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marshawn & jason are engaged!

March 26, 2009 – 9:34 am

we first met marshawn over coffee- well actually she had a soy chai latte with honey and i had a smoothie. i think this tells you a LOT about each of us. ;) marshawn is one of those people that the second you meet her, you know she’s a powerhouse. and brilliant. and beautiful. seriously, she’s just as amazing (intimidating) as she sounds. ;) so i just sipped my purple smoothie and listened as she told us about her amazing best friend and fiance, jason. i left already in love with their relationship, their wedding plans and the new family they were going to be together. neither matt nor i could wait to meet jason- on friday we finally did.

we planned to meet in decatur so we could scope out a new location (i feel like i’ve been saying that a LOT recently…?) and when marshawn and jason arrived it was ON. jason instantly lived up to everything marshawn had told us about him- he’s funny, spontaneous, crazy- the list goes on- but most of all he is HEAD OVER HEELS for his lady. together, they bring out the best in one another, their smiles and laughs are contagious- more than one person on the street stopped to comment on how perfect they are and wish them the best. i hope these pictures portray even half of all i’ve just described!
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throughout the shoot, marshawn and jason were so playful- dancing, picking each other up, goofing off- they even showed us their own personal handshake! (*we NEED one of those, babe!*) it was wonderful to work with a couple who plays together- there was never a dull moment and we were able to capture some of the sweetest looks!
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this shot seems to have an old world feeling about it to me- black and white was a MUST!
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i see STUNNING children in their future! during the shoot, jason was joking about having lots of kids…i think society would be ok with that!! :)
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these big, old trees were filtering the light in such a beautiful way and created such a nice frame for them:
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i LOVE how sweet and protective this next image is:
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matt deserves full credit for this next image- the direct composition and the unique crop is totally his style. love this!
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seriously, sweetest couple ever:
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as the sun set we grabbed a few more on the way back to the cars. i love the warmth of these last two:
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forehead kisses are one of my favorite things to photograph- no idea why, i just think they are adorable!
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***please click here to see marshawn & jason’s slideshow***

marshawn & jason, thank you so much for taking the time from your busy lives to meet up with us for a few pictures! we are so thrilled to be working with you both and we cannot wait to see you again!

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‘lil help?!

September 3, 2008 – 3:44 pm

amy & chad’s beautiful wedding and chic reception has been posted on the site! check out the diy decor, perfect!

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the summer after my freshman year of college my hair went from black & white streaks with a little blue, to orange, to greyish, to dark brown- all mostly by accident. i was pretty fearless when it came to trying new things and my locks suffered. i’d get an idea, try it on myself -and whoever else was around, i owe some apologies- spend a few days trying to fix it- the cycle never ended.

until one day matt put his foot down. after kindly suggesting i wouldn’t look my best bald -and comforting me after i took it personally- he convinced me to shake on not dying my hair for an entire year. after a few months i got used to the idea that i was going to have boring -mousey brown sorta curly but mostly not- hair. i’d cut it periodically but usually just wore it up and ignored it.

no longer. it’s time for a change. no matter that with the thought of dye, anxiety creeps in. with matt’s support i’ve started looking around for ideas and rekindling my old creativity- but matt says we should pay a professional, we’ll see. anyway, here is a little inspiration board i put together this afternoon:

i want to be able to rock the professional hair as needed but for everyday it needs to be fun. low maintenance. interesting. matt questioned me about the purple but if it’s in the right areas i’ll be able to hide it as needed- i think he’s convinced. anyway, what have you done? what would you never do again? i guess i’m asking for suggestions. i don’t want to be bald!*

 

 

*but i do love bald people.

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labor day!

