made the list…
Gail Wilson
Schaal’s – great food, and a professional staff, Jim has been great to work with!
Kidd Carter
RSP Entertainment – Roy and his crew have worked several events and have kept the part alive!
The Woodland Place – Awesome venue, great outdoor wedding space and plenty of photo ops!
Thanks again to all of our brides!
Yep, that’s right, I’ve been holding out on you…
Between meetings and shoots I’ve left you hangin’… Well let me see if I can fix that…
Early at the arboretum Shannon turned on that beautiful smile…
then we headed on to a beautiful wooded setting…
…where Shannon turned into a fashion model and rocked the runway (…err, woods, I mean)
She worked every angle with her dress!
and straight out of Italian Vogue…
Wow! I still need to post their wedding images for you blog readers, and we are looking forward to a Fahion Bridal session with her and Jeremy that should be uber-cool!
I’ve been busy working on a couple of Senior portrait sessions, an engagement session, a wedding, a family session, whew!! My blogging schedule is not working, but my clients are happy!
Some of my older posts are not fitted to the new blog layout, so I’ll work on that soon (the Mabry Mill shoot with Shannon and Jeremy)…
Here are some teaser images from Garrett and Ben’s wedding…
Garrett was a gorgeous bride!
A beautiful dress (Mom and Paige assist with the ribbon!)
Ben and the fellas hangin’ out on the street
Whoa!! Is this from an issue of Vanity Fair? Where’d these beautiful ladies come from? Check out their runway skills!
