Happily After All: Bride and Groom Portraits

Okay...remember me?! Pathetic excuses aside, here are some fantastic pictures so hopefully you'll forgive me.  This post will be short on words and heavy on pictures...some of my favorite pictures from the day!

After we finally finished up with family pictures and bridal party pictures in the church, all the guests had headed back into town, it was time to do some pictures of just me and my new hubby! Our bridal party all hopped on the bus and went to try and find a liquor store/gas station to stock up on some drinks for the ride back in and some more pictures at the golf course.
While they were gone, Mr. T and I went frolicking into the woods across from the church and took some great pictures.

And that was that!  By the time we were finishing up, the gang had gotten back and were ready to head into town to get the party started.
But first we had to make a little pit-stop at my house along the way for an "appointment" with my hairdresser for style number two of the day.  I met with the girl who did my hair in between the church and the reception so she could re-curl my hair and pin it up and off my shoulders.  Let me just say...best decision ever!

Next up:  Bride and groom portraits...but good ones!

Unless otherwise stated, all pictures are by Brandy Swartz of Photography by Brandy.

In case you've missed anything...

Bridal Party Portraits
Family Portraits, part two

Family Portraits, part one

The I Do's

The Readings and Solo

The Processional

The Pre-Processional

The Church Details
Heading To The Church
Slipping Into My Dress

The Flowers

Getting Pretty
A Crazy Lady The Morning Of
Decorating the Reception Hall
Honoring Our Family
The Rehearsal

Stalking My Photographer

I'm kind of sorta stalking my wedding photographer.... but not in a bad way I swear!  I just like to look at her website from time to time and see if she's put up any new pictures.  I'm also friends with her on facebook and I get really excited when she adds new pictures from a wedding or engagement shoot.

I've decided this isn't a bad thing, I'm just doing "research" into her style and it gives me a idea of what my pictures might turn out like.

Just wanted to share a couple from the album she added today.  I'm so glad it worked out with our budget to go with her, and these reinforce that.

*All pictures from Brandy Swartz of Brandy Swartz Photography

Are any of you "stalking" your wedding vendors??

A Few of My Favorite Engagement Pictures

I just thought I would share with you all a few of my favorite pictures and do a little recap of our photoshoot.  We met up with our photographer Brandy Swartz of Photography By Brandy back on August 2nd.  Mr. T and I had come home from MN for the weekend to go to a wedding and we thought it would be the perfect time to squeeze in a session before we headed back later that afternoon.

We met up with her and introduced ourselves for the first time.  Neither one of us had met her before because I chose to do all of our initial set up with her over the phone and through email.  I didn't need to see her portfolio or negotiate prices with her, because I had seen her work before and she was charging one flat fee and I just couldn't say no!!

We started out across the street from our courthouse in a little square tucked away in between the downtown buildings.  She takes a lot of pictures here and there are many neat features that can make for awesome backgrounds!

We started out here on the stair case where she snapped a bunch of pictures.

Then we moved about 10 feet over to this old, distressed brick wall and spiral staircase that adds a lot of dimension to the background.

Connected onto this little square was a brick alleyway with cute little doors.

After this we both hopped in our cars and drove a couple of blocks down the street to the canal.

This is one of my favorites.  My feet were sore from being in heels at the wedding the night before, so I took them off and jumped on Mr. T's back.  Brandy turned around and caught us!

We stood out on a dock overlooking the water.

We held hands.

We kissed =]

And that was that.  All in all it took about 45 minutes and she gave us a disc with 121 finished and retouched pictures.  I'd say it was a success.

Mr. T said he really enjoyed it because he got to hold me and kiss me and I couldn't push him away!  He thinks he's funny, but sometimes he tries to hold on while I'm right in the middle of something and it just makes it harder to get things done!!

This was a nice slow down from our hectic lives, and it was actually the last day we spent together before parting ways for four months, so it's nice to have these to look back on that day.