Category Archives: Wedding

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Dottie

June 21, 2010 – 8:11 am

So I love love love love love love this bridal session and I am not tooting my own horn over here. It just all worked… Dottie and I had a fabulous time. Dottie is beautiful and her dress perfection. The location was gorgeous. The light cooperated with me. The weather held. The gods aligned, etc. etc.  I have been dying to post them. Since Dottie and Barry’s fabulous wedding was yesterday, I am posting them as soon as I can! I can not come up with enough synonyms for the words “fabulous” to describe how much fun Dottie and Barry have been to work with! Congrats you all! I will have the wedding sneak peek up soon!

I hope that you all enjoy!

P.S. Please excuse  my gratuitous use of exclamation points. I simply can’t help myself!!!

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Tina!

June 9, 2010 – 2:32 pm

A bridal! Whoot! I never post these because of everyone wanting the big reveal but have decided to start.The reason being, I love bridal portraits! Obviously, we are post Tina and Damon’s wedding and I am sure that they are waiting with bated breath for their wedding images. Hopefully, these will tide you all over for a bit!

I hope that you all enjoy!

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Sarah and Chris: An Engagement Session

April 22, 2010 – 12:00 am

I was excited to go to Sarah and Chris’s Engagement shoot as we planned on starting at their brand new house and then move over to the Poe Museum. We lucked out with a gorgeous spring day that wasn’t too hot or cold. I got even more excited when I got to the house and there was still a few piles of boxes by the front door and paint on the stairs. Sarah immediately told me how she thought it would be fun if we could incorporate some of the boxes into the shoot as well as a bit of the chaos (obviously there are no children living in that house because her chaos was mild in comparison to a house filled with two toddlers!). We got the paint swatches in there and Bacon (their lovely pupsters has already been featured once on the blog).  Sarah and Chris helped to make this shoot a piece of cake for me by giving me a ton of information in my questionnaire and then even thinking up fun ideas themselves! I am so excited to shoot their wedding in September.  Enjoy!

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The bee’s knees

April 21, 2010 – 9:08 pm

So that title is not for me or these pictures but very simply how I feel about my lovely little sister who has been my muse since she was born. Seriously, the first black and whites that I ever took were of her when she was three painting on the porch. When she was six, I made her run barefoot in a fairy costume in the woods of Santa Barbara, she helped me build my children’s portfolio when I first started my business 8 years ago, then my teenage portfolio and now she is moving on to the bride side (yes… that makes me want to cry). Thanks for being my muse, Ya! I love you. The best part of you is that you are so many things… intelligent, funny, sarcastic (I like to think I had something to do with that), and so much more. I am so excited to see what the next couple of years bring for you.

I technically should not be posting this shoot as I want to share it with big wide world and not just on my little blog.  Now at least my mom can stop calling me every other day to see the pictures :)

This shoot had a crew of vendors/lovely friends and family that helped: Lindsay Averette from LK Events and Designs styled the shoot(one day I will tell you all the story of the worms and the slate…it makes me giggle every time I think about it), Josh Henderson from Mango Salon did the fabulous hair and makeup, Pleidales vintage bridal supplied the dresses, Jon Goodrich assisted me, Laura from the Buttercream Bee gave us a cake for the other part of the shoot, and Carolyn Young did the florals.

I am not however posting any more of these until I hear back on them so you will have to wait (mom)! I hope that you all enjoy!

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I think I love you….

March 18, 2010 – 9:51 pm

Jayci and Aaron because every single picture that we took of you last weekend was beautiful. Thanks for making it easy!! I can’t wait to post the entire wedding with details and all (The wedding planner was Colleen Cook of CCS Events. The gorgeous flowers were by Jerry from GML designs. The reception venue was Main St Station… definitely a winning combo!)  I will be posting more in a few days but in the meantime here are a few of the lovely couple.

I hope that you all like them!!

All the best,

Meghan

Go Rams!

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Pauline in Paris

March 11, 2010 – 11:54 am

Last weekend, I did a fun photo shoot for Etsy seller Pauline in Paris (http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaulineInParis). Pauline makes gorgeous vintage jewelry and also some vintage bouquets. The main part of the shoot was much more intricate than this one and I will post that in a few days. For that shoot, I had Lindsay Averette from LK Events and Designs pop over to style it and she was kind enough to help with make-up as well! We, also, borrowed a vintage gown from Charla at Pleiades Vintage Bridal. My sister modeled for us and  looked gorgeous. As soon as I am done working on those images, I will post them. In the meantime, here are a few fun ones that we did with my little girl. Emerson was great at cooperating and loved pretending like she was a bride! It was too funny. My girl can channel some serious attitude when she needs too. The hands on the hip one was while she was looking at her brother. Siblings!

Also, here is a little sneak peek into the other shoot! More will be up later this week!

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Movement

March 4, 2010 – 12:25 pm

I know this a weird title for a blog post on a photography blog but stay with me:

I LOVE movement in photographs.  I think it helps add life into images. It can add a sense of whimsy and fun as well! I often get my clients to walk for me, run, jump, and skip. You get the drift. Of course, I usually stick to age appropriate behavior. I don’t tend to get my engaged couples to jump on the bed…. I usually reserve that for the kiddos (side note: I am  not saying that you are too old to bounce once you hit a certain age…I am still quite fond of jumping on the trampoline). I have heard rumors that Bill Gates has a padded trampoline room. Who knows if it is true but it certainly sounds like fun! It especially sounds like fun to a mom of toddlers. Those rainy days can be hard to fill (thank you Cartwheels and Coffee).

Anyway, back on topic:

People sometimes look at me like I am crazy when I ask them to do such things but I love it as much as I love a good hard laugh in photographs (That is another time that I get some crazy looks). When I say “Could you just look at each other and laugh? I know that you are going to feel silly but then you will laugh for real and it will be beautiful.” I am sure that my clients think that I am crazy but it’s all to get you guys comfortable with the camera, to get you comfortable with me and to interact with each other during family or an engagement shoot. Ryan (my brother who second shoots with me) always cringes when I say “Just pretend like you like each other.” Of course, I am joking and it helps lighten the mood. We have to make you all comfortable somehow! Anyway, I hope this preps you for when I am getting you to truck down the street for the 6th time to get the shot!!

You all have a fabulous day!

Here are a few examples:

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An engagement session at the VMFA

March 2, 2010 – 8:00 am

Dottie, Barry and I headed over to the VMFA last Sunday to shoot their engagement session. They are getting married there shortly after the museum reopens. So they thought it would be fun to incorporate the construction into their shoot!  I am taking no credit for the fun direction of this shoot and will hand that over to Barry, my new art director! We had a blast and I always love being able to incorporate a story into my portraits. I have to extend a HUGE thanks to Beth Ritch at the VMFA for escorting us throughout the museum and the grounds. I am so excited for the museum to reopen in it’s entirety. Aside from the fact that I am ecstatic to get to shoot in the new wing with it’s glorious natural light, I am incredibly excited that there is going to be ART again at our Museum. Whoo hoo! I hope that you enjoy your sneak peek (and my horrible run-on sentences), Dottie and Barry! I can’t wait for the wedding!

All the best,

Meghan

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