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Sep 08
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leigh & ryan are engaged!

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apparently leigh & ryan are at one with the universe. or nature owes them a favor. either way, i cannot remember the last time we enjoyed such a PERFECT blend of love, sun, mist, pastures and connection. maybe we never have. but let me just say that about 10 minutes into shooting these lovebirds our cameras could have exploded and we’d still have been 100% THRILLED with the images we’d captured. leigh & ryan are relaxed together; they glow with joy and a deep sense of understanding flows between them. sometimes they joke with one another and sometimes they just talk sweetly and quietly but no matter what they are up to they are clearly perfect together. spending the early hours of the morning capturing these two on the beautiful grounds of berry college was a dream come true. quite literally since i may have actually been in an out of dreams having woken up at 5am to start shooting at sunrise. it was beyond worth it; this shoot definitely makes it in our top favorite shooting experiences ever:


oh leigh & ryan, where to begin with you guys? i am SO glad we finally found the perfect date and time for these images- you guys truly were amazing to capture. we are so looking forward to the wedding day- capturing everything as you guys start your new life together will be such a blessing.

May 10
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renee & eric are engaged!

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we first met renee at one of our first weddings ever and we have seen her at several weddings since- so when we showed up to shoot her engagement pictures we felt like we were meeting up with old friends. we’d traded emails about the perfect location for them and i actually laughed out loud at renee’s responses- she has such an endearing yet slightly sarcastic sense of humor! as we spent more time with them we got to know eric better too and we could easily see how perfect they are together- really sweet and playful but overshadowing everything else is their ability to make one another laugh. and us too! renee’s stories about her students (she teaches 5th grade, can you imagine!?) and eric’s stories about his crazy friends kept us laughing with them as we captured their sweet interactions as a couple. they are just so down to earth and fun to hang out with! they drove in all the way from augusta for their shoot so we grabbed dinner before their drive back- enjoying the sunset sitting outside on one of the most perfect days atlanta has seen this year. a great way to end a lovely shoot!

so to give you an idea of how awesome these two are: we scouted the below location before they arrived and once we made it over there to shoot the sun was mostly behind clouds. we made a deal that if the sun came out and cast the shadow we liked so much that we would all drop whatever we were doing and run over to capture it before the clouds closed in again. so after a few runs back to the wall where the clouds beat us there i was ready to just forget it. eric looked up at the sun and said he was sure we’d be able to get it soon. so they marked where they needed to stand and sure enough, while we were shooting the above images the sun peeked through! we all ran and made the most of the 30 seconds we were given. eric, thanks for not giving up! :)

the same clouds we were fighting with for the above shot were really stunning from the roof so we climbed up there to grab some really wide, epic shots- this is my fave:


renee & eric, thank you guys so much for taking the time to come all the way to atlanta to spend the afternoon with us! we had a great time getting to know you guys as a couple and we cannot wait to capture your wedding day!

Apr 22
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karen & ben are engaged!

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we first met karen & ben just a couple months after officially launching altmix photography, while shooting tiffany & andrew’s wedding! although we were focused on andrew and tiff we did get to know karen and ben just a little- enough to see that they are fun-loving and totally smitten with one another!

after that we ran into them all over the city- eating, grocery shopping…let’s stop right here and say that grocery shopping is the LAST place i EVER want to see anyone i know- i never seem to feel the need to pull myself together before going so i can usually be spotted in sweats, a tank top, my hair sticking in every direction & completely sans any makeup. i’m kinda surprised we ever heard from karen again after she saw us like that…

but we did, thank goodness! last april i got a message from karen that she and ben were engaged and we couldn’t have been happier for them; we also knew we wanted to be there to capture it! so it was a sad day when karen shot me a message with their finalized wedding date and location (charlottesville, VA! we’ve been wanting to check out that city!) and i flipped to the calendar and found us unavailable. a little bit of pouting happened before i got back to karen with the news. we settled for engagement pictures the minute the leaves turned green this spring and so last week, about a year after they got engaged we (on purpose!) ran into karen & ben at a sweet little neighborhood park in buckhead. they were a dream to shoot- graceful and natural in front of the lens- and full of ideas and laughter.

to whomever’s landed the job of shooting this wedding in VA- you’ve got an awesome weekend to look forward to!


karen & ben, i am so glad it worked out for us to make these images for you guys! it was great spending the afternoon with you- we wish you guys the very best. no doubt we’ll be running into you soon! ;)