Going to Ft. Lauderdale

Hi everyone!

The move was grueling but successful! But now we barely have caught our breath, (and three of us sick!) before we fly to Ft. Lauderdale, FL tonight to photograph a destination wedding. Remember our blue wall rain e-session couple?

Stay tuned for Brooke and Sean's pictures!

Moving

Greetings everyone. We hope you're finding time during this holiday season to pause and reflect on what's really important. We wanted to let you know that over the next couple days we're moving, so our internet connection won't be as good as usual. All of our other work is right on schedule. Please bear with us, we will be returning email as soon as we can. Blessings, Garrett and Joy.

Collegiate Quarterly interviews the Nudds :)

Ran across an email and article we totally forgot to post!

A couple of months ago, we were featured on Collegiate Quarterly , (Bible study central for young adults) and we were their feature interview for the month of November. The editor told us they wanted to interview Christians who are engaged in work that is not the usual. :) Below is the link of our interview:


http://cq.adventist.org/interviews/interviewpages/nudds.htm


From their website: "CQ is the official Bible study guide produced by the General Conference Sabbath School Department for young adults age 18-35. Though its original target audience was college and university students, since 1990 it has sought to expand its readership to all Seventh-day Adventist young adults. It follows the same lesson outline as that of the Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide and encourages a more interactive approach that has found explosive appeal among young adults worldwide."

We're excited about being featured, especially seeing the list of other people they have interviewed...Christian contemporary artists, Ginny Owens and Rebecca St. James, actor, James Caviezel and so many more. Click below for monthly interviews and read many inspiring stories.
http://cq.adventist.org/interviews/interviews.htm

Thanks Amanda and Lyndelle for this awesome opportunity!

Christmas moments

One of the best things about living close to family are the little moments. The other evening I came into the living room and saw Graycen and her Grandpa sitting on the edge of the sofa, admiring the Christmas tree.

Neither of them knew I took the shot until I the next day. How fun.

Christmas along the Promenade

Last night was Southern's annual Christmas along the Promenade. It's been a while since we've attended this extravaganza, but since Graycen is old enough to appreciate it, we figured it would be a nice break from our normal evening routine of...work. :-)

We were able to grab a quick shot of Graycen "petting" the deer just a couple seconds before she tried to push it over!


We ran into Stacy and Chris, for the first time since their wedding. We photographed their wedding two years ago, and it was great to catch up with them. Stacy is six months pregnant, with a little boy! Congratulations guys!


We also ran into this guy. He was doing a great job serving hot chocolate, so I took his picture. "Hey, aren't you Garrett?" he said. I didn't know whether to say yes, or to lie. Before I could answer he reminded me that he was a groomsman at Sandra and John's wedding last June in Florida. How cool!


Don't we look tired...LOL!


Time for a snack break with mommy and aunt Heather.


Perspective.

I love field trips

My Intro to Photography class at Southern has been begging me to come to the studio all semester long. Well, since we finally have everything ready, we figured there were no more excuses. So on Tuesday we met at the studio, enjoyed refreshments, and then went over to the North Shore for some shooting. Special thanks to our good friend Courtney Herod for taking the group picture.

One of our recent brides, Annette (Chaviano) Thurmon, was kind enough to model for us.







Of course little Graycen came along and watched for a bit.


Mommy helped Graycen take her first picture. The picture was SO GOOD that I didn't post it because I don't want her to make me look bad...yet.


I'm not really sure what to say about this one...

Brandy and Sticky's e-session

On Friday we had the opportunity to work with Brandy and Sticky, two of our clients that we hadn't had the pleasure of meeting yet. They're from Ohio and they made the trip to Chattanooga so we could shoot their e-session. They're getting married in Savannah, GA, in February, and we couldn't be more excited about it.

It's flattering when clients are willing to travel for their e-session, and of course there's a little more pressure, too. :-)

We had so much fun working with them, as they're fellow wedding and portrait photographers. Their business (Brandy J. Adams Photography) in Ohio is going great, and we couldn't be happier for them. They're also members of OSP, and that's how we "met."

We had a great time shooting, and after we were done we headed to lunch so we could hung out for a bit. Joy and I had so much fun and we're really looking forward to their big day in a few months.