Category Archives: Wedding Related

february PUG!

Last night was our February PUG (Pictage User Group) meeting. Grant and Sara Dotson, our PUG leaders, had asked Rich and I to present on group shots for this months’ meeting. Rich put together an awesome presentation on our philosophy and perspective regarding group shots and he included loads of our favorite group images from 2009 weddings. It reminded me all over again how important our job is and how much Rich has challenged and inspired me to be the best photographer I can be. Wedding days are so significant and we talked about keeping group shots fresh by knowing ourselves and knowing our clients. Rich rocked it out!

So, we need to give a big thank you to Green|Spaces for allowing us to use their incredibly cool location, to Grant and Sara for organizing and planning, and to our local photographer friends who came to support, listen, and contribute. We are truly thankful for all of you!

I grabbed a few shots while Rich presented:

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The group! Nathan and Amber Holritz, Grant and Sara Dotson, John and Lindsey Bamber, Michelle McKibben, and our new friend, Eric McCarty of Wedity! (where some of Rich’s photos of Nick and Amber in Jackson Hole, Wyoming are featured! Check it out!)

SO good to see everyone, and great to meet you, Eric!

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And a couple fun images of us!

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Happy FRIDAY everyone!

Delicious Gigi’s Cupcakes!

When Gigi’s Cupcakes contacted me to photograph their cupcakes that are aimed toward brides for their upcoming bridal show, I couldn’t pass up an opportunity like that. Gigi’s is trying to target brides as an alternate to having a traditional wedding cake.  Cupcakes instead of cake?  Aren’t cupcakes for 1 year old b-day parties?  Um, have you SEEN these cupcakes?  They’re amazing. They are NOT your typical cupcake! Adults travel from all around to get their hands on these cupcakes.  They have cupcake flavors for the kids and definitely ones for the adults including tiramisu, carrot cake, apple spice and others.

In fact, it actually makes a lot of sense to have cupcakes instead of cake. You can have a variety if you’d like, and they are essentially pre-cut cake that will make your wedding guests think you’re a genius! If you haven’t seen one of these individual masterpieces, you won’t have to wait long… check out the pics I took for their upcoming bridal show banners…

Just some fun signs posted around the store:

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Viola! “Wedding Cake” cupcakes!

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Love their branding. Even their boxes that you take your cupcake in looks amazing.

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My daughter Alana came at the end of our little photoshoot and got a little princess cupcake.:)

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Ummm yeah, she loved it.

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Satisfaction guaranteed!

Brides, if you are interested in having Gigi’s cater your wedding cupcakes, contact Jennifer at (423) 468-4803.

Their Chattanooga store is located at 1906-C Gunbarrel Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.

Naomi + Markus [Married]

Ceremony site: Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale – Boca Raton Campus
Reception site:  Boca Dunes Golf and Country Club

We were so excited and honored when Naomi and Markus wanted us to photograph their wedding in beautiful south Florida.  I was even MORE excited after the wedding because of the beautiful weather, beautiful locations, amazing families, fellowship and awesome celebration that occurred during that day!

There are a lot of images in this blog post so please sit back and enjoy!

To start things off, here is the beautiful bride and groom on the beach.  More of this series later.

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The day started off at Naomi’s parents beautiful home where everyone was getting ready.

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The lion definitely likes what he sees!

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Markus and Naomi wanted to do the “first look” before the ceremony like we encourage all of our clients to do!  Always such a special time.

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The ceremony was held at the beautiful campus of Calvary Chapel Boca Raton!

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Markus’ boy band shot!

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Naomi and her beautiful girls!

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After the ceremony, we headed to the beach! Loved this location!

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Big thanks Jenna for coming out with us to help!  We had a blast!

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Always awesome to see a granddad with his granddaughter. This was no exception.  Loved it!

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Naomi’s dad gave one of the most moving speeches I’ve heard. Amazing.

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With all of the activity all around us, this game must have been REALLY fun to play.

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Love sparklers.

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Thank you Markus and Naomi for allowing us to be an intimate part of your big day.  We’re forever grateful and hope we did your incredible wedding justice!  Enjoy!

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