Wednesday, April 28, 2010

4.28.10 Christy + Kai Married!

Christy and Kai threw an intimate wedding in their barn in Driftwood. They had plenty of time to create the perfect setting for their big day. Molding and forming a little day by day, I remember a conversation with Christy just a week before the wedding and she was rushing to get back to painting the barn. All their hard work paid off, the room was impeccable. They incorporated small details to marry their families. For example, Christy gathered wedding pictures from both her and Kai's family and tied them to rope and hung them through-out. They were a huge hit, all night guests made their way to the pictures to find themselves and family members. I have spoken with brides recently who were interested in using photographs for decor, you could consider this personal touch. 
Congratulations to you both we wish you all the best.
as always you can see more images on facebook.
Thanks for looking.
---mel





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Austin Wedding Photography and Design

Monday, April 26, 2010

4.26.10 Maegan's Bridal session

We shot Maegan's Bridal quite a long while ago and I was in love with the results since them.
She was looking for something a little film noir. So we did a lot of research to find the right imagery to make it come across well. Here was out idea board. I think our results were outstanding, and man does she wear that dress? What a beauty!
Their wedding was this weekend and as always we are a couple of weddings away still so we'll have something to post soon.
So in the mean time, a little to whet your whistle.
plus a note about our location!! This is Hacienda del Lago.  Just look at this place?! The place is amazing and picturesque but they also have the greatest staff I've had the pleasure of working with. For this particular shoot we were running later than we planned,  trying to get all of these awesome shots in and Tom the owner handed us a key and let us stay as long as we needed. You see?! the best staff in 4 counties. I'm a big fan. Thank you guys.
As always you can see more on facebook
Thanks for looking.
---mel





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Austin Wedding Photography and Design


Thursday, April 22, 2010

Samantha + Scott Married!

Can you believe it!?
Sam is our bride from the crazy Bachelorette Party you'll be able to see more of on Off Beat Bride in a week or 2. The wedding was so perfect, exactly the way they imagined it. They married in beautiful St. Mary's Catholic Church in Brenham, Tx,  followed by an afternoon reception at Brenham's country club. Instead of a first dance, our couple competed in their first DDR dance off, they provided a Blue Bell ice cream bar, and hand-made assorted sushi out of candy for their favors. S+S started making origami cranes for their decor.  Along the way they read somewhere that 100o folded birds represents good luck. They bought paper and enlisted their friends to help them reach their goal, they considered this to be a collective good luck charm from their friends and family for their new marriage. We had such a blast with them. I hope they renew their vows next year!
As always you can find more on facebook.
Thanks for looking.
---mel






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Austin Wedding Photography and Design


Wednesday, April 21, 2010

4.16.10 Samantha's Bachelorette.

Samantha is one of our most recent brides. She's a non-traditionalist as you can plainly see. She found a big batch of heinous wedding dresses online for <$. So she got her mom, MIL, friends and bridesmaids together to have a "Let's re-imagine these ugly dresses party!" Everyone was really into, they tried-on, shredded, sewed, hot-glued and drew on the dresses. In the end the dresses, while retaining just a glimmer of their 1980's glory days, were wearable again. kind-of. After that the brave woman were dropped off on 6th street on a Saturday night wearing their creations. Sadly I missed that part. 
Thank you for looking, please enjoy.
As always you can see the rest of the images on facebook
---mel




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Thursday, April 15, 2010

4.15.10 Gullahorn Family

Six months ago, or so, I was asked to donate services to a cause I believe in. So Patti bid on our offer and won our services, she wasn't sure what to do with it at first but decided that she would hold onto it until her big birthday she had coming up. So while she had her entire family in town for her birthday we shot her entire family.
It's brief glimpse into what it could be like in such a large family (3boys and 1girl) plus all of their spouses and kids (6 grandkids) and (2 great-grandparents) so in total 15? It's a strange kind  of chaos, a happy chaos, the kind of blinding nuttiness that can only come with a family this size. We wanted to take portraits of all of the family units plus the whole family and different groups and singles where there was time. It was a smashing success. 
The Gullahorn's bought a giant piece of property "out in the country" 30 some years ago and it's fun to think this is just the scene they imagined when they made this wonderful purchase. 
Thank you for looking.
Tomorrow, stay tuned for Samantha's bachelorette party.
As usual you can see more images on facebook.
---mel






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Austin Wedding Photography and Design

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

4.14.10 The Elegant Owl

Today we were featured on The Elegant Owl. Sneak over and have a peek.
See you soon!
---mel

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Austin Wedding Photography and Design

4.7.10 Katrina + Andrew Married!

Katrina and Andrews wedding was held a few weeks back at The Gardens of Cranesbury View. Wow, stunning location. It's a blank slate with a Tuscan sensibility, immaculate, perfect. The gardens are fantastic and and clearly a labor of love. It's built on a slight hill so it seems to open up the sky. The Collins a husband and wife team who own this treasure are the perfect addition to your perfect day, accommodating and resourceful. You really can't go wrong. If you haven't seen it, you must go. 

Katrina and Andrew. I just love you guys, look at those smiles. So perfectly matched. Enjoy your beautiful life together. I'm glad I got to be there at the beginning.
---mel

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Friday, April 2, 2010

4.2.10 Blogger LOVE

Today we got love from 
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Thank you so much for sharing Brandi + Lee's amazing wedding with the world at large!
Have a great holiday everyone.
---mel




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Austin Wedding Photography and Design
 

Thursday, April 1, 2010

4.1.10 Memories

While doing something completely everyday, mundane, normal, I came across an envelope with my wedding date printed on it. Which, by the way, is the same date as the flash forward, in "FlashForward." So I opened it to see what was inside, I'm sure I put it there when we moved into this house, it was a stack of wonderful pictures from our wedding day, that I couldn't be happier with. I LOVED our wedding photographer, in-fact I called him while on our engagement vacation to make sure he would do it.
The flood of memories that come racing back to me about how wonderful all of those details were that we painstakingly assembled in the course of a year. It was amazing. I will cherish these images and my memories for a lifetime. 

Word of advice, LOVE your wedding photographer, and you WILL love your images.
Happy Engagement.
---mel

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Austin Wedding Photography and Design