Ashley and Kevan

Ashley was one of "my" interns at church last summer.  And then I got to hang out with her some in the Bahamas on one of our student mission trips.  And then I had the privilege of helping Kim DeLoach shoot her wedding this past December.  As Kim said in her post, with the evening wedding in December, we were able to get some pretty cool night pictures, but we weren't able to get any portraits of Ashley and Kevan before the sunset.  So, six months after their wedding, Kim and I took them back into downtown by the Reedy River and had a fun and relaxed portrait session!

This was one of those times that we as photographers don't often get.  Kim and I tag-teamed and took turns shooting and second shooting.  And Ashley and Kevan were up for just about anything!  I'm thinking we should do this more often :-)

Thanks, Ashley and Kevan (and Kim!), for a fun afternoon!

We had individual pictures of them on these stairs so now we were able to get some photos of them together.

And then we found this little gem of a spot...

Y'all are amazing!

I. am. in. L-O-V-E. with these two shots...

This would look really good as a LARGE canvas.  TRUST me!

The ivy was fabulous.

Y'all are WONDERFUL for coming out in the heat and letting us photograph you guys.  I hope you enjoy the pictures we were able to get in December AND for your six month celebration!

Anytime Session with Amy

Amy is one of the most amazingly wonderful and spunky people I know.  I met her because she joined our Community Group at church right around a year ago.  Yes, she's a Clemson grad, like I am, but that's not the only reason I like her!  She's so full of life, she's driven, she's funny, and she draws people in without having to think about it.  It had been a while since she'd had some pictures taken and with Christmas coming up, what better gift for the parents and family than recent photos??  I've done it before, I've had other single friends do it... and the moms?  Yep, they love it.

In Amy's driven fashion, she decided earlier this year to start training for a body building competition.  Talk about self-discipline!  I went over to her house one day to drop something off and just the day before she had taken a trip to Sam's.  She showed me the 6+ dozen eggs in her fridge and proceeded to offer me the bowl of egg yolks (which she couldn't eat) from the first dozen eggs she had already eaten.  She was eating nothing but stuff that would help tone and define her muscles.  Read: NO SUGAR.  That's right, no sugar or dairy for like 13 weeks.  Which is why you will never find me in one of these competitions :-)  You can check out her journey on her blog... and the post from her first competition... where she WON!  Yep, she's that hard core.

She's in the off season right now, which is why/how she was able to bring both of us some Starbucks before our session.  Yummm.... I may not like coffee (tragic, I know) but I love me some hot chocolate with a shot (or three) of hazelnut!  Amy, you're a delight!  And not just because you bring me Starbucks!  I hope you enjoy your pictures and that your mom will love me you for it! :)

These two are probably my favorites.

The slant on that sidewalk makes me feel like I'm back in San Francisco!

How awesome that her smile is perfect and both she and Samson are looking at the camera??

I should have had her flex so you could really see those muscles she's worked so hard for!

Gorgeous.

Amy, this was so fun!  Enjoy your slideshow!

Family = Love

I have family all over the place. Which means I may have one of the largest families ever. Granted, I'm not blood related to most of them but I may as well be! And I love it. I'm so blessed to have so many amazing people in my life that love me as much as they do. Butch and Nell are two of those such people. In 2004 I moved to Brussels, Belgium to work with them and teach English. As missionaries, they had already lived in a variety of places and had been in Brussels for 7 or 8 years by the time I got there. Their daughter was getting ready to graduate high school and attend college at the University of South Carolina (tragic, I know) and their son was just starting high school.

A couple of years after I came home, their assignment in Brussels was up and they moved back to the states. The best news? They were going to be less than 2 hours away from me! And I have fully taken advantage of them being so close and have been lucky to see them (and both of their children!) many many times, which has only brought us all closer.

Butch and Nell were passing through Greenville this weekend so I emailed them earlier in the week to see if they would want to do pictures while they were here. Their next assignment is going to be in Montreal, which means I'm not going to get to see them anywhere near as much as I've been lucky enough to. But, now I have a few pictures to remember them by. And holy cow... y'all photograph SO well! Seriously, Nell you are gorgeous and Butch... you were joking but you really worked it!

Butch & Nell, I'm going to miss both of you SO much. Thank you for everything you have done for me over the past 6 years and for loving me as much as you do. I don't know that I'll ever be able to thank you enough. Je vous aime. Que Dieu vous bénisse. Bisous!

The lighting in here was delicious. You may laugh, but it's SO true. It was amazing.

If you know Nell, you can't look at this next picture and NOT hear her laugh! I love it.

They could be in a magazine...

This is so them!! I love it.