Cummings in love :: Augusta Wedding - Part 1

My first wedding of the year was this March in Augusta GA/SC. 

I think it is vital that I got the opportunity to know the bride and groom in our engagement session that previous fall. The colors of the wedding were a salmon coral and turquoise. Such a fun color combination. The roses matched perfectly.

The groom helping his big brother get ready.

They loved their sunglasses. The groom looking too cool for school. . .

. . .and his megawatt smile.

This was my favorite groomsmen shot. I love the fun they are having together.

A few more detail shots as the bride got ready for the day.

 I love the elegance of her dress and the way the beading gave it such a subtle beauty.

Her mother was such a cute character. She was so happy for her daughter and proudly gave her away to a man she is confident will love and cherish her firstborn daughter the way she should be.

You may now kiss the bride. :D

Part two coming to the blog soon!!

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Cummings in love :: Augusta GA Engagement

I was just getting ready to blog about this couple's wedding but then I was embarrassed to realize that I never let you guys see the full engagement sessions even thought

SOOOO. . .first things first. . .here is their beautiful engagement session.

We started out in this amazing outdoor ampitheatre. I loved the lines and sunlight coming through.

 Great shot that my dear husband got. Love it.

 A little play on focus.

 The shot on the right is one of my favorites. Love so much about it.

 It took a little bit for them to warm up to me as this was the first time we had met but then they let their goofiness shine through.

 Thought this was a really cool place for some fun shots. Shows the elevation above sea level I think. Either that or it shows the level the water has risen to in the past. . .Spencer would know.

 Rare shot of me in action courtesy of Spencer.

 I liked this building and all the different windows and colors.

 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!

 Funny thing, we scheduled the engagement session for the end of October so that we could get some beautiful fall colors. Well, here in the south the colors had not quite hit their peak yet, especially in Augusta. I found this one little tree that had some color to it and I shot some fun shots in front of it so that Ave could have her fall portraits. ;)

 Love the quietness of this moment.

I love when I try something different and it works out. Ave said it was one of Daq's favorites. SCORE! They so obligingly climbed into this wheel for me and it bore pleasant fruitage.

 A little play with fountains.

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 I liked working with the different colors in this shoot. The turquoise of the flower box and her shirt and the red of the wall and the flowers. It just went well together.

 Our last stop for the evening was Mellow Mushroom in downtown Augusta to get our eats on. I couldn't resist one last shot in front of this funky painted wall. Then we sat around and enjoyed the rest of the evening with Pizza and beer. All photo sessions should end like that. ;D

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You wouldn't have known it from the storms last night but today turned out to be an absolutely GORGEOUS day. As I stood outside (watching my dog relieve herself) I felt the wind blow through my hair and it reminded me, once again, of how much I absolutely love the wind. I immediately came inside, opened the windows of my office (pollen be darned) and sat down to write this blog post.

I was cleaning up my office the other day and ran across this little booklet that my sister made for me one year with all of John William Waterhouse's works in it. To me, that man was a genius with his brushes. The reason I bring this up is because two of my favorite paintings by him strongly incorporate the wind.

Just look at the detail!

 

The details in this one especially boggle my mind. I was looking at it up close on my phone and I noticed details that I would NEVER have bothered with. The circles on the skirt of her dress. The motion blur on the trees blowing behind her. The outline of her hand through her sheer scarf. Seriously amazing!

Not only that but do you notice that there seems to be a dead bird on the ground on the left hand side of the painting. I may have to look up what that means, if anything.

Anyway. This post was just a little randomness expressing my love for the wonder that is wind and the exceptional talent of an artist.