austin and kendyl wedding rehearsal

Austin and Kendyl got married in Midland, Texas the first weekend in January...they did something so unique. They had an afternoon wedding on a Saturday, they were planning to fly out to begin their honeymoon Saturday evening and they didn't want to cut their party time short so they had a rehearsal dinner that had dancing, wonderful food, and tons of family and friends. Their wedding was in a church and there was a short but great reception to follow...I photographed the rehearsal and rehearsal PARTY but not the wedding...and I know this is horrible but I didn't snap a single shot the day of the wedding. As much as I love photographing, I love just BEING somewhere and getting to fully experience a wedding is really a blessing...so i left the camera in the car. I was so happy to photograph the rehearsal...it was kind of nice having all the fun but less pressure. Everyone is so themselves and so expectant of something great...it's hard to NOT have fun. Austin and Kendyl are so wonderful--both so laid back but on top of it. The Bryan family has made it onto the blog several times...family pics...Austin and Kendyl's engagements. They are some of my favorite people ever...I hope you guys enjoy!

I was a huge fan of the place where the reception was. It's called Kessler's. The man who owns it is must be the most handy, creative guy on earth...it was kind of south western meets rustic cabin. I don't think the photos even capture the unassuming beauty of the place. It was great at night but in the daylight you could see all of its quirkiness.

                and then the dancing started...

i love these two of Austin and his mom

It was so fun to be with you guys! Congratulations...you're married! 

website!

The new website is alive! Go check it out www.redwhiteandgreenphotography.com Wooo!! I'm so happy to finally have it up and running. I'd love feedback...if you can think of anything that would make it easier or better, let me know.

The new prices are located on the website and go into effect today. You will notice that they are no longer on the blog, as to not repeat information all over the place. I am hoping to make a new page on the blog to answer frequently asked questions and maybe create some other fun pages but no promises on when it will happen--considering I was about three weeks off my mark for the new website!

Thanks for checking out the website! 

the good life

I just got back from Texas yesterday...I traveled to Midland for Austin and Kendyl's wedding and there are pictures on the way! This post is just al ittle bit of life from the last couple weeks and from Christmas travel. I only had time to edit personal photos becuase I was on a number of planes for a lot hours recently...I'm learning to embrace the hours of sitting on planes with stale air and no snacks. Honestly, i feel blessed to get to travel...so no complaining here.

              

john & diana's wedding

Woah..my blog has been so boring for the last couple of weeks but that's only because life hasn't been so boring and I've been really blessed to travel all around for Christmas with Kevin. Sorry for the boring blogging break. Our Christmas journey started with a weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana for John and Diana's wedding. I've never been to Indianapolis before...so it was such a treat to explore a new city for a few days. I loved it...tons of culture and a really beautiful downtown. After Indianapolis we headed to Hunstville, Alabama and then to Orlando, Florida...but more on that later. The real news here is that John and Diana got married! It was a blast. I love watching these two interact...I'm pretty sure I wrote some of this same stuff when I posted their engagement session...but seriously, they were made for each other. It just works. They are both so unique--in really different ways but it makes for such a wonderful union. The got married at The Mavris in downtown Indianapolis. It was full of character, three floors of interesting, ex-grocery store architecture. It was a great day...I need to thank all of John and Diana's family members for being such crazy dancers and partiers -- it made for some of my favorite reception pictures yet...so here goes:  

  

i really like this one above...I wish I could remember the name of the stylists that did hair and make-up. Someone tell me so I can add a link. They were great--fast and fun to be around.

    I couldn't pick a favorite shoe shot...so here's a few...

meanwhile...this was going on upstairs.

  These two above are so telling of the actual process...tons of hands in this delicate approach at protecting the bride's head.

 tough guy?

Diana! Stunning! Oh...I forgot to mention that it was snowing the whole weekend...but it was the rip-off kind of snow. It wasn't sticking anywhere so that we could go outside and take winter-wonderland pictures...it was just glorified rain really and it NEVER stopped the whole day of the wedding. I was thankful that Marvis was so pretty inside. So anyway, we never made it outside so I tested out some of my new lighting knowledge [above left]. It's so much more dramatic than I usually take on, but Diana makes it work.

   these guys were great...thank you for being fun :)

this is a throwback....a reproduction of the Hoosiers 1989 team? A basketball would've completed it...

If you look on the top left you can see Diana coming a million miles away.

I had already taken so many pictures before the wedding even started...sheesh...here comes the real deal below

this was one of the most touching mother/son dances I've ever had the priviledge of witnessing. John singing to his mom...it was so sweet.

this was a rendition of "we didn't start the fire"...complete with coreography...spontaneous choreography.

i love the one above

i told you, these guys know how to have a good time!

intense cake cutting

 you guys were a blast! i loved being a part of your wedding day...thanks!

the miller family

Woah...this is how I know I'm an adult...Kevin and I bought a house last month! When I was about to start this post with that line, I felt like I was faking it...because I still can't believe I'm old enough to own a house...with another person...that I'm gonna marry. Weird. Kevin and I talked about maybe looking at houses for about six months before we actually started to and during that six months I heard about Jill a couple times. Kevin told me he was going to ask Jill to be our realtor because she had come on a hiking trip through the Grand Canyon with her husband and some of Kevin's other co-workers years ago and she was wonderful. He told me that she bandaged strangers feet every day on the trip with a smile plastered on her face. He said if she was that attentive and selfless to stranger's sweaty, blistery feet [forgive me] that she must be a great realtor. I am so so so happy that I got to meet Jill. She was a wonderful realtor and if you live in Charlotte and are ever going to buy or sell a house...you want Jill, trust me--she means business but in such an endearing way. Here is her family that I've had the priviledge of hanging out with a few times:

i know...you want to be in their family? they are so fun! I was standing on their deck up above them...they scooted the tramp closer to me so I could get a few bird's eye shots :)

those guys roaming around in the background are Howard and Lois.

i think you just have to love Regan...you're not really able to do anything else...she is too happy and crazy [regan, i hope you're not killing me for posting thse]. left side, olan mills pic. right side, trampoline head.

 will's portrait is trampoline head meets olan mills. Will you are such a good sport. I just want everyone to know that during the shoot Will asked me, "What would you do if you were just watching tv and the kool aid man burst through your wall?" He had plenty of other commentary but I won't spoil it because I am hoping one of his lines makes it onto the Christmas or New Years card. This is Lois' portrait on the right [am i right guys? Lois? or Howard?]

i love these...i really couldn't pick which one was the best so that's why I edited 4 that are almost exactly the same...anyone have a favorite?

 haha the dogs...i'm so glad they got in on it!

 john stole the show with those blue eyes. i love this one...but then the next one happened and it was even better...

 

you guys are so wonderful...this shoot was too short! Round two soon? Merry early Christmas!