Carol Smith-Guilliams Bridal Shoot

I've been DYING to post these forever, but since the wedding was tonight, I finally can!

My first bridal shoot was at the Capitol.

Me and "The Capitol" are no longer friends. The lighting is horrible, but I did learn lots of great lessons.

To poor Carol's expense :-(

But she still loves me and says I'm just too hard on myself.

Everyone...here is my beautiful and quirky bride!


I LOVE what they are doing with their shoes. They are both wearing these electric kicks with their wedding date embroidered on them.


This was the necklace Colton got her for Christmas one year.




Her eyes are mesmerizing!


He did good on that ring.














I ADORE this picture for some reason.


Now THIS...this is Carol. The Carol we all know and love and are super excited to see walk down the aisle to the man she has loved for as long as I can remember...

My Best Friend's Wedding

Yes, it has taken me a month with these pics, but since I have such an emotional connection to all of this, I wound up keeping and editing more pictures than I ever have for one session.

195 Keepers to be exact.

Out of 987.

AND they had to be just right. For our "Mrs. Kiss"!


She loves to see her whole new name

Look at her! She was so happy!

MMMM!!!!!





Those of us who know her...this pic makes us happy

Her son gave her away. This was the first time he saw her before the wedding in her bridal room. It was the most precious thing ever!

Chris chose to have all of the audience choose a flower when they walked in. Then, as she walked down the aisle she gathered her bouquet. And had an opportunity to love on and everyone who was there. (Note: She already had a "first look" with Mark so she could do this)







After the wedding they chose to stay up front and allow everyone to come and visit and love on them right there. It was beautiful!





I'm a hair partial to these 2

Her gathered bouquet

Best friends just enjoying this day


I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to be a part of watching God bring this about...
Brokenness to restoration...
Beauty from ashes....
For the Elsingers!

Sweet Siblings

These sweet siblings are separated by a strange turn of events. A woman in our church adopted the boy out of the foster care system when he was born. The sister came along and is still with the birth mother. Thankfully, they are allowed to all stay in contact so these two sweet siblings can see each other every now and then.

Since Kim had them both this weekend, she asked if I would take their pics and I was honored.


They just laugh and laugh when they are together!


Isn't she beautiful?


He can sure polish up nice






I LOVE this pic! They just had so much fun being together since they don't get to very often.

Gordon Engagement

Remember my sweet friend from work that I took her pics back in the fall here?

Well...I got the pleasure of meeting her sweet man, Lee this past weekend and shooting their "engagement" pics.











But here...THIS is perhaps my fav pic of the entire sweltering day. Their faces crack my stuff up!

Reed Family Celebration

I was asked by a good friend of mine to come and take photos of a family get-together they were having in honor of Mother's Day. In addition, some of the families were going to want family photos.

Plus, they were bringing in some food.

SOLD!

Now, I've done some shoots at this farm in Cabot before and I. Loved. It! I was so excited to be there again. And the folks that live there asked me to even take pics of everything inside and out on the property for insurance purposes.

ABSOLUTELY!

Here are just a few from the night.


These 2 best friends had to have their pic made together. But I LOVE how drastically different their eyes are!


Oh. My. Word. Eyes! I already fell immediately in love with this young man b'c he kept calling me ma'am and would not let me carry anything! Camera bag? "Let me get that ma'am." My plight-of-a-short-photographer ladder? "You don't need to carry that ma'am."

His wife will thank his parents one day.


A Daddy and his buddy!


These were some of the most fun. In one of these pics when I zoomed it they were really having the MOST fun together. It was a moment captured.


I loved all of the generations there.


Irreplaceable!