The wedding was a SUCCESS!!!

I know all of you blog followers have been sitting on the edge of your seat wondering how my first wedding shoot went! Well, in my opinion, it was a HUGE success! I typically get pictures uploaded to the blog, facebook, and my website within 24 hours, but this was not my typical amount of pictures! In the 3 hours that I was there, I took over 800 pictures. I am just waiting for my computer to crash from the amount of pictures that I have uploaded!! I was asked to photograph the wedding in 2 formats, jpeg and RAW. RAW picture files are about 5 times larger than regular jpeg files, therefore they take about 5 times as long to upload and 5 times as much "space" on your computer! I am downloading all of the pictures from the wedding onto CD's so the bride and groom can take them to get prints made. Since the files are so stinking big, I can only fit about 30-40 pictures per CD. You do the math. 800 pictures and only 40 pictures fit onto a disc...that is about 20 CD's!!! There has got to be a better way of doing this, but I am just going to stick with what I know for now!

The biggest challange during the ceremony was that NONE of it was in English!! The entire ceremony was in Spanish. It was also a traditional Catholic Mass. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church, so I do not know the order of a traditional Catholic Mass Wedding. Since the entire ceremony was in Spanish, I had NO idea what was going on! I just kept snapping pictures, hoping that I did not miss a "key" part of the ceremony. Another challenge was that the ceremony was held in a small chapel, so there was not a place for me to stand where people were not looking right at me. I was not able to get at the "back" of the church to take pictures, because there was no back!

Here are some of my absolute favorites from the night.

Hanging out on/in the Hooch!

Matt and I found an awesome new hang out spot last night. A friend of mine told me a while back that there is a neat park on the Chattahochee River in Suwanee, but we had never went to check it out. Today Matt and Kale decided to brave the FREEZING cold temperatures in the water and try to do a little trout fishing. They were numb and did not catch anything, but we all had a grea time! You all know me....of course I had my camera with me! Here are some of the shots that I snapped.

On a side note....I have been asked to photograph my first wedding tomorrow night. It is just a small family wedding in Marietta. I am SUPER nervous, but excited at the same time! Wish me luck! Hopefully you will see pictures posted later this week....pictures posted = successful shoot!

Family Pictures

When Haley and the boys come to visit, they always get pictures of the 4 kids made, so we had a "photo" shoot in the Dorminy's front yard this morning. The kids were anxious to go swimming, but they were cooperative for the most part! Here are some of my favorite shots from this morning!

Anna, 6 Cate, 3 Cooper, 3 Owen, 6


Cooper and his beautiful eyes! LOVE THEM!

"Snaggle tooth" Owen

Sweet little Cate

I can't believe how old Anna is looking these days! She's really growing up!

Haley and Owen

Sweet brotherly love

Matt & Haley with their mom, Jonnee

Notice that Cate isn't around....she decided she would rather play with the bugs and was finished having her pictures taken.

The kids all ran over to Cate to try for 1 more group picture...not perfect, but it will have to do!

Haley and her boys

Summer Fun!

Matt's sister Haley and her 2 boys, Owen and Copper came to visit from Park City, Utah this week. I love seeing how much the boys have grown each time they come to visit! There is never a dull moment when you get Owen, Cooper, Anna, and Cate together! There is actually never a quiet minute either, but I love seeing them have so much fun together! Those 4 kids could stay in the swimming pool ALL day long!

Wednesday was my 29th birthday too! We celebrated with dinner at Mellow Mushroom (my ABSOLUTE favorite place to eat!) Mom baked me my favorite cake...red velvet and Matt bought me a cookie cake from the Great America Cookie Co! Needless to say, we have been on a MAJOR sugar high around our house the past few days!

Update on Matt

Matt is on the tail end of his EMT training. He started his clinical ride alongs today. He works 2 16 hour and 2 24 hour shifts over the next two weeks. Once he finishes his 2 weeks of ride alongs, he will go back into the classroom for a few weeks of review before he takes his final exam and the National Registry test. He will be entering the Fire Academy some time during July. The hottest time of year and Matt will be spending it inside burning buildings....Awesome!

This is the station that Matt is working at today. He will be a 3 different stations for his remaining shifts.


These are the Rescue Units (aka...ambulances) that Matt is doing his ride alongs in. Aren't they awesome looking? They are HUGE on the inside too!