Fort Jackson

Sally and Brian were married yesterday at Fort Jackson on the Savannah River. Anne Mcguire, Sally and her mother did a great job with the details of the wedding. Friday night started out with a dinner at Vics and then an afterparty at the Jepson. On Saturday night the weather could not have been more perfect, in Savannah we would be ok with some heat as long as the bugs don't come along. It was breezy and the nats were no where to be found. The reception was decorated with sunflowers by Holly Jakkaola (Holly I hope I spelled that right! ) she has such great distinctive taste. Food was provided by Nick Muller, great as always. The night would not have been complete without a canon firing and fireworks, it was a nice surprise for the bride and groom. Sally and I shared alot in commmon, her birthday is one day from mine, she went to SCAD then moved to San Diego.
Her bridesmaids were so funny, they had me laughing from the moment I arrived,I felt as though I had known them all for years.

I felt a little creative at the rehersal.




Her beautiful dress

Summer Days

I get excited for the summer, it means beach times are coming, seeing family and having popsicles with bean! We have a little routine in the afternoon of having a popsicle and sitting in the backyard. She also loves to color (go figure two artist as parents) here she is with it all over her face!

Baby Plan

Today we had Sarahs third session of her baby plan, we went downtown and brought the whole family. She is cute as a button and did not mind us shuffling her to all different locations, I keep trying to decide what is my favorite age, six months is so cute because they sit up and do not get away from you, nine months is nice because they stand when leaning on something, I guess it is all my favorite, because Alexa is two and I love that age too. Here are few from today

Limited Edition

Limited Edition sessions have been a great success. We are having three in May, they book up fast so be sure to call the studio. Christine Hall Photography has three different photographers photographing, Christine, Emmaline, and Lisa. The dates for Mays Limited Editions are the 16th they are going to be downtown, the 20th mom and me day, and the 30th, in the garden, we have a beautiful downtown garden for some summer photographs. The sessions last thirty minutes and include one 11 x 14 and 1 8 x10 ( a $210.00 value) a $200 deposit is due to secure the date. Here are a couple from last Sunday.



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Superstar Drew

Drew has the cutest dimples when he smiles, his mom is a real hoot. She is so funny and full of life, she had a party for her son since he was graduating high school and all of the people who have helped him through the years came. It was a great time and it was full of really caring people who were so giving. One man in particular was quite a character, he really got Drew going here is a shot with him and Drew

And on another square

Savannah is so beautiful anytime of year and pretty much all over downtown is a photographers dream. In Johnson Square Katherine and John had a beautiful reception that followed a ceremony at Christ Church. My great friend and photographer Bart Young photographed the event for the studio. The details were incredible, they had the whole square plus the street going to city hall. Katherine was stunning! Congradulations !

Would you look at that light!

Last night Trisha and Bryce tied the knot at Sacared Heart and had the reception at the Mansion on Forsyth. What a beautiful day, it was maybe 75 and perfect. The families were so kind. Trisha was so beautiful in her dress, and Bryce was one of the nicest guys I have met. We walked to take some shots in Forsyth and look at the light we found, I was so excited about it I think I squealed out loud.


A very hip flower girl

Limited Editon

These are like our mini sessions, limited dates that we will book special promotions. Here are the dates.

Lisa

Lisa, who most of you know from calling the studio is also a great photographer. She has been such a blessing to my studio and to me personally and now is photographing for the studio. She had two great sessions last week, here are a couple. we have expanded our studio to offer you the best photographers around. We have planned the year out and now have mini sessions available throughout the year, not only am I photographing, Lisa and Emmaline are as well. The new website should be out shortly so you can view there wonderful work.

Some moms make it look so easy

This mom has three kids, always a smile, and great taste. Some moms just make it look so easy.

Three times the fun

These kids are so funny and crazy. There mom flies me in to Shreveport on her buddy pass to photograph her children, she gets me all puffed up telling me how she loves my photographs and how I see her kids how they are. I just love her even if she didn't puff me up, I love that she gets what I try to show. I have been trying to nail it down and put it into words what I am trying to show in my photographs. I guess it would be so you can look back and see a photo and remember how they were, see there personality, there funny little quirks. I love Candy (that is mom) because she lets me just take her kids, she dropped us off and we just play, she was happy to get some stuff done as well!

Its contagious!

Baby Patrick was born in February to Scotts cousin. He is so sweet, seeing them look up at you and fall asleep almost makes you forget what you see at 3am then again at 6am and so on. Maybe Alexa needs a sister or brother? It seems every mom in her class has caught the pregnant bug, after seeing this sleeping baby it gave me a little tug.

