Oh my stars . . . I love my Holga. I think I will cry for weeks when it finally breaks. I know that the Holga isn’t for everyone, but for me, I am in love with imperfection. I just adore all of the light leaks and distortion. I first learned how to operate a camera that utilized film, so it will always have a place in my heart. You can’t reproduce this digitally (Believe me, I have wasted a LOT of time trying) The excitement of waiting for it to return from the lab is like being a kid staring at the presents under the Christmas tree . . . waiting.
What a perfect addition to Josh and Jude’s INCREDIBLE wedding! They’ve certainly been noticed around the world wide web! Their previous post got some link love from the lovely Kat at www.rocknrollbride.com (who has also featured Jason & Courtney, John & Tosha and so many others. Kat, you rock!), and also at the ever popular bridal blog snippetandink.blogspot.com. Check out their blogs for some serious wedding eye-candy.
Today is the day.
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BRRR! This was my shortest engagement session to date. I think I wrapped up Kevin and Shannon’s engagement session in about 40 minutes. Any longer and we all would have been suffering from hypothermia. We used the nasty clouds to our advantage as they provided a pretty backdrop for our rockabilly themed session. Shannon and Kevin were so great for putting up with the weather . . . and my light stands getting blown around like they were paper! Shannon’s cat reflexes actually caught the stand on it’s way to the ground (thanks, again!). Their wedding is coming up soon, and I can’t wait! You two were awesome, enjoy your preview!
I can sum up my 100th post in one word: WOW! But I can’t stop there. Josh and Jude were married at Knoxville’s newest venue, the Square Room in Market Square. And for the first time this year, it didn’t rain. We paraded through Market Square for portraits, and even into a few display windows . . . again. This was the ultimate DIY wedding. Check out Jude’s tissue paper bouquet! In fact all of the flowers were tissue paper. There’s so many little details that Jude put into this wedding to give it her style and to make it unique, that if I tried to list them all, I’d miss over half. I must give a shout out to Chef George from Cafe 4 who did an EXCELLENT job with the food. I can’t wait to sit down at Cafe 4 and enjoy a meal (instead of quickly shoveling food into my face in a dark corner.) And as always, Peggy from Magpies delivered an incredible cake, topped with a porcelain groom and squirrel. Finally, Allison and her girls from the Modern Hostess kept things running smoothly, all the while being 9 months pregnant! Not only did Allison coordinate a wedding on Saturday . . . she gave birth on Monday! Please tell Allison congrats on her new baby girl, and tell Josh and Jude how much you love them! You two were incredible. I hope you like your preview 
Nick and Anna were married on Valentine’s Day . . . and we just got to their engagement session! Due to a short notice booking, work, school, weather, and family emergencies, we just couldn’t get an engagement session to work out before the wedding. Our only option was to just wait until after the wedding! I met the Mr. and Mrs. with their children, Homer and Toby, at Sequoyah Park for a nice walk, and found that dogs are pretty much just like young kids. After the boys got their exercise, we headed to the farm to end the session with photos of Anna’s lovely girl, Camp, who took direction like a pro, and provided us with some incredible images. No rain, no emergencies, no school, just a great afternoon for portraiture in Knoxville.
