Typically what you get from this site are photos of weddings that just happened, or my opinion on wedding related topics. But, as important as my opinions are, maybe you should hear from real couples who have been married a little while. So I thought it would be fun to start interviewing past brides and grooms. To actually meet up and sit down with these couples to see if they have any advice for you brides who are still in the thick of this wedding planning process.

What better way to start this series than with one of my all-time favorite couples: Lauren & Brent.

These two had an incredible wedding at the Villa di Felicita in Tyler about a year ago. I visited their place in College Station to chat about the wedding process, photography, and even asked them if they still like their wedding photos. (You’ll have to watch the video to get the answer.) 

Also, many of you may not have seen their wedding images so here are just a few of my favorites.

Hey just a quick heads up for all you bride-ly brides out there. There is going to be a bridal show at the Cain Center in Athens, TX this coming Saturday.

The show is running from 11:00AM – 3:00PM. I hear a really really talented photographer is going to be there. :)

I’m not sure who all the vendors will be, but I do know that CMB Music & Elmwood Gardens will be there. Weddings A to Z will also be doing a fashion show.

So, roll out of bed, head up to the show and say hello. Admission is $2.00 per person so you really have no excuse for not going. I mean really, this is East Texas, what else is there to do. :)

For more info call 903.677.2001.

See you there.

AlexM

So, this may come as a surprise to some of you, but way back in the day, (2008-ish) I used to be a wedding videographer. I still love wedding videos. When my sister-in-law’s husband told me he was surprising her by doing a fake vow renewal at the church they were married in 3 years ago, I was giddy. See, I filmed their 1st wedding back on January 13, 2007, so the chance to pull out a camera and shoot some video at a “ceremony” was too good to pass up. I was just planning on giving them the footage I shot, but then the video editing bug bit me and I whipped this together.

Three Quick words of warning.

1. Our oldest two kids were in the original wedding so they got to play a part again. (Just ignore their attire.)

2. I was manually focusing while holding a child for most of this footage so cut me some slack.

3. Colette is about 5 months pregnant in the renewal footage vs the -14 months pregnant she was on her wedding day. :)

AlexM 

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It’s been awhile since I wrote about albums, so what better time than the present. :) Erin & Chris’ wedding was off the chi-zane, so I figured it would be a great one to share. (I’ll also post some images once the physical album comes in.)

Here is how the album process typically works. 2-3 weeks after your wedding, I’ll e-mail you a mock up of your album. (Like what you see below.) You’ll then go over it, and approve it, or swap a few images out. Then, once we have a final version, I send it to my album company and they start building your album. 4-6 weeks later you have your album in hand. :) That’s right… 2 months after your wedding, you’ll have an album. :) I’m sure you have talked to or heard from brides who close to a year from their wedding are still in the “album process.” My goal is to get you your album as quickly as possible. Anyway, here is Erin & Chris’ album pre-design. Enjoy.
















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OK, so even though we are halfway done with January, is it still ok for me to do a quick look back on 2009?

Great. Here we go.

Last year I shot 162,668 images. That’s insane. That’s 445 photos per day.
Now granted, some of those were of my family, but seriously, I don’t have THAT many kids. :)

A big shout out to all my 2009 brides.

You were amazing.

Thank you for trusting me with your day.

Thank you for giving me the freedom to document and capture your day through my lens.

Thank you for helping me feed those kids I mentioned. :)

Thank you for helping me push my work to where it is today.

In case you missed any of them, here they are:
Ruth & Daniel | Emily & Heath | Britni & Chance | Josey & Sam | Polly & Nelson | J’Vonne & Lee | Linsey & Cade | Sara & Yan | Amanda & Royce | Jayme & Jake | Stefanie & Jeremy | Stephanie & Michael | Mandy & Derek | Chelsea & Tyson | Kim & Josh | Megan & Jacob | Neili & Steven | Rachel & Andrew | Lindsey & Justin | Mindy & Dustin | Davi & Jonathan | Erika & Phil | Kaylie & Matt | Mollie & Cliff | Laura & Chad | Jade & Justin | Salem & Chris | Sandra & Robert | Kourtney & Travis | Randall & Danny | Laura & Neil | Lilli & Cameron | Kristina & Nick | Jessica & Charlie | Norma & Jesus | Ellen & Jeromy | Melissa & Alex

Now…. as far are you 2010 brides go…. Erin, Jamie, Monica, Heather, Angela, Miranda, Christina (Come on… you know you wanna book. ;) Jean, Kristen, Brynne, Ashley, Brandy, Amanda, Adrienne, Megan, Heather, Jennifer, Julia, Jamie, & Kiffany, I can’t wait to work with you more and know that once you’ve been married for 40 something years and have grandkids running all around you, you’ll have some super fun photos to show them of back when “grandma” was young and cool. :)

Happy New Year! AlexM

P.S. Don’t worry, Britni, I still have you booked for 2011. :)