We all know about Trash the Dress sessions, but what if you don’t want to trash your beautiful dress? An Encore Session is perfect, plus you get to take more photos with your new husband! When Alice Hu sent me this Encore Session, I loved it not only because the photography is awesome, but because the bride and groom (rather wife and husband) were so relaxed and comfortable. If anything, an Encore Session is a perfect way to get some great relaxed shots of you and your new husband in …

When Tab McCausland sent me this Trash The Dress session and she said that it ended up in a fountain, I immediately had to see! This is THE way to do a Trash The Dress session- gorgeous makeup, great hair, fabulous shoes, and an awesome photographer! Oh and this bride is gorgeous, and her tattoo- awesome!
 

 
See- awesomeness! I myself wouldn’t be able to “trash” my beloved wedding dress, but there are always “rock the dress” sessions too! Tab rocks Trash The Dress shoots- check out her …

Caroline of CSE Photography recently sent these engagement photos over and I was pretty much mesmerized.  Yeah, I know, weird, but they remind me of a fairy tale!  It could be the colors of the sunset or the bride’s stunning blue eyes…whatever it is, I definitely had to share these!
 

 
These photos are magical, am I right?  It definitely helps being on the West coast …

Usually I post inspiration boards on Tuesdays, but today I’m changing it up a bit! If you follow me on Twitter, you may have caught some tweets about my laptop losing all of my installed programs and downloads. Therefore, one week later, I am still sans laptop, which essentially translates into being without my Adobe Creative Suite. Unfortunately, this also means that I can’t put together an inspiration board for the usual Inspiration Board Tuesday!
 
These are some of the photos that have recently been incredibly …

When I was going through my blog reader, I stumbled upon this photo board on Limelight Photography’s blog, said, “oh that’s pretty”, and then I realized it included some of my handiwork! I got excited and had to share it!
This photo shoot was designed by MMD Events, a company that I work for, and they asked me to help out with part of the design. What part is that, you ask? Well, paper cranes. Yes, I taught myself how to make paper cranes. Four tutorials and lots of folded paper …

After yesterday’s post about photo and smile booths, I thought I would continue it a little by sharing these amazing Smitten Sticks!
Photo via Smitten Sticks
Smitten Sticks are handmade paper expressions, mustaches and the like, mounted on a stick for easy handholding. They’re simple, playful and perfect for creating those fun moments just begging to be captured, whether it’s during a wedding, birthday party or any other celebration rife with photo ops.
Photo via Smitten Sticks
Smitten Sticks are the collaboration of Edyta, a wedding photographer, and Vana of Le Papier Studio. …

Photo booths have been popping up at weddings all over lately! It’s a great way to provide something to entertain your guests, and it’s a great ice breaker too! And of course you can capture some of the memories of your wedding with the photos. There are several different ways that photo booths can be done, but no matter which one you choose, they’re all incredibly fun and everyone loves them!
Rental: Renting an actual photo booth is one of the options you have if you want a photo booth at …

Since there was so much engagement talk last week, I had a few more amazing engagement photos that I wanted to share!
Astrid of Astrid and Rene Photography, a husband and wife photography team in Naples, FL, sent me these gorgeous photo boards of Sarah and Mike’s engagement shoot. Astrid wrote, “Sarah and Mike really put the ‘F” in fall and fun! Their wedding is this Saturday here in Naples, on the beach and then at Grey Oaks.” These photos were shot in Sarah’s neighborhood! It’s beautiful, I would have …

Normally, engagement photos are taken a few months after getting engaged. However, innovative proposing boyfriends, with the help of photographers, are putting a whole new meaning to engagement photos!
These engagement photos that I speak of are known as Surprise Proposal photos! Thoughtful boyfriends have a photographer conspicuously capture photos of them proposing! I know guys are always trying to think of innovative ways to propose, and this is a great idea! What better way to preserve the memory of the proposal, and have an impromptu engagement shoot literally RIGHT after …

I try to keep an eye on local photographers’ recent work, and Leigh Taylor is one of the photographers that I’ve been “watching”. I love photos that exude the personalities of those being photographed, and these certainly did just that.
The bride and groom’s edgy style is evident throughout all of the photos, and I just LOVE the bridesmaids’ dresses! Take a look and see for yourself! Enjoy Leigh’s beautiful photographs!

I love the red with purple accents- it’s classic with a touch of edginess! And the bridesmaids’ dresses- are they not …