A few days prior to this session with Tessa, the forecast started to look a little scary. There was rain forecasted all day with a particularly high percentage around the time of her session in Aiken. Fortunately, she prayed ALL day for great weather and her prayers were answered! The second we pulled up to Hopeland Gardens the rain stopped. In fact, it held off until the second we got back in my car to leave after the session was over.

So a few days ago, I launched a November booking offer for wedding packages. Basically in the month of November, if you book a wedding package, you receive 2 additional hours of coverage for free + 50% off custom wedding invitation design. The graphic designer providing the design for the invitation just so happens to be the same designer Matt and I used for our wedding invitations (plus lots of other things) + the designer of my ALP logo + AMAZING (if you watched my insta story) + designer at 8th State. 

All of y’all know that I’m a sucker for a good romantic comedy, right? I mean I named one of our golden retrievers after a golden in a 90s Tom Hanks rom-com so I feel like it’s a little obvious? But the best part to me, other than the few scenes with golden retrievers, is the intro. How do these two people, in a world of millions of people, end up meeting each other? What moments lead to this in the movie? This is part of the reason that I’m obsessed with the story of how Brent and Hannah met. 

This past July, I was the second shooter for my mother-in-law, Carla Talley, for another wedding in Sumter, SC. It was so much fun to shoot alongside my mother-in-law again, especially with such a fun group. The day was filled with lots of excitement from beginning to end. It started with a bridal brunch and mimosas and ended with the band playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” on the trumpet as everyone marched towards the sparkler exit for Mary Margaret and Eric. 

Before you look at all of the pictures from Hampton’s newborn session, let me say this. Yes, his baby blue eyes are as perfect in person as you might think and YES, his nursery is real and BEAUTIFUL. His mother, Rhonda, did such an amazing job with each detail in his room – from the dog painting above his crib to the sheep rocker. It was a Pinterest dream! Hampton is one stylish baby already!