More Tony Family Portraits

I love that so many of my portrait clients are also my friends. It is so much fun to capture their growing families. I have photographed the Tonys twice before--first when they were expecting their son, and then again right after he was born. It was a special treat to create yet another set of portraits for them a couple of weeks ago. Nathanael is now almost two and has a little sister on the way!

Fall

There has been Christmas music playing in the lobby at my office for the past week, and it is driving me nuts. I love Christmas as much as the next guy, but... it's mid-November! Which is not Christmastime, or even Advent, or even Winter. In case, like the radio station, you're confused about what season it is, I'm offering this very important public service announcement: IT'S FALL! In case you need a visual aid, here are a few of the photos I took on a recent trip to the North Georgia mountains.

It was a beautiful, playful, refreshing trip. My husband and I took a scenic train ride, sampled local wine, roasted s'mores, and even made an apple pie with the apples we picked ourselves! It was wonderful fall fun.

"Sunlight on the Bayou" on the Etsy front page!

This summer, my friend Larissa invited me to an event celebrating Nature Photography Day (which I didn't know was a thing) at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. We had so much fun exploring! A few of my photos from that day are in my Etsy shop, and I especially love this one of the sunlight reflecting on the bayou water. Don't those flecks of light look like sparkling diamonds? Or stars? (Which reminds me of this fabulous book you should read, but I digress.) Imagine my delight when I saw this photo on the front page of Etsy today!

It was part of this stunning collection curated by Pearl Sturtevant of GrayDecember. Don't you love this rich color scheme? Thanks, Pearl!

A First for Me: Wedding Photography!

Exciting things are happening in the world of Uninvented Colors Photography! I've been daydreaming about wedding photography for ages now, and I finally gathered the courage to contact my favorite wedding photographer, Wendy Wilson Photography, to ask for help getting started. Boy, did she deliver! I was thrilled to join Wendy (and her fabulous second-shooter, Kathleen Clipper) for Kate and Matt's gorgeous October wedding at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama. It was incredibly valuable hands-on experience, not to mention a lot of fun! Since I was the 3rd photographer, I was pretty focused on staying out of the way, but I still managed to get some great shots of details and guests (and a few of the bride.) See for yourself!

I am so thankful that Wendy gave me the opportunity to get my feet wet. And I'm pretty pleased with my work. Not bad for a wedding photography virgin, right? Good thing, because I've already booked two weddings for Spring 2014! Yikes! Hooray! ;)