ledawna and james preview : omaha wedding photography

You are going to DIE when you see these pictures. Easily one of my favorite weddings! LeDawna (that's LaDONNA, as I kept NOT saying. Sorry LeDawna!!) and James both put so much time and effort into planning their wedding, and it showed in every aspect.

I was also super, super, SUPER lucky for two reasons: One, I had the pleasure of having the totally talented and completely wonderful Julie Branyan as my second shooter, and two, I got to work with the amazing Micky and Andy at Cue Motion for the first time. Do yourself a favor and go check out the Amazing Race video on their blog - it's awesome and scary on point (ok, confession time: I'm a huge AR fan. Like...I want to go on that show so bad and I've filled out the application about six time...but never sent it in. Please don't judge me!). Watch for an Andy cameo at 4:28!

However, we're not here to talk about my reality show aspirations. We're here to talk about LeDawna and James. And their vintage, fair-inspired, fire-alarm filled wedding that happened all because of 311.

BOOM...


...goes the dynamite. Insane, right? And people...those eyelashes are ALL real. Wait til you see it in color later in the post - her eyes are insane.

But let's back up for a minute here.

Let's swoon over her dress and shoes. I did.


I love, love, love this picture of LeDawna getting ready.


Oh, did I mention where they had their ceremony? At the Magnolia Hotel. One of my favorite places - but I'm biased...I got married there!










I managed to sneak into the hallway during their vows to get this amazing point of view.


After the ceremony (remember, this is just a sneak peak so tons more pictures to come later), we hopped in a vintage Rolls Royce for some pictures around the Old Market. I love this picture of LeDawna and James just enjoying their newly married-ness.


Once again, let me repeat. These eyelashes are NOT fake. I'm so jealous!


The tilt-shift lens was PERFECT for this wedding. They had a vintage vibe, and James described the wedding as being inspired by a French fair (yes, the GROOM came up with that - can you believe it??). The tilt-shift adds a dreamy vintage - almost whimsical - touch to some of the pictures and I feel like it fits that theme perfectly.


FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE OH MY GOSH FAVORITE!


See, LeDawna, it was totally worth climbing up there in that huge dress! ;)


(The one on the right is one of Julie's fabulous captures!)






Who loves those balloons?? I do! I do!

Do you spy anything special in the background on the cake shot?? I do!! UPLIGHTING! I've talked before about what a difference the simple addition of a little lighting makes to a reception, and this one was no different.


And some sweetly romantic first dance pictures to close.


Oh, wait! I promised you the color version of the opening picture.


Yeah, I know. Sigh. She's amazing.

You'll have to wait until the full post to hear about the fire alarm and 311. ;)

megan and eric preview : omaha wedding photography

A quick preview today and a quick preview tomorrow (Emily W., this is just for you!! haha), then I'm off to Philly to shoot a wedding with on of the amazing photographers I met in Italy, Kurstin Roe (yes, it's a dude). He's a fantastic photographer and I can't wait to shoot with him to steal all his tricks!

Megan is one of the sweetest girls I've met, and her husband Eric compliments her perfectly. Their wedding took place on a HOT, hot day, but their friends and family were huge troopers and let me shoot them outside anyway! We didn't have a lot of time for pictures, but we were able to squeeze some in before the ceremony in the church's courtyard.


Megan is SO PRETTY! And doesn't her sweetness just shine through in pictures?

This is what happens when you leave boys alone in a playground with sidewalk chalk.


He drew that completely unprompted, and even did the two-color heart on his own. All together now: AWWWWW!




How perfect and summery are their colors? So cheerful - you can't not smile!






I love how chill Eric is in that exit picture. "Yeah...I married a hottie. I'm awesome!" Ha!

I absolutely LOVE this first dance pic!! They way they are looking at each other gives me chills.


Congrats again, you two!! You're darling and your wedding was tons of fun!

iphone pictures

Thought I would test out the blog app I downloaded. I'm such a nerd!



Taken with iPhone and edited with Camera Bag app.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

emily and tony preview : omaha wedding photography

A few weeks ago, I got to shoot the stunning wedding of Emily and Tony and am so excited to share a few preview pictures with you!

First. Seriously. Who does Tony remind you of in this picture??


McDreamy, anyone? Is it just me? I don't even watch the show, but my good friend Darbi does and is a huge fan - and she assures me that it's not just me.

They had a great looking wedding party.


FAVORITE.








I could CRY at how gorgeous Emily is. She's absolutely stunning...and so sweet, too! Tony has quite the catch there (don't worry, he knows it!).

These are two of my favorite first dance pictures of all time.




I can't wait to share the rest of their wedding with you - but until then, enjoy this small preview (which they actually got a few weeks ago...I was holding the gorgeousness out on you!).