Feeling the Love!

So we have been talking a lot lately about what wonderful clients we have! After every session we talk about not only how beautiful these people are on the outside, but their amazingly beautiful personalities on the inside as well! We meet people that laugh and love, and live their life to the fullest. And we are grateful that they let us capture a small window into their lives. So we would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you!! You guys are astonishing, beautiful, breathtaking, grand, magnificent, mind-blowing, striking, stunning, stupefying, wonderful, plain out AWESOME (why yes, I did google synonyms for awesome... :D )

And what better way to thank you than to have a contest and to give away free prints! We will be giving away $50 print credit to someone (past clients only), on a past session of your choice. :D And to win is easy! On Facebook just ask all your friends to come and like our page and leave YOUR name on our wall. The person with the most names by the end of the day Saturday wins! :D Simple as that! Ready, set, GO! :)

Dust off thee ole Blog - {Britney's Ramblings}

"Sara, it will be done!" she said so matter of factly! "This is our 2nd year. We can do it!" and with a nod of her head it was set in her mind.

Let me wipe the dust off our blog and explain to you what it was that would "be done".

A regularly. Updated. Fun. Interactive. Blog.

Has it happened?

Not so much.

Will it happen?

We sure hope so.

Why am I spacing my sentences so far?

I don't know.

Is it fun answering my own questions?

I could do this for hours.

We have some blogs in store for you. We've been polling many of you on different questions and aspects of photography to get your opinions. And we thank you so much for your time helping us and supporting us!
She scratches her head slightly. Glancing at the clock she realizes it's pass midnight. "Why do you randomly have someone in 3rd person narrating your blog?" she thinks to herself all of a sudden. "People are realllly gonna think you're crazy now." "Well, as long as I don't respond, I should be just fi....." and that's when she realized it was time to put the laptop up for the night. Feeling accomplished that she actually blogged.

"Sara, it will be done!" she said so matter of factly! "This is our 2nd year. We can do it!" and with a nod of her head it was set in her mind.

4.27.11 {Life's Tidbits}

A day we will always remember. Especially here in Alabama. A day of fear, sadness, and destruction. Everyone has their own stories. Stories of sitting in front of the TV watching one tornado after another rip through the state. Hoping and Praying your family is safe, because the phones aren't working and you cant reach them. Running in and out of the tornado shelter, watching the sky swirl and turn green, knowing there is a tornado right down the road. And then the power goes out. Feeling cut off from the world and worrying about not having enough food or water. And then the images start coming, images of entire communities gone. People losing everything, and sometimes everyone, they care about. This is a day that will go down in history.

One such family that lost a lot was Ashley and Stan. We were supposed to do their engagement pictures the next day, but they had two tornadoes hit Ashley's house. Over 80 trees fell, many directly on their house. We postponed the session, and were even considering moving it. But then Ashley said, Lets keep it at the farm. It wil make one memorable shoot! And so we did, and it did. I think this picture below speaks volumes. That even with all the pain and destruction that happened. Life will go on... Love will go on. And we will rebuild and heal. And we will become better people because of it. ~Sara

Behind the Lens--Rowland Family

  I promise not every blog will start this way. But I apologize for being so behind in our blogging. April will always and forever be the busiest month of the year for us. :D But we can't wait to show you some behind the lens fun with the Rowland family.

If only I could write out a play by play of this session. This family had us cracking up the entire time. The witty comebacks, the sarcastic remarks, the joking and teasing, laughing and picking. We felt right at home, as if we were with our own family. If I didn't think it would make future clients feel like we were going to share with the world their every word while we are together, I would do that now. But just trust me when I say. The Rowland Family...they are pretty much hilarious! And filled with love! Here are just some sneak peaks of the teasing, laughing, smiling, loving...

