It’s been far too long . . .

Since I’ve shared some of my awesome child sessions (that would include the newborn sessions too.) I am determined to catch up and share all these cuties with you, but only one for tonight.

Isn’t he the sweetest thing ever? And guess what? His eyes really are that blue! Jealous, huh? Ok, well I already have my set of blue eyes, but still :)

This is my adorable nephew. I couldn’t get enough of him. So sweet. Here’s a sneak peek for his mommy that will hopefully brighten her day :)

This little guy is now 1 years old. A big mile marker and we had lots of fun!

Have a wonderful Sunday, and I’ll hopefully see you all in the blogging world next week!

First Look in the Winter Wonderland – Melanie and Aaron

You know what I love about Groomal sessions? I love being able to see and capture those first moments of the couple together in the formal attire. But not until this moment was I able to actually truly capture the literal first look at the bride all dressed up. When Melanie first contacted me, she was pretty sure it was going to be just a bridal session. Since her wedding was in January and we knew it would be freezing, and conditions are always a little more sketchy then, we discussed the pros and cons to doing a “groomal” session. Yes, he would see the dress before the wedding this way, but at least I could fully and completely capture that moment, which I couldn’t do with a temple wedding since that moment occurs inside of the temple. This way we could capture the moment in conditions we set, and then get some beautifully artistic pictures of the two of them together during the session.

And did the first look disappoint? Oh no sir-eee!! It was quite emotional, so exquisitely happy, and I could not have been more happy with the way it turned out! Just take a look for yourselves:

Aaron waiting oh so patiently. And he even drove his own car up separately, waited for me to arrive on the opposite lobby than Melanie. What a patient guy!

And now he sees her. . .

And she was seriously beaming with joy!

and couldn’t contain the emotion.

After wiping the tears, she said, “Wow and we’re not even married yet!” and Aaron said, “Nope.” But I said, “Let’s go have some picture fun though!”

or something to that effect :)

Melanie and Aaron were so fun to hang out with that day. It was freezing and cold, but they both were troopers, were so enthusiastic, and very much in love :) I loved the soft snow falling.

They both have contagious laughs and smiles! That talent will go far in building their marriage!

I believe this is my most “requested” picture. It’s sometimes the biggest reason we end up coming to this location. And every time it still turns out breathtaking. Each bride and her stunning dress add something new to this picture:

New favorite. Well ok, I have many from this session that are new favs :)

Seriously stunning details in her dress. Melanie’s whole ensemble was perfect. I’m a vintage girl myself, and was thrilled to be photographing her!

We braved the cold again, and guess what?! It was dumping!!! Literally! I had to photoshop quite a bit of snowflakes off of their face so you can see them. It was crazy! But they of course were adventurous and daring!

Love the personality in this next one. And yes. They gave me permission to publically post it. Come on, when you’re that good looking, it’s ok to look silly in a couple of pictures, right? Haha! Thanks for making my day with this pict!

This is what the bouquet looked like after the blizzard. I loved the look of it.

I wanted to share two of the funny blooper (not edited) pictures so you can see all of the fun we had. Yes this dog was just passing by when he saw two new friends just sitting around waiting to play with him :)

They were serious troopers!!! And oh so stunning!

Well was that enough picture love for one day? Yep I posted there 39 pictures in one post!! You should be proud! So leave some comment love back for me!

Oh and I forgot that I need to thank my amazing friend who's a photographer too, Michaelene Duree, for coming to help me with this session to take pictures of the first look with me (and whom I believe took the very first picture in this post!). I forgot how fun it is to shoot with someone else who's not my husband once in a while ;) It was a blast and I totally appreciated her especially as she was a trooper to hold that umbrella for me in that ridiculous snow at the end. Thanks Michaelene!

I know the season of snow is sort of gone (it is lightly snowing today), but these pictures still should be remembered. I have two more amazing groomal sessions to share with you all from last year.

Hope you all have a fabulous, and a little warmer than this, day!

