Barbara & Jim’s Southlake Courthouse Wedding: Sneak Peek

This past weekend I got to shoot my second wedding! Even better, I got to shoot it with my hubby for his birthday! :) Barbara and Jim got married in front of their closest friends and family at the Southlake Town Square courthouse. The ceremony was followed by a small reception at Brio’s. Everything was absolutely beautiful and we had a lot of fun spending the day with this awesome couple! Here is just a small preview of some of the images I captured that day. More to come soon! :)

Floral Design by: Lilium

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Teresa & Randy’s Intimate Southlake Wedding

Last weekend I got the opportunity to shoot my very first wedding for Teresa & Randy at a friend of theirs home in Southlake, Texas. Teresa was referred to me by a mutual friend. Unfortunately, we didn’t meet until their wedding day so I wasn’t able to get to know this couple personally beforehand, but I do know their wedding was beautiful and surrounded by people who love them. Here are some highlights from their wedding day:

 

Now I know some people may be wondering what I thought about shooting my first wedding, so here it is: I loved it! :) Yes, it was tiring and yes, I was nervous at times. But the excitement/hecticness of a wedding day and watching two people commit their lives to one another while surrounded by their loved ones is such a pleasure to not only witness but to provide them with those memories.

That's all for today. Happy Monday! :)





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Leslie Spurlock’s Workshop Part 3

Ok. So remember that workshop I went to a couple of weeks ago? If not, check out part 1 and part 2 of this post. Anyway, I mentioned that I still had another brides pictures from the workshop to post but couldn’t until after April 14^th, her wedding day. Well, it is now April 19^th and I’m finally able to post her pictures!! The bride, Alexa, was so great! Not only is she beautiful but she got down and dirty for us lol. She even got attacked by some adorable yet muddy puppies. She was definitely a trooper! Alexa, congratulations to you and your new husband! I wish you both nothing but the best in your new life together! :)

 

I will be posting more on my Facebook page so make sure and friend me on there to see more pictures I took from the workshop!

Also, If you're interested in Leslie Spurlocks work or attending one of her workshops, you can visit her site here or "like" her Facebook page here.

That's all for today. Until next time, Happy Thursday! :)





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Shooting My First Two Weddings

So this past weekend was a very exciting and eventful weekend. On Friday I had my very first client consultation with a bride whose wedding is this Saturday, April 21st and then on Saturday I shot my very first wedding for Teresa & Randy, whose pictures I will be posting very soon. I posted a little preview on my Facebook page if you would like to check those out now.

The client consultation went VERY well! I got the job and will be shooting my second wedding this weekend, April 21^st, in Southlake! I am beyond excited and grateful for the opportunity these brides have given me. The only downfall is that this day just happens to be Daniel’s 25^th birthday, but he insisted that I take the job anyway. We decided that he’ll just come second shoot with me (yes, he knows how to shoot in manual lol). Plus this way we get to spend his birthday together! :)

I was beyond nervous for Teresa & Randy’s wedding this past weekend. Luckily, Mercy Nompone was second shooting with me and was there for me every second of the day! I don’t know what I would have done without her there. Even though I was nervous, Teresa and Randy along with their guest made me feel very comfortable! I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to photograph! Not to mention good looking! ;) I look forward to sharing their wedding pictures with everyone!

On another note, I posted last week about ordering and designing my first business cards. Since I never got a chance to post a picture of them last week I thought I would go ahead and do that now:

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A Week of First

This past week has been probably one of the busiest/craziest weeks of my growing business thus far. I have been franticly preparing for my first wedding this Saturday. This included me designing & ordering my very first business cards in case anyone asked for one at the event. I actually just picked them up from Minuteman Press in Grapevine, and I must say they don’t look too bad for my first business cards! Luckily the cards came in today because I’m also preparing to do my first client consultation tomorrow with another potential bride and wanted to include them in her information packet. Anyways, I’m keeping my fingers crossed!! :)

 I can’t believe I even had a second to write this little post. As we speak, I’m about to run out the door to go get some new shoes for the wedding this weekend. My other ones are just falling apart and I don’t want to end up barefooted (at my first wedding at least lol). Hopefully next week I’ll be able to write a better post for you guys! As well as post some pictures of those business cards I told y’all about and my homemade client information packet lol.

