I had the most AWESOME wedding last weekend!!!  Jennifer & Robert were married at the beautiful Unitarian Church.  I met up with Jennifer at Charleston Place Hotel where she was getting ready.  I knew from their engagement shoot that she was going to be a GORGEOUS bride.  I wasn’t wrong!  From there I met up with Robert and his family at the Wentworth Mansion to get their photos.  Robert is such a fun, casual kind of guy…I had a great time working with him.  Then it was on to the church for their wedding vows.  Dwight, my favorite Limo driver in the world, took them back to Charleston Place where he let me get a few cool shots with his vintage Rolls Royce.  At the reception, the delightful Jay Maxwell kept the party rolling.  The whole day just went beautifully.  Check out the rest of their pictures at www.chrisandcami.zenfolio.com.  I was so blessed to be a part of this special time in their lives.  CONGRATULATIONS, Jennifer & Robert!!!

Tricia & Michael are two of the sweetest folks you could ever meet.  I had an instant connection with both of them when we first met.  Michael traveled a lot when he was a kid…Guam, Puerto Rico, and all over the US…so he and I had that in common.  And Tricia is a school teacher…as both my parents were “educators” I have the utmost respect for teachers!  The story of how Michael proposed is one for the storybooks.  Suffice it to say that he asked her to marry him while they were at Waterfront Park watching their first sunrise together.  Awwwww!  He had even secretly arranged for all their family and friends to meet them for brunch afterwards.  I’m a hopeless romantic at heart…so I love that Michael took the initiative to plan all that!!!  We had the BEST time on their Engagement Shoot.  We started at White Point Gardens in downtown Charleston and walked all over the historic district and around The Battery.  I’m SO EXCITED at being a part of their wedding day in October!!!

I had the most AWESOME Engagement Shoot with Sarah & Seth in downtown Charleston the other day!  I knew when we originally met that I was going have a real “connection” with these guys.  I have never laughed, acted as goofy, or had so much fun on an E-Session as I did with these two.  We just seem to have the same sense of humor and outspoken joy of life!  Not to mention how strong the connection is between Sarah & Seth.  They are just so comfortable with each other and willing to be themselves in front of each other…no fake facades or guarded feelings here…they are truly in love and it SHOWS!  I can’t wait to be a part of their beautiful wedding in Rock Hill later this summer…

Amanda Assey Lewis of Southern Chic Weddings got a HUGE surprise from her hubby yesterday.  J  Tim planned an elaborate evening, including a stop at the Pavilion at Patriots Point, which is where they were married one year ago.  He’d arranged for a white linen table setting with Champaigne and a “fresh” replica of their cake topper to be placed out on the green overlooking Charleston Harbor.  I got there ahead of time, stashed a remote camera on one side of the table, and hid in the bushes with my 400mm lens on the other.  Feeling a little voyeristic, but knowing I had all the angles covered, I waited!  Amanda was totally surprised by the whole thing and we had a good laugh when I came out of the bushes afterwards.  Since it was right at sunset, we took advantage of the dramatic light and did a few portraits to commemorate the occasion before they headed off to dinner.  Tim really raised the bar for the rest of us married men!  Well done, sir!!!  And CONGRATULATIONS to you both on your 1-year Anniversary!!!  Many thanks to my friend and colleague, Liz Duren, for letting me in on the “secret”.