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So, yesterday, Dad and I had a day of hiking, exploring, and picture taking planned.  We used to go shoot for fun practically every weekend.  It seems like it was just yesterday.  In reality, it was a DECADE ago.  I can hardly believe it.  Back then, I was stuck in various office jobs - totally miserable, and weekend photography with Dad was my way out.  Dad and I went through hundreds of rolls of film back then, and we almost always had it developed one hour because we were just so impatient once we got back to civilization.  LOL  Thank God digital came along to save us from waiting!!!!  Anyways, we planned to go hiking yesterday but it didn't exactly work.  My youngest princess hasn't been feeling so hot - so she was home from school.  BUT...I thought the fresh air might do her some good, so we went for a drive.  Eventually, we ended up at the War Eagle Cemetery.  It was a gorgeous old cemetery that overlooked the river.  After walking around and looking at all of the old headstones we realized that most of them were infants or children/teens.  I read the following engraving on one belonging to a 15 year old girl which read "She was the sunshine of our home".  Glancing over at my amazingly beautiful little angel, I thought to myself "I am so blessed".  I can appreciate living in a generation where I don't have to worry that she had a fever the evening before.  I had already taken her to the doctor, started her medication, and she was feeling better.  (Of course, I ultimately trust God with her well-being.)  I am still so thankful for modern medicine and my beautifully sheltered and protected life.  I wish that all of my children had been with me that day so I could post their images on here as well - but it was just her.  Hope you enjoy them!

Just wanted to drop a line and say congratulations to our newest brides - Angie and Mary! :)  We are so excited that we get to be a part of your special days this year in July and May!

For all of our potential brides out there - 2010 is looking to be another busy year and is booking up quickly!  If you are wanting to use our services, please call or email us as soon as you know your date!  Popular dates often get booked up to a year in advance, so it's good to check with us early. :)

God has already blessed us so much this year - it's going to be a great ride!

We also wanted to post a few more portraits from Burk and Nikki's wedding now that we've finished retouching it and posting it online.  What a wonderful couple!  :)

We had the pleasure of shooting Brian and Alli's wedding last weekend at the Crescent Hotel here in Eureka Springs, AR.  What an awesome couple!  They were tons of fun and just totally beautiful together. :)  Anyways, I couldn't resist posting a few random faves of ours from the day.  Enjoy!

I'm SO excited that tomorrow marks the beginning of our wedding season!  Of course, I'm still playing catch up - but I'm really ready to start shooting again. :)  Tomorrow we'll be shooting Brian and Alli's wedding at the Crescent Hotel here in beautiful Eureka Springs, AR.  It's going to be a gorgeous mid-day wedding - a perfect start to what's going to be an awesome year of weddings.  Keep checking back here - I'll try to post a few pics from it soon!!! :)

I'm not even finished editing this Bobby and Niki's wedding, but I'm just in love with this shot.  Such beautiful light here.  Photography is basically capturing light...and in most cases manipulating and creating light to capture.  Once you become a photographer (if you weren't born one) you never see light the same.  Every time of day sunrise to sunset and every beam of sunlight that changes direction during the day is worthy of attention.  Over the past few years I have learned to see light where it was previously overlooked.  I have also learned how to dispute what light is present and create my own.  Right now...I'm learning more of the latter. ;)  As for this portrait - very few "lights" in the world will compare to a perfect window light.  It's just so right.