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Wedding Rehearsal Dinner: Courtney & Greg – Auburn University Ag Heritage Park – Auburn, Alabama

So what do you get when you combine a barn venue, Shiner Bock, and brisket flown in from The Salt Lick in Austin, TX? A “Beer. Boots, & BBQ” themed rehearsal dinner for Courtney and Greg, on the Auburn University campus: rehearsal dinner at the auburn university ag heritage park barn auburn alabama rehearsal dinner bar

Greg’s dad is a crafty genius – to keep from denting the cans he used to make the candle holders, he filled them with water and froze them before drilling the holes: homemade steel can candle holder votives for an auburn rehearsal dinner auburn university rehearsal dinner in alabama

Photos of Courtney and Greg from childhood to the present decorated one wall, and along the opposite wall was a spread full of barbecue fare prepped by Terra Cotta Catering:

Stay tuned for their fabulous wedding pics!

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Engagement: Featured on Well-Groomed Blog!

Well-Groomed is a wedding blog geared toward grooms with style (who says weddings are only about the bride?). Check out their feature showcasing my pictures from Kimberly and Percy’s retro inspired engagement session here!

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Engagement: Evonda & Andre – Montgomery, Alabama

This wasn’t your typical engagement session, because technically, Evonda and Andre were already married! But since they had a private ceremony, they decided to plan a “wedding” reception 6 months later for their friends and family to celebrate with them (which is why they needed me :)). So even though they were beyond the “engaged” point, we did the engagement session anyway so we could have a chance to work together before the big party day, where we’d be taking all the same pictures I would typically take at a wedding, with the exception of the ceremony.

I’m all about couple who incorporate the things they love into their pictures. They had their first kiss over a game of Connect Four – but they couldn’t find the game to bring it to the session, so they improvised and brought checkers instead. They also brought their dog, Diesel, who was going to make sure he didn’t get left out. At one point during the session, he scared the crap out of me because he started making this hacking noise like he was choking. I was completely confused because Evonda and Andre were totally calm, until I found out that this was not the first time Diesel had made that noise. Turns out, HE FAKES IT to get attention!!! Little stinker. 🙂 It’s kind of hard to get mad at this face though…

…especially when he photobombs their picture!

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Wedding: Crystal & Matt – The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort – Kiawah Island, South Carolina

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned having to hold off on posting pictures from a wedding I second shot in the Charleston area. Well, here’s the deal! I’m pretty lucky to have some very talented friends in this industry – one of them happens to be superfly Charleston film photographer Virgil Bunao. We’ve been buddies for several years, so when he needed a digital wingman at one of his weddings, I was happy to do it. Crystal and Matt’s gorgeous soiree was held on The Ocean Course at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort (if that sounds familiar, you might have heard of it because it was where the PGA Championship was played last year). My assignment was to stick with the groom and his men, and shoot as many details as possible along the way. Of course, at a place like this, there was no shortage of beautiful things to photograph:

The cake topper was custom made to match their wedding attire, and included a guitar as a nod to the musician groom:

The roses on Crystal’s Amsale gown were just stunning:

In the ballroom, guests enjoyed candlelit family photographs on display, as well as bananas foster, freshly prepared by the chefs on hand:

And once they had enough sugar, they could dance to the sounds of the band Who’s Bad – which featured not one, but TWO Michael Jackson impersonators:

So, the reason for the long wait? I had to hold off on posting these because Virgil had this wedding featured in a gigantic 8 page spread in Charleston Weddings Magazine (check it out on his blog here!). As if that wasn’t enough, it was also featured on Style Me Pretty (click here to see it). Congrats my friend, well deserved!

Venue & Catering: The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Wedding Planning & Design, and Floral Design: Tara Guerard

Wedding Stationery: The Lettered Olive

Wedding Gown: Amsale

Shoes: Bespoke

Bridesmaids Dresses: Bari Jay

Men’s Attire: Express

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Portrait: Julie Bunkley, Invision Events – Pike Road, Alabama

The title of this post is a little misleading. Yes, that’s Julie Bunkley, wedding planner/event designer extraordinaire, of Invision Events. As in Invision Events in Auburn. So why the H-E-double-hockey-sticks does it say “Pike Road, Alabama”? Because we did her new headshots at The Waters, where she is the preferred wedding planner (she’s also the preferred planner at Callaway Gardens if you’re keeping score). She was in the process of rebranding her business and thought it would be a good time to update her own picture, so she asked me to overcome her “lack of modeling skills” and whip something up. As you can see, I think she was just being modest. 🙂

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