I’ve gone over to the dark side

I know it and I now admit it. I’ve always justified every ridiculous clothes purchase that I’ve ever made for my dog Abby; but now, there’s just no justification. So I declare: Hello, my name is Heather, and I buy silly looking clothes for my dog, throw her birthday parties, and just overall treat her as a spoiled-rotten little kid. So with that, happy 3rd birthday Abby:

On another note, both Miranda and myself will be unavailable until Monday, July 21st. You can email or call and leave a message, and we will return your call next week. Thanks and have a good weekend!

- heather

Malissa’s bridal pics

We shot Matt and Malissa’s wedding yesterday, and it was sooooo much fun. We can’t wait to start playing with those pics and get them up on the blog. But for now, here are Malissa’s bridal pics that we took a few weeks ago at her grandma’s house. Her house was beautiful! Here are just a few favorites from the shoot.

Isn’t she a gorgeous bride? But believe it or not, she was even more radiant yesterday.

Malissa’s ring is just stunning!

the following two are my probably my favorites:

and I know this isn’t actually one picture, but I still love this collage of pictures. It showcases Malissa’s super fun personality.

Be checking back in a few days for a sneak peak of the wedding!

- heather

A Recent Engagement Session

We recently had the opportunity to shoot Patrick and Sandee’s engagement pictures. We had a great time running around downtown. They were both such good sports even though it felt like it was 150 degrees outside! And although we were all melting from the heat, they didn’t even complain once.

so sweet:

just playing around with some texture for the next two:

i really like this one:

a couple more playing with some texture:

We can’t wait to work with these two again when we shoot Sandee’s bridals and then their wedding later this year!

Have a great week!

We will be shooting a wedding in Ruston this weekend so check back soon!!

—miranda—

happy july 4th

hopefully everyone had a great july 4th. i spent the day with family at my grandmother’s house playing the game apples to apples. if you’ve never played it, you should check it out. its a great family group game.

couldn’t help but think though how last year in july heather and i were in hawaii taking a photography class and how on the 4th we went to an awesome firework show on the beach. it doesnt quite get any better than that.

here are a few pictures from the firework show in hawaii that we never posted last year. notice the palm trees swaying in the breeze under the fireworks. pure beauty:

and a flag picture that i liked from one of my assigments in hawaii:

have a great weekend!

—–miranda——

just three more pics from destin

these pics didn’t make the cut for the initial Destin post since they do not necessarily scream “Destin” or “beach” or “vacation”, but I like them nonetheless. These were taken one afternoon in the condo room while the kiddos were just playing around and being natural. And, honestly, those “natural” and “spur of the moment” photos usually end up being some of my favorites.

Addy:

Bria:

And Dawson - trying to attack the camera. I know its not technically the best photo considering it’s not tack sharp and there’s some grain, but it still just makes me happy.

- heather

Family pics from the beach

Let me preface this post by explaining that we took these pics in about ten minutes due to the massive thunderstorm that we barely missed by a matter of seconds (literally…it started pouring on us the second we got back in the vehicle). So considering the circumstances, I think they turned out nice.

I love the expressions in this below picture:

the beautiful girls Bria and Addy:

This is when we were leaving. Check out that sky in the background!

Mama’s little boy:

Or maybe Daddy’s little boy?

I seriously love, love, love this picture .

All-in-all, we had a great time on our trip to Destin, FL. Thank you Darla and Michael for taking us along on y’all’s family vacation and letting us stalk you with our cameras .

- heather

Destin recap

So we made it back from Destin, FL safe and sound and needing a vacation from our vacation . We had a great time at the beach and just wanted to share a few pics from the trip. We also took some family beach photos that we will post in the next few days once we go through them all. Most of these photos were taken with the simple point-and-shoot camera and not our professional cameras, so that’s why the quality isn’t the best on some of them. But anyways, here we go:

 

Check out this little doll, Dawson. He was soooo sweet and good on the trip. He would just smile at anything. Here we are at Fudpuckers:

But he wasn’t too happy the first day on the beach. he was just so tired and sleepy and hot (weren’t we all though ). Look at this poor little man. Even not smiling, though, he is such a cutie:

and let’s not forget his adorable big sisters Addy and Bria:

Other than hanging out at the beach and pool, we also went to The Track family fun center. The girls loved the go-carts. Check out Bria’s face in the below picture….sheer joy.

and here’s me and miranda in the arcade:

And finally, i tried out surfing again. As you may remember, I tried surfing while in Hawaii last summer and failed  MISERABLY…you can read about it here

Luckily, I fared much better in the significantly calmer and smaller waves of the Gulf. I even rode a few waves the first day; but the second day the waves were larger and I was on a more difficult board, so I wasn’t so great the 2nd day (and I was on my own without an instructor). 

Me right before my lesson the first day:

check me out riding those waves !

 

That’s all for now, be checking in later for those family beach pics. 

thanks!

- heather

 

made it to Destin!

because i’m lazy and i don’t want to drag out my camera at the moment (i know, i know…i’m a bad photographer), photo booth pics will have to do for now . here’s a pic of me on our balcony and one with me and my cute little cousins Addy and Bria.

 

 

our condo is super nice..6 pools…golf course (not that that benefits us any)… and short walk to destin’s famous white sand beaches and beautiful water.  

more to come later!

- heather

Baby Hadassah…

here are some more of Serena and Chris’s precious baby. She was soooooo good during the shoot, never cried or fussed once. she’s a natural ham for the camera .

here’s her beautiful room… notice the awesome chair from their maternity shoot (seen here). we tried stealing it then, and I was tempted to steal it a second time, but it just looked so good in her room I decided to let Hadassah keep it.

this is a Bible that Serena got when she was a baby:

Chris bought Serena and Hadassah matching bracelets with each of their names engraved on them. They were so pretty…

me and miranda are heading out of town at the end of this week to go to the beach with my aunt darla and her gang, so we’ll be sharing lots of those photos soon. hopefully the hotel will have wi-fi cause i don’t know if i can make it without internet for 5 days

have a good week!
-heather

Congratulations!!!

To my good friends Serena and Chris on their new blessing - baby Hadassah. Isn’t she beautiful!

Y’all may remember the maternity pics that we took of Serena a while back, you can view them here.

We’ll be heading over to their house to take newborn pics in the next few days, but I couldn’t resist posting these few hospital pics.

Hadassah looks just like her mom:

And one with the proud new Daddy:

check back soon for more!

- heather