Aaron and Oksana Ash Wedding | Sneak Peek

The Ash's wedding was so beautiful. It was my first international wedding you could say. The Ash's have been in my life for several years. The mother of the groom ( Aaron) is my daughter's mentor in school and my best friend is married to the groom's cousin. So I was thrilled when Mrs. Ash asked me to photograph her son's American wedding. The bride, Oksana, is from the Ukraine. Such a beautiful young lady inside and out. I must admit I was a little nervous but excited to push myself with my camera. I was very nervous all day though about the weather. The news had been saying it was going to be the heaviest rain of the week on Tuesday. The man upstairs must have been looking out after me because not one drop of rain in the areas I was photographing! We went to several different locations including Senoia and Peachtree City. Mr. Ash (the father of the groom) was great example of how to keep an eye out for different locations. He managed to score a beautiful porch that we could use. The sweet man who lived there was more than obliged to let us photograph at his house. Was in love with his porch. The best part is that the groom's father is a professional photographer and he gave me great advice throughout the day! Thank you to Ash Family for giving me this amazing learning opportunity.

 

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Alice and Wonderland Theme Birthday Party | Layson Sneak Peek

I had the best time this past Saturday with my childhood friend Nikki, her family and her friends! I was so excited to finally get to photograph a session that was different from all the others! She told me she was having a birthday party and the theme was Disney's Alice and Wonderland. I was beyond excited! I love the uniqueness of this story, it's characters and most of all the color scheme. I was happy that I was also able to refer a friend of mine about creating a unique style cupcake. Custom Cakes by Charlotte and Allison did an amazing job on her cupcakes! They were delicious!

With this session I really wanted to get outside of the norm for photography. Every photo I took I knew what type of coloring I wanted and that alone made it so much fun. My creativity was booming out of my head! Nikki's mother's property was a photographers dreamland. I was so in love with the canvas I had to work with. I hope in the near future I can use the property again to create more magical photos!

One of the best parts of my job is getting to meet awesome people at every session. I had the pleasure of meeting some of the most important people in Nikki's life! They welcomed me like they had known me for years! Great atmosphere, great people and amazing food. The evening was full of laughter, jokes and smiles!

While this was my very first experience with Alice and Wonderland, ( I have never seen the movie. Yes I know I was told I needed to. Maybe I will get to see it soon) I had an amazing time I was there. It was so nice to get out and be around adults considering I am a mom of a child with special needs and brain cancer. It was nice to feel "Normal" as they say for a few hours. Thank you to all there who made me feel comfortable and treated me so kindly!

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Gina Robertson | Maternity Session| Sneak Peek

I love it when my friends come to me and want me to photograph special moments in their life. Whether it be a maternity, engagement or family session, I am always thrilled to see what magic I can work with my camera. So I was beyond thrilled when my sweet friend Gina wanted me to do her maternity photos. This is Gina's first girl after having two sons. I decided I wanted to give Gina a full makeover. So we did her hair, makeup and I put her in one of my favorite dresses! She looked amazing!

Gina did a great job! It was so hot and humid that day and she kept up with me like a trooper.  I can't wait to meet Miss Lucy in a few weeks!

 

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Shauna Veasey | American Boho Sneak Peak/Blog

What can I say about Shauna? She is an amazing friend, photographer and a great mentor. She has taught me so much about photography and given me many opportunities to explore and perfect my craft. We always have such a blast when we work together. It's always full of laughs, learning and we are constantly teaching each other something new. It's so nice to have someone that can teach you something new and in return do the same for them. I was beyond thrilled when she let me photograph her (most photographers prefer to stay behind the camera. Myself included). Photographing fellow photographers can be extremely nerve racking but she made it so much fun. She allowed me to take control and put my vision into a photograph while at the same time putting her own ideas in as well. 

I have always loved non traditional photography. I prefer more emotion pulling photography. The depth of the human emotion is what I want to portray in a photo whether that be happy, serious, sad, deep in thought or so on. In this session I felt more free to express my ideas and thoughts. Shauna was such a great model. Was willing to do whatever I wanted her to do no matter how awkward she might have felt. She pushed through the heat and the bug bites just so that I could get the shot I had in mind. Many times we just came up with something and just rolled with it.

