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Welcome

Hi there!  And welcome to my blog! 

I'm Brenda, and I LOVE being a photographer.  Being able to do something for a living that never really feels like "work" is amazing.  I am a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia where I studied art and photography.  Since then I starting digging my heals in all areas of photography trying to find my niche.  Once I tagged along as a second shooter at a wedding with a friend, I knew I had found it.  I love that I get to be a part of such an important day in people's lives and document it for generations to pass on. 

When I'm not shooting or editing, you can find me hanging out with my husband, Ben at home in Stone Mountain.  And next to us on the couch are our two favorite "manimals", our pups Jack and Shorty.  This blog will not only follow my recent wedding and portrait work, but you'll get an occasional post about the happenings in our neck of the woods. 

So, enjoy!  And please contact me if you have any questions or would like to set up a meeting!

Daniel & Kelly: Baby Bump!

I can’t believe it is already March!!! That means that in a little over a month, I will have a niece! I am beyond excited that my brother and his wife, Kelly are expecting little Maya at the beginning of April. And then in July, Maya will have a little girl cousin joining her:)
I finally got over to their house to do some belly pics and I’m so happy with the way they turned out! My bro is a bassist and Kelly is a singer/pianist/all-around music goddess so we had some fun with his musical instruments during the shoot. Maya and I had a nice little concert:)kelly blog-916171415kelly blog-8kelly blog-7kelly blog-6kelly blog-5kelly blog-413111210kelly blog-3kelly blog-2kelly blog-1

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Kimball Hall: A Montage

I have been away too long! There’s so much going on in my life right now (more on that at the end of this post) that there simply has been no time to blog. That, and I may have been just a little lazy over the last few weeks. But, nonetheless I’m back! Back to rock your world with this blog post;) I have many weddings from last year that I have not posted yet, but I thought I’d save those for a best of 2009 post coming up later this week. Instead I wanted to share an album with you that I just sent off to be printed! I put this together for my good friends over at Kimball Hall. They are so lovely to have me on their preferred vendor list and I do many weddings a year there! As I’ve posted before, I LOVE Kimball Hall. I’ve loved it since I got married there in March of 2007 and fell in love with Julie Stephens, the owner/director/goddess. She is simply amazing and about as sweet a person as you’ll ever meet. The catering by Sally Nichols is always SOOOO delish and the GORGEOUS flowers by Pat Holland are some of the most beautiful I’ve seen. Add in the moist, scrumptous cakes by Pretty Cakes by Meg and oooo wee!
So, here are a few of my weddings from there, montaged into a 70 page album. Please don’t be offended if you don’t see yours on here! Especially you, Anna and Chris, I have made my own sample album just from your wedding alone! There simply wasn’t enough room for all of them :)
Enjoy!
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Also, I have little announce to make…come July 12th we will be welcoming a little girl into the world!!! My husband, Ben and I couldn’t be happier and can’t wait til that little one gets here! Here’s our little alien baby at 15 weeks:) BRENDA_7

Dana & Ben: Serenbe Wedding

I’m just wondering, when did Atlanta turn into Seattle? I’m sure everyone feels the same way I do that this rain just needs to quit it. For real.
So, in light of our lovely weather I thought I’d post a bright, colorful wedding from back in October. The wedding day itself was supposed to be a wet, nasty one as well. But the clouds parted just in time for Dana and Ben’s outdoor wedding to be everything they had hoped for. So here are my favorite images from the day, brought to you with as much color and outdoor beauty as I could stuff into a blog post. All courtesy of the AMAZING Serenbe.
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Ah, if only I could have that nice weather back! Click here to view the slideshow!!

Amber & Blake: Roswell Mill Club

Amber and Blake’s wedding back in October was on one of the most beautiful days of the year! Gorgeous light, nice temperature, and a stunning bride and handsome groom! What more could you ask for? Here are some of the best of the day…
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Click HERE to check out their slideshow!

Treehuggin’ Stacy

Hehe…I knew you’d love that title, Stace!
Stacy is one of my best friends from college who is also a great photographer herself! I did a family shoot for her this past weekend and since she is such a blog-stalker, I thought I’d throw a couple awesome pics of her on the blog. I especially loved these of her huggin a tree:)
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Sneak Peek…of some sweet Cheeks!

I’m in the midst of editing a ton of shoots and weddings, but how could I deprive you one more moment of Aubrey and her delicious cheeks! I had a strong urge to nibble on them, but I resisted. It was hard to do:) Such a cute and happy baby!IMG_9549

Rub-a-Dub Dub…Sneak Peek in a tub!

It’s been quite a while, so I thought I would tease you with a pic of one of my favorite spots I’ve ever taken a portrait of a bride and groom. Here are Lindsey and Loren just chillaxin before their reception at Primrose Cottage!
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Brooke & Matt’s Fall Engagement

Oh Autumn, you are my favorite season of all…but I hate how quickly you come and go! Luckily I was able to shoot the fabulous Brooke and Matt on Sunday and we had such a blast in the perfect weather! Here are some of my faves of the day. 1-51-82-22-32-6fall-71-4

Gone with the wind…

Ashley and DJ’s wedding was a blustery one! Here’s Ashley’s veil attacking her unsuspecting bridesmaid!windwind2