Christmas just came and went this year, too fast I think. It just flew by, and now it’s almost 2010! I was very blessed to have a wonderful Christmas with my family in Knoxville, and I was very fortunate to be able to visit Matthew’s family in Charlotte for a few days. Christmas is just one of the holidays it makes me realize just how lucky and blessed I really am.

However, with the busy and hectic schedule of the Holidays, I finally got the chance tonight to download the images from photographing Matt and Molly’s Wedding in Atlanta on the 19th. With the Holidays and traveling all over I haven’t even touched anything digital. Kind of sad! But I am so happy I was able to download them tonight. I can only post a few because I have to go finish packing for another wedding weekend in Annapolis. I am photographing Ben and Branden’s wedding on Saturday and I can’t wait, however I know Annapolis is going to be freezing. 

Here are a few of my favorites I have picked so far. I was just so thrilled from the whole Wedding I had to show a little preview. When I get back from Annapolis I will post some great shots of Molly from her Bridal Portrait Session now that the wedding is over.

Check out these awesome shoes!

The most beautiful dress

Molly getting ready

Probably one of my favorite shots.

Matt is waiting for us to bring in Molly

They are just adorable! Really, truly, they both brought tears to my eyes and my assistant. We needed some tissues.

Actually, this might be my favorite!

Molly is peaking around the corner right before she walks down the aisle.

They had the nicest wedding party! 

Molly and Matt, I can’t wait to edit all of the images. I hope you had a fantastic Honeymoon and Happy New Year!!!

Much Love CJ

Recently Eric Erickson, an 8th quarter designer, asked me to do the photography for his IFF Annual Report Re-design. I was thrilled when he asked me because it gave me a chance to really be creative and get some great shots. We had a really long shot list, and it took two long days to complete everything, but it was well worth it. These are my favorite portraits I shot during the process.

The Beautiful Adriana

Patrick Copeland

Eric’s father Ken

These are the only three I have edited for my critique tomorrow. I wish I could turn them all in, but I will post some of the others later.

This was my final shot for the Cosi Van Tutti opera. We collaborated this quarter with the Atlanta Opera to photograph some promotional materials for their upcoming season.

And this is one of my favorite images I photographed for the Peachtree Street class.

That is all for now, but I will post more later. My very last PC critique is tomorrow. It’s kind of sad, yet exciting at the same time. I sure hope it goes well.

Good night!

When I photographed Tiffany’s dog Slade (see earlier post), she took me on the rooftop of her building which has the most magnificent view of Atlanta. It was a little gloomy and cold outside that day, but seriously, look at this view! I am hoping to do a photo shoot there sometime. I don’t know what yet, but it will be perfect for something.

Last week was our last photo shoot for the Atlanta Opera class for Cosi Van Tutti, an 18th Century Italian Opera. Luckily we had some great models for the shoot, and my dear friend Kylie who is so talented did the makeup. This is Dallas, she works at the Altanta Opera and I just LOVE this shot. I captured this at the very end of the shoot, and I am so happy I did. Thanks again Dallas! It’s my new favorite image.

A few weeks ago my friend Tiffany asked me to take a few pictures of her pug Slade for her Christmas card. Well first of all, he was wearing an adorable little doggie outfit, and second of all, he sat completely still. He actually looked at the camera! Tiffany’s friend owns and designs card for Metrobabycards and they posted the Christmas Card on their blog. It is so cute! Thanks Tiffany for all your help, and thanks Metrobabycards for posting the image on there.

I was procrastinating doing my homework last night so I decided to try something out and design a little image collage for baby Sophie. I just finished editing all her images so I figured I could play around for a minute. This is what I came up with.

Going to bed now. I think tomorrow will be a long day and a late night.

I often babysit for the Laird family here in Atlanta and they have two little girls Marley and Sam! They are like two cute little energizer bunnies, always going, always happy, and so smart. If there is one thing I have noticed in my babysitting years, it’s that kids are sponges. They soak up everything, repeat everything and you never know what they might pick up. I will never forget the day that Christine asked me if I had taught Marley the Alphabet. I thought to myself for a minute and then replied, “no, I don’t think we ever went over the alphabet.” Well, come to find out her Sesame Street TV show went over the letters and numbers and all of a sudden she knew every single one. Amazing! But back to my point, not only are Marley and Sam so darn cute, they are also so smart. I asked Christine if I could take a few pictures of the girls for practice and to build my kids portfolio and these are my favorites.

The pink balloon I brought was a huge hit.

That’s all for now.

A few weeks ago I took pictures of my best friend’s brother Andy and his wife Jenny for their 2009 Christmas Card! With the fall leaves and the great weather, it was a perfect day for pictures at Piedmont Park! These are my favorites.

Some cute ones from the slide.

And I LOVE this one!

Thanks again Andy and Jenny! You guys are the best.

It’s been so long since I have posted anything on my blog, and I am sure my blog feels totally neglected. I have no idea where to even start. So I figured I would post some fun pictures. I was lucky enough to take a great road trip all the way through Alabama, Mississippi, and up to Memphis in September. It was such a fantastic trip, despite all the rain, and I was fortunate enough to have great friends to visit along the way. I am still editing through the 2000 images I took, but here is a picture of Courtney and I in Memphis when I was visiting.

This isn’t exactly new, but I forgot to download the image until a few weeks ago and I just love it.

And because I always enjoy it, and because it keeps me photographing and gaining experience, I love to photograph kids and babies. If you haven’t ever photographed kids, they are extremely funny to work with, yet really hard to get a great shot sometimes. If you have one kid, that is one thing, but if you have two kids, one is always looking the other direction. I always find it challenging, kind of like a work out, and yet so rewarding when I get a great shot. I photographed Maggie and Charley a few weeks ago, and they are just so precious! Really, they are the sweetest little girls. Here are a few of my favorites.

And I think this one of Maggie is so cute.

Two weeks ago I photographed my cousin Jim’s new baby girl Sophie. Isn’t she adorable.

I will try and post more later, but I just had to show off those adorable kids!

Good night.

Mrs. Eaves is one of my favorite typefaces from Emigre, and now they have Mrs. Eaves. I am so excited and I can’t wait to get the font. Isn’t it lovely!