September 1, 2008 – 3:44 pm

this weekend we labored not. instead we celebrated the working man by chillin. and what a great weekend it has been- marked by good friends, large entrees, football, beautiful weather, exploring and relaxing. i told you i would try to grab a shot of my little brother for you- and i did! so here he is with his lady, jess, just before heading out for the clemson game:

matt and i spent the rest of saturday exploring housing in a few of our favorite areas of atlanta (we found out our apt is going to be bulldozed nov. 09) and checking out the summer shade festival in grant park. i subtly mentioned that i’d like my face painted like a fairy but matt never really caught my hints- so instead he bought us honey sticks- those clear plastic straws filled with less than a teaspoon of glorious clover honey, love them! from there matt decided we should take some pictures and this ensued:

clearly his second idea was not my favorite:

in case you were wondering how matt gets me to massage his back and make him sandwiches…it’s this face:

overall i must say, a great laborless weekend!

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amy & chad are married!

August 28, 2008 – 1:21 pm

since spending the evening at a braves game getting to know this awesome couple, we’ve been super excited for their wedding so when it finally rolled around this past weekend we were ready! i met amy at their house in time to shoot the talented rochelle doing her thing with amy’s golden locks. from there we headed to tracy ewell for the most perfect and detail oriented makeup application i’ve ever seen- 1.5 hours? worth it; check out how fabulous she looks! while i was hanging out doing girl stuff, matt was with chad and his adorable son noah as they got spiffy together at the home of one of chad’s groomsmen. noah was suuuch a ham for the camera it was tough to pick our faves of the little guy! we’ll start with a few (super huge! i LOVE the new blog!) getting ready shots:

amy and chad were married at holy spirit catholic church. wow, what a beautiful place! the ceremony was short and sweet and after a few portraits we were off to lit kitchen in atlantic station. matt and i had never been there but apparently they teach cooking classes which- based on the appetizers that amy encouraged us to grab- i need to take! so, amazing food, but really what thrilled us the most was watching their family and friends party together! they all seemed to love to dance; between chad and his little sister i think everyone there was pulled out on that dance floor at least once! it was a great party full of smiles and laughter and color and class- perfect. here are a few of our faves:

everyone in this next image is somehow related to amy. i never quite figured it out but they all grouped together and it was awesome- there’s just so much love and excitement in this image!

amy giving her best friend a hug after an emotional, very sweet, toast.

rarely do we turn the camera to a guest to show a picture we’ve taken of them; usually we try to stay invisible and surprise them later on the blog or slideshow. but in the case of these two dancers matt decided to show them how awesome they are. usually we get a laugh and it boosts their confidence to dance like crazy the rest of the evening but in this case the lovely lady commented, ‘ooo, great depth of field!’ when matt told me that story it made me happy!

sometimes i get obsessed with the way light can turn a normal object into a jewel. during these times i usually take five thousand pictures of things like champaign glasses.

the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom gettin’ down on the dance floor! i think these two families have a great future together, huh?

noah turned this poor lady’s hair into a bird’s nest, no doubt she forgave him the minute he looked up at her with his big eyes and cheeks, who couldn’t?

often when you have a vision, the best way to see it through is to do it yourself. that’s what amy did and check out the result!

noah is in love with his mimi- amy. he only walked down the aisle with the rings because she said she was coming right behind him! their relationship is so sweet, this next image just makes me melt.

amy & chad, thank you both for asking us to be part of such a perfect day! everything was beautiful and so ‘you.’ i hope you are having an incredible time sipping cocktails on the warm beaches of cabo, you’re not missing anything but a little rain and humidity here in atl! best wishes!

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our new blog!

August 26, 2008 – 11:57 am

here we are! ahhh, isn’t it just so fresh!? 

so this is our new blog and we love the space, the colors, the header- it changes!, the twitters and the stylish comment boxes- actually i think it’s safe to say i’m obsessed with the comment boxes. the new images are going to be huge and we are stoked about that too! and, hello! the background wallpaper!? so what do you think? questions, comments? we’re shamelessly asking for feedback here- still tweaking!

ahhh, it’s good to be home!

ps, firefox users: your browser has us stumped. my brilliant husband who rocked the rest of this blog design/construction cannot figure out how in the world to align our twitter badges for you. we’re still working on it, until then, just know that we care about you.

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