kelly and jeff part one

this wedding was an absolute blast. two beautiful people in love make for some beautiful pictures. i feel honored to have been a part of it.

i have sooo many pictures i want to post so i'm breaking it up into two parts. part one is some shots before the wedding including some "first look" shots which are some of my favorite to take. 

the second part will be the reception, some details, and since they actually got married the next day, i'll post some of those too. so be sure to come on back for more.

and now, without further au dieu:

kelly and jeff......

the first time jeff saw kelly.......

look how he's holding her arm. i love that! like he has her and there's no way he'll let her go...

i love shots like this when they don't think i'm paying attention, and i can catch them in a sweet candid moment. 

it was so cold jeff was blowing in her hands to get them warm. so sweet.

enjoying a little pick me up before the reception starts

isn't this the coolest dress? i loved it and i'm pretty sure dad did too...here's is dad's first look

you can see where kelly gets her good looks. look at her mom! talk about good genes.

that's it for now. i hope you've enjoyed part one.

the sequel to come....

{on a side note......did anyone else notice my font kept changing? i don't know how that happened and it won't let me fix it. oi!}

you'll definitely want to.....

check back in the morning.

trust me.

a little reason

Recently, I've had some people ask me about editing and why I spend so much time doing it. So tonight, I thought that it might be fun to show you a little behind the scenes of my photography. Maybe this will help explain a why custom photography is an investment that is totally worth it. It should also help to explain why it takes so long to get pictures back. 

And it may also explain why you can find me awake at all hours of the night bleary eyed with crumbs on my face and looking just a little bit like Gary Busey. (not my picture by the way)

Killer pictures take time to process. 

Maybe if I was a genius like Annie Leibovitz or was employed by National Geographic I would be able to get pictures straight from the camera like this. But the reality is that if you are taking pictures digitally, you have to process them. They don't just pop out of the camera all bright and tasty. At least not for most photographers I know. 

So the long and short of it is, that beautiful pictures take time, and lovin'. And that's what I give them. My husband will tell you that I'm a bit of a perfectionist (or masochist-tomato,tomahto) and get too obsessed with each picture. Maybe that's true. Either way, it means that every picture I take gets the love it deserves in order to make it a stunner. 

And although I normally feel that showing you unretouched photos is akin to standing in front of you in my swimsuit, tonight I'm feeling brave. 

So here you go. 

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-p.s. this foxy mamma went in to labor the next night!

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So now you've seen me, swimsuit and all.....