FINALLY!!

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Hey Guys!! So sorry I've been missing forever! My new blog isn't perfect yet, but I figured somethin is better than nothin :) Hope you enjoy it and will continue to follow my new blog!

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I'm not slacking...

I'm just working really hard on setting up my NEW blog!!! Hope to show you soon...

In the meantime, here is a little friend that landing on our front porch a few weeks ago...

How can people think there is no God when there are creations like THIS? I mean, I'm creative, but not a chance I could do somethin like this!

The Pankey family is growing!!

I took a few minutes this morning to take some pictures of my sweet friend, Amy Pankey! If you've been following my blog for a while, you have seen plenty of photos of her precious son, Travis! Well, as you can see, cute Amy is expecting baby boy #2!! She wasn't all that fired up about posing by herself, but I forced her to do just a few :)

Amy and Simmons are expecting at the end of August...but Amy is pretty sure that Collin is coming early!

Can't imagine this sweet family getting even more precious, but I can't wait to meet their newest addition!

I had a vision for this picture. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, but I still think its pretty darn cute!

What a great lookin fam, huh??

Newlin Wedding!

I had such a great time in Aliceville last weekend! That was my first time to visit this little town and I thought it was great! I'm almost positive the reason I got to shoot this wedding is because the bride is my great friend Catherine Brooke's cousin. So thank you, CBrooke, for helping make this happen!

I got to meet sweet Mary Lindsey (fellow double-namer...love it!) when I shot her bridal portraits a few weeks ago! Her mom, sister-in-law, and brother all joined us that day, so it was fun to get to see them all again on Saturday! I knew after meeting all of them that day that the wedding was going to be great!

I met Chris for the first time on Saturday and he was so great! I knew Mary Lindsey was precious just from the little bit I'd spent with her for her bridal portraits, so I knew she would be marrying someone wonderful! Chris had the biggest smile on his face when I walked in to meet him, and an even bigger smile when he walked into the sanctuary to see his bride for the first time! They decided to see each other before the ceremony, but did it a little different than I usually do. Typically the groom is waiting at the front of the church with his back turned until the bride gets about halfway down the aisle and tells him to turn around. Mary Lindsey decided she'd rather be the one standing at the front of the church, having him walking to her. I'd never thought about doing it that way, but I kinda liked the dramatic effect of him walking in and....bam...there's his bride!

We took some sweet pictures in the sanctuary, and then moved outside to a random, run down place with a bright red door, and then over to someone's backyard to get a little greenery!

Their reception was held at The Gentry's home right down the road from the church! It was absolutely perfectly decorated and had the best southern, simple, classic look! For some reason I love seeing candles hanging from trees! These little glass vases were hanging from some long white ribbon around a few different trees outside of the large white tent that covered the food and dance floor!

The sweet couple spent so much time talking to their 400 guests at the reception that I was worried they weren't even going to get to enjoy the fantastic band....but luckily they pulled themselves away and managed to have a litte fun on the dance floor!

I loved the black and white checkered dance floor!!

The many remaining guests lined the sidewalk and threw bird seed as the bride and groom headed to their old time car to make their grand exit!

As I am typing, they are currently enjoying their time in Jamaica....which is where I will be in about 3 weeks !!! Hope you all had a great time!

Mary Lindsey and Chris Slideshow!

A little somethin different!

A previous manager at the Abercrombie and Fitch store at the Summit asked me about a year ago to photograph eight of his staff members for them to submit in a contest. I think I have it right in saying that every store has the opportunity to submit a photo in hopes to be published in a little booklet that they may be spotted as potential models for the ANF catalogue. Anyway, they made it to the final round last year, but are determined to make the cut this time!

So I met this crew up at the Summit store last night to take a few group shots of them to submit. They are required to all be in the same clothes, and must be in front of this big sign at the front of their store. There wasn't a whole lot of room for creativity in such a small space, but I think we got a few good ones! (I have no idea why it is underlining everything I type, and I hope NO idea how to fix it! Ugh!)

And then just for kicks we took one outside of the store, because we all know I am a fan of outside photos!! I'll let you know if they make it in the book. And hey, you never know...could lead to some more shoot with ANF in the future for me!

Caroline and Jonathan are engaged!

My third photo session on Friday was with Caroline and Jonathan!

I met Caroline about a year and a half ago at her cousin's wedding in Birmingham! I am always so flattered and excited when a bridesmaid from a previous wedding I shot wants me to be a part of her day as well!

As always, I had to ask how they met and how long they have been together. I guess I just find it interested to hear how everyone ends up...and its amazing how everyone's story is a little different! Caroline and Jonathan were set up by some friends at work!

Their sweet puppies waited in the back of Jonathan's truck while we took a few pictures at Samford. Their boxer snuck away just for a second to play with some of the students on the quad! Luckily she came back quick and posed pretty perfectly for me!!

After spending a little bit of time at Samford, I felt like driving down the road a little bit to take Jemison Park to snap a few more!

Caroline made this cute sign herself!

Then we played in the water a little bit :)

Caroline and Jonathan are getting married on a Friday night in Georgia in October....can't wait!

Prentice Family!

I spent my morning yesterday with the Prentice Family! Stacey informed me at the beginning of our session that sweet little Ben had NEVER had his picture made! Hopefully she will loves these and make more of a habit of getting them taken!

This little man is 17 months old and as sweet as he can be! Ben's grandparents just happened to be in town from Canada, so they were able to act like clowns behind my back to put these precious little smiles on Ben's face!

Lola Dane'e is already 6 months old!!

Sweet little Lola just keeps getting more adorable! You may remember her sweet face from a few months back! She turned 6 months old a few days ago, and for our first round of pictures she was sporting this orange shirt that read "Fat and Happy!" Those cheeks are incredible!!

Lola's mom, Amber, made this cute tutu, Lola's shoes, and the adorable barrette in her hair! I was a huge fan of the tutu, and I'm pretty sure Lola was as well!

6 months is such a fun age! The little ones are now able to hold their head up, which gives me lots more options for pictures!!

I think they are in love!!

Lola's creative mom made these shoes and all these other cool things! Check em out!!

They've both perfected the looking away model shot...she's gonna be just like her momma :)

Can't wait til the next time...loved seeing you two as always!!

Ann Claire's Bridal Portraits

Emerson DeLaMare

Moments that I genuinely want a baby at this time in my life are few and far between. (I'll work on gettin a good man first!) However, looking at these first 2 pictures of precious little Emerson...wow! How could you not want a sweet little angel like this? She is absolutely adorable!

These sweet little feet belong to my good friend's 2 month old daughter, Emerson DeLaMare. Emerson's mom, Lindsey Bell DeLaMare, was my "big sister" in my sorority at Samford. Lindsey and her husband Tommy live in Pensacola, so I was able to drive over on the last day of my weekend at the beach and finally meet this little lady!

Lindsey and I had tried to set up some pregnancy pictures, but we couldn't quite get our schedules to work...but luckily this time around we were able to make it happen!

Unfortunately Emerson's dad had to go to work, but we took advantage and got some extra sweet "mommy and baby girl" pictures. I can only hope that these pictures will end up in a slideshow at Emerson's rehearsal dinner one day!

Emerson's grandmother made this cute little yellow outfit she is wearing in most of the pictures! Impressive!

Thanks, Lindsey, for letting me come take pictures of your little angel! I'm excited to watch her grow and hopefully photograph her again as she gets older!