The Levines hired me to photograph their daughter’s Bat Mitzvah in February, and they wanted some cool family photos before the big event. They chose Jones Bridge Park in Norcross and the weather was perfect. We had some beautiful soft light, and this family was a treat to photograph. Luckily, no one fell into the water during the shoot. 
My husband and I have been active in our community church, Kirkwood UCC for four years now! Recently, we helped host an art show and fundraiser for the church’s Soup Saturday program. I set up a photo booth and invited folks from our neighborhood to take silly photos of themselves for their holiday cards. We also held a silent auction to sell creative services and gifts from members of our church. We raised over $4000 to serve food to members of our community in Atlanta! Here are a few of my favorites from the photo booth.
Katie and Umur had a lovely fall themed wedding at The Pace House in Vinings. I loved the pumpkins on the tables, and the Pace House has such beautiful old southern charm.
I love how their rings look on the antique sewing machine.
All of their friends and family surrounded them for their last dance.
Elizabeth and Chris are getting hitched in April. They live on the west coast, so when they visited family for some wedding planning, we met for the engagement session at Chris’s parent’s land in Homer, Georgia. I loved the fall colors and the beautiful land around this area. We shot so many good ones! These two are so cute, I’m sure their wedding will be a really fun one to photograph.
My friend Tijana is about to graduate from chiropractic school at Life University in Marietta. She needed some professional photos and also some fun shots to celebrate her graduation. We walked around the school’s campus for photos, and I was really impressed with how beautiful their campus is. There are plenty of modern looking areas and a lovely path through the woods with a lot some old historic farm houses and barns.
It was ridiculously hard for me to pick just a handful of photos for this blog entry. Marilyn has been a dear friend to me for over seven years, and since she’s been dating Bo, I’ve never seen her happier. Of course I had to shoot their wedding! Luckily, Marilyn’s friend Elena is a super talented shooter, and she photographed the wedding with me as a present to Marilyn and Bo. I also got my buddy Martin to help out so Elena and I could put down our cameras and the reception.
Marilyn’s parents hosted the wedding and reception at their property on the marsh just outside of Savannah, Georgia. Along with homemade pies, a low country boil and an oyster bake added to the beautiful southern flavor of their event. Marilyn made preserves and pickled veggies for wedding favors and a blues band played while everyone sipped on southern signature cocktails. Wow, what a great wedding! Here are a few of my favorites.
Marilyn's dress was her mother's wedding dress.
This is one of many, many beautiful shots by the crazy-talented Elena Gorelik.
Elena takes a break from her photos to help Marilyn with make up.
We took this when Marilyn and Bo saw each other for the first time. Marilyn's dad hung the swing for the wedding, and she added the rainbow streamers.
We walked down to the marsh for some photos before the ceremony.
Marilyn and her dad made this sign for the event.
Getting ready to walk down the aisle!
Bo's mom performed the nuptials, and both sides of the family performed music for the ceremony.
After the ceremony, we walked back to the marsh for more photos. This is one of my favorites!
There were no "official" mother-son, father-daughter dances but Martin got a great shot of Marilyn dancing with her dad.
One last shot before going to the after party!
Thy Pham called me last weekend for a last minute family session. After booking a photographer for photos of his family’s yearly reunion, the photog didn’t show up or call! I was happy to pick up the job and the this family was so much fun to photograph! We did group shots of all of them, and individual portraits, too. Here are just a few of my favorites.
My friend David Striepe is a talented writer. He published his first book of poetry last year, Miniature Ships. He’s starting a blog, and needed some professional looking head shots and author photos. We took several shots in and around his house, which is where he does most of his writing.
Shavon, Kirk and their adorable daughter are members of Rob and I’s church, Kirkwood UCC. As we were leaving last Sunday, they noticed I had my camera bag with me. They needed a quick portrait and I had about 5 minutes to spare before needing to hit the road for my day job. I asked them to sit down in the grass behind our church building, and snapped a few frames. This was my favorite, and was the first shot I took! I think toddlers only have about 60 seconds of patience for posed photos, so maybe I should start offering more mini portrait sessions for families with kiddos.
Jenn and John got hitched last weekend at the Athens Botanical Garden, which is a great spot for an event. It’s got cool outdoor places to take photos, and a beautiful atrium which they used for both the ceremony and the reception. Jenn’s bird motif made for very cute centerpieces and their friends totally rocked the photo booth! This one was such a delight to shoot.
