Geneva & Brandon’s Wedding

From the moment we met Geneva, we knew this wedding would be dreamy! For one, I always look forward to being in my home town of Huntsville. Secondly, when we met for a consultation, Geneva’s mother, who is an amazing photographer, told us to go wild and do anything we wanted. Sometimes people say things like that, but rarely does the day lend itself to doing something like that. On the day of the wedding, we had an extra hour in the schedule, so we decided to go to an old abandoned mining cave to do some fun photos. We did not know till later that Geneva and Brandon love to rock climb, but thought that it was a fun coincidence when we found out. After a beautiful intimate ceremony with close friends and family, the day gave way to dancing in the rain. It was a joy to watch the families and guests learn and participate in traditional folk dances, which was Geneva’s college major. Being around such a close and eclectic group of people this night reminded me how lucky we are to be able to document such amazing moments in peoples lives!

This past Fall, Geneva and Brandon’s wedding was featured on the Cottage Hill Blog!

Most recently, a beautiful photo of Geneva dancing was featured on the cover of No’Ala Huntsville as well as a featured wedding spread in the January/February 2016 Wedding issue!Geneva & Brandon Wedding G&B(blog)-3G&B(blog)-2
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The amazing vendors!

Planning and coordination : Kathleen Bernal Events
Videography : Woodnote Media
Hair stylist: Ashley the Fabulous
Make-Up : Leslie Ware MUA
Rentals:  Mullins Special Occasions

 

Chef Rick Vonk’s Rooftop Dinner

This spring we had the privilege of photographing Chef Rick Vonk’s first in a series of Rooftop Dinners in Huntsville. It was a beautiful evening of laughs, wine, meeting new people, and of course food! There was delicious Hummus from The Hummus People in two of the dishes. A full host of wines from The Church Street Wine Shoppe, as well as Ricks 5 Course meal. All of the courses were fantastic, but a few of my favorites were the maple bourbon glazed pork belly and the mussels & chorizo in white wine butter. All in all an amazing evening. The best part is that there are more rooftop dinners to come!

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Lyndsey & Jordan Engagement

This late summer engagement session was awesome! When we first met up to talk, Lyndsey asked if it would be possible to do some photos at Rivertown Coffee. Since it is one of my very favorite places to hang out in Florence and the fact that we had never done an engagement session there before, I thought it was a great idea! After getting fully caffeinated, we went around downtown and ended the evening on the bank for the Tennessee River. blog-l&j-14blog-l&j-4blog-l&j-3blog-l&j-9 blog-l&j-10 blog-l&j-11 blog-l&j-12 blog-l&j-13 blog-l&j-15 blog-l&j-19 blog-l&j-20

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Bohem Spring 2015

Once again, we have had the pleasure of working with Heather Wylie of Bohem and Bohemian Bop to create a look and photograph just a few pieces in her Spring 2015 collection. Heather has a shop and workshop here in Florence as well as a new retail location in Birmingham on First Avenue North. Be sure to check out these looks and so many more at www.shopbohem.com! All photos shot on Kodak Portra 400 with process and scans by Indie Film Lab.blog-bohem-spring2015-1blog-bohem-spring2015-2blog-bohem-spring2015-3blog-bohem-spring2015-4blog-bohem-spring2015-5blog-bohem-spring2015-6blog-bohem-spring2015-7blog-bohem-spring2015-8blog-bohem-spring2015-9blog-bohem-spring2015-10blog-bohem-spring2015-11 blog-bohem-spring2015-12blog-bohem-spring2015-13 blog-bohem-spring2015-14blog-bohem-spring2015-15 blog-bohem-spring2015-16blog-bohem-spring2015-17blog-bohem-spring2015-18

clothing: Bohem

models: Kaitlyn Wilson & Elise Cofield

hair & makeup: Natalie Faggioni

accessories: Jen Boaz

shoes: Billy Reid

styling: Heather Wylie & Susan Rowe

process & scan: Indie Film Lab

Marisa & Matt Wedding

Marisa and Matt’s downtown Florence wedding had all of the elegance you could hope for without any of the fuss. Both the Bride and Groom are working artists (Marisa started Scout By Two a leather goods company and Matt is the lead singer in the band Belle Adair) so we knew working with them would be a fun collaboration. Marisa has such a clean cohesive look in her work and it translated into their beautiful garden wedding seamlessly. Susan and I were also super excited when Marisa asked about the possibility of us photographing the wedding with film. We had been shooting film photographs at weddings over the past year or two, but not the entire wedding, so it was both a thrill and a bit scarry. The wedding day was a perfect fall day as the late afternoon ceremony gave way to the reception at 116 Mobile, just a two block walk through the streets of downtown Florence.

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Indie Film Lab Shindig

Earlier this month we got the chance to go visit our awesome lab, Indie Film Lab, in Montgomery. I feel rather lucky that we have such a fantastic lab right here in Alabama! The Shindig was a great chance to meet the folks at the lab, see the equipment, ask geeky scanner questions, and meet a bunch of fellow film photographers from all over the country. One of Indie Film Labs most well known clients, Ryan Muirhead, talked us through his process of shooting and gave a walkabout demonstration. It was inspiring to watch him engage with the light. After the demonstration all of us got to know each other, did tons of portraits around the courtyard, and enjoyed a delicious low country boil.

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WC Handy Festival 2014

I have always wanted to document the entire WC Handy Music Festival. This was not that year. We were however fortunate enough to catch a handful of great shows and even see some new acts. We did photograph some of the shows that we attended. This week left me exhausted, but also so excited to see so many people on the streets of Florence and packed into fantastic new event spaces! I am already ready for next year!

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