  


And the normal way of things. Britney laying down on the job, while Sara directs and does all the dirty work. Mwahaha! I think we each have a picture of this from just about every session. So, expect this to happen at your shoot. ;)

 
  

Thank you Rowland family for providing us with much needed laughs! And Happy 25th Anniversary to Mom & Dad Rowland! : D 

As simple as black and white- {Life's Tidbits}

Some photographers are getting away from black and white pictures, they think its to old fashion. You see a lot of bright bold colors everywhere. Now dont get me wrong. I love bright bold colors myself and tend to edit this way a lot especially when there are colorful flowers, bright green grass, or a beautiful orange glow from a sunset. But every once in awhile, while your editing pictures, you come to a picture that makes you stop. Its a picture in which the couple (or family, or child) forgets your there, they forget that their every move is being captured. They forget where they are and get lost in a moment. Something thats real, something thats well... life. And when I come across a picture like this, sometimes nothing else will do it justice. It needs the simplicity of black and white. Because really, thats what makes life wonderful, those simple moments where everything else just melts away and you can be happy. And these moments, are why I love being a photographer. ~Sara

It's Not You. It's Me! --{Britney's Ramblings}

It’s not you. It’s me. No really. It’s me. It’s ALLLL me.

What? Noo! I’m not breaking up with you! I’m trying to tell you. That really awkward uncomfortable feeling you’ll have when we first meet. It won’t be you. It’ll be me.

I have this incredible ability to be awkward. I can’t help it. I’ve always been like that. In school I was the quiet girl simply for the fact that I knew if I acted like my normal self…. well, I’d be shoved in lockers, and hiding from the cheerleaders.

I’m a very shy person. For those that know me you may feel free to roll your eyes and laugh abruptly out loud. For those who don’t know me, please ignore them. It’s true. I’m shy. And how do I deal with it? By being awkward. Yes I have mad skills, no reason to get jealous ;)

The prime example of this, my first job interview. I couldn’t tell you how nervous I was. The other jobs I had never required these silly things which others referred to as “resumes” and “interviews”. It was at a doctor’s office. Early in the morning. There I sat playing with my thumb ring, swaying my legs back and forth. Praying over and over I wouldn’t come across like such a dork.

I was called to the back, to find out I’d be interviewed by the doctor herself and some other lady. (I know, I pay such good attention to detail.)

The interview went great! She was so sweet! I even got both ladies to laugh a little. (it may have been polite chuckles, but I took what I could get!) She was ready to hire me on! I got so excited I uncrossed my ankles to cross my legs and stubbed my toe. Ouch. But, then when I found out they couldn’t accept me part time..well. I apologized for wasting their time. (I felt so dumb, I realized after 20 minutes in, this was something I should’ve mentioned first.)

So she got up and went to do the very professional thing of shaking my hand. But I went in for a hug. Why? You’re not a huggy person! So she switched to match what I was doing and went to give me a hug in return. Quick! Shake her hand! Maybe she won’t notice you were about to hug her like she’s you’re long lost aunt. I put my hand out, trying to get out of some awkward hug with the Doctor. Trying to hold back a laugh, she goes to shake my hand now instead. Oh! She was going to hug you! Don’t be rude! You should just hug her! It won’t be that weird…maybe…

So I.... Hugged her handshake.

Yeah.

Wish I could say that was the last awkward moment. But I of course wanted to grab my purse and run to the car. Unfortunately, it stopped at "grab my purse". I got pulled back when I realized it was stuck around the leg of the chair. And almost knocked the nice ladies over. If only I knew how to work my feet!

So. Just know. That awkward moment when we first meet? Rest assured. It’s my fault. Not yours. :D

A Kiss of Sun Flare

Sunflare. It makes our heart sing. It soothes our soul. Brings a smile to our faces. So when we found out I Heart Faces challenge this week was "Sunflare" we got all excited and maybe danced around a little bit. Maybe. ;) So please, check out the awesome entries! This photo is from one of our favorite couples! They were so much fun and put up with all of our antics! (I'm using fancy words today! ...antics...did I use that right?) Now to spend my morning ooing and ahhing over sunflares.