I’ve been excited to share Casey’s Bridals with you all for a while now! We took these a few months ago before the weather got hot! I photographed Casey’s Rehearsal Dinner this past Friday and her Wedding on Saturday. She was just beautiful! The reception was held at The Audubon Tea Room, so for Casey’s Bridals – she wanted to incorporate the Audubon Zoo in her photos. Her Wedding favors were Boxed Animal Crackers, Hubig Pie’s and Roman Candy, she displayed some of her Bridal portraits near this area at the Reception. It was very cute!

So my week begins this morning with 2 portrait sessions! I am about to head out the door… but not before I woke and said a few quick prayers first and then sat down to eat some breakfast :) I’ve been on this breakfast kick, hoping that it will get my metabolism going in the morning which in turn will help me shed some lbs! I was always really bad about eating breakfast, usually the first thing I put in my mouth everyday would be lunch around 1pm. We had a nutrionist come talk to us at Fitcamp a few months ago. She mentioned that a whole wheat English muffin with Natural Peanut Butter and sliced Banana was a great start to the day. That’s what I’ve been having and it gives me energy and keeps me full until lunch. I’ve also been eating Greek Yogurt with fruit.

I have 6 shoots this week and a Wedding to photograph this weekend. Let’s see if I can get through all the sessions without needing to reschedule due to rain! Yesterday was just a mess with that constant drizzle we had! Looking forward to having lots to share here on the site! Happy Tuesday, hope you all have a blessed week!

Here is Casey, pretty as can be!

I had a great time photographing Frances a few weeks ago for her Bridals! Her dad owns Progressive Barge, which are the huge barge’s that you see on the River sometimes. Frances works for her Dad, so she wanted to incorporate that into her shoot! I love when brides have new and fresh ideas! Definitely gets the creative parts moving around in my head! Her dad also loves this old car that he keeps in his warehouse, so we did some fun photos with the blue car as well! We headed back to River Ridge to do a few with her pups afterward- all around great shoot!

It was a pleasure to photograph both Frances’ Engagement Session and her Bridals! Looking forward to sharing her Wedding images sometime this week!!

Hey gang, I hope you all had a great weekend- I was pretty busy with shooting, but did manage to get a couple of hours of pool time in yesterday at my parents. I’ll try to keep up with my posts over the next couple of weeks, but my schedule is looking pretty crazy. I have so much editing to do right now. I don’t think I’ve ever been this backed up. I’m not complaining though- I am so thankful for each and every one of you who follow my blog or have had me as your photographer. Your support is where I find the strength to wake up everyday and work. Having your own business can be difficult to manage and balance your time. Even though I work from home while editing- I keep business hours as if I was “clocking in” somewhere. I work a lot of overtime, too ;) It can be tempting to want to wake up every day and just go get my nails done, go out to lunch, lay out by the pool and watch movies on the sofa. As relaxing as that sounds- I’ve learned to “save up” for those moments. I find balance by working really hard, so the times when I do get a “break” – – I’m able to enjoy it that much more knowing that I’ve “earned” it. I’m probably getting a little too personal right now- but I don’t really care. Every Sunday at mass I pray that God allows me to continue with this career that I am so fortunate to have. There will be a lot of late nights in the weeks ahead just trying to get caught up and that’s perfectly fine by me. My beach trips that are coming up will just be that much more rewarding.

I have been waiting to share these Bridals with you all for sooo long! I took these of Beverly in Baton Rouge, just a month or so before her Wedding. She was just breathe taking! Her makeup looked incredible, which was done by Suzette from UpSa Daisy salon. Hands down – the best! Beverly’s family reminded me alot of my own. BIG ITALIAN FAMILY! More on that tomorrow- when I’ll be blogging her Wedding images :) She had a crew of about 5-6 people with her during her Bridal Session, doing everything they could to make sure her photos were perfect! So here is a peek from our day. I drove the entire way back to New Orleans thinking about my job and how lucky I am to capture shoots like this.

So here she is……. these were some of my favs :)

Seriously, she belongs on the cover of a Bridal Magazine!

I photographed Lauren’s Bridals several months ago and I’ve been waiting to share for a while now! Lauren and Dan married last weekend, I am in the middle of editing their Wedding. I’ll post those next week when I’m finished :) We took her Bridals at City Park, the weather was cool and comfortable! Lauren looked just BEAUTIFUL!

Things have been really busy lately, its the time of year. I took a little break this past Wednesday and went to the Beau Rivage with 2 of my friends. They are both pharmacists, so they live very busy lives as well. We needed a getaway, a little retreat. We hung out by the pool, drank frosty drinks, soaked up some sun, won some money at the casino, got massages and ate dinner at Ruth’s Chris. We all need to do that every now and then. Remembering to pamper yourself does a body and mind some good! It’s fun to just refresh and come back to work with a clear head. Looking forward to spending time with my family this weekend. I haven’t had a weekend off in quite some time. I turned down several weddings for this upcoming Saturday. Sometimes you just need to say No and remember what’s most important during the Holidays. Family, laughing, eating good food, celebrating being in good health, remembering that Jesus gave up his life for us, the list goes on and on. I hope you all truly enjoy your weekend and remember to give thanks. I will cherish the upcoming days as I’m sure you will too. Happy Good Friday :)

Here are some of my favs from Lauren’s Session:

I’ve been looking forward to posting Megan’s Bridals for a while now! We took these about two months ago in Baton Rouge and my favorites have been sitting in a folder waiting to get put on the blog. Can’t show the bride in her dress until the big day is over ;) I photographed her wedding last weekend in Baton Rouge, which I am currently editing. They should be up soon! I love when clients have ideas for their portrait sessions. Whether it be Bridals, Engagements, or any of my other sessions. I really do crave interesting and new places that I haven’t been before. I remember Megan emailing me photos of the cute little church and some other things she liked. I knew her session was going to be great because she had a vision before we even arrived.

I hope you enjoy her session, here are some that I love from her session!