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From our family to yours…we wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and PEACE in your hearts and lives throughout the New Year!!!

Seth & Katelyn have known each other for quite a while. In fact their families are neighbors. So Seth is literally “the boy next door”! They’ve been dating for about six years now and have a BEAUTIFUL relationship together. I CAN’T WAIT to photograph their wedding this summer! While they’re back in town for the Holidays, we met up downtown and had a really neat time creating some gorgeous images that reflect their feelings for each other.

It seems we’ve gone to more Christmas Parties this year than ever before! I LOVE IT!!! 😉 Cami and I have a wonderful group of fellow photographers in town that all get together about once a month for lunch at a local restaurant. We all chat about the latest technology, share inspiration and ideas, and just support and encourage each other in our art. We always have a great time! For our December meeting, Kate McKinley was kind enough to open her beautiful home and have us all over there. She really went all out…it was an AWESOME party. Here are a few snapshots. I hope you’re all having a wonderful Christmas Season as well…br /br /a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiV5rkqrI/AAAAAAAACs0/KSY3HWUNGNM/s1600-h/081216-0001.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634222654925490″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiV5rkqrI/AAAAAAAACs0/KSY3HWUNGNM/s400/081216-0001.jpg” border=”0″ //a div align=”center”emCami taking a break from helping Kate set out all the food./em/divdiv /divdiv align=”center”a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiQLJm7qI/AAAAAAAACss/jXgriKuXy38/s1600-h/081216-0004.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634124265090722″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiQLJm7qI/AAAAAAAACss/jXgriKuXy38/s400/081216-0004.jpg” border=”0″ //a emRod amp; Tara’s beautiful daughter giving us span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″ukulele/span lessons. ;-)/em div /divdiva href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiP2KUIwI/AAAAAAAACsk/5eJ4PdnbDFI/s1600-h/081216-0007.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634118630908674″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiP2KUIwI/AAAAAAAACsk/5eJ4PdnbDFI/s400/081216-0007.jpg” border=”0″ //a div align=”center”Rod snuck this one of me while playing with my D3…sneaky!/divdiv /divdiva href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiP_J_7KI/AAAAAAAACsc/YxoTOeZ6_bg/s1600-h/081216-0008.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634121045503138″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiP_J_7KI/AAAAAAAACsc/YxoTOeZ6_bg/s400/081216-0008.jpg” border=”0″ //a div align=”center”emAndy looks a little span class=”blsp-spelling-corrected” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″mischievous/span to me!/em/divdiv /divdiva href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiPnIO7MI/AAAAAAAACsU/FKvonHhKHxY/s1600-h/081216-0009.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634114595646658″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiPnIO7MI/AAAAAAAACsU/FKvonHhKHxY/s400/081216-0009.jpg” border=”0″ //a div align=”center”emCindy with her new “right arm”, Stephanie./em/divdiv /divdiv align=”center”a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiO–cYlI/AAAAAAAACsM/nZO8GOCiGtg/s1600-h/081216-0011.jpg”img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281634103817167442″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” alt=”” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JUm00NS-SIo/SUwiO–cYlI/AAAAAAAACsM/nZO8GOCiGtg/s400/081216-0011.jpg” border=”0″ //a div”span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_2″Mahmood/span having a good laugh…at span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_3″SOMEONE’s/span expense I’m sure.”/div/div/div/div/div/div

Mary & Gary had a romantic, intimate destination wedding at St. Luke’s Chapel in downtown Charleston this week. They came down from Wisconsin for a quiet get-away and to share their vows with each other. It was just Mary & Gary, Missie the planner, Doug the officiant, Gregory the guitarist, and myself. They are such a neat couple that they made us all feel like family by the end. I really enjoyed spending a few hours with them creating these beautiful memories they’ll be able to enjoy for years to come. CONGRATULATIONS you guys!!! 🙂

It seems we’ve gone to more Christmas Parties this year than ever before! I LOVE IT!!! 😉 Cami and I have a wonderful group of fellow photographers in town that all get together about once a month for lunch at a local restaurant. We all chat about the latest technology, share inspiration and ideas, and just support and encourage each other in our art. We always have a great time! For our December meeting, Kate McKinley was kind enough to open her beautiful home and have us all over there. She really went all out…it was an AWESOME party. Here are a few snapshots. I hope you’re all having a wonderful Christmas Season as well…

Rod & Tara’s beautiful daughter giving us ukulele lessons. 😉

Rod snuck this one of me while playing with my D3…sneaky!

Andy looks a little mischievous to me!

Cindy with her new “right arm”, Stephanie.

“Mahmood having a good laugh…at SOMEONE’s expense I’m sure.”

I had a lot of fun photographing Julie & Howie’s Engagement Session. They are both as easy-going as I am. 🙂 And they’re very excited about their up-coming wedding. We had a GORGEOUS day to work with, culminating at the beach on Seabrook Island with a dramatic sunset. But as we turned to head in, we saw this HUGE moon rising in the east. It was my old friend SERENDIPITY…and we took advantage. Later I found out the moon was closer to the earth that day than it will be any other time in it’s orbit! How cool is THAT?!?

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Paul & Jeff at Glasspro on this really cool shoot. Jeff just came back from the international competition in Germany where he WON the WORLD TITLE as the best auto-glass installation specialist ON THE PLANET! Pretty cool, huh? He had previously won the National Title here in the US. They’re a great group of folks at Glasspro. So if you need your windshield replaced, give them a call!

Our Sunday School class at Ashley River had a CRAZY 80’s Christmas Party! It was HILARIOUS to see all the hideous 80’s outfits. 🙂 We had Bessinger’s BBQ…THE BEST in town. Plus everyone brought tons of other munchies and sweets. Entertainment included designing our own Christmas tree ornaments, fun fellowship, and several guessing games. I won the jar of Hershey’s kisses and traded it for the jar of Peanut M&M;’s…my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE candy. So if you’re looking for ideas on what to send me as a stocking stuffer…there you go! Hehe!!! (You can see more pictures on my Facebook Page.)

Susan & Eddie’s wedding at The Riviera was such a treat for me. And since Cami & I have been “in the creative groove” all week, we are SUPER excited to share one of the spreads from their storybook with you. In case it’s too small to tell, the image on the right is a close-up of their rings, settled into the hilt of his saber, with a candle glowing in the background to set the mood. The text in the upper right is from their First Dance song, and was woven throughout their book to tie the storyline together. It came out AWESOME!

Working with friends is always so much fun! When our good friends and colleagues, Bill & Kelli Nixon came up with this great idea of “trading shoots”, we jumped on it. So Cami and I loaded up our 13 year old dog, Henry, and met up with the Nixon Crew at Boone Hall. Here are some of the shots I took. Didn’t Kelli do a GREAT job picking out outfits?!? 🙂 And that last shot of the boys hugging their legs was Kelli’s idea…I LOVE IT! Later I’ll share some of the ones they took of Cami and I with good ol’ Henry. They’re SO CUTE!