Tawny and Jonathan's Wedding - Andalusia, AL

Tawny and Jonathan, you guys are the best! We've really enjoyed meeting and getting to know you, and we are so happy to have been a part of your special day. Your wedding was beautiful and we had a hard time picking our favorites because there were so many of them! Here is a brief slideshow of just a few of them, the rest will be uploaded to your gallery shortly. Congratulations and we look forward to talking to you guys soon!

- M&L

Bridal Bargains from "The Bargain Bride"

Cori, one of our brides from last year, recently put up a blog geared towards getting the most out of your wedding budget. Knowing what your priorities are, and what resources you have to work with are key to putting together a fantastic wedding on a limited budget. Trust me, it can be done...Cori, The Bargain Bride" had a beautiful wedding, and frankly we are shocked at how little she spent! Click on the picture above to link to her blog, or go to http://www.bridalbargains.blogspot.com/ to check out her advice!

- M&L

Meagan's Bridal Session - Prattville, AL

Sunday, March 15th...it would have been a beautiful day, if it weren't for the rain! We met Meagan at Rocky Mount Bed and Breakfast in Prattville, AL to take her bridal portraits. Originally we had planned to do much of the shoot outside in the wedding garden, but due to the rain we moved it inside...and things turned out great! Leigh and I fell in love with the natural light coming in the windows, the beautiful hardwood floors, the staircase, the mirrors and doors...oh yeah, and it sure doesn't hurt to have a knock out bride such as Meagan! Meagan looked amazing, loved her hair, her dress, actually...can't think of anything we didn't like! We even walked out side and snapped a few photos at the end of the shoot just for fun. Meagan, hope you enjoy the brief slideshow of some of our favorites. We've got a TON more coming...we'll upload them to your gallery as soon as they are done! Can't wait until your wedding...just a few more weeks to go!

- M&L

Anna Bridal's - Lake Martin (Alex City, AL)

We met Anna at Lake Martin for her bridal portraits, and what a beautiful day it was! Anna not only looked great...she had it all together! A beautiful dress, a full length veil (which we love for outdoor shots), an amazing boquet of roses...she even brought along her two dogs to share in the fun! If you haven't noticed, we even used one of Anna's pictures as our blog header! Anna, we had a great time and are looking forward to your upcoming wedding! Here are some of our favorites, we'll have the rest of them online in your gallery soon!

...talk about cute dogs, they even dressed up to take their photo!

...loved the way the sun was hitting her veil.

...love the flowers, with some purple mixed in...beautiful.

- M&L

The "Little Guy" Ends Up on Top!

You've heard it before..."size doesn't matter"...but probably not in the context of photography. Have you ever looked at a photographer's camera lens and made judgements about how good or bad their picture is going to turn out? I'll admit it...until I became educated about the technical aspects of an SLR lens I thought that larger was better.

Well, over the last year or so one of our favorite lenses (that we've used religiously) has been the Nikkor 50mm 1.4G. I've been telling anyone who will listen to me that this tiny little guy is one of the best lenses I've ever seen. The sharpness, color replication, and depth of field out of this lens is simply amazing, and believe it or not it is one of the more reasonably priced lenses out there! So when I found out that our little work horse won the Top Lens in the autofocus category in the Professional Photographer 2009 Hot One Awards I felt like it was a win for all the little guys out there! This lens, which is about the size of a tennis ball may get some strange looks sitting on a large camera like our D700, but trust me it belongs there.

Here is the write up about this beautiful lens:

Our judges have consistently awarded Nikon for innovation and craftsmanship in the Lenses category, and this year’s no different. When used with an FX-format DSLR, the newly engineered AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G prime lens virtually replicates the visual perspective of the human eye. This compact lens comes with Nikon Silent Wave Motor technology and the ability to focus as close as 1.5 feet. The lens’s innovative optical formula works with Nikon Super Integrated Coatings to help correct sagittal coma flare and coma aberration. The rounded diaphragm opening and nine-blade aperture make out-of-focus background elements appear significantly more natural.

- M&L

The River Region Bridal Fair

We had a great time at the recent River Region Bridal Fair and met some wonderful brides to be. We booked a number of weddings at the event and we look forward to working with our newest clients!

So...we have an interesting story to share:

So we showed up at the Bridal fair around 10:30am on Sunday morning to setup for the show which is supposed to last from 1pm to 5pm. Guess where we were at 12:01am on Sunday morning? New Orleans!!! Yep, we drove 5 hours through the night swerving around deer on I-65, and navigating through snow for a few hours to arrive home around 5am. We got about 3 hours of sleep, and then packed up for the Bridal Fair. Hopefully no one noticed that we were deliriously tired!

We were in New Orleans for the wedding of some friends of ours, Shaun and Dione. Matt was a groomsman and Leigh was a reader. This was one of the biggest and most elaborate weddings we've ever been to...and we've been to a lot! The bride put us up at the W Hotel in downtown New Orleans, checked us into suites on the day of the wedding to get ready, then we took a fleet of limos via police escort (this was the coolest part) to the church and then to the reception. We had 4 motorcycle cops stopping traffic everywhere we went...we felt like rock stars! Then the reception was an amazing venue at a ritzy country club, and the band..."The Topcats" simply amazing.

I just think I talked more about our friend's wedding than the Bridal Fair...but I'm telling you it was amazing. Anyway, we are about to start getting busy with bridal sessions, engagement sessions, and weddings...so you will see less of me rambling and more pictures very soon :)

- M&L