new family...

we ended our 8 week wedding marathon (and wedding season as well) with a trip to the dominican republic to photograph beth & kris' AHHMAZING wedding.  we'll be doing a couple of posts this week about their fantastic wedding weekend (that we felt so lucky to be a part of), but i wanted to share a few about this beautiful family that was created on their wedding day.  kris is dad to two of the greatest kids you'll ever meet.  they were both there for the wedding weekend & i have to say, proved to be one of the cutest flower girl & ring-bearer we have seen.  what was so great for brooks & i to see was how loving this new family is.  it is so apparent how much these kids love beth & she is absolutely wonderful with them.  you guys are off to a great start & only have a lifetime of precious memories to create!  of course, stay tuned for more wedding images to come! :)

the guys hung out together before the ceremony

while the girls were getting pretty upstairs

the new collo family!

elliot & joel, married!

we met this fabulous couple back in january.  they were our first client meeting after our 2 day NC wedding show extravaganza.  we hit it off so well that breakfast lasted 2 hours & we were late for our next meeting (sorry betsey & jason!).  brooks & i knew we were going to LOVE shooting their wedding.  the amount of detail & planning that went into it was amazing.  elliot will tell you that she was a budget-bride, but you never would have known.  which is great, b/c we've heard that she would love to open a bridal store one day.  so, all you future brides out there, keep your eye out.  elliot does an awesome job.  the shoe shot in the last post is proof!  not only did the wedding look wonderful, but these two have some serious love going on for one another.  never have we seen the bride & groom break out into spontaneous dance moves together (which did involve the "sprinkler" & "lawn mower").  you guys rock!  enjoy the sneak peek!  we're looking forward to the family pics with mrs. ari gold... :)  

see, attention to detail!  this was outside their house when we arrived to capture joel getting ready

joel helping his dad out

checking the time... 

the girls turn

finishing touches

had to show it again! :)

right after the ceremony

the country club provided some golf carts for the wedding party so we could take pictures on the property

i LOVE this.  elliot dancing in & joel getting a high-five.  love it...

land's florist always does an amazing job

check-out the cake topper

comfy shoes for dancing

deciding on their next dance move :)

and here it is!

pretty nice get away car...

details...

we're getting ready to do a post about joel & elliot's wedding in the near future, but i was just too excited not to share this image now.  seriously, all-time favorite shoe shot!  just goes to show you the amount of detail elliot put into her wedding!  stay tuned for more to come!

Elliot's B-session

Since Elliot and Joel tied the knot last Saturday, I can finally share her bridal portraits with you all! It's been killing me to wait this long... Elliot is a beautiful person inside and out, and it has been so fun getting to know her over the past 10 months. Her emails are filled with humor and ideas, and if there is such as thing as being "born to plan a wedding," this girl has it! 

Every little detail of her bridal session was well thought out and creative. She made her own bouquet and hairpiece (the super cute feathery, white one), brought 2 kinds of veils and picked Duke Gardens (the perfect location!) to catch some gorgeous shots of her in her gown. 

I will say that we lucked out BIG TIME the day of her session, as the clouds parted for an hour and half in between torrential downpour, just so that we could get the perfect shot!

Congrats to Elliot and Joel! We hope you are having a blast in Mexico!!!

i absolutely LOVE this one.

Elliot made that super cool hair piece herself! 

Straight out of a Monet painting... Duke Gardens is absolutely beautiful.

cute!

if I could marry a veil, it would be a birdcage veil... i flippin' love them!

cake!

we're getting ready to post jaime & chris' wedding & as i was going through my images, i came across this one that i thought we definitely had to share.  we love when we get a piece of the wedding cake, but sometimes by the time it gets to us, there may not be any forks left.  well, i'm not one to waste cake, so here you go.  i think we have too much fun while we "work". :)