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{gonna soak up the sun}

January 29, 2010 – 7:16 pm

That was definitely the mantra for Megan + Wade’s sweet Sunday wedding at Amelia Island Plantation.

Saturday, Michael + I were PRAYING for weather as gorgeous of this day… it had been storming all day and the weather man called for more rain on Sunday… 80% chance, in fact. I tweeted about it, Facebooked hourly updates, and when we left our house on Sunday morning, it wasn’t looking too promising. We were prepared to bring out our galoshes, but when we arrived at Amelia Island, the sun was shining bright and we had some beautiful blue skies. Thank you God!

I have to admit- I was a little nervous when we arrived. Usually, we get to meet with a bride at least once before her wedding, but we had never had a chance to meet Megan before today because we were never able to coordinate our schedules! From the time I first talked to Megan, I knew we would begreat friends, but it’s always a little nerve wracking meeting someone for the first time.

When we walked in, Megan immediately gave us both a hug and her family was so warm and welcoming, we really did feel like we were a part of the family.

Megan + Wade, we had so much fun capturing the pure joy and love surrounding your wedding day, and thank you so much for inviting us into your lives! We had fun and we will see each other again soon!

See what I mean by GORGEOUS day?

Megan was one of the calmest brides I have ever met.

Megan was so excited and joyful all day!

Alright, little side story here. Michael was out in the garage with the bridesmaids (that sounds funny, huh? ) and we noticed that these pool were sitting here together… they weren’t turned exactly all the right way, but the wedding date was 1-17-10. Coincidence?

LOVED Megan’s choice of colors… so beautiful! All the girls looked great!

Holy hotness Batman. Megan, have I mentioned that you are STUNNING?!?!

YAY for this!! I knew when I took it that it was going to be one of my favorites of the day! There was just a slight breeze… ok it was winnnnnnnnndddddddyyyyyyyy!

Drumroll please! I give you, Wade!

Wade’s one and only request was to get “spatted” up. Sounds dirty, right? Since Megan + Wade are HUGE Auburn fans, all the guys had to get spatted up before the big day. I even got spatted. It was pretty fantastic. I rock the spat pretty well.

Hey, you gotta have priorities.

Sam AKA Stevie Wonder.

And most importantly, make sure we zip the fly.

I think i’ve said this before, but I truly loved every detail of this wedding, the sweet simplicity of it really was so lovely.

The church was awesome, I loved the little white chapel feel.

SHOWTIME!

Ok, I love everything about this image. Megan’s dad was very emotional and I just happened to catch this one right after he gave his daughter’s hand to Wade. I love the way he is looking at his daughter, it makes me very emotional and reminiscent of our wedding.

Megan + Wade held communion for all their guests, it was so powerful to see everyone worshiping and praising God at their union!

MARRIED!

It got dark QUICK. And I mean in-a-hurry. We did not anticipate it getting dark so quickly, but of course we had to squuueeeezzzzeee in some lovey dovey time. Hopefully we’ll be doing some more portraits of these two soon, but for now, this will just have to wet your appetite.

Love love love.

Walker’s Landing at Amelia Island is so beautiful and rustic and Megan decided to have very natural details, which I loved.

Congratulations Megan + Wade!! We love ya’ll!

{2 awesome and 9}

December 19, 2009 – 6:12 pm

In a word, it’s the only way I can describe this year. It shaped up to be a phenomenol year.

At the beginning of 2009, to be honest, I was worried. I wondered if I was going to be able to produce the kind of work that so many people trusted me to create, I worried about how I was going to keep business going, I worried about whether or not I was going to be able to do it all, while working full time and still manage to make our house a home.

I have been reflecting on 2009 for the past few weeks, and I feel such a strange and wonderful mix of happiness, blessed, humbled, surprised, excited, flattered, and many other emotions of the positive variety. My clients this year were, in a word, wonderful. Just absolutely wonderful. I don’t know many things, but what I do know is that the people I have been so privileged to work with are the ones that put my worries at ease. It’s because they are the ones that remind me why I do what I do.

