Happily Ever After Never Looked So Good!!! Professional Wedding Photographer and Family Portrait Photographer

Here are a few updates from two of my past wedding clients!!! Their families are growing!!! I just LOVE photographing weddings..but the next best thing, is being able to see all the wonderful couples again and share with them the events of their lives. I was honored to be apart of their wedding days...and even more honored that they when they think of who they want to photograph their future..it is me!!!

Do you remember this jumping picture!!! I used it for a while on many advertisements. It is still one of my favorite jumping pictures of all time! I love how Veronica is just in focus!!! This was taken at Veronica and Bradley's wedding back in 2008...

Here they are with 4 month old Fallon...isn't she beautiful! I was so excited to hear they were expecting their first child (via Facbook of course!) So excited when they contacted me for her first Professional Photography Shoot!!!

Here is Ali and Greg during their first dance last October! I loved this photo because it captured their relationship with each other...

I was honored to be able to photograph their GROWING family!!! Ali is due in 6 weeks and I have already set aside her due date to meet them at the hospital to meet this blessed child!

Now the advantage to photographing someones wedding and then being invited to capture their lives following...is I am privy to little perks like knowing about these sexy and funky shoes Ali wore and we highlighted in her wedding photo's! I just had to have her pull them out for our shoot last weekend! I knew we had taken many photo's of her crossing her legs with these shoes so I was looking to put her in the shoes in similar poses to the ones we had done last year!

To see more of these Family Portrait Photography shoots and MANY more wonderful families I am proud to call my photography family...please go to:  http://momentsofjoywiththewee-ones.blogspot.com/

I hope if you are looking for a wedding photographer, that you are looking for that person to be around throughout your families lives...please keep that in mind when searching for that perfect photographer!!!

Ali and Greg's Wedding Story

Here is the wedding story of Ali and Greg! I love this couple! I loved them the first time I meet them but man did they REALLY interview me! They were VERY thorough in picking their wedding photographer...they asked me questions I had NEVER been asked before, one being what my prices were for family pictures and what kind of baby portraits do I take. They said they wanted to hire a wedding photographer that they would want to have photograph their future family...I got an email about 4 months ago that Ali was pregnant with as they lovingly refer to as "Baby Squeak"! We already have a pregnant shoot set up and I am going to the hospital a few hours after Baby Squeak arrives to photograph him/her for the first time!!! (I actually know which one it is but they are keeping it a secret for some family members...so I have to BE VERY CAREFUL how I refer to him/her!!!) Please enjoy the post as I enjoyed this couple. I chose the pictures carefully, there are some BEAUTIFUL formals included, BUT I tried to mostly pick pictures that showed their emotion moments of the day. Enjoy!

You kinda had to be there to understand the meaning of this...Ali was applying this lipstick right before the ceremony and the name of the color was "paranoid"...we had a few laughs about that!

Ali had VERY different and interesting shoes!!!!

One of my favorites captured of the day...

Another favorite...

...I think one is actually my REAL favorite....

And now begins the story! I LOVE these pictures of Ali and her father. It shows the TRUE emotion of the moments right before Ali walked down the isle. Just for some background...It was not certain at one point that Ali's father was going to be present at their wedding, as he had been very ill, the year prior. But as you can see...all went well for Dad....this WAS really a happy/thankful moment for the two of them!

And here we go...the long awaited moments...

And they are man and wife at last!!!

The wedding party...

Mr. and Mrs. Steele...

The first dances are ONE of my favorite times to capture the emotion of the day...

*The 2nd photographer who assisted me for this wedding was Shannon Edgar