Shreveport

I have been a woman on the move this week. I went from Atlanta to Shreveport and am photographing about nine families while I am here to see my in laws. Here are some of Cindys cute little kids, Mary and Henry at this really cool farm place, it was so well manicured and funky, I loved it!

Hotlanta

I had such a great time in Atlanta with Liana Lehman Leham and five other fabulous photographers from around the country. It was two full days of "business bootcamp". I felt so inspired and connected, it was like summer camp for photo nerds. We talked shop for two 12 hour plus days, we cried, laughed, and lasting friendships. Thanks girls! To see what is going on with Liana go to homepage.mac.com/lianabanana/blog

Pearls at the Beach? of course

LIttle Ava has made a couple appearances on the blog. I have photographed her about four times and she has grown so much since the last time I saw her. Now at 18 months she gave me a little challenge then she has before, but I thought with this beautiful light that night and her cute little face we did pretty good. I wish I could predict the light at the beach, I would have it be like this everynight.

Sleeping Beauty

This year we hit some Easter egg hunting records I think, between parades and hunts in the park, she has a full calender. Wouldn't be great if our schedule was as follows:
wake up get changed, get fed..
play
eat
play some more.. listen to abc song
go to a playdate.. lets see
easter egg hunt afternoon be there at 4 until whenever
play some more
get a cuddle
a bath, more cuddle.. bed
what a day, I am exhausted!

oh and if i did not mention my easter basket (that is one word she has down and that I clearly understand)

Shy?

Spring is here and the photo shoots are picking up! I had the privilage of photographing the cutest little boy ever, he had these expressive eyes and great personality. His mom told me he was a little shy but once we started talking about soccor and he found the water he came right out of his shell.

Sweet Sweet Baby

We did the second sessions for this sweet baby. Three months have gone so quickly and I look forward to seeing her grow this next year since her mom has done the baby plan where I follow her all year. It is really nice to see the end product it is this beautiful coffee table book that I design from the years photographs, when I first started doing babies first year I thought it would be forever before I was able to put the whole book together, I was just so excited for the photos, well years seem to go faster and faster and I have now had several babies go through the first year. I will put an example of the book on my new website coming soon!

Mini Sessions

Yesterday I had four mini sessions downtown and they were great. The temp was a little chilli but everyone braved it without much complaints. We walked all around and really had a fun time. Look forward to the next ones the 22nd. here are a few

Beware of Dog

I love Sarah and Bucks house, had to do some photos of Isabelle and there very fierce dog

New Dress

Yesturday I spent the day with bean and getting promos out. I feel more focused then usual, going to a business bootcamp in Atlanta and it is really nice to sit and write down your goals. So anyhow I am getting off track, I went to Robyns Nest and found this cute little dress and shoes for Alexa so she can look hip with all the two year olds. (I just really liked the dress, I could care less about the hip part) I tried to get the girl to look at me, I think she likes to torture me.

Happy Easter

Alexa had a Easter parade at her school and being the johnny on the spot mom I am, my poor child was the only one that did not have a hat. I guess I expect Alexa to read the memos that are sent home. She wasn't quite sure about the marching thing, Grace (who Alexa shares many time outs with for screaming, it is happy screaming but it hurts ears) looked so cute in her hat.

Just a little Pregnant

NO not me, so faithful friend blog readers I do not want rumors to be started. Here is one of my favorite painters and fellow blogger (katherinesandoz/wordpress.com) very pregnant her baby is now like ten months but i just love this portrait.

Friends

I photographed four friends this past weekend, they were from all over the country and they meet up once a year, between all of them I think they have nine kids so I am sure it is a must needed vacation. I photographed one of the girls families in Shreveport so I was excited to see her again and thrilled to take her photograph, I think it was one of the windest days on Tybee that day, and cold. I bet there husbands could not wait to see them come back after a weekend of being Mr. Mom

3.24.07

Great day for a destination wedding, Alex and Robby were married at Blessed Sacramet with a great reception at the Westin. It was a nice intimate dinner with friends and family with dessert by none other then Custom Cakes and flowers by Kiwi Fleur. Wonderful fun family to work with, the parents were from Italy and I thought her dad gave a nice toast about closing one chapter and starting another. It made me both happy and sad, happy that I am in one chapter of my life and sad it goes so fast.

Things will be great when your downtown

I photographed this gorgeous little girl yesterday, she was at first a little shy but I thought she had this look like she was born in the 1800's you know when you see those old photographs in antique stores, I could imagine her like that. We walked around downtown and found some great spots. Did I mention how pretty she is? Her cute little cousins came along for the fun as well.