I met these cute kiddos on a gorgeous day last fall. The youngest is just about Grayben’s age and very similar in personality–full of energy, very curious and never ever still for more than a second or two. My philosophy has always been that you capture what’s really there rather than trying to create some perfect picture that doesn’t really exist. I ended up really loving the life in these pictures and hope that you’ll enjoy them, too. 
Kevin and Carol are getting married this weekend! We cannot wait to be there to photograph the day when they will be come husband and wife. I had the best time with them on their engagement shoot last fall. I loved shooting at a new location and they totally put up with my over the top enthusiasm. I can’t believe their wedding is finally here! 
I always love seeing how families grow and change. When I first met the Grahams, they were a family of three anticipating baby Carson’s arrival. At the time, they seemed so perfect as a family of three. Now that Carson is here, I know they would agree that there is no way to imagine this world without him. I am excited to watch them continue to grow up together!
Jack is a little Gap model…
Don’t the green leaves and sunshine make you want to go play outside? I had the best time with this family. We did the photo shoot at the same location where the parents had their wedding 10 years ago! How cool is that? There is not much I love more than a location that has significance to the people I am photographing. I loved capturing the laughter in this family.
such cute boys…
They had this shot from their wedding and wanted it with all of their hands now.
winter is one of the best yet hardest times of the year for us. it’s great because it offers us some much needed downtime after the madness of our fall portrait and wedding season. saturdays at home by the fire. time with friends and family that doesn’t have to be “scheduled”. a chance to read a few books or watch some movies. on the other hand, it’s an anxious time. with a new year on the horizon, all our goals and aspirations of the coming year are met with the weather and seasonal restraints. on one hand we mourn the loss of a sweet season of relaxation yet on the other we anticipate a new year filled with new shoots, new people, and new creation. for our family, the last few months have been a bit different than in years past. we anticipate some changes in our family which has really affected our time and attention to the business in the past few months. because of that we haven’t afforded ourselves a great deal of time looking back and planning for the future quite as early in the new year as we usually do. though it may be a couple of months later than most resolutions, we’ve decided that march is as good of a time as any to give a bit of an update of where we’re at and what we’re looking forward to this next year.
when i (erin) started taking pictures 4 years ago, i relied heavily on my blog and slideshows to spread the word. thanks to all of my incredible clients, it worked wonderfully. we are so thankful that we have never had to advertise for portraits or weddings (thank you!). recently however we feel like we haven’t given the blog the attention we once did. with great eagerness and excitement, we vow to return to our roots by posting more relevantly and consistently.
along the lines of our amazing clients, we are amazed that we are anticipating our 1,000th session in 2010. that is insane! so to honor you–our loyal and vast clientele–we will be offering many, many, many deals and promotions throughout the year. we haven’t decided the exact details yet but we can promise that our 1,000th customer will not have to worry about pictures for a long time! seriously, we sincerely thank you all so much for your business.
a little about us… a lot is the same around here but a lot has changed as well. portrait season has begun. i’ll be offering a few saturdays this spring and remain pretty open in the week. weddings will be keeping us busy most other weekends. we are going to be doing some different types of shoots and may need some volunteer families to help. we’ll make a casting call when we get there….it will be a great way to get different pictures of your family for FREE! also we are about to begin some video/photography sessions. if you like our slideshows, you will love these new videos. corey recently stopped working with the newspaper to take on more editorial work (which he is loving). his venture into video has led him to some commercial gigs which are really taking off. expect to see more of that in the coming months. we hope you are willing to join us for 2010. we are not sure of all that it will hold but we can promise you this–it will not be boring!
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything personal on this blog. In general, I hate winter and despite a couple of fun snow adventures around here, we haven’t been doing all that many blog worthy things. This past weekend was a bright spot in the dreariness as of late. We had the awesome chance to spend a long weekend in North Carolina with some of our favorite friends. They were kind enough to let Grayben tag along for the couples’ ski trip and we all had a wonderful time. While everyone else skied, G and I explored the snow. He loved throwing snowballs (“more, more”), watching all of the kids in ski school and generally having a chance to play outside for really the first time in a few months. The weather was gorgeous–cold and clear. It’s amazing how much easier it is to handle the cold when you’re dressed for it! We took him sledding on our last day thinking he’d enjoy it much more than he did. I think the pictures show what a fun time the whole trip was for everyone!
if you’re from birmingham and love music you are probably still wearing black for the loss of one of the best stations this city has ever heard.
3 years ago i switched to xm radio because there was no good new (or old) music on the airwaves. occassionally i would tune into reg but seemed to never catch him. when 100.5 switched it’s format i could tell the whole culture of birmingham changed. better bands and musicians were coming to town. people seemed excited about music again. i found myself actually listening to fm.
sometime this past summer i noticed some artists i had never heard before on the radio like patty griffin & lyle lovett. really remarkable in the days of payola and 5 minute pop hits.
back in november i had an assignment to photograph the program manager at citadel. turns out he’s an old friend of mine. ryan haney manages 6 stations (maybe more) among those Live 100.5. this past summer there had been some talk about shutting it down. ryan negotiated another 6 months with him at the helm. i must say the last 6 months have been the greatest radio i’ve known in birmingham in my whole life. unfortunately these days it’s all about the bottom line and 2 weeks ago they pulled the plug. i emailed ryan as soon as i heard to see if there was anything listeners could do. he said the decision was made from the top and it was going to talk radio ( i think that makes 6 now!).
it’s a sad day but my hat’s off to this guy for doing the best he could. i actually got to shoot this while finebaum was in the middle of his show. btw, finebaum is one of the nicest guys you could meet.
kindof a random post but a lot of people are wondering what happened to their music. i felt i needed to shed the little light i had on the issue.
You may remember these two from before Christmas when I posted about how their mom won a contest for some really beautiful Christmas cards. Ethan and Amelia are perfect in front of the camera. By perfect I mean perfectly themselves. I can’t really ask for anymore than that in a photo shoot. I love the way these two interact with one another–a wonderful blend of sweetness, silliness and that tiny bit of sibling annoyance. When I saw Amelia’s sweet dress from the incredible Matilda Jane, I was in love on the spot. Have you ever seen anything cuter??? Seriously all of you with little girls should check out these clothes…love them. They even have some grown-up clothes, too. But back to the pictures…I do love the shots we got on this beautiful fall afternoon. To see their slideshow, click here.
As you can probably tell, we like taking all different kinds of pictures around here. Keeps things interesting. Whenever I first start posting weddings, I get all in wedding mode and start thinking about all the things I love about wedding photography. But then a few days go by and I haven’t posted anything about other shoots that I do (or that Corey does) and I start to miss those things. Like most decisions in my life, they’re made based out of emotion (and I’m not necessarily bragging about that).
I have photographed the Adams’ kids a couple of times now but this was the first time to shoot the whole family. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time exploring one of my favorite places in town. Enjoy some of their pictures! You can see their slideshow here.
I remember the night I met with Shalonda for the first time like it was last week. We sat outside on an early fall night and got to know each other. I loved hearing about her relationship with Melvin, her plans for their wedding and the intense way she loves her family. I left our meeting hoping so much that she would book us for their wedding…it is one that I looked forward to all year. This wedding was filled with so much love and joy that it was bursting out the seams. I don’t think there was a dry eye anywhere when Shalonda’s daddy (who also performed the wedding ceremony) saw her dressed for her wedding day. Melvin and Shalonda are a wonderful match and I have no doubt that the world will be better because they are husband and wife! To see their slideshow, click here.
okay, you know you are starting to think the same when this starts happening. found this when editing and just laughed. corey’s on the left, erin’s on the right
by corey
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