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3 Dogs!! Meet Zoe, Macy, and Wilby. I hope I spelled their names correct. :) We had a lot of fun shooting Shannon and Eric’s engagement pictures with their whole family! The weather was beautiful and the dogs had a blast running around and playing.

Zoe loved to play with the tennis ball and loved being in pictures, while it took some coaxing to get Macy to be in a picture. Wilby enjoying being out in a new space and wanted to explore that as much as possible.

I believe this was the first time we had 3 dogs in a shoot so it kept us on our feet and it was a fun change of pace for us. Shannon and Eric’s wedding sounds beautiful and we are really looking forward to that in just a few weeks!

Thanks Shannon & Eric for bringing your little ones to the shoot—we loved it, and thank you for asking us to be a part of your day. We hope you enjoy the pictures.

It was such a treat shooting Cabray and Daniel on such a beautiful day!! We met up with them last Saturday and were so grateful that the weather cooperated. Even though a bit windy, it was fabulous to have such wonderful sunlight and warmer weather.

Cabray and Daniel have a sweet love story and an incredible engagement story! Daniel went all out to make his proposal special and unique. They have so much love and respect for each other and that was evident in every look…it made documenting that love easy and so much fun!

We enjoyed some beautiful sunlight in a field with tall grass and shooting at a log cabin. Cabray and Daniel have a lot of fun together, and I know they’ll have both a loving and fun marriage…what more could two people ask for!!

We want to thank both of you for allowing us to be a part of this time of your lives. We’re really looking forward to your wedding this summer!!

What fun!! We are so excited to be a part of Fox 61’s I Do—Jimmy and Kimmi’s Dream Wedding. We got to meet the happy couple last week and shot their engagement photos in the Bluff View Art District.

The weather was perfect; Jimmy and Kimmi are so much fun to be around and it was just a great shoot. But it was very different than any other shoot we’ve done before. We wore microphones and had a television crew shooting us while we shot Jimmy and Kimmi. Not to mention having a makeup artist and hair stylist following us. Who doesn’t like someone at their beck and call to fix their makeup! Of course the makeup and hair was for the happy couple…not us.  :)

We enjoyed getting to know Jimmy and Kimmi and are excited to shoot their wedding in April. There was no lack of laughter during the shoot which always makes for the best images. You can view their full slideshow here.

A huge congrats to the fun couple, best of luck as everything else for your dream wedding comes together!!

We are so very excited to announce the winner of a free Bridal Photoshoot from the Formal Affair Bridal Show. Those who stopped by our booth and signed our guestbook were entered into a drawing and today we get to tell everyone who the lucky winner is.

The winner is………

Morgan Anderson!!

We have been talking with Morgan and we are looking forward to her photoshoot! I wanted to share more about her and her fiancé and their awesome story. When I read Morgan’s story it meant a lot to me since it involves their son. I know how having Ella changed our love and only made it stronger and I believe they have felt that too. Here’s another great love story that we get to share to the world.

What is your fiancé’s name?
Chris Hight

When/how did you meet?
In college (Shorter College in Rome, GA) through mutual friends

How long did you date?
We started dating on May 15, 2007 and have been inseparable ever since! 

Anything special you’d like to share about dating him?
 Chris is my best friend. I love how he can make me laugh no matter how bad my day 
was. He is the most amazing person I have ever met. When we met, we were nothing but a 
couple of college kids who were in love and lived only for the moment. On April 19, 
2009, I gave birth to our son. Our love for each other has done nothing but become 
more strong and real. I still get butterflies everytime he looks at me. He is an 
amazing father and I can’t wait til the day when I can call him my husband.

When/how did you get engaged?
We got engaged on April 8, 2009. I had been out of town with my mom visiting my 
sister. When I got home, he walked into the closet and asked me to come in there to 
ask me about an outfit we had received at one of our baby showers. When I walked in he 
was down on one knee and asked me to be his wife!

Were you surprised?
We had definitely talked about marriage and we had went to look at rings. Toward the 
end of my pregnancy we decided that we wanted to get married before our son was born, 
so I knew it was coming. We were just going to have a simple ceremony with just our 
family and closest friends. I just didn’t know when. Then, he told me that we just 
didn’t have the money and wasn’t able to buy me a ring. So he was pretty sneaky about 
it. We didn’t get to get married because I went into labor a week before our wedding!! 

What is your ring like?
Gorgeous! He knew I didn’t want anything original or traditional. It is a round 
stone with smaller diamonds going around it in a circle. The band of it also has 
diamonds. 

Any details of your wedding plans that you would like to share? 
 I just recently got my wedding dress! We have somewhat set a date. September 4, 2010 
(hopefully). It’s a special day to us because it’s my grandparents wedding 
anniversary. We hope and pray we can be together as long as they have been (54 years!)

We are looking forward to talking to Morgan more as we find a time and the perfect location for the shoot. We’ll be sure to post some of the photos from the shoot. I’m sure we’ll get some gorgeous pictures of Morgan in her dress!!