Mint Museum Wedding - Melissa and Jarian | Weddings

Feb
3

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Melissa and Jarian's wedding was our last wedding of 2012.  And goodness....I couldn't have asked for a better wedding or a nicer couple to wrap things up for the year.  We truly hope that they are in our lives for some time to come.  

A couple of my favorite parts of their day....

- The fact that Melissa and Jarian did a first look prior to their ceremony.  This gave us an hour to dedicate solely to portraits in the gorgeous sun beating down into uptown Charlotte.  

- As part of his toast, Melissa's dad recited a quote from the movie Lost in Translation:

"It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.  The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.  Your life, as you know it...is gone.  Never to return.  But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk....and you want to be with them.  And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life."

Man, that got me.  

Planner - Katrina of come+together
Hair - Mel w/ Therapy Essentials
Bride's dress - Lian Carlo purchased at Ivory and White
Bridesmaids dresses - BCBG
Invitations - Wedding Paper Divas
Photobooth - Audio to Go

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LOVE this.

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Melissa Tuck says:

LOVE the b&w shot w/ the checkered floor and the escalator shot! Stunning work.

 (02.04.12 @ 02:06 PM)
Katrina Hutchins says:

You guys captured it beautifully! Love this couple!!

 (02.04.12 @ 03:54 PM)
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Palmer Building Wedding - Caroline and Zach | Weddings

Jan
22

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The girls were all smiles when we arrived to begin shooting Caroline and Zach's wedding day.  
It was mildly chilly, but for a late November wedding, the weather was near perfect.  Seeing as the ceremony start time was after sunset, I was SO glad when Caroline told me she and Zach wanted to do a first look.  This allowed us to have plenty of time to take advantage of photographing the two of them together in the gorgeous, soft light of late afternoon/early evening.  

Caroline and Zach are easy going, SO genuine and very much in love - it was an absolute joy to be a part of their day.  :)
  
Hair - Modern Salon (Tammy at Phillips Place)
Dress purchased at J Majors
Bridesmaids dresses - J.Crew
Groomsmen suits - Fairclough and Co.
Rentals/Furniture - Sterling By Design and Party Reflections
Caterer - La Tea Da's
Calligraphy - Lynn w/ Lyncrist

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Their first look was very sweet.  

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See what I mean about that light?!

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audra bender says:

wow.wow.wow

 (01.24.12 @ 10:26 AM)
Katrina Hutchins says:

mmm mmm those outdoor shots are to die for

 (01.24.12 @ 01:25 PM)
Caroline Cardais says:

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Y'all are the best!!!

 (01.24.12 @ 11:44 PM)
Anjie Blackmon says:

Beautiful Pictures!

 (01.26.12 @ 09:51 AM)
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Tuesday - On My Mind | Weddings

Jan
17

- It's 11:07am and I have yet to eat my breakfast (my weekday breakfast is a bowl of Cheerios - weekend breakfast is a whole other story that involves a lot of bacon).  

- Yesterday Geoff had the day off from work.  After seeing an instagram of sweet Stevie at Monkey Joe's, I couldn't wait to take Boone.  And let me tell you, this child LOVED it.  The first time we sent him down the big slide he had a look of sheer terror on his face.  But, once he was at the bottom, his big, toothy, dimpled smile came out and he couldn't wait to go down it again.  He is so cute I don't know what to do with myself!

- I am really looking forward to having our friends and fellow photographers Nancy and Will Ray stay with us for a couple days over this weekend.  I prepped Nancy for what their stay at our home will look like - it includes dog hair, a crazy almost-17-month-old running and shrieking (and sometimes STREAKING) around, a small futon for them to sleep on that is stashed in our office, and dog hair....a lot of dog hair.  

- Night #7 of Code Orange Revival is tonight - Pastor Perry Noble of Newspring Church (where I used to go when I lived as a South Carolinian for a year).  If you can't get yourself there, I highly recommend you watch online.  

- Somehow, my inbox made it to 50+ emails last week and I can't manage to get it below that.  Today, I'm going to try my best to hack through a good bit of it.  

- I just finished culling through the wedding we shot this past Saturday - our first wedding of twenty-twelve!  The shot below was taken on top of a parking garage.  The "before" image looks quite different from the finished one...20 minutes of photoshop on this guy and voila!  :)

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And now, it's Cheerio time.  
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Emily says:

How fun that Nancy and Will Ray will be coming to Charlotte for a visit! I just wanted to share that you and Nancy are two of my favorite bloggers to follow. Thanks so much for the constant inspiration to be a stonger Christian, stronger woman, and to discern my gifts and talents so that I might share them with others. Congrats on shooting another beautiful wedding!

 (01.17.12 @ 11:44 AM)
Dan Lanning says:

Boone and Stevie need to have a play date at Monkey Joe's soon! I think we will be making that a weekly outing!

 (01.17.12 @ 12:02 PM)
Cheyenne Schultz says:

dan - we were saying the same thing! it's so cheap too!

 (01.17.12 @ 12:04 PM)
Julie Stepp says:

I WANNA SEE NANCY!

 (01.17.12 @ 06:45 PM)
Tiffany Q. says:

I am so glad that I am not the only person who has to warn my guests about dog hair! It's a never ending battle at my house- I don't think I've had an outfit in the last almost 6 years that was accessorized with at least a lil' bit of dog hair! :)

 (01.17.12 @ 08:58 PM)
Rhys says:

Hey Cheyenne, love your site! Your shots are so creative and professional, thanks so much for sharing them on here so regularly. I'm trying to grow more as a photographer here in New Zealand and it's a real inspiration seeing the kind of photos I'd love to take one day! Thanks again.

