Thursday, March 20, 2008
Natchez in the Winter
The husband and I, along with various other couples in our church, went to Natchez for a "marriage retreat" a few weekends back. Natchez was pretty, even though it was cold, so the husband and I spent most of our time being antisocial and walking around while I took pictures. I must say, I enjoyed it! It even snowed while we were there, so we went for a stroll downtown early in the snowy morning, had a snowball fight, and ate at Natchez's equivalent of Star's Hollow's Luke's. That's a lot of apostrophes there!
Anyway, here are some of the shots I took while meandering around town:
That's the street right outside of our hotel. I thought it looked like a post card. There aren't any funny stories behind this one, sorry. But I love how time seems to have stood still for this small part of America and the only difference between this and one taken decades ago would be the design of cars.
This little guy was perched on a brick fence outside of one of the fabulous houses. Thank goodness I had my telephoto lens or I wouldn't have been able to get close enough to catch him before he flew off. His little feathers are moving around coz it was insanely windy out there.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Something Old, Pictures : New
I promised yesterday that I would post pictures today once I downloaded everything from my external hard drive. Lucky for you, I did!
And, it seems that even though no one leaves me comments... people read my blog AND follow links to my sites! You like me! You really like me! I feel so loved. If only you would leave me comments!
Anyway... here are some photos of the wedding of Brandi and Justin that I did this past weekend. I stayed with the bride from noon until the end of the reception... a very busy day, but I wanted her to have all the pictures she could need or want. I've been working on the photos since Sunday (I got back in the wee hours of Sunday morning after driving back up from New Orleans) and am just starting ceremony pictures. That's a lot of pictures!
So here we go...these aren't in chronological order.
The first picture for your viewing pleasure:
The church actually did something really interesting during the ceremony, they had a worship service! Although I wasn't expecting it, I thought it was great and refreshing to worship God during the biggest ceremony of one's life. This is a shot of the couple in mid-worship. I love it because it shows the sincerity of these two and the fact that even though it was a day that was supposed to celebrate them and their marriage, they chose to honor God through worshipping Him.
The next one:
This was the first kiss as husband and wife. Let me explain how hard it was to get this picture. First of all... I was the shortest person there. Although that is a frequent occurance for me, there are always at least a few people only a few inches taller than me. No, no, no. The bride and groom towered over me, as did the pastor, the musicians, and attendants. And their platform was designed differently. Normally A/P churches have very open platforms with plenty of stairs. This one was set up more like a Catholic church... a very small narrow stair step thing in front with fancy wood work that went around the altar. Of course, this is where all the attendants stood. So, to get this, I had to - discreetly and without disrupting service - hop up to the top step (all 2 inches available) behind the maid-of-honor without hitting her, walk around the arch, and stand on my tippy toes to see past the pastor. It was a lot of work, but I think it came out great!
Numero tres:
Here is Justin putting the ring on Brandi's finger. This shot was made possible by my telephoto lens, which I thankfully switched to mid-ceremony. The only reason this came out so clear was because Justin had a little trouble actually getting the ring on. Since it took him a while, I was able to capture the shot. When Brandi went to put Justin's on, it was a different story. Not only was she shaking, but the thing slipped right on, so all I got was a blur. But it's really the girl's ring that matters anyway, right?
Just when you thought the photographer had such an easy job at the wedding... you learn the truth!
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
And, it seems that even though no one leaves me comments... people read my blog AND follow links to my sites! You like me! You really like me! I feel so loved. If only you would leave me comments!
Anyway... here are some photos of the wedding of Brandi and Justin that I did this past weekend. I stayed with the bride from noon until the end of the reception... a very busy day, but I wanted her to have all the pictures she could need or want. I've been working on the photos since Sunday (I got back in the wee hours of Sunday morning after driving back up from New Orleans) and am just starting ceremony pictures. That's a lot of pictures!
So here we go...these aren't in chronological order.
