Brandon + Marcy {Summer Garden Proposal}

Early last week I got a call from Brandon. He was planning the perfect proposal to his girlfriend Marcy and that included photos, of course! Since Brandon had never been to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, I helped him choose the perfect spot to pop the question. I was hiding in plain sight, pretending to take photos of flowers nearby, so that when he got down on one knee - I was ready! As you can see, Marcy had no idea what was going on but quickly figured it out & said YES!!  We spent the next hour walking around the gardens together taking engagement photos while Marcy told me about how perfect the whole day had already been, and this just made it that much better!

It was a gorgeous day and a sweet, perfect proposal. Thanks for choosing me to capture it for you!

Congratulations & happy wedding planning!

Mallory {Senior Session}

Mallory is the youngest of her sisters, whose senior portraits I've also photographed over the years. It was such a pleasure and honor to work with her for these senior portraits out at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens earlier this week. She's a natural in front of the camera (even though she doesn't think so!) and it was exciting to hear her talk about graduating and heading to Auburn University in the fall! Congratulations, Mallory! 

Barksdale Family

I first met Dan & Heather when we photographed their wedding 10 years ago (Congrats & how has it been that long?!) They have traveled the world since then with Dan's military career and are finally close enough for us to have gotten to work together again - this time with Heather's awesome family! Her parents are about to celebrate 50 (!!) years of marriage and her sister just celebrated 25 years of marriage so there is a lot of love in these photos! Hope you all enjoy this preview & have a wonderful holiday season together!