Sws Magazine Premiere

The ladies at Bliss Event Group have been working extremely hard on a brand new magazine named "Southern Wedding Style". We are proud to be an advertiser and contributing photographer for this new magazine, and we are looking forward to its upcoming release in April. There is going to be a premiere party and bridal showcase at the always hip MySpayce here in Pensacola on April 1st. Check out the details below and tell your friends about this great event! For those of you out of town, this magazine will be distributed all over the southeast from Birmingham to Savannah. Be sure to pick up a copy!

Avery at 9 months...plus two weeks

Okay, boy do we have a newly found respect for children's photographers. We were worn out after this shoot. It sure is nice not have to actually chase a bride and groom around this much on weekends.

Someone doesn't care for shoes yet so Rae had to get involved a little. You would think the shoes bite!


Look at the smile like daddy's.... okay, maybe a little of mommy's too.




I crack myself up!


Hey, what's with this stupid hat in Florida?


You two are funny.....


This was her Christmas dress Wesley's mom hand made....


Of course everything goes in the mouth these days!


But hey, she's getting around just fine!

May 31, 2008 Cancellation

We are now open for May 31, 2008. If you or anyone you know is interested in getting married on May 31, 2008....CALL US! We would love to be your photographers!

Avery Update

I was prepping the studio sofa for an AWESOME boudoir session recently and caught a couple shots of the munchkin goofing off. She's getting harder to keep in focus as much as she moves around these days. I can't publish the boudoir photos until the groom sees them, but here are a couple for you Avery fans.....

FYI....She is NOT ever going to do her own boudoir session!

Valerie and Terry

This weekend was the wedding of Valerie and Terry here in Pensacola. They had a small intimate wedding in the chapel of Olive Baptist Church with reception following at the always beautiful Skopelos overlooking Pensacola Bay. We met at Skopelos before the ceremony for outside photos and it was miserably cold and cloudy. The ladies sucked it up though and we got some great shots before they turned blue....

The dashing Terry


Valerie was just beautifully glowing and such a sweetheart...


Their girls were using Terry as a warmer between photos....








A quick examination of the cake from The Cake Shop.


The officiant stood out in front and spoke to the audience for the ceremony which was very touching....




The guests had their own candles...








We headed over to Skopelos.... Doesn't that just look warm inside?


There were icicles appropriately hanging outside the window by the cake...








A little toast....


and finally some cake!

We're Back

Somehow a couple of the blog posts below got jacked up while were were gone, but I think it's back on track now. We have a wedding tomorrow that will be posted along with some other cool stuff next week. Maybe even a few more pics from Disney. Have a really great weekend and we'll update soon!

Wes

Scott and Lael's Disney Engagement

Greetings from Walt Disney World. This is why some of you have been getting e-mails from us on the Blackberry this week. Wesley's best friend popped the big question in front of Cinderella's Castle yesterday, and we wanted to be here to photograph the big event. Needless to say it was quite entertaining. We prepared for days on how we were going to do this. Wesley was going to have Scott take our "family" picture in front of the castle, and then we were going to return the favor so pointing the camera at them would not tip Lael off in any way. One thing Scott did not practice was taking the ring out of his back pocket and Lael sort of figured out what was happening before he got the darn thing free. Needless to say she said yes and it was a first for us to photograph the "Will you?" part of the marriage process. I'm glad they will have these photos for the rest of their life.

Here's that stuck ring moment....


But then she said yes.....


Avery has been having a great time with the characters!


Mickey got a big kiss on the nose right after this one.....


and someone realy loves her Mickey ears....

Why two photographers?

The blogging is a little slow this week as we play catch up from the holidays. January and February are usually the months where the wedding season slows down and we use the extra time to design some albums, update our marketing materials, and just do all the little things we seem to never have time to do in the busy seasons. Our main goal for 2008 is to show how we work together as a team to produce the images we achieve from our weddings and events. You can hire a photographer with an "assistant" all day long. However, photographing weddings together for five years consistently now has given us the ability to work in a way where we are always inspiring each other for better shots. It also allows us to cover twice as much of your event in half the time. I'm going to be doing a little show and tell on the blog here soon with examples of why it's an advantage to hire a photography team with two photographers who are equally qualified for your wedding. Stay tuned!

On a side note, we have had some inquiries lately in more of a technical nature asking how we make our photographs look the way we do. Answer? It's the 33.333% rule.

33% technical knowledge of working a camera and knowing which lens for the shot you want
33% knowledge of digital enhancement of the photo after getting it perfect with the camera first (photoshop is not for helping a bad image, it's for making a perfect one even better)
And finally, 33% of having the "eye" and experience of knowing and capturing a good photograph. A photo will never look 100% if any of these are missing....

A great bridal fair and price increases.....

Wow, what a great bridal show this weekend! Our booth was very busy this year and I think the time went by faster than years past because we were talking so much. We appreciate everyone who stopped by our booth to say hi and the nice comments we received.

We want to give everyone a heads up that this is the last week of our current prices. We constantly invest a lot in our business from our equipment to seminars for new techniques in order to provide the images we produce. For these reasons along with the fact that darnit, we're just worth it, we will have a substantial price increase beginning Sunday January 13th. If you have been sitting on the fence and just not gotten around to booking yet, please get in touch with us this week.

A little recap of just one of the beautiful gowns from the runway show.....


Is this a cool table cover or what? Give North Hill Chair Covers a call if this looks interesting for your upcoming wedding. I have a feeling we will see at least one of these this upcoming wedding season!

Mary & Jim in Foley, Alabama

Wes and I took a short road trip to Foley, AL to photograph the wedding of Mary & Jim. It's always a mystery when we go to shoot a wedding for people that we haven't met....but, we were definitely pleased when we saw such a sweet, cute couple. They have such a sweet story too! They have known each other since grade school and their families have been waiting a long time for this wedding. Jim works at a camera shop and is very interested in photography so we were honored that they chose us.


Meet the groom Jim! He is so handsome and is a sweet as he looks!


These shoes belonged to Jim's grandfather.....how cool?


They saw each other before the wedding which gave us time for some great shots....


It was really windy so we played with Mary's beautiful veil...




Wesley caught a shot of her through a palm....I like to call him the paparazzi!


I LOVE the moments just before that walk down the aisle....


Her mom and dad walked with her.... sweet The candle to the right was lit in honor of Jim's best friend who was deployed to Iraq.




This cake was absolutely happening.... It was made for photos!


After the reception we headed to Gulf Shores for some beach shots...


I think the next 15 minutes were the highlight of the day. What a gorgeous yet dreary sunset we had.....








They drove away with their own stick figure likeness on the window thanks to their friends ;-)