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(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!
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MaDonna and Kelly chose to book their sessions together, as best friends they had already been to get their nails done together, and decided to make it a girls day out…
This was their “tough girls” image!
Motherhood is such a beautiful time in a woman’s life, bringing a new soul into the world, a growing family… We love to capture this moment at it’s peak, around 8 months or so. Stephanie came to the studio to start her shoot with her husband with some classic maternity images…
Anthony stepped in and lent a masculine contrast to the images…
…working with these two was easy, loving looks and embraces were the order of the day.
This one has a real ethereal feel to it…
…and some dramatic lighting here to accent Stephanie’s pregnant form…
A little belly dance attire for fun!
One of our favorites….
After the studio Stephanie wanted to head down to the river for some magical images…
Contact us regarding booking your session for maternity images now!
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!
Here are some more images from Janece’s bridal session a few weeks ago. She’s getting so excited, less than two weeks ’till the big day! Janece is such a pretty woman I can’t wait to see her on her wedding day, I’m sure she’ll be radiating beauty!
Wow, we had a busy weekend! A wedding on Saturday and Bridals in Altavista on Sunday.
First the wedding… I had been contacted by an associate of mine to photograph a wedding for a local school administrator. The bride and I spoke on the phone and discussed some general information, after agreeing that we could accomodate their needs I setup a meeting at their house (also the wedding location). Upon arrival I knocked on the door and was greeted by Kathy, after showing me to the dining room where we would meet Kathy turned to the stairs and beckoned, “Paul, Michael is here…”. I thought to myself “No, it couldn’t be, that would just be crazy” I had seen a truck in the driveway with a license plate that referred to volleyball, my old coach’s name is Paul, he’s a volleyball nut, nah… that would be a huge coincidence. “Coach Barrell!” I said as he came down the stairs! Sure enough, I was here to discuss the wedding of my Junior High PE/Health teacher who was also my Baseball Coach during that time. Not only that, but he was also coach and teacher to my two older siblings! What a small world! Well, Kathy put together a beautiful ceremony with readings, poems, song, a tribute, and personal vows. As I watched the ceremony unfold I could see that these two were perfect for each other! Well enough of my mindless blathering, here is their teaser image…
We’ll see more from this wedding in the coming weeks.
Well, back to the busy weekend, we then traveled (on Sunday) to Altavista for a bridal session with Lauren who will be getting married in September of this year. The ceremony will be held at Avoca museum in Altavista, this Virginia Historic Landmark is an excellent example of 19th Century American Queen Anne architecture. We can’t wait for the wedding day to arrive, this place is wonderful! Lauren’s beauty definitely steals the show from this location hands down. We toured around both inside and out utilizing every area we could in the time we had. This image is using natural light in one of the living rooms of the house, while beautiful by itself, just wait until you see the rest!
Janece and Greg will be married in mid-August at First Presbyterian Church at the base of Mill Mountain. We photographed their engagement session a few weeks ago and got to know them during that time. We had a chance to get to know Janece during her bridals and we worked together to get some great images of this beautiful woman in a gorgeous dress. So after the E-Session with her and Greg, and then her bridal session, we will all feel like old friends when the wedding day get here which makes for relaxed images, genuine smiles, and overall a great time with some oustanding images! Well I won’t delay anymore, here is a sample image from her session…
We will also post some more from their E-session as well as more from the bridals as the big day approaches. Well, that’s all for now, we have a wedding on Saturday (a very cool couple to be working with might I add, I’ll explain more after the ceremony) and bridals on Sunday for Lauren who’s wedding we’ll be doing in the fall of this year.
-Michael
