sheri+mark - engaged :: greensboro engagement photographer

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Within three minutes of being around them, the love between Sheri and Mark is obvious. He lives to make her laugh, even at the most inappropriate of times, and she looks up at him with pure adoration. You would think they were two teenagers who just met a week ago. It's like puppy love, except true.

I met up with Sheri and Mark, another Behind the Scenes couple from the lovely Veronica Foster, yesterday afternoon at the Greensboro Arboretum. The weather was perfect, albeit still a little warm, and the engagement session was more like a nice leisurely stroll through the park with a few photo opportunities thrown in. If you haven't checked it out, the arboretum is absolutely gorgeous, open to the public, and pet friendly, too!

This is one of those times that he was trying really hard to make Sheri laugh while she was trying to keep a straight face - mission accomplished, Mark!

   

Sheri+Mark - I had such a great time with y'all yesterday, and I can't wait for your wedding in March! It's gonna be FAB!

saving the date :: mississippi wedding photographer

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Blogging twice within 24 hours... WOAH! It's a big achievement for me just to blog twice in the same week. I'm giving myself a gold star pronto for this one.

Usually, my mailbox is filled with things that go straight through the shredder and to the garbage (credit card apps and penny savers and junk mail, oh my!), so I was thrilled when I opened the mailbox this morning to find a save-the-date from one of my BFFs (yes - i did just use the abbreviation BFF. i'm cool. get over it).

Let me just start by saying how much I love save-the-dates... they've become increasingly popular in the past few years and I really just can't believe it took someone this long to figure out what a novel idea this is. Especially for folks like me travelling clear across four states to make it to this particular wedding, it gives your guests ample time (people... 6 weeks is just not long enough) to make all the necessary travel arrangments.

You wanna know what's even better? You have a plethora of options on how to design and send your save the dates. You can create and send them for free via email through websites like Punchbowl or Evite. Or you can have them designed locally or online in the form of postcards, magnets, booklets and more. You can have save-the-dates featuring an engagement photo, a year-long calendar, or even something as unique as a crossword puzzle all about you and your fiance!

I am personally loving the classy understated elegance of the card featured here in Nan and Jason's save-the-date...

Nancy Claire and I go way back, having met about 15 years ago in Ms. Crosby's 2nd grade class. We lost touch for a few years after we both changed schools, but reunited again in 7th grade at West Jones High School. We've shared lots of memories and traditions over the years... spending long Saturdays at swim meets, gorging ourselves with chinese takeout and Ben & Jerry's, trips to Gulf Shores and lifeguards named Jacques, and many a school-night sleepover pulling all-nighters to finish papers for Ms. Dixon's English class.

I'm so excited and honored to be photographing her winter wedding at the Rogers-Green House in Laurel (you may remember the venue from this wedding), and I know her red (va-va-voom) color scheme is going to be just gorgeous!

Nan+Jason - Enjoy every minute of this crazy wedding planning process... the next few months will fly by and you'll be saying "I do" before you know it :)