Susan and Barry’s Ren Faire wedding

May 22, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Susan and Barry were wed at the Georgia Renaissance Festival, complete with a mid ceremony sword fight, turkey legs, and primo seating next to the kind and queen for the joust! This couple embraced their love of the Ren Faire with gusto. Barry wore armor, and their families and wedding party were decked out in period costume as well. I also loved Susan’s rainbow themed details like the maypoles on the tables, and their colorful wedding cake. Thanks to Jonathan Phillips for helping me with this one.

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Elizabeth and Chris’s wedding

May 14, 2012 by Bonnie | 1 Comment

Elizabeth and Chris’s ceremony was held at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, and their swanky reception was at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. I tried out a new second shooter, Jonathan Phillips for this wedding, and he did a great job! Elizabeth and Chris are the sweetest couple. We wish them the best! Here are a few of my favorites from their wedding day.

This is just one of the many great shots by Jonathan Phillips.

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Jess and Mike’s wedding

May 13, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Jess and Mike got married at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta, and then partied into the night at the Houston Mill House at Emory. I’d like to thank Martin, one of my talented second shooters for his hard work on this wedding. This couple is so cute and sweet, it’s difficult to take a bad photo of them! Here are a few of my favorite shots from their big day.

Jess getting ready at the Emory Conference Center hotel.

Many flowers for a big wedding party!

This is one of the many, many great shots by Martin, one of my talented second shooters.

Cocktail hour at the Houston Mill House at Emory.

Another awesome shot by Martin.

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Elizabeth and Tyler

March 3, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Elizabeth and Tyler’s wedding was the perfect “warm-up” shoot for my wedding season! They got married at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Buckhead, and only wanted two hours of photos, mostly of the two of them and some family shots. So, they got to take advantage of my new “Build Your Own Wedding Package” that I just added. Elizabeth’s veil had been in Tyler’s family for a few generations, and her dress was so simple and elegant. What a cute pair!

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Alex’s Bat Mitzvah

February 18, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

The Levine family booked my several months ago for their daughter Alex’s Bat Mitzvah. They threw a lunch celebration for Alex at Luciano’s in John’s Creek. The Levines could probably help other families with ideas for Bat Mitzvah parties, because they threw an amazing shindig! The kids had their own buffet, goody bags with puzzles, a sweet slide show of family pics and then games organized by some of the actors at Dad’s Garage. The photo booth was a big hit, and the Levines brought tons of silly hats and other props that the kids enjoyed. The afternoon wrapped up with an improv show by the talented crew at Dad’s Garage.

Alex and her friends watch a slide show of cute family photos.

Competitive puzzle game.

This game involved getting a cookie to slide down your face into your mouth without touching it!

What Bat Mitzvah party would be complete without cupcakes?

Alex participates in the improv show by Dad's Garage.

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The Ghosts Project

January 19, 2012 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

When my friend Davis Petterson asked me to do some promo shots for his band, The Ghosts Project, I was thrilled! I love their music, and I was flattered that he asked me to help them out. We shot at two locations, and old warehouse that will soon be transformed into The Big Nerd Ranch headquarters, and a field near my house. Here are a few of my favorites from our recent photo session. I also asked my buddy Nick to do some film photos with his toy cameras, so I’ll post some of those soon, too.

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2012 Gonna Rock!

January 9, 2012 by Bonnie | 4 Comments

This is going to be one of these sappy posts about how I love my friends and I have the best group of friends ever. I have visual proof of their awesomeness because I set up a photo booth at a recent New Years Eve party.

Becky and Dave, party hosts extraordinaire.

My friends Dave and Becky have thrown a New Years Eve party every year for several years, and their shindigs are the best! Some might say that they are the social center of our friend group, hosting baby and bridal showers galore. They are also very talented writers. Becky does blogging and writing for several publications, and she also does crafting tutorials and recipes on Glue and Glitter. By day, Dave works for Cartoon Network. By night, he’s a poetry and fiction writer with his publishing company Timid Futures.

Christy and Davis, "2012 Gonna Rock!"

Christy and Davis are another pair of my super awesome friends! Christy is a local Atlanta crafter and runs the Indie Craft Experience. Davis is a drummer with The Ghosts Project. I’m hoping to do a band shoot for him very soon.

Nick plays rock music!

Nick Ingkatanuwat works for Cartoon Network and is a very talented writer, designer and musician. I wish I could post a link to his web site, but it’s super-secret. Below is a photo of his beautiful wife Laura Louise, who works for Vegetable Husband.

Laura Louise and Nick just found out they are having a boy!!!

Stealing a joke from Rob, "You are all deer to us."

No post about my loved ones would be complete without a silly photo of me and my hubby Robert. Robert is my best friend in the whole world and my biggest fan. He’s been writing for How Stuff Works now for almost four years, and I’m so proud of him. He’s also a fiction writer and has a book of short stories coming our soon.

I’ve decided I like my yoga teacher’s use of “intentions” better than “resolutions.” My intentions for 2012 are to build up my photography business and to start a family. Also, spend more time with my amazing friends. 2012 Gonna Rock.

-Bonnie

PS Sorry friends not pictured! I love you guys, too. :)

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Family photo shoot for the Glovers

December 30, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

The Glovers have a big family. Big, big, BIG! Fourteen in all, and that’s a lot of people to get into one shot without blinking. They asked me for photos of their family while all of them were gathered in Atlanta for the holidays. It rained on the one day that worked for our schedules, so we had to think of an indoor location. Luckily, one of the family works at this cool building on Georgia Tech’s campus. We did several big group shots, and then did some photos of just the girls, then just the boys. It was a really fun shoot, and made me wish that I was part of a huge and fun family like the Glovers.

This was my favorite of the big group shots.

The girls are so cute!

I loved shooting in this building. I wish I could use it all the time!

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Event photos for National Society of High School Scholars

December 18, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago, I covered an event for the National Society of High School Scholars at the Carter Center here in Atlanta. The Carter Center is a fun place to shoot, and the speeches were very inspirational. I got a good variety of shots from registration to podium photos and several pics from the college fair at the end of the event.

Leopold the Lion is NSHSS's mascot.

The staff working hard at registration.

The program began with a performance from "No Strings Attached."

The keynote speaker was from Claes Nobel, founder of NSHSS.

Parents and students had a chance to ask questions during the college fair at the end of the event.

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Family photos for Margie, Joe, Shane and their fur babies

December 18, 2011 by Bonnie | Leave a comment

Margie is the owner and manager of a super cool business called Vegetable Husband. She gathers organic seasonal veggies from local farms and distributes them to weekly subscribers all over Atlanta. Robert and I have been fans of her business for over a year now. When she asked me to do photos of her family, I was thrilled! Margie had a great idea… she knew it would be next to impossible to photograph three humans and three dogs all looking at the camera, so she asked me to take shots of each of them, with the others out of focus in the background. She said it represented the chaos going on in their everyday lives. I loved the idea, and the shoot was so much fun!!!

This was one of my favorites of Shane and Blossom

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