Monday
Jun142010
DateMonday, June 14, 2010

carrie :: boudoir

I can't even begin to tell you how thrilled I am to share a few photos from Carrie's boudoir session. Back in January, she mentioned she wanted to do a little something special for her hubby as a Valentine's Day gift and it didn't take too much convincing to get me on a plane back to Nashville to fulfill this request. We didn't have a lot of time to plan the details, but I found a B&B in Brentwood that was available so we rented it for the afternoon. Here are just a few of my favorites…

You can never go wrong with black heels.

Putting the hot in "hot momma."

I adore reflections so we used that mirror quite a bit.

I LOVE the vintage feeling of this one. She looks like she just stepped out of another era.

Simply lovely.

You look fabulous girl.

I'm always thrilled to photograph you and I can only hope to have my post baby figure back as fast as you did! :) Thank you for a fun girls afternoon & the many years of friendship we've enjoyed together.

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Friday
May282010
DateFriday, May 28, 2010

Big Update

I have fallen behind on posting here, but I promise to make it up to you soon! For those that do follow this blog, you may or may not know that Mathew and I are expecting our first child in September and, well, I blame my lack of focus on this site on the fact I'm growing a little human.

In the meantime, I have started a little secondary site solely dedicated to all things pregnancy/baby related.

Sweet Little Ray Ramblings

I'll resume posting here soon with lots of fresh eye candy! I also have a wedding reception to shoot in June so I'm really excited & looking forward to that!

And since posts are WAY more fun with pictures, here's a pic of our little guy. Yup, it's a boy!

 

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Wednesday
Mar172010
DateWednesday, March 17, 2010

cleaning out the closet

Personally, I think this is pretty neat.

Since I don't get back to Nashville very often I decided that while I was there I would clean out my old bedroom closet. And when I opened the door there it was… hanging upside down in exactly the same place where I had placed it some 5 1/2 years earlier. My wedding bouquet. It may not have been as bright as it was the day I married my husband, but it was still beautiful to me. As soon as I touched it, the petals began to fall. And once I got it untied, I gently laid it on the bed and grabbed my camera. Unfortunately, it was so delicate that I finally had to part with it, but what a great memory of that wonderful day in May.

my wedding bouquet on 05.01.04 & 01.16.10

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Wednesday
Mar172010
DateWednesday, March 17, 2010

happy 63rd

In January, I took a relatively last minute trip to visit my friend Carrie and see my parents in Nashville, TN. My dad celebrated his 63rd birthday while I was there, so before his birthday lunch we snapped some photos over at the Parthenon.

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Thursday
Feb112010
DateThursday, February 11, 2010

an afternoon with the barelli girls

Way back in my college days… between attending classes at SCAD, I worked for a small retail company in City Market. During my breaks, I grabbed lunch or dinner (mostly from The Lady & Sons) and wandered around all the shops. I always gravitated to this one shop owner who created the most unique jewelry & illustrations that really captured a little piece of my heart. After many trips over to her place, I finally and somewhat ridiculously blurted out, "I NEED TO KNOW YOU." And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I was there in Savannah when she married Tim. Years later she stood by me in Nashville when I married Mathew. Distance has never derailed us though we have lived mostly apart from one another. I moved from Savannah to Atlanta. She moved to Houston. I moved to Colorado. And for just a short 18 months she moved to Colorado before moving back East! I'm so happy our paths crossed again and I got a chance to spend some time with her. She now has two beautiful girls, big-sis Olympia & new baby Maribelle, that I was fortunate to photograph last Fall.


Here are my favorites from an afternoon with the Barelli girls:

This is Olympia. I loved this one so much I used it up there in my header. Those eyes are to die for.


This is Lucca. He loves his sisters.


Again with the eyes…


And this is Maribelle.


Just look at that precious little mouth.


I love quiet little moments.


An armful of girls.


Baby toes never ever get old.


So much personality in those little eyes & eyebrows.


I think this one is funny and that's exactly why I love it.


Mom had to take a minute to change her and I HAD to grab one with this mirror!


Hi there Maribelle. I see you looking at me.


Then she got a little sleepy.


I shot an almost identical picture of Allison in her shop by a window when I was taking some photography classes at school (which is around here somewhere and of course can't find)!


I wasn't sure we'd get this one. But we sure did try and at the last second she woke up and pulled her legs in.


Thank you ladies for a wonderful day and I hope you have all kinds of fun in your new home! Hope to see you again real soon!

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