Normally when I work with clients, I book them several months, sometimes even years before their wedding date. I spend months watching them plan their wedding, recommending vendors, learning about their wedding details, talking to their coordinators, doing photoshoots with them, Facebook stalking them (yes, I admit it!), and generally learning more about them and their wedding. By the time I booked Jensy and Charles, we had only three weeks to go until their big day! Because Jensy lives out of town, she and Charles were forced to put their wedding together during the few times she could get away from work and get to Dallas. It was a bit of a whirlwind, but in the end their wedding was gorgeous and came together perfectly! I can’t wait to show off their awesome wedding images, but for now, here are some of my favorites from their engagement session at Arlington Hall in the Turtle Creek area of Dallas.
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Considering my beloved alma mater Texas A&M had an epic victory in college football this past weekend, what better way to start the week than with an Aggie-influenced bridal session (from a client who also had a very Aggie engagement session as well!). Marcy is definitely one of my favorite women to photograph. She has this amazing bone structure that I think reflects light so well, and she just has this elegant, regal quality about her. I think that same grace was reflect in her demure dress (I just adore off the shoulder gowns!), understated jewelry choice, and her beautiful updo. Everything about Marcy just radiates classiness and beauty, and I know that her husband Kyle is completely aware what a gem he has! Here are some of my favorites from her session at the Cotton Mill in McKinney.
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Alexis and Charlie’s wedding was one of those good old fashioned Southern weddings that just makes you feel right at home. Friendly people, a beautiful church, a couple that’s madly in love, good food (BBQ, if I remember correctly), cold beers, a Texas country band, dancing late into the night, and a classic, relaxed elegance that you see so often in Southern brides. Oh, and a little Aggie War Hymn, naturally. There’s nothing pretentious or stuck-up about Alexis and Charlie – they are two of the warmest, friendliest people you’ll ever meet and their wedding reflected that sense of open arms and joyfulness. I had such a blast photographing their wedding in downtown Fort Worth! Here are some of my favorite wedding photographs from their day:
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There’s just something about Kelly. Her engagements, bridals, and her wedding have all been some of my favorite shoots of all time. It is her unique sense of style and her Martha-Stewart-esque craftiness? Is it her uncanny ability to pick the best locations, the best props, the best outfits, and of course the best husband? Or is it just the fact that she’s incredibly beautiful and makes my job way easy? The world may never know. I’ll be sharing heaps of photos of Kelly over the next few months, but today we’ll get started with her bridal session at the NYLO Hotel in Plano – hands down my favorite hotel in the Dallas area. They have the best decor, the best food, the best service, the best rooms (and cheap, too!), and they’re really friendly and accommodating to photographers, which is a refreshing change of pace. It’s the place I’m holding my workshop, and it’s the only place I recommend to people staying in the North Dallas area. I can’t really recommend them enough!
Back to Kelly – she decided on the NYLO based solely on my recommendation, and I think my description of its “funky urban loft vibe” worried her Texas-country-girl sensibilities. It turned out to be a perfect match, because the bright orange and brown decor matched her wedding colors (orange and brown) perfectly! Here are some of my favorite shots from her session:
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Normally I live in a bubble of good-old-boy Southern weddings, my weekends filled with churches and ballrooms, sweet brides in big poofy white dresses surrounded by fluffy flowers like peonies, garden roses, and hydrangeas. The fact that I pretty much just described my own wedding should be proof that those types of weddings are anything but boring to me, and I love the classic elegance of a traditional Southern wedding. However, every now and then I get the chance to do something completely out of my comfort zone, and I relish those opportunities. Ali & Rob’s wedding was one such occasion. This wedding was Miami through and through – from the delicious Cuban rehearsal dinner (I am now completely obsessed with Cuban food, thanks entirely to Ali and Rob) to the beach ceremony to Ali’s short sassy wedding dress to the bright oranges and greens of their wedding decor. Their family and friends were so welcoming to us, and thew showed us the same Southern hospitality we know and love, Miami style. Here are some of my favorites from their day:
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I love photographing doctors. I love photographing brides from Lousiana. I love photographing women with a timeless, classic sense of style. I love photographing Aggies and brides of Aggies. So, as Jennifer is all of these things, you can imagine that having her as a client was pretty wonderful from my point of view. There are so many cool things about Jennifer and her now-husband Jimmy’s wedding that I can’t wait to share, but for now we’ll all have to settle with her lovely bridal session!
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Jim is kind of a big deal – to me, at least. In college, Jim served as Student Body President my senior year. To some of you, being the “SBP” might be meaningless, and at some smaller schools it might indeed be just a figurehead position, but at one of the nation’s largest universities and Texas’ oldest public college, it’s a huge responsibility. Jim traveled the world representing Texas A&M, hosted visiting presidents and other dignitaries from various countries, worked on a regular basis with Robert Gates (how would you like to have a letter of recommendation from the US Secretary of Defense?), and had an impact in how millions of dollars were spent on behalf of the students of Texas A&M University. Despite the fact that I campaigned against him, Jim took a chance on me and asked me to serve on his Executive Council, which was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. The team Jim assembled was full of some of the smartest, most talented, most accomplished people at A&M, and to this day I stand in awe of what everyone has gone on to achieve. Serving under Jim’s leadership and working with the team he put together encouraged me to dream big, to never settle for mediocrity, and to work hard to have a positive impact on whatever I was a part of. Jim is a fabulous leader, and I really feel like a better person for having known him.
Over the years, Jim’s friends all mused about who he would eventually end up with. We knew she would have to be incredibly smart, outgoing, kind and friendly to all people, able to adapt to both Jim’s goofy fun-loving personality as well as his serious drive for success, successful and driven in her own right, and generally an all-out rockstar. We set the bar pretty high for Jim, knowing that he wouldn’t settle for anything less than amazing, and I’m happy to say he found it in Lindsay. I knew the moment I met her that she was great for Jim. They seem to make each other blissfully happy, and they’re all smiles when they’re around each other. Working this wedding was emotional for me, seeing a good friend find such happiness. Here are some of my favorites from their wedding day!
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