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Raegan&Aaron | Oak Lodge | Baton Rouge

08.30.2010

This is Raegan. I liked her the moment I met her. All I remember of our first meeting is that we talked for hours without realizing it, really. She is a gorgeous, gorgeous woman, outside and in:)

One of the really cool things about this wedding, is that I feel like I know the whole family! Her adorable flower girl and ring bearer are the sweetest brother and sister who I first met last year when I got to do some photos for their family:)

When I called that morning to find out how everything was going so far, Raegan was sitting on the bed playing nintendo DS. For real. I’ll never forget her telling me how it was the strangest thing to have nothing to do except get married… and it wasn’t time for that yet.

When Raegan came out in that dress I was secretly hoping to look HALF that good if I ever get married. Whew!

Awww and there’s my little kids! …well, technically robbies, but everybody I photograph belongs to me. I was so proud when they walked down the aisle

So freaking in love….

…best part is, I get to do a trash the dress with them on saturday! I couldn’t be more excited!

Brooke the little dancer. I don’t think she ran out of energy the whole night!

…and here is another one of my favorite pieces of family, Bo and Ryan! Their kids are in the previous post

I got to hang out with the girls for a good while before the wedding. What a good natured group! Raegan and Aaron are SO blessed to be surrounded by such amazing friends and family. Monica, Deanna, Sissy, Raegan, and Robbie. Some good looking ladies!

I threw this picture into the blog because I feel like it really captures the essence of the night- a big party with tons and tons of best friends! This couple is loved, I can tell you that much.

Raegan and Sissy being fabulous;)

Max and Jen, the best lighting test models ever- among TONS of other things of course. I wouldn’t be half the photographer I am today without these two!

aaaaand it’s done! Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Aaron!!

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Raegan - Kaylynn they look beautiful! I have nothing but amazing things to say about you. You even managed to tell a story by the selected few above. We had so much fun on our wedding day…I think we may have a wedding every year and have you as the photographer over and over. Thanks again for doing such a wonderful job and for just being you.

admin - Yea! Wedding every year, I’m in!

Brandon O’Neal - Kaylynn – these are just amazing. Better than amazing. You blow my mind with every post – that is all.

A little bit of family…

08.30.2010

I guess this is a cruel post since I do not photograph children, I just had to brag on one of my little families that I love so much:)I’ve photographed little miss rylan since she was in her momma’s belly. I can’t fathom how she manages to get cuter and cuter every time I see her. Happy birthday Laine&Rylan!

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Kristen Soileau - you shoot families so well:) precious, precious picures!

Amy K - Priceless….. You should do more family sessions!! {coming from the children’s photographer} LOL

admin - Ha! Amy you should be lecturing me on screwing up the local mojo by shooting what is YOURS to shoot;) Heh.

Catherine Guidry - Those kids are so stinkin cute.

Abby Todd - aww I LOVE THESE!!!

Sean&Krista | Trash-The-Dress | Tulum, Mexico

08.22.2010

Try to imagine the behind-the-scenes scenario for the above picture. I was up and inside the 2nd or 3rd story of the hotel. There was some serious miming going on, as well as a pre-planned system of hand signals and gestures. We are wicked cool. Or, I should say, THEY are wicked cool. When we finished they joked that as they were down there they could almost hear me saying “perfect! Now pull her close… okay give her a kiss on the cheek…. CUTE… awesome… now a real kiss….” What can I say.

Saved the best two for last:) LOVE those.

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Abigail Todd - HOW FUN! I wanna do one of these! Love the beach and that last one

Catherine Guidry - Beautiful! I love the image where the waves were crashing on them!

Amy K - LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!! I am so inspired now for our Caribbean Wedding this November!! I cannot wait!! Great job friend!

Sean&Krista | Tulum, Mexico

08.22.2010

A little over nine months ago, I get an email from my friend Tara of Tara Marie Photography who was looking for a subcontractor for a destination wedding she had booked for the coming year but would be mysteriously unable to shoot.

We called her out. She was pregnant:) A brand spanking new June Marie Morris checked in just a few weeks ago. Woohoo! I still have yet to meet her. Tara says next time I have to birth a baby and she’ll go to Mexico. I declined.

I do feel like I got the good end of the deal though;)

So I start emailing this mystery bride. It wasn’t long before i realize that I am dealing with a rare specimen of totally-the-coolest-person-ever. I love Sean and Krista to pieces. Words from me can’t do justice so true to form, here are the pictures to tell the story better than I.

Getting ready at the adorable salon at Dreams Tulum. One of my favorite parts of the day was when the ladies got there to see Krista…

Hazel(Sean’s mom), Cynthia, and Sharron(Krista’s mom). I want to give them all a big hug.

I didn’t even have to have mad photographer skills to capture the happy moments because the entire weekend was smiles all around. These people are genuinely great.

