When they asked me if I would mind traveling to a little known studio outside of Fayetteville where they got married, I was very intrigued. I had only heard of Terra Studios one other time and I have been living in Northwest Arkansas for the majority of my life.  I wish I had known about it sooner and I can’t wait to take my kids there.  So much art and whimsy!  It’s just amazing and something completely appealing to me.  (Points for both of my last couples coming up with ideas that just sing to me!!)

I didn’t even try to narrow these down.  I just grabbed a bunch of my faves.  Grab a drink, sit back, and Enjoy!! 
See, Julie is an incredibly talented artist. (here’s her facebook page) That’s some of her art. Gorgeous, yes?

A Terra Studios specialty! Bluebirds of Happiness.

Those of you new to the blog and wondering, why yes, I do have a thing for reflections.

Awesome thing about the above photo: I snapped a few test shots to make sure that I got their faces in the shard I wanted. Later on that evening, I was looking through my LCD at some of the photos and came across this one:

At first glance, I thought it was just a weird, squished Julie, but then I noticed in a bottom shard that her mouth was parted. Then I realized that it was Julie and Ty MERGED together into one freaky combined face. How cool is that?!!

Um, yeah, Julie, if you ever doubted your beauty, just look at this again and again!!

The gazebo where they were married!

Okay. I’m done. I just couldn’t stop sharing!!

Julie, Ty. You guys are awesome. Thank you SO much!

(Three winners)  $10 off your session fee

(Two winners) 10% off your next order

a 10 image accordion mini album

10 free 5x7s

10×10 mounted print

10×10 stand out

GRAND PRIZE:

A session with Raining Light Photography with ten digital images!!

The details:

all prizes with the exception of the grand prize require a booked session

Sessions must take place in NWA or else traveling fees will apply

prizes are non-transferable and can not be exchanged for their monetary value

What do you have to do to enter?

Leave a comment on the blog!  What kind of comment?  Any comment!  Tell me what kind of session you would want, how your day has been, what is your favorite season, anything!

The contest will be open for the next ten days and then I will use random.org to randomly pick blog comments for each of the prizes.  Sound good?  Awesome!  Start commenting!  Tell your friends.  Have fun and good luck.

And because every post deserves a photo, here is a little gem from Laine’s family session.

You see, some of my closest, dearest, best friends were met online. We came together in a photography forum many years ago and have grown together. Shared together. Discussed ideas, critiqued work, told stories, grown into a family. These girls are so special to me, they know more about me than some of my ‘real life’ friends, and the closest one is five hours away. Last year we decided that we were going to get together for a weekend of shooting, talking, bonding, and discussing business. Two condos were rented a gorgeous beach in North Carolina. A handful of us had meet before last weekend, but the majority had not. You know those friendships that can pick up right where you left off no matter the time span? That’s how it was for us. It was like we had always been able to talk face to face instead of through forums, texts, emails, IMs, and facebook. And now it doesn’t seem fair that we have to wait until next year to see each other in person again. It’ll be well worth the wait.

Our host, the fabulous Dana Jackson, managed to schedule four different time slots of sessions with multiple subjects while we were there. We did maternity, a hot couple, newborns, families, siblings, and seniors. It was simply amazing. There was little sleep, lots of learning, and so much talk.

Here are a few of the images from the ‘hot couple’ session. Amanda and I lead the majority of this session since we do more couples than some of the other girls. The couple’s goal was to have ‘something hot for the bedroom’ and I think we got it!!

They are such a gorgeous couple.

Now, since they said they wanted something hot, and we were on the beach, what else could we do but get them on the waterline?

Um, meow. These next two are totally hot.

It’s been really interesting to look through my friends’ versions of all the sessions that we did. I love being able to see the same scene through their eyes. I wish it could happen every day!

Part 2? Seniors!

This little guy will be one in less than two weeks!

I think he is pretty happy about it.

A few of the family shots.

And a few of mom and dad!

Beautiful lady, right?

I want to say more, but I’m running out the door. I’ll come back and edit this when I get back! Got to go and pick up John!

ETA: This couple is so sweet. Staci admitted that she was nervous for these photos, but it doesn’t look like it at all, does it? She’s gorgeous and the camera loves her. And poor Corey. I don’t think he thought he would be dancing in fields or laying on the ground when he came along for this session. Well, that’s what happened! And I’m so glad that they did because I’m in love with these photos.

See? Aren’t they gorgeous? And you guys should see her wedding dress. It fits perfectly with their venue. I can’t wait for this wedding!!

I was in love with these trees. I’m rather clueless when it comes to fruit bearing trees, but someone said they were crab apples? Whatever they were, I adored them.

Soooo pretty!!

Hah. I’m not sure if Will knows that I took this photo of him getting ready.

A kiss good luck as he gives her away.

You may kiss your bride!

Just might be my fave photo of the day. 

I had the pleasure of photographing the marriage of Michele and Will this weekend at the Shrimpman’s Yacht Club.  It was such a fun day.  Despite a threat of rain, the weather was perfect and everything went so well.

Congratulations, you guys, and I wish you the best of luck in your new life together! 

I love the way the light wraps around this tree.

You might be able to tell, but I was IN LOVE with their ‘almost kiss’ profile.  I adore it.  It also helps that Kassie has amazing lips!

See, proof that we did get some shots that weren’t all lovey dovey, kissy face. 

Just a little handful of my favorites to share.  I just quickly went through, grabbed these and processed them, so I may be posting some more later on once I go through the entire set. 

The location we picked was gorgeous, but it was soooo humid! I was a pregnant, sweaty mess by the time it was said and done, but Kassie and Doug just continued to look cute. Good thing that I wasn’t the one being photographed. It would not have been pretty at all!

Thank you guys for hiking around with me.  And thank you so much for the gift for the baby.  That was soo sweet of you.