i had the pleasure of working with kassidy recently on a trash the dress photo session. this is the first time i have done trash the dress photography, which is weird since it's right up my alley, but i was a nervous mess about trying to keep the dress fairly clean against the grungy backgrounds. kassidy was a trooper though and even climbed up on some ledges.... in heels and a wedding gown! as always, Tenya Du out did herself with the hair and makeup for the bridal photography session and major props to my husband for helping me with some new lighting techniques. i could not have been more excited about the results!





we ran across this beat up, painted bus that said "follow me" on the back, and immediately my mind went to twitter of course. obviously, this photo needs ot be sent off to steph, our graphics guru, because my poor attempt at photoshopping our twitter address onto the photo is pretty dismal. but you get the point....





i've noticed recently that kevin always takes photos of me working when he's behind me. then i noticed the funky face i'm making whenever he takes it from the front, and it makes complete sense. who wants to take a photo of the girl with a scrunched up face behind the camera? no one. feel free to make fun of it if you're doing a photo shoot with me.













i have another trash the dress photography session coming up in october with randi and curtis, who you may remember from their engagement photography. we're going all out with a fountain and i can't wait!!!

emily and mike were married at San Luis Resort and Spa last month in galveston, tx. from the time kevin and i moved to texas, i told him that i wanted to photograph a wedding at san luis resort. so when mike and emily told me their beautiful wedding venue, i just about swooned, but somehow managed to hold in my excitement. and just as i imagined, the wedding far exceeded my expections.



emily had one of the most gorgeous gowns i have ever seen.

no matter how great of a photographer anyone is, you can't capture both the bride's and the groom's face when they first see each other. i was lucky enough to have jenna dee from studio|detro andmike charlton help me out to capture every moment. i always photograph the bride when she comes down the aisle, while my second shooter captures the groom's face when he first see his bride. as i was capturing this photo, i heard mike gasp a soft "wow..." as emily turned the corner. it was a touching response to seeing her for the first time, and jenna dee captured his expression perfectly.

emily and mike were married in an afternoon outdoor ceremony overlooking galveston's beach and ocean, just hours after a storm. the air smelled fresh, and the ceremony was intimate and calm as these two exchanged their vows with tearful eyes all around.







after the ceremony we all ventured inside for the cocktail hour and celebration!





these two didn't skip any details, and topped it off with a gorgeous display of tiffany blue wedding candy.



emily had a quick dress change half way through the reception, and i LOVED her tiffany blue cocktail dress!

the night ended poolside, with emily, of course, in her white bathing suit and matching tiara. kevin and i were done photographing for the day, but we stayed for the pool party and enjoyed our weekend in galveston. thank you so much emily and mike for trusting us to capture your day - we had a great time and can't wait to see you guys again!



to see more from emily and mike's wedding, check out their galveston wedding slideshow.

it grew - like... REALLY grew. our business has gone from a few boudoir photography sessions a month to a few boudoir sessions a WEEK. this is on top of weddings, engagements, and senior photos. in may, we met our annual goals for the entire year. woah. this means one of two things - we're either getting much more word of mouth than we expected, OR we're really bad at estimating.

if i plan to be the boudoir, wedding, and senior photo photographer for all of this, it means i need some help on the back end. which brings me to the announcement of the addition of our new photo editor, steph! she has helped out in the past with our branding and logo design, and is currently helping out with a new project we are working on. adding her as a vital part of our photography company only made sense.

so kevin and i took a much needed break/company retreat over memorial day weekend and headed to charlotte to train steph on our style. the three us wandered around charlotte with a camera - ya know, for a 'company' photo. we intended for it to be somewhat serious - fail on our part - but i think these are only telling of our personalities... we're a little different!

 

steph - the ArtiTech
kevin - the Director of Dull Stuff
me... well... my title is boring... principal photographer... but i'm open to suggestion if you have one!

cheers to boudoir photography!

emily and michel were married at San Luis Resort in galveston, tx. the full wedding photography will be posted next week!

to say i was excited about emily's bridal photography would be an understatement. she was the perfect bride - classy, edgy, modern, and up for anything. she asked for suggestions on where to have her bridal photos taken indoors in houston, and i went on a mission to scout out the perfect locations. when i suggested hearsay and the downtown aquarium, i think her thought process went something like 'excuse me?? a bar and a child's tourist attraction. ummmm....' BUT, she trusted me, and off we went to a bar and a child's tourist attraction.

i could not have been happier with the way her photos turned out, and we had sooooo much fun taking them. she was as excited at the end of the session as she was the first 15 minutes of it - which makes my job so easy. i could have kept shooting all day.













 
my favorites for last...



emily and michel's wedding photography will be posted in a couple of weeks, so keep an eye out for their high-end galveston wedding.