Heart Day & Updated Website

Happy Valentine’s Day!! Yes, it’s midnight on Valentine’s Day, so I’ll be the first to wish it to you . . .maybe.

Because today is “Heart” day, I thought I’d share some ‘heart’-warming pictures! This fun couple took 5 minutes out of their fun, very cold, wedding day to humor me with this cheesy idea of mine. But even if it’s cheesy, I still love the way it turned out! So enjoy some of my favorites as they played with each-other’s “heart"."

My husband is always telling me that the day we met, I stole his heart without knowing it and placed it in my pocket. He was helpless since then. Well it looks like Aaron did this to Melanie’s heart too!

And even though she didn’t have a pocket on that day, she had definitely stolen his heart too :)

I wish you all a very wonderful Valentine’s Day full of love and with your special loved ones. May it also inspire you to share your love for them every other day of the year as well!

Oh yeah! Also I’m finally announcing, even though it’s been up for quite some time now, I’ve updated the wedding website!!! It took me like a month to finally get it done, so please check it out and let me know what you think! There are some amazing pictures from over a year and a half ago which finally made it up there and then some very recent ones as well! Hope you all enjoy it!

http://www.angelamariephoto.com/newweddings/

Travis & Brianne’s Magical Day

It was a brisk, very cold, but sunny December morning, and love . . . was . . . in . . . the . . .air!!! At least for Brianne and Travis . . . :)

It was such a beautiful day and I really enjoyed the experience of photographing their wedding. I always seem to be more endeared to the couples where I’ve gone from start to finish with the pictures (engagements, bridals, wedding, reception) because I’m truly able to feel of the excitement and I feel so much more apart of the day, and I feel like they are truly my friends! I couldn’t be more happy for Travis and Bri! They were so relaxed and were able to really have some fun to create some beautiful picture moments.

Their excitement was intoxicatingly wonderful for everyone!

This next picture was a funny moment. I always LOVE to do weddings of my previous brides’ friends because that means I can run into them! Melissa and Tyler are really close to Bri and Travis, and wanted a picture with them because Tyler had to run off to work. Well We’re just missing two important people to make this picture work . . . . Oops! Wrong couple! Haha!!! They ceased the moment for a funny picture!

There we go . . . the right brides with the right grooms! :)

And knowing me with my soft spot for brother/sister pictures, I loved these next two:

Sometimes I wish I could blog all of the pictures. There really were some fun moments. Like when no one was standing on the stairs, and Bri was by herself, so she posed. Then the picture of Travis’ pouty face with her laughing after she said she didn’t need him in the picture :) Haha! Then this next picture of them just being their awesome selves!

Rock it out Brianne! You’re hot!

And the guys just being themselves:

I actually really like this next one

OOh and THIS one:

“Hallelujah!”

Not exactly sure what is going on in this next one . . . . but it was funny :)

Ok, another fun moment. And only those super busy brides will have total sympathy for this (like me). This was their only “food” that whole day (besides maybe a piece of toast for breakfast). Two Big Macs were the only way to go! They were literally eating as fast as possible in between the greeting line and the rest of the program.

And of course I had a little bit of creative fun with it ;)

Bri literally gave Travis no warning for this. At one moment they were trying to figure out how to get the cake on the plate to all of the sudden cake in Travis’ face.

He was a pretty good sport :)

Haha!

The “Girls” (insert whatever they call their fun little gang of ladies ;) (what was it again Bri?) Any ways, these ladies were the bomb at Melissa’s wedding, and did not disappoint at Brianne’s! Lots and lots of fun!

The Daddy-Daughter Dance and Mother-Son Dance were so special. Brianne and her dad had some very tender moments. Here were just a few:

The grand exit!! Yeah! I remember being totally exhausted that day (the cold weather for some reason makes me all that more extra tired), but I had a huge smile on my face! The reception wrapped up nicely the whole day as well as my fun experience with these two! I am so happy for them and their marriage! I wish them all the happiness! Thank you so much Brianne and Travis for letting me be a part of this very special day in your lives!