Lydia Shannon Photography

David and Tonya: E-Session

Today I am in freezing cold Birmingham, Alabama shooting engagement portraits for Tonya and David.  They are too of the most awesome people you will ever meet and I cannot wait till their wedding in March at the gorgeous Sonnet House[where some of the engagements were taken].  Since I am not at home, I don't have my fancy photoshop program... so striaght from the camera... here are a few teasers till I post more on Monday!  Have a wonderful holiday weekend! 

 

 

 

Isn't she beautiful?

 

 

 

More to come!

More Photographs... as Promised

The hardest part of the whole day was.... 

Getting Kristin to Smile [as evidenced by these images]

Sam and Kristin's Wedding

Last night I had the pleasure of shooting Sam and Kristin's Wedding!  It was by far one of the best weddings I have ever attended and I felt privileged to be a part of capturing their exquisite day.  Not only did the love radiate off of Sam and Kristin, but all of their friends and family were the same way.  I was telling my mom what an amazing wedding it was and how wonderful all of the guests were and my mom [who has met Kristin before] commented "Well what did you expect? Look at how nice Kristin is."  She was exactly right.  Sam and Kristin took the time to personalize everything about their special day and it made it even more fabulous.  Here are just a few of my favorites.  There will be more to come.  

Sam and Kristin decided to have a "First Look."  This is where the bride and groom get a chance to see each other before the wedding.  It was wonderful because I were able to have about 45 minutes to shoot the two of them and they were able to spend time with each other right before they walked down the aisle.  Soon I am going to get Kristin to write about it, because I think she really enjoyed spending the intimate time with Sam on their wedding day!

One of my FAVORITES!

Lina and James

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of second shooting with a wonderful friend and fellow photographer, Rachel Estrada!  Lina and James were married at the most gorgeous Spanish Monastery in Miami!  The wedding was beautiful and I loved seeing the way the two of them would look at each other.  You could tell they had a love that can overcome anything.  I loved being at the wedding, but seeing the two of them together made me think about how much I love Brett.  It is nice to be reminded of what I have when I am shooting weddings!  It helps me think about how I need to be more thankful for my wonderful husband, just like this sweet couple was thankful for one another.  Oh and I can't forget to mention that the videographers, Marty and Kenya, were absolutely amazing... Reinhardt Productions - check them out!

Pink Pussycat Flower Shop did such a beautiful job with the floral arrangements!

The decor was stunning!

Lining Up. 

Okay, I was pretty obsessed with this cake. 

Can you see why?

First Dance!

I like how the light is mainly on the two most important people at this wedding.

I told you that I was obsessed... I wasn't kidding!

They are too cute together!

And of course, my favorite.... is a picture of the cake.

But come on, isn't this the most magical cake you have ever seen?????

It is always a wonderful night when you get to do what you love while hanging out with a great friend!  What more can a girl ask for?

Rachel and Bobby's Wedding Album

This album is a 12 by 12.  The longer pages will be split across two pages.... so they will be huge (12 by 24) Oh YEAH!  

True Love

Rachel and Bobby not only looked amazing alone, but wow when I got them together the sparks were flying! They are a stunning couple, not too mention a ton of fun to hang out with!  I seriously think they should take up modeling!!!!

Vintage style!

Rachel gave Bobby this beautiful guitar as a wedding present. 

I love this picture because you can see what Bobby really thinks is valuable!

Inside the church

 

They look like they should be on the cover of a magazine!

So adorable

This is where Rachel thought I was going to kill myself.  I was standing on a ledge over the baptistry.  I wasn't scared until she said something!  But this shot was sooooo worth it!

 

This may have been my favorite shot of the whole day.  

I love how passionate they are!

Coming Soon: The Wedding Reception

The Gorgeous Bride and Handsome Groom

Today I want to show photographs of the handsome groom, Bobby, and some of my favorites from the wedding!  

Bobby looked AWESOME!

The boys trying to look very GQ!!!  I think they accomplished it.

One of my favorites!  I can't tell you what was said to make them laugh... just between the guys and me!

Rachel and Bobby didn't want to see each other pre-wedding, but we got this fun shot when they tried to look at each other during this sweet photograph!

I love how happy Rachel looks!

Too bad they weren't excited at all! 

Bobby's face cracks me up.

Coming Tomorrow: Rachel and Bobby's Wedding Portraits

The Most AMAZING Weekend!!!

I seriously had one of the most amazing weekends ever!  I was able to be with my whole family and shoot my wonderful friends wedding!  Throughout the week I am going to be posting photographs from Rachel and Bobby's wedding, my sister's photoshoot, and Matt and Missy's maternity session.  Today I am going to start all the posting off with photographs of one of the world's most GORGEOUS brides!

Rachel and Bobby will always have a special place in my heart!  Rachel was one of my best friends all through high school!  She is a caring, fun loving, simply awesome woman.  Bobby is one blessed guy to get Rachel.  There love story is similar to Brett and mine.  You know the whole know each other for years, then suddenly everything kind of  "clicks"  into place and you have there in front of you the person you want to spend the rest of your life with!  I know they are going to have the most wonderful life together!!!!

So to start things off, this blog is dedicated to the beauty of Rachel (with a few details thrown in too)!

Her dress and flowers were insanely beautiful!

It is easy to tell how excited Rach was!

Stunning bride + beautiful flowers + stained glass = OH YEAH!!!

I love this shot of her and her girls.

This is one of my favorites... it is actually from the reception (which I will blog later), but I couldn't resist!

Stay tuned there will be MANY more to come!

Allen and Jamie!

I wanted to post these photographs of this gorgeous couple, Allen and Jaime.  Allen has been one of my friends since I was a little kid.  Although he was "supposed" to marry my sister [an arranged marriage by our parents], Jaime is truly his PERFECT match!  I had such a wonderful day photographing them. Although they were married quite a while before this, they wanted to have some new portraits taken.  I know they will have a wonderful life together.  

I wanted to create a kind of theme for these photographs, so I decided to go OLD SCHOOL.  I think this is especially fitting since we went to this amazing park with an old train!

She is just stunningly gorgeous!

Work it!!!!!

I think this is my favorite image of all!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Susan Stripling Workshop!

I was looking back through things I have posted and realized that I never posted photographs from the AMAZING workshop I attended at the end of May.  Susan Stripling is such an accomplished photographer and I had the privilege to attend her workshop in Tallahassee.  Like any other profession, it is important to constantly be learning and one way I do this is by attending workshops.  Susan's was wonderful!  One of the main things we worked on was different types of lighting situations!  

Special thanks to the beautiful Christina Higman (a fellow photographer) for being the gorgeous model.  

Christina looked amazing in every photograph!

Experimenting light vs. dark.  Here is the light: 

Dark... much more dramatic.

 

Light

Dark.  Which do you prefer?

Christina is absolutely STUNNING!

Okay, I couldn't decide which picture was my favorite, so here are my top 3:

(in no particular order)

I changed my mind.  This one is my favorite!  She looks like an angel! 

I learned so much at this workshop and can't wait to put it into effect at YOUR wedding!