What a great time that I had with Shanna and her beautiful family for a recent portrait shoot out at the new Shem Creek Park in Mt. Pleasant, SC. They currently live in Charlotte, NC but come down to Charleston all of the time to visit and see family and friends. Now most of the time when I photograph family portraits most parents (including myself) always try to bribe the kids with some ice cream or sweets. Well you know a family really loves the lowcountry when the “bribe” for the kids to be good for the shoot is crab dip from one of the local seafood restaurants on Shem Creek. ha! Love it! 😉

Tricia and Adam came into town last week for their engagement session and we headed downtown for some fun. So August in Charleston surely lived up to its reputation with some serious summertime heat and humidity. (heat index like 110 or something) By the end of the shoot I’m sure that Tricia, Adam, and myself were almost willing to go jump in the Ashley River because as much as we were sweating I doubt you could have noticed much! ha! They were both great sports about it and we had a great time walking around the downtown area. Thank you Adam for your service to our country  and I hope you have a speedy return so that you can have that gorgeous Charleston wedding next year that you and Tricia are planning! 😉

Be sure to view their slideshow below along with some quick collage pics! For Mobile devices, click on this link to view the slideshow. (Iphone, Ipad, Androids)

Summertime in the lowcountry usually means beautiful sunsets over the marsh grass and what better place to see that than at The Links at Stono Ferry Golf Club over looking the Stono river. The late afternoon rain clouds were trying to creep in on us like usual in August, but it held off and we had a great shoot with Erica and Brad. Now since Erica is the director of sales, club membership, and event coordinator at Stono Ferry Golf Club, who better to take out on the course than her for all of the great locations that she knows about around there. I explained to her fiance, Brad, that it was going to be a really easy shoot for him. All he had to do was hug and kiss on his beautiful fiance for most of the photo shoot. He didn’t seem to have any problems with that whatsoever! ha! 😉 Congratulations to the both of you!

Here’s a quick video slideshow to enjoy! For all mobile devices, use this link for better viewing!

Recently my friend Allison Long opened up her new location of Bella Bridesmaids in downtown Charleston at 43 1/2 John Street. It’s such a great new place that she has and I send a lot of my brides over to her when they are trying to find the best looking bridesmaids dresses in town! She also has jewelery that you can select right there in her store. These particular jewelry items were created by Stella & Dot.  If you are in the market for some beautiful dresses or know someone who is, send them over to Allison. She’ll take great care of them! Congrats on the new store front and soon to be “new mommy”! 😉

Now of course I remember not to long ago having a very beautiful bride to photograph back in 2006! 😉

Last week we were dodging rain showers all over the lowcountry, but Mike was determined that his surprise proposal plans at Seaside Farms Plantation were going to happen for his girlfriend, Kara. She originally thought that he was at work and that she and her parents were just touring around some places in Mt. Pleasant. Needless to say Mike had planned for both his parents and Kara’s parents to be there for the big surprise! I think she knew something was up when she first saw Mike, but it didn’t really sink in until that shiny new ring popped out as Mike went down on one knee. He totally got her by surprise! Congratulations to the both of you! I’m so glad that I was able to be a part in this very special day for the two of you! 😉

Be sure to click on their engagement slideshow below! 

For Mobile Devices- click on word link below.

Mike’s Surprise Proposal Shoot.

A quick collage of images!