What an AWESOME Family!!!!!!!

This night totally validated my desire to be a photographer!!! This family was a dream!!! They were so relaxed and knew how to have some fun and it shows so well in the results. They wrote me an email when they got home from the session to let me know that they all had a ball!!! What a nice compliment but let me tell you family, I am the one that had the ball!!!!!! It could not have been a better night for me!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Is this not the perfect family? Beautiful!!!!
Ya'll are too Cool!!!!
I love this one so much because with each face you get a different story.
TOLD YOU that they knew how to have fun!!! Not stiffies at all, unh?

You could tell this Mama loves her boys but what was extra sweet was to see the love they have for her.

This is probably my favorite. Love the story it tells. The symbolism.
Tender moment...
and the two cuties!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Princesses!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had the great pleasure of meeting these cuties in the park one day on James Island and had a little fun taking some pics while they played. Their parents liked the first set so much that we did a second shoot at the beach. They are so much fun!!! Their mother, in an attempt to capture their attention and smile, would ask if they were princesses and it worked everytime!! I know they really believe they are princesses!!!! And you know what, I believe it TOO!!!
LOVE THOSE BLUES!!!!!!!! AND let's NOT forget those beautiful blonde CURLS!!!!!!!

How sweet!! There was such a nice bond between them!! It was nice to watch!!
What a BEAUTIFUL family!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT
A
DOLL!!!!
It was a real treat working, well playing with this family!!! The mother was such a fun mom!!! These girlies are so blessed to have her!!!

The O'Laughlins

I think the world of this family!! The little girl was one of the first to greet us when we moved into our new home the end of last summer. She brought over yummy brownies that her Dad and her baked!!! She is the politest child I know!!! So Sweet!! The whole family is Great!!! I know they would do anything for anybody!!! Just that type of folks!!! Glad I was able to capture a few family portraits for you!!!!!!!!!
Their home sits on the marsh which made a nice backdrop for this shot!!
I love this one with them gazing into each others eyes!!! How Sweet!!!!

Beautiful ION Wedding!!!!!!

I had never heard of ION before this wedding, but OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it a place to visit!!!!!!! Like for a Sunday drive!! It is very wild!!!! Jill Higgins took me with her on Sunday to shoot a wedding there. THANKS JILL!!!! See Jill's site, located in Links I love in sidebar, for more photos!! She started telling me about this community right as we were pulling in!!! It is in Jill's terms "Mayberry meets Charleston" and that is so true. It was a beautiful place for this couple to start their lives together!!! Every house had a WHITE PICKET FENCE, kid you NOT!!!!!!!!! There was a mother pulling her children in a red wagon, a grandmother helping her grandson plant flowers by the curb, a grandfather rocking a grandbaby to sleep on the front porch and I could go on and ON!!!!!!! We could not stop laughing!!! It was like the twilight zone, but in a very cute nostalgic way!! My congratulations go to the Bride and Groom for their storybook wedding!! Wishing you many years filled with white picket fences!!!!!!!!

The colors and flowers that were chosen were BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!




This Bride and Groom looked like they should be in a Bridal Magazine!!! Don't you agree?




Speaking of models, these two look like they just walked off the pages of Lowcountry Parent!!!!!!!!!! So Charleston!!!!!!




The ceremony was right on the river and marsh, what a great location!!! Blue skies, cool breezes and lots of LOWCOUNTRY charm!!!



This is the cutie that was the flower girl!!!! What a doll!!!!!!! I think she had a crush on the Groom!!! Shhhhh!




I love this detail shot!!! Notice the reflection in the water, might that be a white picket fence and covered porch??? YES!!!!!!!!! I think it turned out really cool!!!




AND I had to include their baby!!!!!!! They must really LOVE this pooch, he was part of the ceremony!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEXI!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!! YOU'VE GOT IT GIRL!!!!!!!!

Lexi ~ YOU are SO BEAUTIFUL! We had So much FUN!!! She told me that someone once told her that those cute freckles were angel kisses!!! I think she's an Angel!!!

She was so easy to work with and so willing to get into the moment. Although her family had to stay inside with the blinds closed!!!! Strict orders from Lexi!! It really works better that way!!! Her mom, Gina, was very agreeable with that idea and it made for an awesome shoot!!! Thanks!!!

Doesn't she make a GREAT model?!?!?!?!?!?!

True little Southern Belle!!!!!!!!!

She knows how to have fun!!! Your so FUNNY!!!

I had to include this one because it reminds me of one of those well known ads and I am glad that I was able to achieve this look for her. She wants to be a model!!! I think she already is!!!!!!!!!!!

Jill Higgins is ONE COOL CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had the awesome opportunity to go help Jill Higgins with one of her weddings on Saturday!! I was the 2nd shooter for her at the beautiful Mills House in downtown Historical Charleston. Jill is so COOL!!! A well oiled machine indeed!!! I love her style!! Just the right amount of EVERYTHING!! I could not have hand picked a better mentor if I had tried. It is fate that I am able to work with Jill. I have thanked God for her every night since we meet. REALLY! I will be forever indebted to her. Jill has taught me more than I could have ever imagined in such a short amount of time!!!! She is also one of my biggest cheerleaders!!! "Thank YOU JILL for believing in me!!!! YOU ROCK!!!" She is a Dixie Girl like me from my neck of the woods and has made it here to Charleston too but only a few years earlier. Jill is so SWEET and DOWN TO EARTH!!! Would do anything for anybody!! No wonder she is SO successful! She is one of the best!!! Check her out in my Love Links on sidebar, see for yourself!!

Here are just a few of the ones I shot there. It was SO hard to pick my favorites!!! It was as if I was a kid not just in a candy store but a kid with the GOLDEN TICKET at the Wonka Factory!!! So many beautiful things and gorgeous people that I could hardly contain myself!!!



Not hard to make a beautiful photograph with a couple like this!!!!

They are just as nice as they look!!!

Getting ready!!!

Love it!!!

How sweet!!!

I love the symbolism in this one. Check out the older couple in the back ground. Can't you picture this couple here on their 50th!!!
The flowers were lovely!!!

The vows!!! Check out the lady in the window!! COOL!!!

Have you ever seen such a CUTIE? Look at those blues with that sweet head!!!!

The new Mr. and Mrs.!!!!!!!!!!

Can't you feel the LOVE!!!!

I LOVE this shot!!! It is beautiful!

They definitely knew how to have a good time!!! I love this new technique Jill taught me!! It captures the moment quiet well, wouldn't you say?

Sweet Caroline!!!!!

Caroline, you are such a natural!!! Don't ever doubt your beauty!!! You've got an abundance of it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh What a NIGHT!

Caught this sunset at the battery the other night.
Then went down to the Customs House and got this night shot of the Market Pavilion Hotel. Pretty Cool!!!

Earlier on the way to the battery, I caught this couple walking down the street!!!! My cousin Suzanne and her husband Bart from TN!!! I knew they were coming for a visit but they decided on a whim that they would leave that morning and had just got into town. They were going to surprise me in the morning. But I ended up surprising them by running down the street like a crazy woman to greet them!!! How Unbelievable that we would be there at that very second!!! Will never forget it!! Awesome!!

I Love You Suzanne!!! So glad to have you in my life!!!!!!! Thanks for being so encouraging!!! What would I do without YOU?


Here are some great shots that they will now have to remember there time here!!! What GREAT FUN!!!!

We'll have to get together again!!!!