Congratulations Jennifer and Corey!

The Wedding at Montaluce was beautiful and we were blessed with a nice sunny day. As for me I started out a little rough at first, but as the day progressed my health improved and even though Laura my associate came just in case I felt worse I stayed for the rest of the time and we all got some great shots.
Jennifer was a very gracious bride and Corey was a real sweet groom and fun to work with. I wish them the very best in their life ahead and I hope they have a fun time in Italy, I know they had a lovely preview of that wonderful country at Montaluce in the North Georgia Mountains.

Montaluce Wedding!

Well, we are getting ready to go to Montaluce to cover a wedding. I believe the weather is going to be nice and I did worry about that the other day when we had giant hail and high winds. I don't care what the weather does during the week, but on Saturdays............please let it be nice :)!
I will have my entire crew there........specially since I woke this morning feeling really weird, so I called Laura my associate to come too just in case this does not go away between now and the start of the wedding. As you know..........the show must go on :) and Jennifer will be the lucky one since now she will have 3 photographers instead of two, well that is if this one will get over this in the next few hours.
At either case, I feel better with Laura present just in case this gets beyond my control. Like I always say........IT IS WHAT IT IS!

A Little Advice to Brides!

This is a little advice from a photographer to brides when they plan their wedding.
It is so important that they have a Wedding Coordinator specially if they have a large wedding party of 5 or more attentants. That many people need guidance with the lineup at the ceremony, somebody to guide them as when to walk down the aisle at the right time and all that good stuff that goes along with a wedding.
I found myself recently in a wedding where there was no Wedding Coordinator and just to make the wedding move along smoothly I as the photographer ended up lining everybody up, giving them cues to walk down the aisle and back and even had to put the boutonnieres on the groomsmen and fathers. Please don't missunderstand, I don't mind helping out, but it is not the photographers job to have to do all this extra work at a wedding. We have to concentrate on our work and doing the job of a Wedding Coordinator is just not part of that.
If you don't have a friend that is familiar with this kind of thing PLEASE hire somebody to do this job, it is so important to a well organized wedding.

Andria and Bryan

Last year I met Andria and Bryan at a party of a friend and when they decided to get married this year they asked us do the the photography of their special wedding day moments. Since I was already booked Laura, my trusted associate covered the wedding this past weekend and I will be doing the post work and the design of their book.
Congratulations to you Andria and Bryan.........

Splendor Mountain Wedding......

Congratulations Ashley and Ash!
Splendor Mountain is a lovely place to have a mountain top wedding and we were able to do some beautiful photos with the mountains as a backdrop.

A Beautiful Afternoon!

In June we had this really elegant southern wedding on Lake Rabun with the sweetest couple. We decided to do a Trash the Dress Session this month. Well today was the day......... we were graced with one of the prettiest days. Mind you, it could have been a little warmer, but it was still OK even though the water felt a little bit chilly at first.
Meredith and Yance truly enjoyed the session and we had lots of fun getting wet. Yes, even the photographers got wet..... for me, I was so focused that I did not even realized the cool water at all.
We love doing Trash the Dress sessions and to most peoples surprise the dress does not actually get trashed.......a little wet, but nothing that a cleaner or even a nice and easy wash can't fix and what you are left with is some beautiful romantic photos and the memories of lovely day in the woods beneath a waterfall.
Thank you Meredith and Yance for this afternoon.

Three Weddings in the past two weeks........

Thanks to my trusted associate Laura, Cariad Photography covered three weddings in the past two weeks.
Saturday August 8 Laura shot a wedding in Clayton for Eloisa and Josve and I will do the post work and design of the album. While she was busy doing that I was covering a wedding at Chota Falls for Kristen and Kyle.
This past Saturday Laura, Steve and myself photographed a wedding at the King Plow Arts Center in Atlanta for Shelley and Elliot.
Congratulations to all the couples........