Until next time, Happy Thursday! :)





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Leslie Spurlock’s Workshop Part 2

First off, I want to say Happy Good Friday to everyone! Today is the day we remember the death of our savior, Jesus Christ, who died for our sins. And if you’re Catholic, like I partially am, then this also means no meat today! Why is it so much harder when I’m told I can’t!?lol

Anyways, I posted a week ago part 1 of my experience at Leslie Spurlock’s Workshop in March and today I’m finally posting part 2. As I mentioned in the first post, this will actually be split into 3 parts because one of the brides isn’t getting married until next weekend and out of respect for her, I’m waiting until after the wedding to post her bridals.

So the second day of the workshop was all about editing and the business side of photography. We mainly worked in Lightroom but used Photoshop for textures. Anyways, Leslie gave us her set of presets for Lightroom which is awesome! And I would have to say my favorite new tools that I learned to use in Lightroom are the gradient tool and the magic brush tool. It was a halleluiah moment lol! As for the business part of it, I am getting a business degree, so I pretty much know all of that stuff already, but it was great hearing it specifically relate to photography. The business side was taught by Maria Leinen of Maria Leinen Photography and let me tell you, I’m really picky when it comes to photographers teaching the business side of things, mainly because they only tell you one part of it or don’t give you all the correct options, but Maria really knew her stuff!! I was VERY impressed!! She also gave us some great information about SEO and websites that I was not familiar with before.

Overall, this workshop was amazing! I can’t tell you which day I enjoyed more because they were both just packed with information! I also enjoyed meeting and connecting with some other great photographers that I hope to stay in touch with! With all that said, I can’t wait to go to my next workshop!! I have a feeling that I won’t have to wait too long though! ;) Below is a picture I took on day 2 of the workshop with my camera phone. And no, I didn’t edit this picture.

In some other related news, I made my first money from my work as a photographer! Last week, another photographer contacted me about purchasing one of my prints and I sold them a High Res copy!! I am still unbelievable flattered! :)

Well, that’s it for today. Until next time, have a Happy Easter Weekend!!

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Facing Fears & Putting Myself Out There

I was planning on posting part 2 of my experience at Leslie Spurlock’s Workshop today, but I did something this past weekend that I never thought in a million years I would do. I submitted a video of myself auditioning to be one of the lucky 6 people who get to attend Jasmine Star’s CreativeLIVE workshop in Seattle entitled,  The Making + Marketing of an Editorial Wedding! So I decided to blog about this big/exciting/nerve-racking news instead lol.

When I first found out in February that Jasmine was coming back to CreativeLIVE to do her third online workshop, I was beyond excited. My good friend, Mercy Nompone, immediately called telling me that she would be happy to help me make a video to submit for consideration. She was extremely surprised when I told her that I wasn’t planning on submitting and to be honest, I was too. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be considered but that I was too scared to put myself out there. However, when I found out that we were going on a road trip to Denver to see Jasmine at The Fix, I came up with the idea that we should record our trip and possibly use whatever footage we get to submit to be on CreativeLIVE.

So I called Mercy to tell her my idea and see if she would still be willing to help me put it together. She thought the concept was great and agreed to help with the editing. Long story short, when we got home from our trip with the video footage, I seriously considered forgetting about the whole thing and not finishing the video. However, I quickly came to my senses and decided to just go for it! Unfortunately, I just found out this morning that I didn’t get picked. But that’s ok, I’m still proud of myself for at attempting it and I will still be watching her live on April 27-29^th! :) If your friends with me on Facebook, I know you’ve probably already seen this video, but for those who aren’t, here’s the video I submitted:

That's all for today. Have a happy Wednesday! :)





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