The Ryans and bridal tip number....hmm can't remember :-)

I was in my office probably on facebook one day when I get this email out of the blue. A girl named Ryan emails me and says " I don't want a photographer for my wedding but I want you to meet me and photograph me and my soon to be husband Ryan for a formal couple shoot, after the wedding" I thought hmmm this is different... sure I'm all yours! At least I can remember the grooms name! This should be interesting..... well interesting wasn't exactly accurate. Awesome, amazing, fabulous, surreal..... those are appropriate words for what happened last night. This is something I am going to do more of..... let me explain:

Bridal Tip:

On the day of the wedding it is utter chaos. Everyone is on a time frame, you can't enjoy each other, you are constantly rushed.....this is so much better. The Ryans were already married. (no worries about getting the dress dirty) We met at her family farm and took our time. We did whatever we wanted. I fell in love with my job all over again. It was the best formal shoot I have ever done because I was able to work at my own pace....my only clock was the setting sun. When (bride) Ryan says can I jump in the pond in my dress......well you know what I said! Here are some of these amazing photos.....

Thanks to the Maxey family and the Ryans for being so much fun!

Unplugged and unwound

When I think about vacations, I always think that you should go in the summer. However, when we get there it's always crowded. We decided due to my crazy wedding schedule that we would go in September. Thanks to Earl we almost didn't make it, but as luck would have it, he skipped the Outerbanks! Thank you Earl for staying mostly out to sea!! So for one week, the cell phone was off and the computer was unplugged...I rarely used my camera (yeah I know...strange huh!) I caught fish and wiggled my toes in the sand. I even kissed my husband enough that my 6 year old started giving me dirty looks! It was great......here are a few of the very few photos that I took......