Archive for the ‘Weddings’ Category

The gals over at Weddings Unveiled wedding blog, Completely Unveiled just put together an amazing feature about Debbie and Clay’s early fall nuptials. This was such a fabulous wedding, it was held on Pawley’s Island where Clay spent much of his childhood. The ceremony took place at a small historic chapel which was packed from wall to wall with friends and family. The wedding party then made their way by boat to a private residence where guests mingled under the lantern hung oaks and dancing under a chandeliered tent which was elegant, glamorous and whimsical all at the same time! Debbie, named after the southern sweet, Little Debbies, had a cupboard filled with the sweet-treats placed under an oak which guests passed on the way out. The sign on top read “Clay’s Second Favorite.”  After the cake cutting Debbie and her best friend snuck away where they changed Debbie into a shorter version of her gown which she came running back under the tent wearing!

Love this idea: Debbie wore her grandmother’s wedding ring pinned to her gown during the wedding.

Boy, do I feel like one lucky gal this week! Two features on the fabulous wedding blog, The Wedding Row! Check out Maria & David’s gorgeous early fall wedding here!

Just thought I’d share a link to Red Letter Events here in Charleston. I’m loving Stacey’s new head shot we took together out at Cassique this summer!

I am so so so thrilled today! Style Unveiled has just released their new Charleston page! Style Unveiled is the premier wedding planning website! It is “designed to connect you with the hottest fashion, innovative ideas and most elite vendors.” And first on the page is Lindsey & Chris’s April wedding out at Cassique on Kiawah Island. Hop on over to read Lindsey & Chris’ adventure in wedding planning and to see tons of images from their beautiful day! And kudos to the amazingly talented, Emmy Loyd Brooks, of Peacock Events for the dream-come-true details and coordination!

I’m so lucky to be spending my 4th of July with amazing bride and groom, Christine & William, who were married in the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina! Just thought I’d share these last couple shots from the evening! Happy 4th!

My first order of business when I arrive on location is  to start scouting the light. Yes, settings, backgrounds, waterscapes, architecture… they’re all hugely important, but a gorgeous backdrop is nothing without the right light. I love finding a spot underneath a big oak tree with just the perfect amount of diffusion and light speckling, or a big covered front porch reflecting light from multiple directions! And I love  love love finding that perfect oh-so soft backlighting which can be rather elusive. I’m editing away at Pembry & Pedro’s lovely Bray’s Island wedding, when I just wanted to share this gorgeous shot, which was taken after our “bride + groom” shots while we were walking back towards the reception. I love the way the evening light is hitting the arching Spanish Moss!

I always love hearing stories of a bride finding inspiration for their wedding from my photos! I just saw the beautiful hand-painted invitations that Kristy over at Rice Ink designed using images of Courtney & Chris’s Spring wedding as inspiration!

I’ve been a busy bee! In the last 10 days I’ve shot 3 weddings, one rehearsal, one bridal portrait, one engagement session, not to mention tried to keep regular office hours! And though normally I’m very strict about editing everything in the order I shot it in, I bumped one wedding ahead of the bunch this week, pulled a couple late nights and finished  early . Why? Because I was on a very strict time constraint. After spending months planning her perfect wedding, Jamie, a technical sergeant with the Air Force, was called up for deployment to Afghanistan 9 days after her wedding! So much for a honeymoon, huh! But Jamie and Joey didn’t let the looming deployment spoil their day. The wedding, which took place on Folly, went off without a hitch with an all-out bash to follow. Congratulations again and again Jamie and Joey! I feel so honored to have worked for you!

April 11th one year ago!

And here we are – day 50 of our Fabulous Colorful Kisses Countdown! I had such a great time perusing all of my 2009 weddings searching for these perfect intimate moments. I want to thank each and every one of these gorgeous and amazing brides and grooms! 2009 was a great year and I am so grateful for what I do. Have a wonderful 2010 and keep kissing!