Alright!  We kick off the new year with a blog post from last year’s wedding, Michelle and John who got married at Villa Antonia on a beautiful fall day.

Michelle and John work for NASA in Houston – as you may recall, we photographed Michelle and her gorgeous dress at her bridal session.     What a dress!

From Michelle about how they have met.

How we met: 
We went to the same high school and the same college (UT) and had some of the same friends, but we didn’t meet until couple years after all of that.  John is two years older so it isn’t all that odd, but when we look back at all the people and places we had in common it is hard to believe we never crossed paths.  We first officially met at a mutual friend’s wedding, but our relationship really started when we met again with the same group of friends welcoming back our friend from the Marines with a margarita happy hour. At first John didn’t remember me, but I remembered him =)  We locked eyes at the dinner table several times.  Our group relocated to a local bar to keep celebrating where we talked all night and we have been together ever since.

He proposed on our 3 year anniversary in Sonoma, California in a vineyard garden and we were married a little over a year later.  

John is actually a photographer and I always love working for photographers because it is both a challenge and  creatively speaking, more freedom as well.

Going to start this blog off with some fun details!

Love this!

They love making funny faces

Congratulations Michelle and John!!

Some fun highlights of their day:

Congratulations to Kelli and Mike!!

In early October, we did a session of Christina and Daniel who is getting married next May in a Samoan/Polynesian wedding in Killeen.   Here are a few highlights from the session:

Looking forward to your wedding day!

Date: October 8th, 2011

Ceremony and Reception:  Reunion Ranch, Terrell, Texas

Megan and Jonathan (yes, we have another couple this year with the same names!) got married on a beautiful day in Terrell, Texas in October.

A quick slideshow of their day:

Here are a few of our favorite images:

Megan’s wedding post will be next!

Date: October 1st, 2011

Ceremony and Reception:  Tenroc Ranch, Salado, Texas

Allison and Ross got married at Tenroc Ranch on October 1st, 2011 in Salado, Texas.  Salado is one of the towns around Austin that you should definitely visit if you are in Austin area.  The day was beautiful with some of the best natural light we have seen this fall.

This is how Allison and Ross met, in their own words:

 We met in Fall 2006 while attending Sam Houston State University. Ross was pledging Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, whose fraternity brothers were neighbors of Allison. Though meeting a couple times before, it wasn’t until the Halloween party when they truly began to notice each other. Allisonwas an Angel, all dressed in white. Ross claims that’s when he knew Allison was his very own, “angel.” Time passed, and they talked every now & again. Things really sparked up between the two in March of 2007, and Allison decided that she was going to make Ross her’s! One of Allison’s friends at the time, Brittani, secretly put Allison’s phone number in Ross’ phone. Over Spring Break, they talked every night. Not long after that, on April 6, 2007, they made it official!

Barbara Hearnes of Barbara’s Brides was her planner did a great job as always!

After I photographed this image, I really wanted to buy a smoke machine and some lights

Love the closeness of families on the exit.

Some fabulous details from her wedding:

Congratulations to Allison and Ross!

Jennifer and Sameer are doctors currently in Dallas.  Jennifer was a bridesmaid at Ruchi and Ankit’s Wedding and Sameer was one of the MC’s.    They came down to Austin for their engagement photos in early October and wanted a session with both casual and wearing a traditional Sari dress.  Went to Ladybird’s lake for the photos and got some nice natural light.

They will get married next March  at Las Colinas Omni in Dallas next year – looking forward to it!

Here are some highlights of the session:

Here is a photo from her brother, Nathan and Katie’s wedding:

Megan’s sister, Nathalie and her husband Alex got married last year at the Houston Yact Club:

And, we look forward to Alex’ sister, Jessica’s wedding, next March in Houston as well!

Date: September 10th, 2011

Ceremony: Saint Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, La Porte, Texas

Reception: Megan’s parents’ home in La Porte, Texas

Love Megan’s expressions – I can photograph these all day.

Nathalie and Alex in front of their photo

Megan made her own cake for her wedding – she has also made her sister’s wedding cake last year.   The food was amazing.

One of the best part of having a wedding at home is how relax you can be.  One of my favorite moments of the day:

Experimented with some film:

Film:

Gotta love it when the groom’s family gets on the dance floor as much as Jonathan’s.

Many brides ask us how to get great bridal photos – my answer has always been as long as you’re comfortable with the dress and its placement such as the concerns about the dress getting dirty.    Some of the images we created for Michelle reflects not just our photography but her willingness to literally lie down on the floor in order to get the image that she wanted to have.

Here is her amazing bridal session at the Villa Antonia – love the dress!

Stay tuned for her wedding photos in a couple of weeks.

Meghan and Jason met each other at a friends’ party 10 years ago and hit it off right away and have been together ever since.   They made it official on August 27th in Tarrytown at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church with the reception in Westwood Country Club.  After the wedding, we headed off to the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Austin for some photos of the couple alone.

Some highlights of their wedding day:

Her nieces are a lot of fun

One of my favorite garter toss photos, ever.

Congratulations to Meghan and Jason!  Love the dress you wore at the Four Seasons!