It was a wonderful year. As I watched this slideshow I am again reminded of how beautiful 2010 will be, and how much we are looking forward to meeting new people and making new lifelong friends.

By Lauren | Posted in personal, weddings | Also tagged Alabama Wedding Photographer, Florida Wedding Photographer, Port Saint Lucie wedding photographer, Tallahassee Wedding Photographer, winter park farmers market | Comments (2)

{hold on to your underoos!}

November 13, 2009 – 8:43 pm

FREEWEDDING

No, you’re not senile. Ya’ll heard it right.

After all the fun blog love we have had this week, Michael + I are just full of love right now and we have decided to offer A FREE WEDDING PACKAGE to one very lucky couple!

We have been so blessed over the past few years and we just want to take the opportunity to give something back and do something really nice for others. Your wedding day is your chance to shine, and we want to be a part of that with you.

{in order to qualify, there are a few details!}
- Tell us your story! [my favorite!]
- Include a photo of yourself + your fiance in your submission.
- The wedding must be taking place in 2010 or 2011
- The wedding may be anywhere in the whole wide world but you must be willing to cover our travel (after all, we still need a way to get there + a warm bed to sleep in after your kick booty wedding!)
- You must submit a wedding inspiration board with images of ideas that you are going to be incorporating into your wedding. It can be as elaborate as you like, and list out the colors of your wedding.

Pretty simple, huh? Yep.

Entries will be judged by both Michael + I, and we will be reading each and every one personally. We will be judging the contest based on your story, creativity of wedding concept and inspiration board submitted, and our availability on your wedding date (ex: 2010 is booking quickly, so if your date is already booked, we will notify you via email.)

We will be accepting submissions beginning today and until 12-15-09, announcing the big winner the week before Christmas (How’s THAT for a great Christmas present?! )

Ok so here’s the {fine print}:
- The wedding package will include 6 continuous hours of coverage, + a high res disc of images (YAY!) + a fun engagement session!
- Travel expenses will be determined based on the location of the wedding and will include flight and/or rental car, hotel, and meals.
- The contest only applies to submissions received beginning at noon today thru December 15, 2009. If you have already booked a wedding or inquired prior to 11-12-09, entries can not be considered in fairness.
- Entry will not be considered if all the above requirements for submissions are not sent in.

We cannot WAIT to start getting your submissions! BRING IT!

Email us through our website or call us today!

By Lauren | Posted in engagements, weddings | Also tagged Alabama Wedding Photographer, Florida Wedding Photographer, free wedding photography, Lauren Kinsey Photography, South Carolina Wedding Photographer | Comments (2)

{one for the money, two for the show}

November 5, 2009 – 10:00 am

We simply cannot wait for May. Because we get to see our friends Sonya + Hester and shoot their what-i’m-sure-is-going-to-be-a-PARTAY wedding!

You have probably heard me say this before, but one of the best parts about my job is that we get to out with people who are in love and are just fun to be around. This only minutely describes Sonya + Hester. The first time that Sonya and I talked on the phone, we just clicked and I knew that she was someone that I would have as a lifelong friend.

And when we met them at our Atlanta hotel, Michael + I both knew that we were going to have a great time because both Sonya + Hester were down for anything we did.After trekking all over Piedmont Park, we headed into downtown ATL for some awesome Italian food, vino, and good conversation. It was SO FUN getting to know these two.

You guys, we love ya’ll. We are so excited for the wedding and we MUST hang out again before then! (we have a vacant room, come stay with us!!)

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Sonya + Hester share a love of music and they met at a concert at the Fox Theatre, and since our hotel was right across the street, we had to stop there first!
The one above and below were taken in a parking lot. Just goes to show, we rock it out anywhere! Just kidding. Ok, i’ll go eat some humble pie now.

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When I came across this as I was making my picks for the blog, I showed this to Michael and he said “something about that just makes me happy.” I was just thinking the same thing…

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Yep, you don’t get much of this in Florida.
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No need to give us any directions. We got this.
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Then we ventured over to Piedmont Park, where I took possibly one of my most favorite shots EVER. See below. This is BEGGING for a GI-GANTOR canvas, no?

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