Amanda + Eric's Day After Session : Sneak peek!

I recently had the total honor of shooting Eric and Amanda's "Day After" session in Old Salem. So many things were great about the session... In addition to being good friends with Amanda and Eric, there was still snow on the ground, and Eric and Amanda are still totally in love after over 2 years of marriage. I'll tell you more about them in my full post, but enjoy this sneak peek for now!



Amanda was such a trooper for sitting in the melting snow!

Meredith & Seth : Day After session

Like I said in my last post, we didn't have time (or light) at Meredith & Seth's wedding to do any creative portraits of them together. Which was a total bummer! So we scheduled a "day after" session so Meredith and Seth could dress up again and get some awesome photos of them together. Despite the name "Day after", these sessions can take place anytime after you get married... weeks, months, even years! You don't even have to dress up again. I LOVE the idea and plan on doing this type of shoot with my husband sometime next year. It poured rain on our outdoor (tented!) wedding so we only got a couple of photos of us together (you'll hear more about our wedding in a later post). I can't wait to get dressed up again and get some good portraits with him!

So, because of my great love for Day After sessions I'm offering a Christmas special of half off a Day After session for you and your spouse. I think this would be an amazing Christmas present. A session includes an on-location shoot (location of your choosing), unlimited images, online viewing + ordering, and a DVD of the hi-resolution images for you to keep, and is now only $200. Email me for more details if you're interested! {alexa.photo@gmail.com} Session must be booked before Dec. 31st, 2009 but can take place anytime before Dec. 31st, 2010.

Now, on to the photos!



We started at the church where Seth and Meredith tied the knot. I'm loving the flare and the lines in this shot.













Jonathan (my hubby and photographer-in-training) came with me on this shoot and caught this great photo above.



Oh, this one makes me so happy inside. Gorgeous!!







We did a few more portraits of Seth alone since we only got a few on the wedding day.





The weather was so perfect!






We stopped at the O'Henry where the reception was held for the wedding. I LOVE this terrace!



This is the good thing about having two photographers, Jonathan got this shot...



...while I was getting this shot. Love the different angles!















This one is so classic.





Meredith is a teacher so I thought it would be cute to shoot with some school buses.









Setting up this shot was so funny, they couldn't get their heart shadow right! It's harder than it looks.









Meredith and Seth, I had a great time shooting with you!

Seth + Meredith's "Day After" Sneak Peek!

Since we didn't get to do any awesome photos of Meredith and Seth at the wedding because of time constraints, we scheduled a "day after" session and had a whole afternoon for doing portraits. It was amazing!! Here's a sneak peek :



I'll be back later with a full post and an explanation of when and why Day After sessions are important.

Meredith's Bridal Session

My good friend Meredith just got married this past Saturday so it's now safe to put up her awesome bridal session. Her bridal outfit was totally vintage so I had fun playing with some vintage processing on the images. It rained on and off the day of her session so we had both of her parents and my husband along to help with umbrellas, props, and plastic to go underneath Meredith's dress to keep it out of the puddles. Okay, enough talk... on to the images!












I think Meredith is one of the few people that can wear this shade of lipstick and make it look fabulous.













LOVE these blue shoes!















This yard sale parasol was such a great find! I knew I'd be able to use it in a session someday and Meredith worked it!









This old warehouse had beautiful window light.







Meredith's fiance bought this sofa a little bit before our session and it was perfect! Her mom brought along the iron gate and other props.

















Meredith & Seth's wedding post will be up soon!