Kathleen + Reece, the rehearsal

I'm in Abilene with Toni photographing Kathleen + Reece's wedding. We drove down a bit early so we could hang at the hotel and get ready. We have a history of having to get ready quickly in bathroom's because of running late. UGH! I was so relieved to not be doing that yesterday.

I don't have a lot of time to post photos here, so I'll post them on facebook, but it was such a lovely church and such a lovely history. Kathleen's grandmother was married in this church and so was her mother? I believe? Just gorgeous really. They've remodeled and it's absolutely GORGEOUS. I'm not sure I've ever been in one as pretty? I'll have to think about it.

We are heading out to spend the day with the guys (golf) and the girls (brunch and hanging). I wanted to share a few photos of this place so you can "ooh" and "ahh" with me. I can't wait to see Kathleen all dressed up in this place!!!

Love,

Kristin

Regan + John (the rehearsal)

The one thing weird to me about technology, everything changes so quickly, that what is supposed to make your life easier, really, just gets more difficult. Case in point. Sneak peeks are my favorite part of my job! I get to pull my favorites from a session or event and share them with the couple, the family, etc. But, where you used to simply blog and be done and move on, now you facebook them, tag people AND then blog. Just to make sure you cover all communication bases. You know? Yeah, technology is great, but I yearn for the good ole' days where a simple blog post would suffice. HA!

I love to blog. It's still my favorite part of my job.

Regan and John were married this past weekend at Horseshoe Bay Resort and I got to be a part of it. From what the locals tell me, the flowers this spring were they BEST they've seen in 10 years. I believe them. It really was gorgeous! But even better? The emotions of this weekend, despite one hair crisis which I'll share later, were FABULOUS! I had the best time, laughing and taking it all in. Just a great couple with great families.

Here's my sneak peek from the rehearsal, which I've facebooked, so go and tag ye-self folks! But for sure, I'm blogging this baby! HELLO! Just look at that opening shot?

GORGEOUS! I tell you!!!

When you come to the stop sign on this road, it's left if you're Catholic and Right if your Protestant. HA! The first shot here on this post is the Catholic view.

I love the ringing of the bells at weddings. And they rang on the wedding day!

BEST flower girl ever! She was the flower girl at Regan's sister's wedding, Kelsey.

Kelsey + Rebel (the rehearsal)

Kelsey + Rebel (the wedding)

Kelsey + Rebel (the reception)

BEAUTIFUL church and you know my affection for stained glass. I approve. In fact, when shooting the formals, I placed the smaller groups here. It was just a great way to get pretty light AND color into the frame. LOVE IT!

And as you can see from the shot above, tricky lighting for the ceremony. YES, the view is AMAZING! But you need to see faces and expressions as well. When area's are backlit, you have to work the angles and the lighting. But hello! I love light and just check it out streaming across those pews. LOVELY!

Babies melt faces.

You know that feels good! When they are all cuddly and warm and just perfect.

See what I mean? These two are happy people. What's that song lyric?

Shiny happy people everywhere.

John and Regan qualify. :)

See? Baby melts faces. Everyone was in love!

After the rehearsal, I scoped out the surrounding area and found a great place to take the couple. LOVE the flowers on the gazebo!

Can't you just see them here tomorrow!!!! So excited they have this place just right behind the church.

Now off to some good food, and good times. :)

The shot above and below is of the bride's mom and dad, Rusty and Denise.

Our hosts for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal. Fun peeps, let me tell you! We did this thing where we had to use Hawaiian words (where they are honeymooning) to send good wishes to the couple. Great way to kill time while waiting on your food. It was so funny to hear John's mom read these back to us at the end of the evening! Lots of creativity in this bunch of folks. :)

It was a beautiful night! Beautiful weather all weekend, actually.

The Happy Couple.

More happy couples.

and what you do while waiting for food. Quite the paper plane creators, I must say. Stabilizer tail wings and all.

The Abbe women!

These 3 lovely ladies are John's big sisters. They were wonderful at "toasting and roasting" John. They even passed down their leash that they used to raise their brother to the bride. LOL Very funny.

It was a great night!

Church: Church at Horseshoe Bay

Dinner: River City Grill

Sarah and Jake, the rehearsal

I had forgotten my ftp info over the weekend and couldn't post these to my blog. Sure, facebook is great for mobile devices, but I love how big the blog posts the pictures so you can really see them.

I was in Brenham over the weekend photographing Sarah and Jake's beautiful wedding day. The rehearsal kick started the weekend for me as I fell in love with the stained glass in this church. I'm seriously thinking of blowing up some of my favorite images and framing them around my home just to give me that feel. I love it!

I'll post the sneak peek from the wedding later on today. Summer Zoe is playing BB over in Midland and I'm home trying to get caught up on some laundry. It's funny how the houshold chores stop when mom is away. Although, I do have to brag...

the took down the Christmas Tree while I was away. YEAH! I did the Happy Dance when I walked into the room. Just WOW!

Almost forgot. If the minister in these photos looks familar, I did his wedding as well. The bride is his SIL.

THE GALANOS FAMILY