Kimberly and Curt June14, 2008

My last wedding was on June 14 in Lakeland, GA. It was the wedding of Kimberly Bennett and Curt Mathis. It was a great wedding, with a fun reception. I am sharing a few of my favorites from the day. I will have the rest of the wedding photos ready next week. Enjoy!

At few getting ready shots.

Curt with his father

Kimberly has incredible blue eyes

The Guys

The Girls

Kimberly and Curt

This is my favorite from the day

The Flowers

The Rings

Thanks for looking! More to come later.



Lindsi

Lesley and Chuck June 7, 2008

One of the cool things about being a wedding photographer is that you often get the chance to travel. I will be traveling more this wedding season and I am enjoying it so far and looking forward to my next few out of town weddings. My last wedding took me to sunny Florida. I spent the weekend in Orange Park, FL for Lesley and Chuck's wedding, at the Winterbourne Inn which is on the St. Johns River. It really is a great location if you are planning an outdoor wedding in the Jacksonville area. They have a great staff. I enjoyed working there.

We started out the day at Lesley's hotel with getting ready photos of her and some of her bridesmaids.

I especially like this one of Lesley and her mother.

We then headed over to the Winterbourne where Lesley got into her dress.

Often in my blog talk about how much I enjoy it when couples meet for photos before the wedding ceremony. Lesley and Chuck choose to do this. I love this image from their first moments together.

Here are a few photos of the happy couple.

I love the light in this one.

The next few are from after the ceremony. I was able to go onto the roof of the Inn. I love when I can do that.


The wedding party.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams

The first dance

This is always one of my favorite shots.

I hope you have enjoyed the preview. The rest of the photos from Lesley and Chuck's wedding will be posted to the Client area in a few days so be sure to check back.

Lesley and Chuck- I had a great time shooting your wedding, and getting to know your families. I look forward to seeing you guys again at Ashley's wedding.(Lesley has a twin sister that is getting married in August. Guess who her photographer is.) Thanks so much for having me!

Lindsi


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Mathis Family

For those of you who visit my blog often you will notice some big changes. I hope you enjoy the new look of the blog, and the best part is that the photos in the blog will now be much larger. YAY! Without further delay here is the Mathis Family.

Last week I photographed the Mathis Family. We had a beautiful location for this family portrait session and the mosquitoes were kind enough to not attack us while we were shooting. I was happy for that. Here are a few photos from the session.

I love this black and white image.

We also did some portraits of their two adorable children.

I think this photo is my most favorite. The kids really had a good time with the horses.

Click here to see all photos from the Mathis Family session

Steven Mathis is currently running for a position on the Berrien County school Board. I hope you will all come out on election day and re-elect Steven Mathis to the Berrien County School Board.

I would like to thank Brenda and David Deloach for allowing us to use their beautiful farm for our portrait session. Thanks guys!

Thanks for looking!

Lindsi

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Berrien County Schools

As most of you may know I am from Berrien County and a product of the Berrien County school system. So when I was called by the superintendent to work with them on the new website I was happy to do so. I spent a few hours at each school in the system photographing it's students, teachers, and staff. I had alot of fun touring my old school buildings and seeing many of my former teachers. A few of the photos can now be seen on the school's website. They can be found in the slide show at the top of site. Check it out, you may see someone you know.

Here is a screen shot of the site.

The teacher shown on the site is my mom Marta Jones Ray, she is a 4th grade teacher at Berrien Elementary School. There are other students and teachers shown on the site as well so be sure to visit it. In addition to my photos you can also learn a great deal about the Berrien County School system so be sure to read up while you are there.

CLICK HERE to visit the Berrien County School system website

Thanks for looking!

Lindsi

Amber and Justin- June 1, 2008

On June 1st traveled to Saint Simon's Island for a wedding, but this time I was not the main photographer. This weekend I worked as a second shooter for Tallahassee wedding photographer Mary Beth Tyson. As a second shooter your job is to shoot from a different angle as the main photographer, concentrate on details, and candid shots. This was my first time working as a second shooter and I really enjoyed it. The wedding party dressed and prepared for the ceremony at the Sea Island Golf Club. It is a really beautiful place. Here are a few of my shots from the day. Enjoy!

Amber was such a beautiful bride.

Here are a few of those detail shots I mentioned.





The ceremony was held at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Brunswick. It was a very beautiful old church with huge stained glass windows. I loved architecture inside of this church.

Amber's parents were also married at St. Mark's.

After the ceremony we headed back to the Sea Island Golf Club for wedding party photos under the oaks. Justin and Amber were so happy.

Mary Beth- I had a great time shooting with you! Thanks again for having me!

Lindsi

Jennifer and Tony

On May 24 I photographed the wedding of Jennifer and Tony at the Nashville Methodist Church. I love shooting weddings at the Methodist church in Nashville not only because it is a very beautiful old church full of great stained glass but because I grew up going to this church. My parents, and some of my best friends were all married here. I feel very comfortable when I shoot at this church.

Jennifer and Tony's wedding was great. We had perfectly clear weather with bright blue skies. Tony and Jennifer were such a sweet couple. I had a really great time working with them. Here are a few images from the day. Enjoy!

A few getting ready shots

The Groom

I love this detail shot of Tony's tux.

I love when couples choose to see eachother before the ceremony. By doing this it really takes the stress that can come with preparing for a wedding ceremony away, and gives the couple a chance to spend a little time alone together admiring eachother. It's very exciting. Tony and Jennifer choose to do this and I love the series of images that resulted.

Jennifer was so beautiful that day.

Check back in a few days to see all of the photos from Jennifer and Tony's wedding.

Jennifer and Tony- I had a great time shooting your wedding. I know you will have a happy life together. Thanks for having me!


Lindsi

Photographer, Car and Sky

I spent today being artsy. I went to the opening of the Best of Spring Into Art show at the Turner Center. I have a photo juried into that show. Click here to read more about that.

After the show I came home to a really crazy storm. The wind was insane, rain came down, and lightning was everywhere. I LOVE LOVE LOVE storms. I like to sit out on my front porch and watch them. I have been doing this since I was a child.

After the rain and wind passed the lightning kept up so I drove my car to the middle of the field across from my house and sat out with my camera to try to catch some lightning. This is not an easy task. You have to be patient, have some technical knowledge, and you also need a good bit of luck. You never know when or if a good bolt will show up so you have to be ready for it. By the time I got all set up the storm was pretty much over and the big bolts of lightning had ended. I did not have the luck part tonight. :-) Lately I haven't had much spare time to just play around and make art with my camera so tonight I did. Here is one of my experiments. I call it Photographer, Car, and Sky. If you click the photo it will enlarge. You should do that because you really can't see any detail here.

Thanks for looking!

Lindsi