One of my secret weapons:

I am always asked "What have you seen?" , "How would you do this?" or if I have any recomendations from many brides. After I first and foremost recommend they hire a planner, I usually can provide some pretty good insight to the day.

And now..... from my top secret, under lock and key, if i tell you I might need to kill you bookmarks comes my number one secret weapon.

It's no secret StyleMePretty.com hands down, take the cake for the most informative and inspiring wedding site I have ever read. If you are planning a wedding, love weddings, work with wedding, would like to have a wedding someday or used the word wedding five times in once sentence like I did, head over there stat!

Happy July Fourth!

i can see clearly now...
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"For more than two centuries now, our country has inspired hope, and fostered change at home and abroad. So today I hope you will join me in expressing your thanks for our freedom, appreciation for the military personnel who protect us, and gratitude for the opportunities and the responsibilities that come with being an American."~ Bill Clinton

Melissa & Kyle: Coming Soon!

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Wendy & Stephen, Asheville NC

 

Wendy & Stephen were married at the amazing Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC. Here's a little sneak peek. More details and photos soon!

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Tony & Laine : Best Time Ever!

"To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."

~Jim Valvano

3 is a magical number. So magical in fact it's Tony and Laine's lucky number. The amount of times three comes into the lives of these two is unbelievable. In fact take a look at their wedding date.

03.21.09

Yup, 03, 2+1=3 and 3 goes into 9 3 times. The wedding weekend lasted 3 days, the cake had 3 layers, three was individually their lucky numbers before they got together, their first date was on Laine's 33 birthday, Tony proposed on their 3rd anniversary and on and on and on. Perhaps Tony and Laine will talk about it more in the comments. Care to share guys?

Tony and Laine were married by the Mayor of Little Rock in the living room of her father's house in LIttle Rock, AR. The ceremony could not have been more personally intimate. It's hard to shoot when your fighting back tears. Darn you two! After they were made Mr & Mrs Poe we headed down town for some photo play time. I love Tony and Laine. I have never spent time with them that wasn't involved in laughter, their wedding day was no different.  Sorry guys I laughed way more then 3 times. Maybe something like 3 times every 30 seconds?

A mega party/reception like only Tony and Laine can do was held at Historic Union Station in Little Rock. Next Level Events did a fabulous job. Tony and Laine shared a first dance to a rockin' rendition of "Three is a magical number." (as in Schoolhouse Rock, how perfect is that?)by their reception band The Libra's. 

 We danced, we sang, we ate, we drank, we were merry, we took pictures in the photo both and man did we laugh. 

Thanks so much for allowing me the pleasure of photographing your most special of days. You seriously rock. 

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Happy Easter:

The first sign of spring!
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No Eastery photos so I grabbed this one from Flickr.

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Have a wonderful Easter.