Krista did Sharron’s make up for the big day. She looked fabulous:) Sharron has this thing about her… I could just listen to her talk all day. I miss it!

We found out a fun fact about Sharron- she has never had her toe nails painted! I thought I was unique in that I’ve only once painting my toenails a color. Red. It looked so weird that I took it off after a few hours.

Love love love the details. And the colors. And her nails, now that I notice them. Man they look good!

If you are thinking “Gracious alive, that dress is just exquisite… and breathtakingly gorgeous..” -you are right. Krista emailed me a picture of her Maggie Soterra gown a few months prior, and I was just thrilled out of my mind. Just wait until you see it on;)

Oh right, Krista has to be getting married to someone! Here is Sean:) And check out those shoes. That is how cool he is, for real.

These two were definitely made for each other. I’m not sure how that much awesome will be surviving under one roof, but i’m sure they’ll manage.

Above is Sean’s beautiful sister, Azur-De. I felt an affinity with her as soon as I was told the story of how it took a while for her to ‘approve’ of Krista… yea girl! I felt the same way about my sister’s fiance. Let me tell you, when you’ve got a sister as cool as Amy or a brother as cool as Sean, you’re not going to let just anybody march in and marry them. Well, Krista sure isn’t just ‘anybody’. Nooo way.

Here is the whole group again, if you missed the ‘sneak peak’ post last month. They all came down from various places in the frozen north of Canada. After hanging out with them all weekend hearing stories of the amazing food, berries named after the city(or was the city named after berries?), mooses(BIG ones!) running through town, motorcycle gangs(yea, whatever, so I didn’t know who hell’s angels were), and all sorts of stuff- it sound kind of exciting. Maybe i’ll get to visit one day. In the summer.

Airing out. These things are important when it is 120 degrees outside. I never really knew the actual temperature, as my dear friends spoke to me in …celsius.

Sean is a photographer as well, and has already scouted some great locations. Score!

After dinner, I performed for everyone. Check out my abs and awesome kick. Just kidding. These guys did a great job;)

Only marginally conspicuous in a wedding dress, Krista was an obvious choice to be pulled on stage…

And that’s all for now, until I post the trash the dress photos!:D

Oh wait no, just kidding, one more. Krista, me, and Sean:)

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Kristen Soileau - love love love

Krista - Oh my Kaylynn, I have said it more than once and I’ll say it again a million times – you are awesome!!!

We definitely have a love of you as well and miss you so much, and of course, we hope you will join us soon. Don’t worry about coming in winter, it’s not that cold, just -40 celsius. LOL!

Jenelle Budgell - Krista you look amazing, I love the pictures. I know it was unforgettable. I love you.

Jenelle

Amanda Ratcliff - Kaylynn,

I love you so much girl! These images are amazing! So happy for you – - – man… I would totally take you to dinner to learn just a little bit more about a couple of things. *hint hint wink wink nudge nudge*

Jimmylegs debut CD release!

08.20.2010

Drum roll please…..

Ta-da!

The brand-spanking-new CD from Jimmylegs, Perfect Fit!

(click on the album name for a link to itunes!)

Three guesses on who was just tickled to do the album photos:)

I am so lucky to have met John and Libby! What a unique couple they are. It all came about through my good friend and constant inspiration, Catherine Guidry. She was out of town on some amazing architectural photography adventure in California when these guys needed photos, so she entrusted them to me. I told her I would take good care of them. Like a pet.

But we won’t mention pets… because my sister’s fiance still has my fish after baby sitting it last week while i was on vacation. I have my suspicions that he has gone swirling down the whirlpool of death. The fish, not my sister’s fiance. Of course he might get a little taste of that too if he doesn’t confess or return my penelope.

Not only are John and Libby a musical duo, they are also a perfect, perfect couple. I HAD to grab a few couple-ish shots. Couldn’t resist.

Awww.

Also, you may have noticed that it is wet. You are right.

I left my house a little before 5am and don’t remember much between then and the point when my coffee kicked in. But I do remember that I was running on two hours of sleep, and it was raining. Once at Libby’s, we sat in the kitchen a while waiting for the rain to stop… it never did. But it was a ‘lame’ rain, half hearted and more annoying that inconvenient so we opted to head out anyway and take our chances. The car was silent on the way to our location. There is an unmatchable bonding that occurs when you are able to connect through the ‘we-are-all-not-morning-people-silence’. Please never stick me in the car with a chipper person before sunrise.

We hiked a very… long… way…. to our first spot. I had my camera stuffed underneath my shirt most of the time and i’m not sure if the lens ever did de-fog. For those of you familiar with southern louisiana, we never dry out. Even in the sunshine. But this day the atmosphere was the wettest I’ve ever witnessed.

A few awesome shots later, three soaking wet people gathered eagerly around Libby’s kitchen table to check out the results.

It was all totally worth it.

Matter of fact, by noon the same day the photos were done and the album design had been submitted to the printer.