Last Shoot of the Year

I’ve been photographing Jean & Gerry’s extended family over the last six years. (Many thanks to their wonderful daughter, Andrea…she originally contacted me and began this longtime friendship.) It was only fitting that they were my last shoot of 2009! J I met up with them at their beach house on Folly Beach. Even though it was really cold that night, they all braved the uncomfortable temperatures and we all had a BLAST! The lighting was fantastic…everything from a really cool sunset to a really dramatic moonrise. I LOVE IT!!!

Amity & Ryan on Folly Beach

Amity & Ryan are good friends of Kerri & Wes, who's wedding I had the privilege of photographing earlier this year. Their daughter was the ADORABLE Flower Girl in the wedding! So it was fun to get to work with them again in creating these family memories. :-)

Robin & Leif

Here's a few of my favorites from Robin & Leif's fun family session. They have the most ADORABLE kids, don't they?!? It was a little stormy that day. But they decided to take a chance and were WELL rewarded. This is PROOF that days you don't "think" will be good for portraits are often the BEST days for portraits. The drama of that sky just ads so much dimension to the images! :-)

Folly Beach Day-After Shoot

Kate & Dustin were married back in April. They wanted to do one of our popular "Day After" shoots, but it just didn't work out back then. So...no big deal...we just did it three months later! :-) They are SUCH a great couple and so easy to work with. You could tell they were every bit as much in love as the day they got married!!! I love that last image...really demonstrates how strong their bond is in spite of the turmoil that is our world around them.

Folly Beach Sunset

The entire Rodgers clan came descended on Charleston this summer. They were staying at Isle of Palms. But since IOP and Sullivan's Island have an ordinance that bans professional photography on their beaches, we met up at Folly Beach. We all had a BLAST! And at the end of the session, we were rewarded with a SPECTACULAR sunset!

Folly Beach Family Portraits

Courtney & Aaron are from the Columbus, Ohio area...near my old stomping grounds. Cami is from Troy and I'm from Springfield (sort of). They came to Charleston on vacation and knew they wanted do do the classic Folly Beach Photography Session...khaki, white, barefoot...the whole nine yards! We had a lot of fun...such adorable kids. :-)

Anticipation

In anticipation of their nuptials the following day, Susan & Henry decided to be ADVENTUROUS and join me for a fun, casual...and maybe a bit CRAZY...photo shoot at the beach! They wanted dramatic images that captured their spirit and their love for each other in a beautiful, scenic location. We had a BLAST! ;-)

Amanda & Jason

Amanda & Jason are just a few weeks away from bringing little Elizabeth Kate into the world. :-)

MaryBeth & Brad

MaryBeth called me a couple weeks ago from Kentucky. She is the SWEETEST little Southern Lady you could ever meet! Her and Brad were coming down to Charleston to visit family and had seen some of our work. Since they were recently engaged, she wanted to do their e-Session with me while they were down here. They wanted ther Engagement Portraits to be TOTALLY different from all their friend's portraits. Since Kentucky isn't a coastal state...what better place than a beach session, right!?! :-)

Folly Beach Family Portrait

Jean & Dutch's family are all originally from the Dayton area of Ohio. As most of you know, that's where Cami grew up and where we met when I lived there after college. So it was GREAT talking about old stomping grounds and getting to know their family! They were vacationing on Isle Of Palms, but elected to make the trek to Folly Beach for their session. They LOVED the diversity and uniqueness of the beach compared to the more tame landscape on IOP. So they were pleased about their decision. But the best part was, they stopped at the famous Ye Ole Fashioned Icecream, a Charleston icon on this side of town that "happens" to be right on the way back to IOP. ;-)

Amy & Evan

Amy & Evan flew into town this week to do a little wedding planning and do their Engagement Shoot. We had a BLAST! I can't wait to shoot their wedding in October!!! :-)