The first picture for your viewing pleasure:
The church actually did something really interesting during the ceremony, they had a worship service! Although I wasn't expecting it, I thought it was great and refreshing to worship God during the biggest ceremony of one's life. This is a shot of the couple in mid-worship. I love it because it shows the sincerity of these two and the fact that even though it was a day that was supposed to celebrate them and their marriage, they chose to honor God through worshipping Him.
The next one:
This was the first kiss as husband and wife. Let me explain how hard it was to get this picture. First of all... I was the shortest person there. Although that is a frequent occurance for me, there are always at least a few people only a few inches taller than me. No, no, no. The bride and groom towered over me, as did the pastor, the musicians, and attendants. And their platform was designed differently. Normally A/P churches have very open platforms with plenty of stairs. This one was set up more like a Catholic church... a very small narrow stair step thing in front with fancy wood work that went around the altar. Of course, this is where all the attendants stood. So, to get this, I had to - discreetly and without disrupting service - hop up to the top step (all 2 inches available) behind the maid-of-honor without hitting her, walk around the arch, and stand on my tippy toes to see past the pastor. It was a lot of work, but I think it came out great!
Numero tres:
Here is Justin putting the ring on Brandi's finger. This shot was made possible by my telephoto lens, which I thankfully switched to mid-ceremony. The only reason this came out so clear was because Justin had a little trouble actually getting the ring on. Since it took him a while, I was able to capture the shot. When Brandi went to put Justin's on, it was a different story. Not only was she shaking, but the thing slipped right on, so all I got was a blur. But it's really the girl's ring that matters anyway, right?
Just when you thought the photographer had such an easy job at the wedding... you learn the truth!
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
To Hold You Over...
I just bought a new computer coz I needed a more power for all the photo stuff. Because of that, I can't post any new pictures until I download everything from my external hard drive later tonight. So, I'll post pictures from the wedding I did this past weekend tomorrow and explain stuff about them like normal.
Until then... check them out at www.stephanieleblanc.wordpress.com and guess what was going on in my mind when I took them.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
Until then... check them out at www.stephanieleblanc.wordpress.com and guess what was going on in my mind when I took them.
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
Monday, March 17, 2008
YAY!
Thanks to the hard work put in by Kent and Bradley and people who actually know how to fix web issues, blogger is working for me... at least for now.
Things have been crazy down here. In addition to the blogger issues, school is the bane of my existence and I have been having business like crazy - which I absolutely love, don't get me wrong! I had a wedding this past weekend, so I'll post some of those pictures next.
However, I figured that for this post, I'd feature some people that the few and far between readers of this little blog would know...
It's every one's favorite missionaries to Ireland... the Bunches!
I did a mini family photo shoot at LSU for them a couple of weeks ago. We had a blast and are gonna schedule another one sometime soon and hope that little Elayna will actually be awake for them.
Here they are all together:
The first one is around this creepy old tree on the Indian Mounds. Dawson, although it looks like he's standing on Dave's head, is really just sitting in the tree. He was more interested in the traffic going by.
The second one is in front of the clock tower, which Dawson absolutely loved. To get this shot with the tower in its entirety, I had to lay down on the ground and wiggle around so I could position it just right. Thank goodness for modesty protecting leggings!
Here is little man Dawson - who loves me only when other people aren't around - when we played a little game of hide and go seek... he was sorta hiding. It was too cute that I had to get a picture.
Here is the lovely Kristen with her flute:
It just so happened that the colors they chose to wear were red, white and blue and we found some stray petals from one of the many flowered bushes on campus laying on the ground... perfect backdrop!
And here is Farrah and little Elayna:
I love this one coz Elayna just happened to barely open her eyes when I took it. It is the only one with her actually semi-awake from the entire photo shoot - must be nice to be a baby and sleep all day!
That's all you get, coz if I post more pictures, you will have no reason to check out my website and blog!
Here's hoping that blogger works for me tomorrow!
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