What a brilliant wedding day. This was one wedding that had all the pieces but aside from all of the impeccable decor, the dress and even the sweet boots Kate picked out for the reception it was the moment Kate and Eric decided to see one another before the ceremony that really made me fall in love with this wedding. I think Eric had the same reaction I would have, tears, smiles and finally an uncontrollable need to tell everyone how excited he was to marry the woman of his dreams. Can’t really say more than that.

I would like to give special thanks to Shari and Heather at As You Wish Events for bringing us to these two amazing families and for planning this unforgettable wedding.

A beautiful couple, a winter sunset and some great luck in finding some great locations for this shoot, what could be better? Believe it or not all of these images were taken within a quarter mile of Southlake Town Center on a gorgeous winter afternoon.

I loved how Ashley “styled” this shoot a bit bringing the winter scarfs and the Christmas lights. I’m totally game to incorporate ideas that people have and it always ends in memorable images.

What a great time we had on New Year’s Eve with these two families! I have been thinking that this might be the best of all the holidays to plan a wedding. Who doesn’t want to take their wife or girlfriend to party on NYE with dinner, dancing and a great band?

Special thanks to Marisa at Arlington Hall and Jordan and her team at Jordan Payne Events for planning this wedding with Kaydi and making it such a beautiful and memorable holiday!

P.S. Be sure to check out the military send-off from the ceremony… such a great tradition.

Best,

Stephanie and Joe

Kate + Vera = STUNNING.

P.S. The wedding which just happened this past weekend was equally amazing.

Two things I loved about this shoot besides the company of this amazing couple: The downtown park just up the street from Neiman’s was brilliant, great morning light and gorgeous views and also the fact that they rented vintage bicycles for the park shoot not only because they’re so photogenic but also because riding is something they love to do.

What a stunning ceremony under a halo of flowers done by the amazing team at The Wildflower, Jackie and Josh looked unbelievable as they kissed just as the best light of the day was raking across the lawn at Lee Park. This is a perfect and beautiful moment and one of the many reasons we love weddings so much.

Jacquelyn and Josh put together an amazing team to help pull this day off and I can continually thankful to all of the great people we get to work with week to week.  The day was orchestrated by Marian at Simply Personal, floral as I said was The Wildflower, Jungle Fever (Absolute Ent.) was awesome, the video was done my the lovely Candlelight Films, Hair and makeup was Amy at Haute Facade, and the venue for both the ceremony and reception was the always gorgeous Arlington Hall at Lee Park.

Best,

S+J

What can I say about this gorgeous wedding except more than anything I loved the people that were in it. I knew I would love Blair and Justin’s wedding from the moment I met them, Blair is just one of those people that has the ability to make anyone laugh, to be full of energy and still be laid back at the same time and Justin is the calm, game for anything type that is perfect match for Blair.

Loved: The moment they saw one another before the ceremony on the balcony of the beautiful church; watching Blair’s nervous energy while holding onto her dad right before walking down the aisle, all of the W’s used as decor at the reception and their two friends who broke out some infamous wigs during the reception on the dance floor.
Awesome wedding.

Best,
S+J

What an incredibly beautiful time of year to visit my favorite part of the country, Seattle is just so amazing in the Fall. The wedding was held at Crystal Lake Lodge in Woodinville… it was a beautiful day both inside and out and I was honored not only to photograph it but also witness these two incredible people come together.

Love you guys!

Best,

S+J

Megan and Matt are getting married outside of San Antonio and ever since Stephanie and I knew we were going to be working with them she’s been so excited, San Antonio is as close to a home town as she has and we love the river walk, the restaurants and the beautiful La Cantera Resort where Megan and Matt will have their reception.

As far as this shoot goes… it was perfect… the light that afternoon was bright and crisp and the colors we found just starting to come out down in the Turtle Creek area were gorgeous. We finished the shoot on the rooftop of our studio building just as the sun dipped into the horizon. I also loved the outfits Megan wore and Matt complimented her in just the right way.

Can’t wait to see you two again!

Best,

S+J

There is something undeniably awesome about what feels like to just have gotten engaged and that amazing feeling had clearly only gotten stronger for Kristin and Ford in the week and a half between the day he proposed and last Sunday when we met to take their engagement portraits. You just have to love that.

This was such a fun and laid back shoot and it was so easy to watch these two who are so clearly crazy about one another. We started out in the morning at The Dallas Arboretum and finished near the W Hotel down near Victory Plaza.

Best,

S+J