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Dec 31

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news!

By Kate Altmix | Extras, Personal | 10 Comments

so i know our posting lately has been sporadic at best but really- who’s life isn’t a little (or a LOT) crazy over the holidays!? we’re officially still ‘out of the office’ but i wanted to just stop by and share some good news with you.

in early 2008 when we launched our business we made a few goals. we were quite ambitious so though the list was short, it was daunting. we’ve shared our goals with you as we’ve achieved them but there was still one secret goal that was left unmet. until yesterday (!!!) when the lovely team of incredibly smart and talented women behind southern weddings magazine sent us a glorious email informing us that an image of ours had been published in the premiere issue of their beautiful magazine! PUBLISHED! like, all over the whole country! and just in time to check off our last 2008 goal! what!? we’re so excited!

we really encourage you all to go GRAB the issue off the closest shelf! the inspiration you will find, the images you’ll digest and the advice you’ll read will completely change the way you view your wedding and the wedding industry as a whole. totally worth braving the chilly winds (what is UP today atlanta!?) to dash out and purchase. in fact, i will make this even easier for you, THIS is the cover you’re looking for:

well that and THIS page, with our red velvet cake image in the corner! :)

in other news matt and i will be attending our first wedding of 2008 (well, vow renewal) as guests tonight! woohoo! we’re really excited to share in ami’s special event, no doubt it will be perfect in every way. it’s going to be exciting (and probably strange at first :) ) experiencing everything as a guest but i’m sure we’ll quickly get the hang of it- what a treat! happy new year everyone!

Dec 24

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happy everything

By Kate Altmix | Personal | 6 Comments

happy christmas eve, friends! and happy birthday to my stud of a husband! baby- you’re my favorite. ;)

today i was just thinking back over the last four years i’ve known matt and was surprised to find i remember the different holiday seasons with an accuracy i usually reserve for, well, nothing else- i’m actually rarely accurate. but the holiday season so deeply touches me that i cannot help but remember every little detail. the love and warmth and happiness i feel during this time of year always leaves it’s mark.

it was over the holidays four years ago that matt first met my family- he and a friend drove from augusta to greenville to visit and we all had a great time getting to know each other better and hanging out with my family and friends. even though at the time i was trying to set matt up with our friend who made the drive with him i’d say it was an important step in our friendship. three years ago was our first christmas as a couple- i was out of the country and clearly remember paying by the minute to write matt emails and keep in touch. i loved hearing what he was doing back home and couldn’t wait to share what i was up to- it was pretty obvious that he was my favorite person to share my excitements and happiness with. i smiled as i typed stories i knew would make him laugh- even long distance i knew that the connection we had was deep. two years ago on christmas day matt played me a song he wrote for us and proposed! what a joyous time of celebration and love and life change- i’ve never felt more blessed. last year at this time we enjoyed our first christmas as a little family. we decorated our apartment and baked cookies and wrapped our own gifts- no more just signing mom’s card! :)

this year we welcomed the close of an incredible season of weddings, bought our first little (kinda pathetic but cute) christmas tree and i’m spending my first christmas ever away from my family. we’re at the in-laws this year and although everything is so different from the way my family does things i am excited to see what new traditions i’ll learn to love.

anyway, we just wanted to wish you all a very happy christmas full of blessings, love, family, friends and treats! :)

ps: i’m sure we’ll do a ‘state of the biz’ ‘end of the year’ type post soon enough but for now i’d just like to say how AMAZING this year has been for us. we’ve shared many incredible days with just as many unique couples and we’ve been so blessed by their love. as we look to next year we cannot help but be excited about what is to come! so many new couples, new experiences and new friends are in our future- it’s going to be FANTASTIC! i just wanted to let you all know that we’ve decided to limit ourselves to 3 weddings a month in 2009- we feel it is important for our creativity (and sanity!) that we take time to recharge. that being said, we are only available 11 more weekends (max) in 2009 so if you’re interested we’d love to get you on the calendar soon! we would love to hear from you!

Dec 18

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rachelle & damon are engaged!

By Kate Altmix | Engagement Sessions | 7 Comments

when matt and i first started the biz we were so blessed to have so many people encouraging and believing in what we were doing. one of those people was rachelle, who decided to trust us with her fall 2009 wedding in the early spring of 2008. i can’t continue without mentioning michelle, rachelle’s wedding planner, who brought us to her attention in the first place- we are so grateful to them both!

last sunday we were really excited to finally meet up with rachelle and damon for their engagement pictures. michelle’s suggestion that images in atlantic station would look great on their save the dates sounded excellent to us! since we’d never shot there before we layered up to stay warm and headed over early to check out some spots. when rachelle and damon arrived we were all ready to get started! they were great about cuddling close (it was freezing, so i’m sure that helped!) and were so relaxed in front of the camera. seriously, i told them they needed to write a book on how to be perfectly comfortable during a shoot! they were just that awesome.

we started off at this awesome wall because we knew the metal would gleam and create a really industrial yet abstract look:

of course a session in atlantic station during the holiday season would not be complete without a few shots by the big tree! here’s one of our favorites:

after these shots we found a nice (well not NICE, that’s why it’s not in the images!) bench for some more cuddling/keeping warm. watching them cuddle and laugh and be together surrounded by flowers and holiday decorations was like something out of a movie, i loved it!

i always think it’s interesting to see the images matt and i take at the same time- seeing the same moment from two very different angles and perspectives is such a joy to me! first up, matt’s. followed by mine:

and i wanted to end with our favorite shot of the day. we LOVE the vanishing lines of the building and rachelle and damon just look smokin!