Steven and Amy's forever...

Thank you so much for being patient with me this past week, just one of those weeks that everything seemed to go wrong.  I am so happy to share these photos.  Steve and I had so much fun spending the day with Steven, Amy and their wedding party.  Everything that day was so laid back, and it really was just a fun day.  It was pretty chilly out, but these photos are all so warm, there was a lot of love :)

                      

Kristin

When Kristin contacted me about doing these photos, I was so excited.  She loves to hunt and hopes one day to make it her proffesion! I come from a family of hunters so I was excited to go to the woods and find some inspiration! I hope you love the photos, I had a great time, thanks for allowing me to find some new inspiration :)

Savannah Style

I am so excited to share these photos! When I found out that we were going to get to style and shoot in Savannah I was over the moon.  Savannah is beyond amazing, it is a dream city! While we were planning for this shoot, I kept thinking that I wanted to capture the city in the style of the photos.  Savannah is old and beautiful.  It has a unique charm unlike anywhere I have ever been.  There is also a quirky side to Savannah that I just love.  I think we captured Savannah's southern charm and its unique atmosphere.  The team that we worked with was incredible and I have to thank some very special people.  First of all the ladies at Bleubelle Bridal.  Courtney and all of the ladies are SO sweet and so helpful.  Even if you are not in Savannah, the drive to get your dress from them would be totally worth it.  They are so incredible to work with and have amazing taste with their dress selection, I loved just being in the store to look.  Our flowers were done by Anissa at Urban Poppy.  Wow.  I love her and her style.  She is one of the sweetest people I have ever worked with.  I had a very specific idea of what I wanted the flowers to look like, but I had no idea how to explain it.  Anissa knew what I wanted, without me being able to communicate it, and they turned out perfect.  She is so creative and I hope I get to work lots more with her.  She even let us use the birdcage veil that Ali wears in the shoot, she made it for her own wedding. I loved it.  Our incredible models for the shoot were Stephen and Ali Ross.  Not only are they gorgeous, but super sweet and fun.  They got lots of congratulations and crazy looks, but I think they had a good time! And last but not least I have to thank our best friends Austin and Mallory Milster.  They sacrificed lots of time to help over the weekend and we could not have had better assistants for the shoot.  We are truly grateful to you guys and we love you lots. My husband is my rock and working with him on this project was nothing short of amazing.  He suprises me daily, and his creativity and passion drives me.  I am a lucky girl.  So sorry for the rambling, I am really proud of these photos and the team we worked with.  Please let us know what you think!!! :) :) :)

Favorite Photo Contest

So it is that time of year again!! It is my semiannual favorite photo contest.  I pick one photo from every shoot that I have done over the past six months and you get to vote for your favorite!! The winning photo will be blown up into a 16x20 canvas for my client!! That is a $375 value! There is also a 2nd and 3rd place so go and help your favorites win!!! You can get to my facebook fan page Here , you must become a fan of Sarah Marie Photos and the go to the contest album and "like" your favorite photo to win!! We are getting ready for a super busy spring wedding season and excited for all the new shoots we will get to add to our next contest :)

Brown Family

I LOVE this family! I adore anytime that I get to spend with them.  I am so blessed to get to watch sweet Anderson grow, and to get to photograph the ENTIRE family was a gift.  There are 14 of them in all and Mrs. Angie lovingly refers to the as "the circus".  I wanted to take my old chair that looks like it has lived in a living room for a very long time, I wanted the photos to feel like home.  I think we got some really fun family shots! Thank you so much Brown/Sewell/Melnick family, I hope I get to come back soon :)

2011

 Is this year already over?!?! How did it pass by so quickly? It has been an incredible journey, and I am forever humbled.  2010 brought a dream into reality and life will forever be different.  My passion is renewed for my job daily, from the bottom of my heart, I am so grateful.  My family and friends make my life so beautiful and I can only hope 2011 brings as much excitement, happiness, and togetherness that 2010 gave us.  I LOVE new years resolutions.  A time to begin fresh, and another chance to get it right.  I wish I could wake up every morning with this sense of renewed spirit that this time of the year brings.  With that said, my new years resolution is to document my life better.  I work everyday to capture and document other people's memories and I want to make sure that I give myself that same gift.  I want to remember this time in my life, the people that make it beautiful, and the moments that are shaping my future. 

New Year's eve was so much fun.  It stormed pretty bad here, so we stayed in and had a Hughes fam jam night! We ate my mother in law's amazing spaghetti, and just hung out.  They boys played the PS3 and pool, and we even got out our sparklers from our wedding (we still have a box of them) and played in between the rain.  We toasted the night with champagne and just enjoyed having us all together.   The Christmas decorations came down the next day so I tried to enjoy them, Christmas seemed WAY to short this year.  So here's to 2011, I say go for it this year, dream big, work hard, and love too much!!