WEDDING SHOWCASE...

Last weekend we had the very fun Wedding Showcase. This is the fist year for this event and it was AMAZING!!! The organizers that I worked with, Candice Lewis with Urban Floral and Nicole Christiansen with Any Occasion did an outstanding job. From the decorations, to the music and ambiance, it was such a fun day! I was even able to help a little bit with the fashion show and that was great fun for me as well.

Serendipity played a HUGE role in the day. They had a great space for their booth overlooking the entire fair, and they did all of the hair and make-up for the "fashion bridal" show. It was incredible to see how they transformed these girls. Three of my past clients were in the fashion show and they all did a great job. You might recognize some of them in the sideshow!

TO SEE A SLIDE SHOW OF THE DAYS FESTIVITIES AND ALL OF THE HAPPY BRIDES CLICK HERE!

My favorite part of the day was seeing all of these young hip brides come through. We had so many willing and fun participants in our "Happiest Bride Contest". The contest was for a free bridal or engagement and all day wedding coverage for FREE FREE FREE FREE!!! No strings attached! So, before we go any further, let me announce the big winner of our FREE wedding package.





This is my fun booth. I loved my space, the lighting was so interesting! There were colored spot lights shining in all directions and it seemed like everything was just glowing...















This is my good friend Celeste who came with her sister who is getting married in about a month.



This was Serendipities staging area...









The girls enjoying the fashion show!


This is Nicole and Candice. They are so cute!

TOP THREE...

Wow, this happiest bride contest has been a painstaking process. We had so much fun and took pictures of so many happy brides. I could not possibly choose, so I sent the pictures off to a non bias photographer to pick my happiest bride. So, with the deadline of today, she called me and said that she just could not make a decision, and really needed to sleep on it. Here is a sneak peak of the 3 finalists. After a good nights sleep we will see who we end up with tomorrow.... Ta Ta for now!

(feel free to leave a comment and weigh in on who you think the happiest bride should be!)

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER...

Happiest Bride...

OK all of you happy brides out there. I am still waiting for the results on the winner of the HAPPIEST BRIDE CONTEST! It will be posted soon... So, check back to see if you are the big winner TOMORROW!

Terra & Jody

Those of you that live where you do not experience the 4 seasons really miss out. Sure, in some respects you may miss out on pushing snow, and driving on bad roads, and being cold and wet most of the time... However, looking at pictures like this just makes me want to be out in the fun of it all. Remember when you were a kid out in the yard building a snowman? These pictures really take me back to days like that.

I met Terra and Jody at a bridal fair in January. They are such a cool couple. They are doing a really amazing destination wedding in January of 2009, so you will be seeing them for a while... Terra has the most AMAZING green eyes! They are so easy to be around and it was great fun to shoot their engagements.

A special "thanks" to Melissa who joined us for the photo shoot and who was a great help juggling everything from coats, to boots, to cameras, to keys all while lugging through snow that was sometimes to our knees!!!

To see a slide show of their beautiful session click HERE!

Baby Halle

DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE TRENT AND SUZANNE'S WEDDING...

A little over a week ago my family went down to Highland to see our new beautiful little niece Halle Brielle Smith. She was sooooo sweet. We had a wonderful trip and were able to visit with my husband's grandparents while we were there. It was such a lovely day! However, my favorite part was taking some snap shots of the new little bab! I shot most of these wide open with my 1.4 50mm. It was so much fun!

To see "favorite Aunt Kellee's slide show" click HERE!






















one of my favorite pictures. I love her little lips!

Suzanne & Trent

I had so much fun at the Bridal Fair this weekend. I will be posting some pictures from the event. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello. I will be posting the winner of the Happiest Bride contest on WEDNESDAY, so keep checking back!

I am so excited to post Suzanne and Trent's wedding. These two are so in love that it radiates from them. Honestly, when you look at these pictures tell me that you don't feel it. They are such a beautiful couple, and they completely fit together. They are such nice people, and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them better. I LOVE Suzanne's smile. It is gorgeous - and it makes me so happy to look at it. Ok, so I am sorry I posted so many pictures, but there were well over 1.000 pictures from their wedding day and I had to work really hard to narrow it down even this much.

Slide Show





natural beauty - seriously a striking girl...




I thought this was a cool shot that Shellee (my sister and candid shooter) took while I was hanging the dress up in the window. I am a bit scared of heights, and it was a quite nerving to stand in a window 23 stories high. But neat picture...


...so what do I do? I made the boys do the same thing.


Trent is so sweet - he just couldn't hold back the tears when he saw his sweet Suzanne appear in the isle.




The details of this wedding were incredible. Suzanne and her sister are florists and the flowers were AMAZING! Just check out the flowers on this cake alone!


LET THE PARTY BEGIN... Trent and Suzanne are big rock band fans and had rock band set up in the grooms room. How fun is that? There is nothing like letting loose on your wedding day!






The cake cutting at this wedding ranks up at the top of my favorite ever! They hammered each other. And then when it was all over, check out the next shot - he honestly licked it off of the side of her face. Doesn't she look thrilled...








A little YMCA anyone?



Thanks Suzanne and Trent for allowing me to be a part of your fantastic day. I can't wait to see you both again...