We were able to put together both of our ideas and come up with a great photo over and over. 
She allowed me to practice my angles and gave me awesome tips to better my photo. She was throwing ideas out left and right while also hearing what I had in mind for the direction of the shoot. 

I feel like I have truly discovered the type of photography I enjoy. Not just the Boho style (which I throughly love) but the care free , natural and full on emotion. I was able to photograph many different emotions and had a great time doing it. I have never been so satisfied with my photos as I have with this session. I felt like I was able to be me and do what I enjoy and not feel tense. I love photographing all types of styles but this was truly something that I will remember as a great teaching tool. Shauna has been more than supportive of my passion for photography and I couldn't ask for a better person to be in my life. Thank you Shauna for being such a good sport and allowing me to make my vision happen! It truly means a lot to me!

 

Yes I put make up on my 10 year old but only for fun!

I have been blessed with the best model who is willing to do anything I ask. Who is she?? My 10 year old daughter Kaitlyn.She is growing up and of course maturing and wanting to venture into make up and nails and so on. However she didn't realize that wearing make up takes time and she saw first hand that it can be tedious but enjoyed being dolled up

. Now I am usually not ok with her wearing make up since she is only 10 and I want her to be a child for as long as possible, but I wanted to try something different. She has beautiful eyes and I wanted them to pop. I decided to add some eye liner, mascara and some eye shadow and see what fun we could have with them. It made the biggest different in my opinion from past photo sessions I have done with her.

She is such a beautiful girl I really wanted to see what more direction I could go with her look. While I am still not ok with her wearing make up outside of the house I thought this was a fun session for both us. She loved being pampered and getting dolled up and I loved getting the chance to photograph in a different style. I am in love with the Boho look.

 I tried to make it kid friendly but still a little more mature look. I feel that my mission was accomplished. I am looking forward to expanding more ideas into the form of a picture.
Not too bad for quick a idea and this took about 45 minutes from start to finish. Make up and shooting! I love when quick ideas that just pop in your head come together so well!

Sweet baby Sam

I love to photograph children. I had the pleasure of photographing a long time friends son Sam. Jennifer is a sweet girl I have known since middle school.I was so thrilled that she  contacted me to photograph her 4 month old little boy Sam. I was beyond excited and nervous as well! Infants that age can be a challenge. So many ideas going through my head on how to make this work.  However, sweet baby Sam had a different plan. He did such a good job. He held out like a champ. He made my job so easy.  He was so sweet and constantly smiling. Thank goodness for mom and grandmother being there! They were such a big help with trying to get him to smile or look a certain way for me to capture his face. It was so encouraging to be around such a loving and happy family. They were willing to do whatever I asked and that was such a big help.  I had the best time with him. I am in love with his photographs. I pray the next 4 month old I photograph is as sweet and patient with me as he was. 

 

CeCe Riders

I have many amazing opportunities to photograph many different types of events, but photographing CeCe Riders took it to a whole new level. This event was very close to my heart. A very dear friend of mine Shanna has a beautiful little girl named Cecileigh. CeCe as everyone calls her was born at 26 weeks and weighed a little over a pound. Cece was born with several medical problems which led to her diagnoses of hydrocephalus. Shanna was told that not much hope for survival and after two years of hard work, hospital visits and constant love and care, CeCe just celebrated her 2nd birthday!!
CeCe Riders was put together by The Southies Crew and had many different sponsors show their support.  These amazing, kind hearted and loving men and women worked super hard to pull this off and they did an awesome job!  I had the honor of getting to photograph a special memory for Shanna as well as the people who put it all together for her and CeCe.. We are both special needs mothers. We have an amazing bond and it felt good to be there to capture and to show my support for such a great cause. I also was able to meet another fellow special needs mother Amber. It's great when an event can bring together a community and also to allow you to meet other mothers like yourself. Very rewarding. I am looking forward to photographing Amber's son Caige (who also suffers with hydrocephalus) ride.