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November 2007

Bold colors + lots of bling = a photographers dream photo shoot! 🙂 I subscribe to MANY blog feeds and one that I ADORE is The Wedding Planner's Blog. She is stylish, hilarious and helpful all at the same time…and if you ever get the chance to read her "New Rule Fridays" they are absolutely hysterical. (Especially to those of us in the wedding biz who have seen it ALL) 😉 Anyway, she posted this morning about some 2008 fashion trends that can easily be transferred into 2008 weddings and I love it! CLICK HERE to read all about it!

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This past weekend, we stayed at the Opryland Hotel. My mom & I had a "girls mini vacation" there last March and heard that it was worth seeing again during the holidays when it's all decorated for Christmas. They weren't kidding! The place was packed with people but we still had fun shopping, hanging out and taking pics. John came with us for this trip since we took the whole weekend off. He loves Christmas lights so he loved it there!! Here was my favorite shop…they had the cutest animal-related gifts here….

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GORGEOUS!!! 

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We ate at Volare's restaurant one evening and this was the view over our table. They had the best Italian food and an incredible atmosphere!! (Shot with the D200, f/4, 1/30th sec, no flash, 1250 ISO, hand held on "vibrant" setting = AMAZING!)  

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On 11/17, we photographed Gina & Scott's wedding & reception at the Children's Museum! (Isn't Gina beautiful?!) The museum is such a cool, unique venue and it makes for some neat photos. The Chihuly "Fireworks of Glass" is on display right now (the same AMAZING glass blower whose work was in the lobby of the Bellagio in March, click here to see that exhibit!) 

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And here's the handsome groom… 

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Gina's dress & flowers were stunning! Chuck at Allisonville Nursery did their wedding too! 🙂 

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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!!! The whole carousel area was open for us to shoot pics and I think I would've stayed there if we didn't have other things to shoot…LOL These awesome lights changed against the white wall, it was amazing! (And to the photographers out there – this was hand-held, no flash, ISO 1000 I believe…shot with the D200) 🙂 The colors were truly this vibrant!!

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Overhead shot of the ceremony & reception area… 

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Scott's dad made this cake stand for them, isn't that sweet?! He did such a great job on it… 

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Blowing kisses on the carousel… 

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John's angle of the cake cutting, nice shot honey!! 🙂 

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LOL This guy was hilarious…the couple hired a band from Chicago and this accordion player was part of it, he danced for all of the ladies…. 🙂  

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Their favors were these crystal ornaments, aren't they beautiful?! 

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Thanks for a great time guys! Hope you had a blast on your honeymoon!! 

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As a lot of you know, we do fashion photo shoots many times throughout the year with Karen Hall & Co. They are SO MUCH FUN!! This post from last month's shoot explains all about it just in case you missed it. 😉 We are looking for models for the next class photo shoot which will be held in February next year. (We take a break in December & January for the holidays and the bridal shows) E-mail me if you're interested in being in the next shoot, the modeling photo shoot fee is only $100 and you'll get an image CD from your photo shoot afterwards. They make great portfolio shots if you're looking to start or expand your current modeling portfolio. 🙂

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Amanda is so beautiful!! 

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Isn't this a fun look? 🙂 

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LOL! Loved this…. 

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Jade looking like Jessica Simpson here… 

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The Style Director for the photo shoot was looking for something uber dramatic. We aim to please!! 🙂 

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We arrived at Barb's home to meet many furbabies…I'm such an animal lover so I was so excited for this photo shoot! The kitty above, Zeus, was VERY photogenic as was his mommy, Barb, who is a pilates instructor. She needed some fresh new head shots for some marketing materials she's working on so we headed to her in-home pilates studio for her photo shoot.

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If any of you are looking for an amazing pilates instructor to get in shape before your wedding, e-mail me for Barb's info!   

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(Don't try this at home – unless you know what you're doing…LOL)  

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Thanks for a fun photo shoot!! 🙂