Love in the morning | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on April 18, 2011

After our original session date was canceled due to stormy weather craziness, I gave Arissa and Davey two options for the reschedule. One of the options was for 6:45 in the morning so we’d be able to take advantage of some yummy sunrise light. Not a lot of people would be okay with such an early morning session, but I’m so glad that they did! It wasn’t supposed to be such a COLD morning, but we made the best of it and got some gorgeous images.

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Jordyn and Joseph | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on August 22, 2010

Thursday afternoon and Friday morning both predicted rain for Friday evening. I fretted over this for hours because I had an engagement session on Friday. And not just any session, a session for a couple who was only in the area for one more day before they drove the ridiculous drive (something like sixteen hours) back to their Texas home. Their wedding will be in a cozy little town nearby, but for now the distance has made it a little tricky to schedule the engagement session. Since they were going to be in Arkansas for a brief period of time before classes began again, we decided to do the engagement session now. I was prepared for the heat that we’ve been having, but rain? Rain made me nervous. What kind of rain would it be? A few innocent sprinkles? A soft rain we could work around? Or would it be a dark, thundering, pouring rain that would steal our light and threaten equipment? Not to mention make-up and hair? I finally found a place where I felt confident enough to do an engagement session if we were forced to face a thunderstorm, but as it turns out, I didn’t need it! Typical Arkansas weather, the rain decided to go away and we had a gorgeous evening to play!

Yay! I worked really hard yesterday in order to get a sneak peek up for them to see first thing when they arrive at their house. Which should be any moment now.

I can’t wait for the wedding!

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NC Workshop/Business Retreat Part 1 | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photographer

Posted on August 15, 2010

Last week I had the time of my life. Sure, there are other moments that are placed higher on the scale of Best Times Ever, like getting married and having my kiddos, but man o’ man did last weekend score high.

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!

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Staci and Corey | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on March 28, 2010

I know that they’ve been patiently waiting for this sneak peek. And I’m so excited to share it! They are such an adorable couple and the light was just perfect this night. I’m sure Corey thinks I’m the BIGGEST nut he’s ever met, but I do think it was worth it, 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!!

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Annnnnd how about a few more? | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on July 18, 2009

I told you I’d probably be posting some more! I just couldn’t help myself. Just look at how cute they are and you’ll see why I couldn’t resist.

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.

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Kassie and Doug | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photography

Posted on July 17, 2009

This session has been a long time coming. Kassie and Doug are the winners of my Wedding Giveaway ’09 and they are just cute as can be. We’ve had to wait for the semester to end so their schedules calmed down, work around out of town trips, canceled because of sickness, and last night threatened to rain us out, but we decided to go ahead and meet up just in case the weather cleared. And it did! I’m so glad, too.

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.

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Sharing some more faves | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on April 5, 2009

I just had to come back and share some more of my favorites from Beth and Joe. They are just too adorable! Some of these photos are some of my personal faves to date. I even had a couple printed to display around my desk. I’m such a dork!

I love their serious ‘model’ faces.

The wedding is fast approaching! I can’t wait!!

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Joe and Beth are in Love | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on March 22, 2009

This session has been a long time coming! Beth and I met back in November when she was looking for a photographer for their April wedding. I thought she would make a stunning bride and was so happy when they decided to book me for their wedding. Since they live in Dallas, we knew that we would have to schedule the engagement session for the future and only have the one shot at perfection. So, we picked out a day and prayed for the last few months that it would be a nice, sunny, gorgeous day. And guess what? It was! Yay. We really could not have had better luck, especially since the next day was a rainy one.

I really, really had a hard time narrowing down all of these great photos. I just can’t seem to part with anymore, so it might make for an interesting proof gallery! I had to limit myself on the sneak peek or I am afraid the post would go on forever. They were just so fun and the camera loved them. See for yourself!

Well, hello there, Gorgeous! As you can see, Beth’s soon to be husband is quite the looker as well.

Awwww, look at the sweet and fuzzy moment between two people in love! Actually, she was sweetly telling him that he had a bug in his ear. I’m lucky I got this shot because I was laughing so hard.

I simply can not lie. I adore this one.

Ok. Seriously. I’ll stop. All I can say, is if the wedding is even a fraction as fun as what the engagement session was, we are going to have a grand time! Such a stunning couple.

Thank you so much, Beth and Joe, for a great time. I’ll see you next month!

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Couldn’t Resist | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photgrapher

Posted on September 8, 2008

I just had to put up a couple more of my favorites of Angel and Eric. They are such a hot couple!

Can anything be more perfect than the way his hand is curling on her arm?

And we’ll do one more, let’s see.. something fun

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Eric and Angel | Northwest Arkansas Engagement Photographer

Posted on September 6, 2008

Wow. What can I say about these two that will truly do them justice? Eric has been a friend of ours for a couple of years now and we are SO thrilled that he has found someone so worthy of his love. These two people go together soo well. It makes me very happy. When they asked if I would be the one to capture their special day, I just had to say yes. They OOZE love. It’s so adorable.

You may remember Angel from my boudoir session in the previous post. Lucky Eric!!

We went to a few locations for their engagement sessions today and I have many photos to go through. If they are all as yummy as the few that I pulled for the sneak peek, I am going to be one happy lady!!

Can you feel the love? I told you, so sweet!

Beautiful!!!!

Eric and Angel, you two were such a pleasure to work with today. And your kids were the picture perfect definition of well behaved little boys. Thank you so much!

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