Sarah & Kyle: Engagement Portraits
A couple of weeks ago Wendy and I headed up to Spartanburg to photograph Kyle and Sarah’s engagement session. Though we know Sarah’s brother, Matt (Isaiah’s dad), it was our first time meeting her and Kyle. As it happens, it was also our last chance to meet Kyle before the wedding, since he was flying back to his home in California the following day and wouldn’t be back until the wedding.
Now, I can’t imagine what it would be like to be away from your fiancee for more than a month immediately before your wedding, but I think when you see the energy between these two, you’ll get some idea of how they feel about each other, and how much they are already looking forward to being reunited.
I swear at no point did we ask them to look like J. Crew models. They did that on their own.
Oh yeah, apparently looking spookily like Scarlett Johansson also comes naturally to Sarah.
Do you think they’ve gotten used to the camera? Maybe?
It’s always good, when shooting an engagement session, to elicit the occasional “Woo-hoo!” from passers-by.
Kyle and Sarah, it was great meeting you two, and we cannot wait to photograph your wedding!
P.S.- We’ve just added Facebook commenting to the blog, so feel free to tell Sarah and Kyle how attractive they are or just generally say nice things using the power of words.
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Amie: Bridal Portraits
Amie is one of our beautiful brides who was married in June at the Corley Mill House. You might remember her from her engagement session with Chris, or perhaps as mamma of Sir Chubbs II. When we met Amie, we were overcome by her energy and enthusiasm–you simply cannot hang around her long without starting to feel like life is pretty awesome. As it happens, she’s also a great model, as you can see from her bridal portraits.
Amie is about to finish her Master’s degree in library science from USC. Given that Wendy and I are bibliophiles, it didn’t take us long to come up with the idea of photographing Amie in Thomas Cooper Library. Fortunately, both Amie and the staff there were amenable to it. If you happened to be studying the day we were there and were distracted by a lovely bride striking poses while we whispered direction to her, you’re welcome.
Books are fun!
The image below is one of our absolute favorites! Amie was so patient with us while we took her from pose to pose.
(Please note that we don’t generally advocate stepping on books, but this was a special occasion and Amie is dainty.)
Yup, we’re still in the library.
And now just outside the library.
Finally, we capped off the shoot by visiting the beautiful Inn at Claussen’s. The Inn has a special place in our hearts because it’s where Wendy and I spent our wedding night. The rooms are gorgeous and the folks who work there are great. If you want a place to get away while you’re in Columbia we highly recommend a stay there.
We had tons of fun capturing Amie’s bridal portraits! Be sure to come back soon to see images from her wedding, as well as more brides, babies, and other photogenic things!
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Photo Booth: Alison & Hugo’s Wedding
At Alison and Hugo’s wedding, we set up a photo booth so that guests could take pictures of themselves for the newlyweds, and even add a message to them if they wanted. Since Wendy and I weren’t behind the camera for these, when we got home and loaded them on the computer most of the images were totally new to us. We hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we did!
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Alison & Hugo: Charleston Wedding
Hugo and Alison were married on Father’s Day at Founders Hall at Charles Towne Landing which is an absolutely gorgeous venue in Charleston, SC. They planned an outdoor ceremony, so, predictably, it rained buckets roughly 45 minutes before the service, then the sun came out and dried everything up just in time for them to get started.
Wendy, as usual, started her day off with the girls…
…while I went over to Alison’s house where the guys were getting ready.
Hugo gave his groomsmen one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever seen: real books that had been hollowed out to contain a flask and a cup.
Wendy took this next photo so that Alison could see what the back of her hair looked like and whether there was enough baby’s breath in it. And you thought wedding photographers were just good for taking pictures!
I love this picture below on the right that Wendy got of Alison shortly after the rain ended. I think she captured the thankfulness that Alison was no doubt feeling beautifully.
So the guys packed up and headed to Founders Hall, which, have I mentioned, is gorgeous? Here’s the room where the girls were getting ready:
And here are the ladies, all ready to go.
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Joie & Chris: Married
Summer is finally here, and you know what that means: a flood of blog posts from Lumos Studio! I’m not sure whether there will be another TEN (business) DAYS OF BLOGGING, but it seems like a possibility right now.
To start with, we’re going to celebrate the wedding of Chris and Joie. These two were married on a beautiful (if famously hot) South Carolina day at the Seibels House and Garden. Chris and Joie are a fantastic couple and obviously overwhelmingly in love. Wendy and I both love the way they look out for each other, even if it meant Chris shooing us away so that he could have some alone with Joie before the wedding. And Joie–when she looks at Chris, you can just tell she has his back and that she knows that he has hers. They’re a beautiful pair.
Anyway, enough of my blathering. Here are the pictures!
(Don’t forget about the guys.)
I swear we did not set up these next two photos.
Chris and Joie opted to have a “first look” before the ceremony. That gave them a chance to spend a few moments alone together and gave us a chance to get these uninterrupted photos of the two of them seeing each other for the first time on their wedding day.
The party next moved on to the Columbia Museum of Art…
We don’t know exactly what was hanging from the ceiling, but it looked dangerous!
[Update: The chandelier is by artist Dale Chihuly, who looks fairly dangerous, himself.]
Chris dancing for joy at his good fortune in marrying Joie.
Chris and Joie, it was wonderful celebrating with you and your delightful family and friends. May you continue to delight and delight in one another for many, many years to come!
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