 (01.17.12 @ 11:53 PM)
Kim Spears says:

Cherrios is my breakie of choice too :) And the 20 min of PS ... totally worth it !!! What a stunning image.

 (01.19.12 @ 01:13 AM)
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Ritz Carlton Urban Garden Wedding - Erin and Matt | Weddings

Jan
13

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Erin and Matt were married mid-November at First Presbyterian Church in uptown Charlotte, with the reception following at The Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton.  It was such a pleasure to photograph this sweet couple and experience the amazingness of their wedding day right alongside them.

A few highlights of their wedding day:

- Erin, Matt and their wedding guests were led by bag pipers from the church to the reception.  It was so fun to see everyone waving their ribbon wands as they marched around uptown Charlotte.  

- As mentioned at their engagement session, Erin and Matt are big Panthers fans - so much that Matt and his buddies rewrote the words to Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA" to "Party in the BofA"....and they sang it...at the reception.  Love it.  And if that wasn't enough of a tribute, none other than Sir Purr himself showed up at the reception - a surprise to Erin and Matt -  for some fun times on the dance floor.

- This was our first time working with wedding planners Hall & Webb and what a treat it was!  Elizabeth was fantastic to work with in every way and clearly, as you'll see below, she knocked it out of the park with the vision and execution of the day.  :)

- Elizabeth had warned us prior to the wedding day that there would be a lot of details to capture....goodness gracious, was she ever right.  The Urban Garden was decked out and looked truly incredible.  My jaw straight dropped when I saw all that the team of vendors had created.

I'll be including the full list of vendors as I know them, but for now, here are a few that I can remember:

Wedding Planner - Hall & Webb Event Design

Erin's dress was really spectacular.  And...her garter pictured below is probably the prettiest garter I have yet to see!

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Naomi Elle says:

Simply fabulous!!

 (01.13.12 @ 05:08 PM)
Linda and Bruce says:

Oh you absolutely nailed it! To see these pictures is to experience it all again. Thank you for capturing the magical memories of our daughter and new son's special day. Can't wait to see all the rest!

 (01.13.12 @ 05:20 PM)
Paige Phillips says:

Gorgeous! Everything looks fantastic!

 (01.13.12 @ 05:35 PM)
Erin Maher says:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love all of these. You did a phenomenal job of capturing our wedding day, and I am so thrilled with these images. Your ability to capture the little moments, like us in the photo booth, is truly amazing. So thank you (again!), for allowing me to relive that day!

 (01.13.12 @ 05:47 PM)
Matt Maher says:

Thank you guys so much for being great throughout the entire process. We love what we've seen so far and can't wait to view the rest. You two are pros in every sense of the word. Great work!

 (01.15.12 @ 07:23 PM)
Lauren & Bryan Hamilton says:

Seeing these was such a fabulous reminder of the great day. Thank you so much for capturing this day so beautifully for our family to remember. Can't wait to see the rest!

 (01.16.12 @ 09:30 PM)
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Mount Holly Citizen's Center Wedding - Julie and Evan - Part 2 | Weddings

Jan
5

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First of all, if you missed part one of this gorgeous wedding, please check it out HERE.  

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A few months ago I got an email from a photographer friend of mine - Caroline Ghetes.  She had shot Julie's sisters wedding and had thought she recognized Julie from the engagement session we had shot of her and Evan.  Caroline told me that if that was, in fact, Julie, that Geoff and I were going to have a blast at their wedding.  She couldn't have been more right on the money...especially once we got to the reception.  Seriously, the friends and family of this wedding were SO fun.  

After the formalities had been taken care of, Julie and Evan blindfolded the bridal party and had the DJ announce that they were going to take part in a dancing contest.  I don't know what it is, but a dance contest is HILARIOUS when none of the participants can see anything.  It was a great way to kick off the dancing.  

And THEN (as you'll see below), they busted out a bunch of BUBBLE guns.  People LOVED it!  

Reception venue - Mount Holly Citizen's Center
Planner - Page of Sweet Carolina Weddings
Hair/makeup - Chrystal of Be Pretty
Bride's dress - Custom dress from NY Bride & Groom
Bridesmaids dresses - Bill Levkoff purchased from NY Bride & Groom
Bride/Bridesmaids jewelry - Kim Dean of Swoonbijoux
Bride's shoe clips - EWMcall on Etsy
Videography - MPA Productions
Invitations - DIY
Ceremony Programs - Image Arts
Ring bearer pillow - DIY
Ring bearer/Flower girl flags - DIY
Bird flasks - Whimsyandink on Etsy

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Julie and Evan - again, thank you so much for having us as your wedding photographers.  We  were so blessed to have met you guys and worked with you.  I hope we will keep in touch!  xoxo.
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Annette Hamilton says:

Just want to tell you both, ya look so good and it was a beautiful wedding.

 (01.05.12 @ 06:41 PM)
alyse says:

oh my gosh. obsessed.

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Julie Stepp says:

Oh man, this is great. I can't wait to frame some of these beauties and permanently mount them on my wall :)

 (01.06.12 @ 11:08 AM)
Lynn Norris(Mommzie Moo) says:

I love the pictures!! You two were wonderful to work with, true professionals! Thank you for portraying a beautiful event, one our family will enjoy for years to come. So much fun! We love you!

 (01.08.12 @ 09:53 AM)
Jessica says:

LOVE LOVE LOVE this wedding and beautiful pictures!! Wishing you the best and all happiness!! Where oh where did you get the owl cake toppers!?!? They are perfect!! :)

 (01.10.12 @ 03:21 PM)
paige says:

awesome photos! love the bubbles -- this wedding looks like it really was a blast!

 (01.12.12 @ 11:26 PM)
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