the story of corey & erin

so, beginning about 2 years ago, people started asking me if i knew corey & erin nolen. of course, since we are all relatively the same age and go the same church and enjoy taking photos, we should know each other. i really had absolutely no clue who they were. then, i eventually put a face with a name but was never introduced.

about a year ago, sweet erin asked if i wanted to get coffee one day and chat. from the minute i met her, i was fascinated with her photography business but even more impressed with her friendly, fun, humble, kind, helpful attitude. it's been so great to get to know her over the last few months.

i got to officially (and FINALLY) meet corey this past weekend at our "workshop" and was honored to take some photos of the two of them. i can't wait to edit more of these, but for now... here are a few! their little boy, grayben, will continue to make appearances on this blog, but i wanted to post about this fun, talented, and very attractive couple who so graciously offered to model for us:

what a wedding!!!

as i'm sure you can tell by the photos, this wedding was just FANTASTIC. i am still in the midst of going through the photos -- 2 weeks later -- but it has been so much fun. i think, too, that this album design page may have been the first time i have ever, while editing, wanted to immediately put it in an album design. yummy... LOVE IT.

workshop "sneak peak"

THE "workshop"

wow. what a day... i had SO much fun today. this weekend was very tiring for me, and i'm not sure why. i didn't sleep very well friday or saturday night, which became miserable for my energy. after shooting with amelia, working at gap, cleaning my room, and going to church this morning, i was pooped. boy was i glad, though, that i went to this workshop we had. it was SO much fun. i mean, it was SO much fun.

it all started with amelia, erin, emily, and i wanting to shoot with each other and learn more. next thing we knew, we had so many more people being interested in what we were doing... there ended up being 7 of us shooting at different times. i really learned from each of them.

emily, the quiet one today who took in all the wisdom. i'm jealous:

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jamie, the one who somehow goes for the shot that i think is random and totally rocks it:

BLOG HERE

kristen, who totally took charge with the kid's photos and taught us more about children's photography:

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amelia, the crazy one who's always making her clients laugh and have a good time:

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erin, my new friend who came in a lot of "hats": photographer, mom, wife, model... i'm super impressed. plus, she is hott and has some awesome red streaks.

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can't wait to see what everyone came up with. thanks to abby, matt, and aubrie (and corey and grayben) for making it so eventful and fun. i could've shot for another good 5 hours!

pre-ceremony shots...

here are a few pre-ceremony shots that caught my eye, going through jessica's photos. there are SO many great ones from she and josh.. i feel like i'm never going to finish!!! i guess that's a good problem to have, though. :)

third shooting

So, earlier today I got the HONOR and PRIVILEGE of third shooting a wedding with Amelia and Emily. I use the term "second shooting" a lot, and that's usually what Kristen does for me at weddings. I really miss it, though, because it's so much less stress. There's no planning involved in the process -- you just show up and shoot whatever you want to shoot. I went to practice, so a lot of mine were taken with a "risk," which means that a lot of mine were deleted. There are some GREAT ones, though, and I can't wait to see what happens when they all get combined.

I hope to post some of my wedding photos as the "third shooter" soon. I'm not going to start editing, though, until I finish wedding photos or workshop photos. That's right... Workshop TOMORROW.

this is what i mean...

you can IMMEDIATELY look at these photos and see which one catches your eye first. and, why? because it looks like a "normal" photo... and because these two look like they love each other... and because you can see their relationship in this photo.

this is why i tell people to "GET CLOSE!" not to mention, these two are just beautiful: