Today Sarah is getting married! This will be the last time she will carry the Hawkins name, so here are some beautiful southern vintage bridals to remember her by. I absolutely love these bridal portraits, I could’t wait to show them off! Big thanks to Sarah’s wedding planner Jessica Kersey, for setting these up!
As promised, here is the second part of Courtney and Patrick’s wedding day! Enjoy!
Lindsay and Brian decided to get married in the wonderful Anthony Chapel tucked away in the Hot Springs Garvan Gardens. I was very thankful to be a part of their big day. The wedding was beautiful. The best part of the ceremony was right before the paster was giving permission for Brian to kiss his bride, Lindsay was so excited/anxious she was literally jumping at the chance to kiss her new husband. Here are a few of my favorite images from their wedding day. This is part one, stay tuned for part two – the reception – soon! Enjoy and after you look through these photos go jump up and kiss your significant other! Happy Monday!
Holly and Eric decided to exchange their vows on the lawn of this beautiful Judsonia property of the Gillams. The temperature was quite warm on Saturday to say the least. Arkansas humidity is no joke. It will take out the best of us. Because of the heat I figured the ceremony would be short, but I have to say Eric & Holly might currently hold the record. I had to work quickly to make sure I captured everything before it ended, thankfully I had my good friend Mark G. backing me up. I loved the way the colors flowed throughout the entire theme of their wedding! My absolute favorite moment was when Eric gave his military salut to Holly’s garter. This is stuff I never see coming, but one of the small reasons that I love photographing weddings! Congrats to the new couple! Enjoy!
Mark nailed that cake topper with some of his mad light skills.
I could probably talk for hours about how much I love this set of portraits, the light was gorgeous and Eric & Holly were super awesome subjects. They let me drag them outside in the heat and into a grassy field during the middle of their reception. It’s not every day that I get that opportunity, but as you can see, when the time is right, the time is right. I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking, haha. Enjoy!
The rest of Eric and Holly’s wedding will be bogged on Friday! Stay tuned!
My good friend and really great fellow wedding photographer, Michael Juiliano got married last weekend! I was super excited to be a part of his wedding and completely honored that he asked me to be his photographer. I know how first hand how important selecting a wedding photographer is. Michael and I first met at a photographer’s get-together hosted by one of California’s top wedding photographers, [b]ecker. Michael and I really didn’t get to talk much the first time we met, but we exchanged cards and since then Michael has been coming to my monthly photographer’s lunch meet-ups here in Little Rock and we have become good friends. Some of you may also recognize Michael from around town because he is also the only hot dog cart vendor that I know of in Little Rock. He goes by the alias Hot Dog Mike!
Michael and Kristie are perfect together. The wedding was a beautiful small ceremony at their country home with family and close friends as guest followed by some food and music. Catering curtisy of Hot Dog Mike’s cart, and a cake from the Capital Hotel where Kristie & Michael first met. My favorite moment was their first dance on the grass, under the trees. It was such a unique wedding, I was so happy to be a part of it. Congrats you guys! Enjoy!
Adam and Erin decided to tie the knot at the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock. The ceremony was held outside on the terrace overlooking the greens. Pretty amazing location. The reception was inside the country club with full catering from Pleasant Valley and a DJ service from Ugly Ed Johnson from Alice 107.7. I was happy to have my good friend Allen from Partridge Lane second shooting with me. Here are a few of my favorite photos! Enjoy!
Some of you may remember Bill & Sam’s engagement photos we did in a junkyard here in Little Rock. I have to say, I don’t photograph a lot of couples in salvage yards, but for Bill & Sam this was exactly what they were looking for. I can’t tell you how many people came up to me at their wedding and complimented me on the engagements. The people who knew them best, could see that those photos were perfect for Bill & Sam. My goal as a photographer is to blend my personal style with the unique personality of each couple that I photograph. I never want to find myself in a system of just simply producing, without my subject as the center focus. I once read a quote from some great photographer, who I can’t remember his name, but I’ll never forget what he said. He said “People photography… is about people”. It doesn’t matter how technically accurate I am or what cool new effects I can do, if my photography doesn’t reflect the people that I’m photographing then the photo it loses it core. Sometimes I forget about this, and it’s always nice to remind myself. Sorry for that short rant. Congrats to the newlyweds! Here are a few photos from their big day! Also I wanted to send a shout out to my boy Allen Hyslip for second shooting this super cool wedding with me!
Sam & Bill first met each other at a Starbucks. That one unique brand of java brought these two people together and led to this day. Kinda a cool idea if you think about it and not a bad commercial ad for Starbucks. Before the wedding Sam and her girls decided stop by for some drinks and good times and because it was Sam’s big day, her coffee was on the house.
Monday I blogged Part 1 of Rachel and Brent’s wedding. Here are some of my favorite photos from the second half of their big day! Enjoy!
Ceremony: First Presbyterian Church Hot Springs
Reception: The Park Hotel
Whip: Hot Springs Carriage Company
Last weekend my close friends Rachel and Brent were married. I was glad to have my good buddy Mark Gregory second shooting with me for their wedding. The ceremony and reception were in Hot Springs and it was a beautiful day. Rachel and Brent decided to do a “first look” , they wanted to see each other before the ceremony. This was awesome! I love when couples decide that they want to do this. It gives them an opportunity to see each other all decked out and enjoy the moment without feeling rushed. It also gives me and opportunity to get some really great portraits without slowing down the rest of the day. I like to let the day unfold and capture it as it happens, but I also love taking the time to get some really great modern/classic portraits of the newlyweds. A first look always helps with this. It’s not for every couple out there, but if your curious just ask Brent and Rachel what they thought? I broke up their blog into two parts, here are a few of my favorite photos of the first part of their day! Enjoy!
