Katie Trashed Her Dress!

I know that lot's of you will be horrified about what you are about to see, but we had so much fun.  Kate has been wanting to trash her dress for a long time and we've discussed several of ideas of how we could do it.  Joy came up with idea of going to Peavine Falls at Oak Mountain State Park which is right in our neighborhood.

It's been pretty cold lately, but we were blessed with a beautiful day.  Even though it was a fairly warm day, the water was still really cold.  But Katie and John were troopers.  She had as much fun as I did!  It's not everyday that I get to go swimming with pretty girl in a wedding dress.

Katie, you were gorgeous and a lot of fun!  Let's do it again soon.

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Peek behind the scenes of dress trashing

hen we trashed Katie's dress, John and Angela of Main Street Productions came along to video the event.  They had never hiked to the falls before and I had not done it with lots and lots of gear. Usually it's just me and my dog, Sophie, and one small camera.  I didn't realize either how deep the water at the base of the falls was.  During the summer it's usually on about knee deep.  But, it's a different story with all the rain we've had lately as you can see by how high the water is on John as he videos our couple.

Also, take note of the two cute camera babes we took with us.  Did I mention we are married to them?

In the woods behind my house

Hallie, Charlie (two of my grandchildren) and I took a little walk in the woods behind my house last week and found the coolest thing.  There is this old machine back there that has been in disuse so long that the trees have grown up all around through it.  It took a while to figure out what it was, but it seems to be an old, homemade, merry-go-round.  Our neighborhood is located on what used to be an old farm, and the property adjoining mine is still owned by the original family.  This old machine is actually on their land.

It's obviously been a long time since any children had the joy of riding it, but I bet is was great fun way back then.  And it's easy to conjure of images of children screaming with joy as they whirled around in the field.

Now, it's just a bunch of rusting metal, standing silent and unable to move even if we wanted it to because the trees have grown up amongst its arms.

Something really neat to find, right?   

All these photos were made with my little Canon G11 - have I mentioned that I love that camera?

Before the wedding Kerri came to the studio

Before Kerri and Chris got married, Kerrie let me photograph her in her wedding gown.  Naturally, I had to keep the photos secret until the wedding.  We'll here a few of them.  Isn't she beautiful?  I'm just a sucker for redheads.

Kerri and Chris got married.

t's always hard picking just a few pictures of a wedding to show on the blog.  Kerri and Chris were so much in love and so photogenic they made it even more difficult.  Here are a few of the big day.  I believe their wedding video/slideshow is one of the best we've made so far.

Beautiful girls, a beautiful room and great light.

In the earlier post you see that we spent our afternoon at a Anderson Gail Farms. The light in the library was so beautiful and the owner's daughter and niece were willing models.  I just had to make a few portraits.  Aren't they beautiful? 

I just love these girls

We spent our afternoon at a wedding venue near Birmingham called Anderson Gail Farms.  It's a beautiful house that looks as if it were built in the middle 1800s even though it was built just a few years back.  My friend, Colleen from Bella Couture was also there with a couple of models dressed in her wedding gowns.  The two girls are friends of ours and I just love taking pictures of them.  Kaitlynd and Abby are beautiful young women, both way too young to be married, but are so cute they make great models.  I know both of their dads and I'm sure it's difficult for them to see their little girls in wedding gowns.