i met up with mary surles (who is a fab photog) at the farm to grab some bridal shots before she headed off to her fabulous destination wedding.

i can’t wait to hear about the wedding!

kelly made her own sunshine on her rainy wedding day.  she was radiating happiness!

kelly and hugh tied the knot at one of my favorite local venues, revolution mill studios. the old mill has tons of charm and gigantic windows that overlook a cool courtyard.

the look:  veronica from behind the scenes

the beauty: designs north florist

the fun: k2 productions

the good eats:  the painted plate and maxie b’s

some of my favorite wedding shoes ever!

the first look

love this veil!!

headed back to the proximity after a magical night!

whew, it has been a crazy few weeks.

1.  i have survived 3 weeks without child care and trying to work with a 6 year old and a 1 year old as my “assistants”.  i am happy to report that eliza and ryder and i are all happy and settling into our new schedules.  liza is LOVING first grade, ryder is having so much fun with his new friends and teachers at school, and i finally feel like i can get more accomplished in a day than just getting dressed!

2. i had a complete technology hex vexing me for a few weeks.   we were without communication to the outside world for over 3 weeks!  first, we had lightning zap our satellite internet.  there were so many troubles and charges to repair our dish through hughes net that i canceled my service.  i had to find a new internet provider to support my uploading and downloading habit out here in the boonies and finally settled on verizon wireless.  during this change i also could not use my iphone from home because, alas, i do not have cell phone service at my house!  i just posted on facebook that if you really needed me to send a carrier pigeon or send a smoke signal!

then on top of all of this my mac book went down.  luckily i had 150 days left in my extended apple care plan, but i had to bring her (my computer) in to the apple store two times (one time i was there with a 1 year old, a 5 year old and a 6 year old for 2 hours!  yeah, that was fun!).  ultimately, they had to send my baby off to the mac doctor and i got almost a completely new computer back.  however, i was told that time machine would save all of my applications and files and this was not the case.  it saved my files, but not all of my software.  namely photoshop.  of course, i can no longer find my original copy of photoshop 7, just the upgrades, so $750 bucks later i am now using photoshop 5, yea!  but, the saga continues….i could not download photoshop on my wireless internet provider, so i had to wait until i got the the hotel in montana to finally get photoshop.  i am still working on getting all of the kinks out of my other software, but i finally feel like life is getting back on track which is a good thing because at one point i was fantasizing about going to montana and just walking out into the woods and living like a hermit and completely without technology!

3.  preparing for the busy season.  the good thing about being unable to use my computer or phone was that i was basically unplugged for the 3 weeks that i had the kids at home by myself.  we had a wonderful time just taking it easy.  our lives are so busy and overbooked that i think we all really enjoyed just being home together.  now i am taking a big breath and getting myself ready for a VERY busy season.  i have 6 out of town trips between now and november 7th.  this winter i look forward to some “hermit” time at home hibernating with my family.  hopefully this time i will not need a technology hex to make me slow down and BREATHE!

-sara

here are some serene images that i took on a beautiful hike in rattlesnake park in missoula.  being around all of that big sky and natural beauty really helped get me recharged and ready to go!

a big thank you to all of our clients who are waiting to see their photos.  we appreciate your patience.  ; )

Who:  Catherine + Wayne

What: A Georgia meets Tennessee LoveFest!

Where:  Ford Plantation •  Savannah, GA

Planning: Caroline Carter

Band:  The Totally Amazing…WOW, those girls can dance… Bobby and the Aristocats

Amazing ceremony location!

This may have been the quickest portrait session I’ve ever done, we squeezed out the last 5 minutes of light!

An extra special THANKS to my friend, Jen Yuson, for braving the heat and shooting this one with me!

Watch out all you middle school girls!

sit back, get comfy and get ready for a long blog post.  what can i say?  i am a sucker for a beautiful outdoor wedding with a brazilian twist and a super cool bride and groom!

jana and alex tied the knot at the gorgeous rockwood manor in dublin, virginia.

jana and alex are moving to brazil!  she had brazilian flags painted onto the bottom of her shoes and alex’s suspenders were flags too.  all of the girls had 80’s retro shades-fun!

jana’s uncle drove his sweet vintage car to the wedding.  we took a little cruise around the farm for fun.

and the award for best solo performance goes to…..the groom.  alex has some killer michael jackson moves.

good luck in brazil!!!

had a great time hangin’ with this little bundle of energy in charlotte!  not only is she a total rockstar at modeling, she never complained once about the 100 degree heat!

anna + matt had a lovely backyard wedding with a recpetion at my favorite resturant in greensboro, sweet basils.

we are blessed to have had so many great interns in the past that have turned into amazing shooters!  check out the awesome shots that team hannah (hannah capps and hannah mcclure) got at anna and matt’s celebration.

i am finally catching up on some blogging, so be on the lookout for lots of new posts!

kristen and michael had a lovely wedding at the hotel dupont in wilmington, delaware.

kristen is an amazing documentary photographer.  she gave me a copy of her book covering the aids epidemic in africa and the effect it has on the children of africa.  it is heart-wrenching, but the photography is beautiful.  check out “i am because we are” here.

we survived the heat wave that was hitting the north east on their wedding day and managed to get some beautiful images without melting.  : )

here are a few of my favorites from lillian’s photo shoot.  this girl knows how to work it!