katie | SENIOR

Katie is a sweet-tempered Clinton High senior and was up for anything on the day of our shoot. Thanks, Katie, for entrusting to me the role of shooting your senior portraits. Enjoyed it!

rachel & stephen | ENGAGED

Well, Rachel finished pharmacy school just a few days ago and now has a wedding two months away–I’d say she’s got quite the life accomplishments going down this summer. Fortunately, she and her other half, Stephen, are as even-keeled and low-stress as can be so I’d guess they’re going to manage all the “to-dos” of this summer quite effectively.

Funny story about this here photo session. It’s no secret that I like to shoot through things when I’m shooting. You know, all those blurry colors that show up in the foreground of many of my pictures? Well, to shoot through something it often means that you have to shoot while in something. On this particular day, it was in and through some pretty green leaves–only later to be discovered was poison ivy. And a TON of it. It took four weeks for it all to clear up for me (after a shot, antibiotics and the whole nine yards). Guess it’s only appropriate that photographing a pharmacist would result in the need for antibiotics, huh?

(Thankfully, Rachel & Stephen weren’t required to be as exposed to the “pretty” greenery as I was and both of them avoided any poisonous reaction… whew)

mandy & taylor | WEDDING PORTRAITS

A fun little portrait session of Mandy & Taylor right here in Jackson a few weeks after their Jamaican wedding. They had to get some wedding portraits in their actual hometown, right? Right.

Roaming around the Fondren area in Jackson does a camera, a photographer, and a pretty couple a whole lot of good. And Mandy & Taylor… dang you two are pretty.

Mr. & Mrs. Plunkett

I got one of the nicest e-mails from any bride ever from this gal, Kristi, following her receipt of her wedding day slideshow. Sure, it made me feel so good to hear her encouraging words about the pictures and how pleased she was with them, but even more than that it helped me know more about what type of person she is. Kristi cares about people. She takes her time getting to know someone, it seems, and in doing so she knows even better how to speak words to someone that have a powerful impact.

Hal is a little bit more simply spoken, but caring nonetheless. I loved how sweetly he handled Kristi and how his presence brought her no greater calm–after she saw him on the wedding day nothing else really seemed to matter all that much.

It was another Provine Chapel wedding for me, probably somewhere around the 20th wedding I’ve shot in that venue, but it’s still such a magical place. It never seems to get old. Here are a few from this sweet, sweet, wedding day…

Mr. & Mrs. Cole

Monica & Jon were eeeeeasy clients to love. They were super laid back and always up for whatever, so, they couldn’t have made my job any easier. Their wedding day was outside and set at the home of one of Monica’s family friends who happens to have incredible taste and helped the family pull together such a perfect day. It was quaint, southern, and seemed to fit the personality of these two to a tea–exactly what every wedding should do.

With engagements, bridals, and the wedding, I got to know this couple well, and I hate we won’t have any more excuses to spend time together. Since we both live in the area hopefully our paths will cross again soon!

I don’t ever post pics of the food… not a ton of photographic skill to take shots like these, but, there is a whole lot of skill making something as delicious as this. It was some sort of grape/brown sugar/cream cheese/pecan goodness that I literally couldn’t stop eating. I had two plates and started getting looks. So delicious…

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