Trash The Dress Part Two - Jenny In The Ocean

by Mike

If you saw our earlier post of Ally trashing the dress in the fountain, then you know how much fun this could be. This is Jenny, who trashed the dress for us in the ocean at Tybee Island. Jenny was not one of our scheduled models, but is actually a bride-to-be that was working on her own wedding plans when she ran into a group of our photographers. They talked to her about trashing dresses and she decided she wanted to make the trip out to the beach and give this a try. She really had a blast running and splashing and just having a great time along the beach!

Stay tuned for Trashing the Dress Part 3 - Ally in the ocean, the trash the dress slideshow, a Tybee Island engagement shoot, and fun bridals at night in downtown Savannah!















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Baby Lyllia

by Catherine

There is nothing more special than a new baby! I was blessed to be present as this beautiful girl entered the world two weeks ago. I posted a few pictures from the birth but did not share the slideshow - so here it is - Enjoy!

I visited with Jenica & Steve earlier this week to share the birth photos with them and to take some more pictures of Lyllia. I will be following their family through 2007 to chronicle Lyllia's first year so look for more pictures to come! In working on this project I have made new friends and look forward to the next photo session.

Here are some of my favorites from the session last week.





Jenica, again I want to thank you and your family for the opportunity to be at Lyllia's birth it was an amazing experience!

See you soon,

Cat

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Trash The Dress Part One - Ally In The Fountain

by Mike

Have you ever heard of "Trashing the Dress"? It's a totally new, artistic, and fun expression that some brides are finding irresistable! You plan your beautiful wedding, find the perfect dress, get married, then...you pack that dress away in a box or bag for the rest of your life. It will never see the light of day again. Think you are going to hand it down to your daughter? Think the style and size will be just what she wants? Not! So think about it, wouldn't you rather take that dress after the wedding is over and make some gorgeous and unusal photographs that you will truely remember! Photographs where you no longer have to worry about getting that dress dirty, or wet?

Well, to show you what this is all about, Catherine and I met up with a group of professional wedding photographers in the beautiful city of Savannah GA for a dress trashing party! Having some beautiful models and beautiful dresses on hand, we put these model brides in the swamp, in the fountain, and in the ocean to give you an idea of what these photo sessions could be like. Unfortunately we missed the trip to the swamp because of travel arrangements. These pictures are Ally in the fountain. We will be posting up Ally and Jenny in the ocean in the next day or so. Enjoy!












Mike and Cat






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Welcome to the World, baby Girl!

by Mike

On Monday, I had the amazing experience to witness the birth of baby Lyllia. Jenica and Steve have opened their home and hearts to me and I am ever so grateful.

Jenica called around 6:30am and I arrived at their home around 8:30am just ahead of the midwife. We were joined by the midwife's apprentice, and Jenica's friend Charity and Mady. The morning progressed slowly and Steve even made us breakfast while we chatted and knitted. Steve and Jenica walked and worked through the contractions.

Later in the afternoon as labor was in full swing Jenica and Steve worked together beautifully and at 5:43pm with their older children, Colin, Jacob and Jazlyn at their side, baby Lyllia was guided into the world by the Jenica and midwife. After a few minutes of cuddling with mom and a very special prayer, Colin pronounced "It's a Girl" and he even cut the cord. She weighed in at 8 pounds 1 oz and 20" long, she was nursing beautifully as I left.

It was an amazing experience and I look forward to sharing the next year with Jenica and her family!

Here are a few pictures from the day. A slide show will be posted soon with more pictures.




Cat
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Lights, Camera...Party!

by Mike

Yesterday our daughter, Emma, had her birthday party. She is turning 9 on Monday and what else would a photographer's daughter want to do at her party, have her picture taken.

She came up with the idea of a "Red Carpet Party" and picked out the decorations from the party store, so I ran with it, scouring the thrift store and my closet for dresses, accessories and jewels. Up went the black velvet backdrop, umbrella flash, and rolled out the red carpet. Our oldest daughter, Tracie and her friend helped me with hair and makeup to get them ready to strut their stuff.

They had a blast posing for Mike as you can see in the slideshow.

Here are some of my favorite pics:








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Cat

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Baby Caleb

by Catherine

Melinda & her husband welcomed their first baby on Christmas Eve, what a wonderful gift!

I was thrilled to visit with them on Sunday and photograph 2 week old, Caleb. Mom and Dad had fun showing off with him and all he really wanted to do was eat.

Here are some of my favorites from the session along with a slideshow of more images.









I can't wait till our next session to see how he changes.

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Cat

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Jenica's Maternity Session

by Catherine

Before the Holidays I had asked my doula and midwife friends to help me find some expectant mothers that wanted to have maternity and baby photographs taken. Jenica is the first of a series of families that I will be following around with my camera this year. She is expecting her 4th baby any day and I am looking forward to photographing her baby's birth.

I had lots of fun photographing Jenica and her family, especially her little daughter who had a hard time giving my blocks back.

Here are a few of my favorites!





There are more in the slideshow

Enjoy!

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Cat

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Baby Gabriel

by Catherine

Mike, the kids and I spent the afternoon at my parent's house on Sunday playing "Crash Test Dummies" for new reciepies for Concept Events (the catering company that they run). My brother, Chris, and his family joined us and I was able to take some photographs of my nephew, Gabriel, who is 2 weeks old.

Here are a few of my favorites:





You can view the slideshow HERE

He is such a cute baby, but does not like getting undressed. We'll have to work on that for the next photo shoot.


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Cat

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Jones Family Christmas Present

by Catherine

Our family was blessed with a new addition this Christmas. My brother, Chris and his family welcomed baby Gabriel Ian Jones on Thursday, December 21st. Making the celebration much more special.

Here is the first picture of GI Jones with his father. This picture was taken by my mother at the hospital. Chris is adapting well to his role as a father of a newborn!



More photos will follow when we get back to our house and process the many we took over the weekend.

Congratulations to Chris & Robin and to the new big sisters Casey & Ashley.

Cat

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