Posted by April on Feb 03, 2010
So, we’re moving right along & now into my first week of June!! hahaha..pitiful. Eleana is all over my website & you are about to see more of her! She’s in my engagement gallery on the website & she’s in my video… Now you get to see some of her bridal portraits before you see her amazing wedding!
Eleana & her mom wanted some traditional portraits, which we did. BUT I was so super duper excited because she also wanted some less traditional shots & it was awesome going around Fayetteville on Hay Street - which is definitely one of my favorite spots now!
So, first the traditional…
And now to the less traditional!!! YIPPEEEE!!
The firemen loved some Eleana
My first car was a ‘65 Mustang, so when I saw this vehicle in the parking lot, we had to get a shot with it!
Wedding to come shortly…
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Posted by April on Jan 26, 2010
So, then the day after Tara’s incredible bridal, I had the opportunity to photograph her & 3 other ladies during an all day boudoir marathon in Charlotte! It’s always wonderful - boudoirs are one of my favorite things to photograph. It’s a time I get to spend getting close to 4 new ladies, have fun with light, have fun with the elements & create something wonderful and empowering! And I get to spend the whole day with Elizabeth Tolley - the most incredible makeup artist on the planet in my humble opinion! Elizabeth blows me away time after time and she’s definitely a great source of entertainment on these 12 hour shoots!
Since boudoirs are very private shoots, here are some not so revealing shots of my 4 lovely May ladies!
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Posted by April on Jan 23, 2010
So, I returned to Raleigh on a Thursday night from St Maarteen & then drove out to Charlotte bright & early Saturday morning to start a weekend of Charlotte fun! And it all started with Tara’s Bridal! She found this phenomenal place to do her session: The Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary It is really an awesome place to be & they were incredibly nice to deal with! I would highly recommend checking this gorgeous place out if there’s a shoot you’d like to do in Charlotte!
Tara was just so inspiring to be around - she is beautiful, nice & funny… and I don’t think she has any idea that she’s perfect! She even told me that she had to STOP working out so she wouldn’t look too muscular in her wedding dress!!! GAH!!! Girl got some good jeans didn’t she?!?! Tara wanted to get some classic shots - bordering traditional for her mom’s house. We didn’t go too crazy, but I am absolutely in love with how timeless these bridals are!
Thanks again Tara!
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Posted by April on Jan 20, 2010
Here began the insane insanity of 2009… I flew into Nashville, TN for Ashley & Brandon’s Wedding on a Friday, flew back to Raleigh on Sunday & worked straight through the night to fly out to St Maarteen on Monday morning… Shew. And the rest of the summer kept that pace. It was really nuts & I’m so happy 2010 doesn’t quite look like this!
So, Tania Lezak contacted me about this time last year & asked if I could shoot a wedding with her in St Maarteen. I obviously said “YES”. We had such an incredible time & if there’s any other person out there that wants to fly me out to some exotic location to shoot a wedding - the answer is YES. Ha! We had a blast… I probably had tooooo much of a blast 
Thanks Tania for an awesome time in the islands!!
So, onto just some fun shots… since I wasn’t the lead, it was cool getting shots that I normally don’t focus on.
Rehearsal Dinner by the pool - not a bad idea!!
There’s nothing like island music
If I ever had another job, this is what I would want to do - just dance
This dance was cracking me up… at this point she was at $.25
And here $1.00
Not a bad ceremony venue at all
Ah - How awesome to walk through an island resort to get to your ceremony
And what a ceremony
Other than the planes that land DIRECTLY on the beach there
Yes - I said plane right there. Right there. On the beach.
Tania put that couple there. And that’s where I slipped, fell & gashed myself open on the rocks. And then played it off.
Somebody PLEASE take me back to St Maarteen! Tania??!?!
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Posted by April on Jan 15, 2010
Back in 2008 I offered Free Wedding Photography & had all my blog stalkers vote for the winner… Well, now you FINALLY get to see the results.. If you haven’t somewhere on the web already! The winners were Ashley & Brandon and wow… they really are incredible people & I am so honored that I was able to capture their wedding day in Nashville, TN. If anything, I got WAYYYYYYY more out of it than they did. I’m not sure I can even articulate how special they are. Just the way Ashley approached her wedding blew my socks/heels off. There was not even ONE element of her wedding day that was insignificant. Ashley is VERY VERY talented & did the entire wedding herself - jewelry, programs, dress, bouquets, etc… She is so artsy & unique. It was one of the most beautiful & MOST memorable weddings I’ve ever been a part of and she did the whole wedding for $2,000. In fact, Ashley now helps create & coordinate weddings, and I think you should contact her for your wedding: http://www.oliveyoudeerly.blogspot.com/
AND before I get into it, a HUGE thank you to Ashley for pimping me out on several different & very recognized blogs! She’s been very kind & generous in submitting her wedding images to blogs for more exposure!!
AND 1 more thing - there are lots of details in these next 3 posts because Ashley did create so many very personable touches for her wedding & I just think it’s so awesome and inspiring!
The dress - she added an apron she made to the dress to add to the bird theme of her wedding! AN APRON!!!
Check this out! Who would think of adding an apron to a wedding gown!? It’s so awesome!
Lots & lots of mis-matchy meaningful jewelry… and of course some fabulous shoes!
She put a bird’s nest in her hair… I’m really not sure who else could pull this off. I friggin’ love it!
Her bouquet that she made with special family beads & cameo attached for added sentimentality
She’s so beautiful
Brandon first saw her on the elevator actually… it was funny but I love the full blast face to face reaction!
lovelies
I like how the Embassy Suites lobby even had a bird in the background just for them!! haha
Since I know nothing about TN, Ashley came up with the spots for photos. I LOVE that this is where she wanted to go!!!
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