when jaime mentioned that she might wanna do her bridal session at a yacht club i tried not to jump through the phone with excitement.  :)  when her session date rolled around she did not disappoint.  check em out. (jaime totally has a serene greek godess thing going on.)

you can’t get on a boat in a dress and NOT do this right? :)

jaime, despite me not knowing port, starboard, mast and wind direction i managed to stay on the boat.  thanks for your patience and for trusting me with these images.

unless you have been living under a rock the past year you’ve heard of one direction.  just another in the seemingly endless line of boybands that pop up every other year.  their song “what makes you beautiful” is super catchy and my family may even have had a dance party to it from time to time.  but there is always something that seems shallow when 14 year old boys sing about true love & beauty.

the premise of the song though is spot on.  so many times it’s hard for women to see themselves as others do.  people look at you and see one thing but when you look into a mirror you ignore the good and focus on what you perceive to be a “fault”.  the songs speaks to that idea and hopes to remind ladies of their beauty.

dove is on a little campaign of their own to remind women of their beauty.  the past few years they have made commercials, websites, and print adds that back this idea.  their latest one is so great and totally captures the issue i see almost ever weekend.  i’ll take a gorgeous photo of a bride, show it to the bridesmaids and other ladies in the room and they will just go nuts over how great it is. then i’ll show it to the bride and she’ll say something about her nose, or her chin, or how her left ear ALWAYS looks taller than her right.  :)  take 3 minutes, watch the video and the next time you start to be overly critical of your looks, remember the boys from one direction and the lovely folks at dove may not agree with you.

Ashley crushed her bridal session at Howell Farms in Arlington.  Check out these images and tell me you don’t love her.And, just to prove she’s a real person and not a cgi goddess..  We took this.

ok so i know you are all excited about mlk day and the presidential inauguration, but let’s be honest.  the most important voting results are the ones i’m about to announce.  lots of great entries, lots of votes, 6 winners.  congrats to everyone and a special congrats to the winners.  i’ll get in touch with you each about your 16×20 print.

here are each of the winners starting with one of my favorites.
thanks again everyone for voting and thank you for all the kind words you left for each of the couples.  i know they loved reading them.

ok people, time to get your vote on.  the couple with the winning image will get a fancy big 16×20 print.  pick your favorite image.  you can only vote once, the voting is open for 2 days.  winners will be announced january 21.

vote at the bottom of this post.

ready set.  go!

here are the entries.