This was the first year since Steve and I met that we didn’t spend New Year’s Eve together. As an earlier post shows, I (Kim) was photographing the Hotel ZaZa party while Steve was in Birmingham, AL photographing a wedding. Birmingham is where Steve is from and our hopes are to one day split our time between Dallas, Birmingham and working/traveling abroad and around the U.S. So what better way to move towards our goal than photographing more celebrations in Alabama.

Caroline and Scott had a lovely ceremony at her grandmother’s home. Here Caroline is catching her breath before getting ready.

Nancy helps Caroline with her most fashionable headpiece. We actually met Caroline when we photographed Nancy and Brad’s wedding in July 2007. Thanks Nancy and Brad for connecting us with Caroline and Scott, Steve loved photographing you two again so soon! We can’t wait for pregnancy portraits and new baby photo time…

Not to be outdone, Scott makes his own fashion statement.

Caroline’s dad was very busy, first he walked her down the aisle, then he presided over the nuptial rites.

Then they were off to the reception held at the Vulcan Park and Museum overlooking sparkling downtown Birmingham.

A glowing first dance. Have we mentioned how much we love lighting! It is perfect for any budget and adds such drama.

They danced the night away and rang in 2008 newly married!

Of course, we have to have a slide show… And all of the photos will be posted online soon – click here to pre-register so you will be notified when they are made public (to friends and family).

Here are a few of the photos we took Saturday at Nancy and Brad’s wedding in Birmingham, AL.

Nancy and Brad chose to see each other before the wedding so that we could take all of their photos before hand and so that they could walk down the aisle and straight into their car. Here’s a little of the emotion we were able to seize during this special time that we wouldn’t have been able to capture – especially considering the church’s rules of where a camera could be during the ceremony.

After the emotions were out of the way, we were after fun.

The groomsmen on their knees was one of the girl’s suggestions…

We love this photo Steve got of Brad taking a deep breath as he sees Nancy come down the aisle. Yes, he saw her earlier but seeing her coming down the aisle to marry him is still incredibly special…


That last photo gives you an idea of how far away Steve was from the wedding party and he was still able to photograph all of the emotion happening on the altar. As the guests will remember, this is when Nancy had a little giggle/sob when it was time for her to say her vows. If you look closely, you can see a little tear on her cheek.
This is my view from the narthax through a window…


Their first dance – aren’t they just the cutest couple!

We love lighting! We recently read that when you have a tight floral budget that lighting is an affordable alternative. All we know is it is definitely impactful!
This photo is a fun moment orchestrated by Nancy and her high school friends getting back at their moms for their years of picking and razzing. Unfortunately, at this point some of the moms had already gone but we thought it was an original idea and was a first for us to photograph.

Nancy and Brad are off to a few fun days of rest and relaxation in North Carolina. Please leave them comments and well wishes.

Recently, we have found ourselves at more rehearsals. We love this because come wedding time, everyone involved knows who Steve and I are and they start to not notice us which is nice. Friday’s rehearsal was at the beautiful Independent Presbyterian Church of Birmingham. We were blessed to have three church ladies (Nancy, Beverly and Beth) and they made sure everything rehearsal and wedding oriented went quickly and smoothly.

Brad practices his reaction to seeing Nancy walk down the aisle. What a pro!

One of things we love about rehearsals is we can pretty much go anywhere and not get into trouble. At this church, we were only allowed to have one camera on tripod in the back choir loft during the ceremony – and Dallas photographers thought Perkins was tough. This is a fun angle taken through a mirror setup for the organist.

The rehearsal dinner was held in Brad and Nancy’s backyard which was a special treat for all. I saw touches of Southern Living everywhere I looked.

Here Brad is comforting Max during the blessing of the evening meal while Nancy keeps her connection with Brad.

During the toasts, the mom’s Helen and Debbie celebrate that Nancy and Brad are finally getting married and Debbie’s finally going to get to be an honorary sister.

The ringbearer’s payment for being such a great sport was a bag full of fireworks that were set off that evening in celebration.

Our wedding this weekend is in Birmingham, Alabama with Nancy and Brad and we are looking forward to this southern celebration.

After meeting Nancy and Brad at their Birmingham home last December, we knew their celebration would be full of lots of love and humor. It was decided that we would do the engagement session the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend as Nancy would be away in China much of June. They thought the Sloss Furnaces would be a cool location and they were right. I wish there was a high speed bus to this location because there is so much to discover with the light changing constantly – definitely a photographer’s dream.

This says so much about Brad – an all around good guy and fun character.
And we love how easily he shows his affection for Nancy.

We could not not include Mac, first child and puppy extra-ordinare. He obviously has some modeling background…

These photos were taken in a different area of Birmingham – an urban development area with lofts that is selling like hotcakes.

We thought these were good ending shots as Nancy had been such a great sport to wear her heels walking on the cobblestones. Fashion can be mean sometimes.

There rehearsal is this evening with a BBQ back at their home tonight. We might finally get to experience something from the famous Green Egg that they have been telling us about. Southern hospitality and good thick sweet iced tea is not dead.