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Bekah’s bridal portraits

Remember Bekah from her engagement portrait session with Tad a few weeks ago? Bekah and I met on Friday evening for her bridal portraits. She brought one of her bridesmaids along for assistance and we got to snapping! I am looking forward to Bekah’s wedding at Claydesta in August. She and Tad are an amazing couple and I am incredibly excited for them.

One of the things that I most enjoy about working with brides and photographing weddings is the blessing of sharing in the excitement and joy of a couple as they start out in life together. At our shoot, Bekah was telling me about the apartment that she and Tad found to live in after their wedding. They are excited to move in and get everything set up and in place. They should have plenty of stuff to fill it with too–Bekah has been quite busy with bridal showers!

bridal portrait


bridal portraits

bridal portraits

Kendra’s bridal portraits

Remember Kendra from Andrews, Texas? Her wedding was held in Lubbock a few weeks ago (see pics here). We were planning to shoot her bridal portraits a few weeks before the wedding but had some scheduling difficulties. Her dress had to be altered and was not ready until just a few days before the ceremony. Last week after coming home from a honeymoon in the Dominican Republic and putting the stress of the wedding behind her, Kendra and I met up to shoot her bridal portraits in a trash-the-dress style of shoot (although we were trying to not trash her dress).

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If Kendra were not an absolute sweetheart, I would have to hate her for being so gorgeous!

portrait

I love boots in bridal portraits!

bridal photographs

Taking a break from our portrait session to love on her puppies . . .

bridal portrait

Canon at ISO 6400 (very dark basement, no flash):

bridal portrait at ISO 6400

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bridal session

bridal shoot

trash the dress bridal


Simple outdoor wedding

On Saturday, Carroll and Keith married in a simple, sweet outdoor wedding at a friend’s house in Midland. Family and friends celebrated with the couple as they exchanged vows. Congratulations Carroll and Keith–you make a beautiful couple!

Exchanging wedding vows

wedding rings

I love their wedding cakes–don’t these look scrumptious?

wedding cake

groom\'s cake

Carroll’s bridal bouquet was gorgeous!

bridal boquet

Wedding: Lubbock, TX

On Saturday I drove north to shoot Kendra and Zack’s wedding. Kendra and Zack are a super-sweet couple from Andrews, Texas. Their wedding & reception was at Cagle Steaks just outside of Lubbock.

The day started early with a hair appointment. We then grabbed a quick lunch at the mall (Kendra got some funny looks since she was already decked out in her veil) before heading to the makeup appointment.

bride at hair appointment

bride\'s wedding veil

wedding lunch

Wedding makeup

Wedding lipstick

bridal makeup on wedding day

Then I ran back to the site of the wedding to take some of the details shots before the bride and groom arrived.

wedding flowers

wedding rings

We then took the family photographs and pictures of the bridal party and groomsmen.

bridal party

wedding bridal party and flower girls

Bride and her mother on the wedding day

groomsmen

wedding groomsmen

wedding groomsmen

wedding portrait

At 6 pm the actual wedding ceremony began, followed by the reception.

exchanging wedding rings

wedding kiss

Wedding couple

Bride and groom\'s hands

Bride and groom\'s first dance

father-daughter dance

Bride laughing at toast

flower girls dancing

Bride and groom at sunset

The bride and groom then said their goodbyes and drove off for their honeymoon in the Dominican Republic. (I’m just a wee bit jealous!)

bride with maid of honor

wedding bubbles

Bride\'s goodbye

Bride and groom in getaway car

Kendra and Zack, I enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate your wedding with you. Enjoy your honeymoon!

Your proofs will be in the gallery soon but since you have hundreds of photographs it will take a few more days.


Full schedule (it’s wedding season)

With the mad rush to get everyone’s orders for Father’s Day photographs placed, I have fallen a bit behind on my picture editing and have more emails to answer than I can count. If you are waiting on a response from me, I will be with you shortly, I promise! For those of you who placed Father’s Day picture orders, they will be here on Friday.

I’m almost finished editing this family’s session from last week. Sorry for the delay, guys! (I just had to post the second picture–it totally cracks me up!)

family portrait

family portrait with baby

The rest of this week summer will be hectic as well–after all, this is wedding season! Today I met with a bride (wedding date 6/6/09), then I am shooting a wedding this weekend, I have a senior shoot and a family session next week, then an engagement session next weekend followed by a “trash the dress” session (similar to a bridal session), followed by more weddings. If you would like to book a session, please contact me ASAP. I only have two time slots remaining that are available before July 23rd.