Lauren & Comer

April 5th 2008
First Christian Church
Commerce Club

Let me say first off, if I was to have a second family, I would want to move in with the Bowens! When Lauren came over to talk with me about wedding photography she brought her mom over. When I opened the door I realized that her mother, Margie, was one of my favorite coworkers from back when I worked at REI!

On the wedding day the photography started at the Bowen's house and I just fell in love with the house. Mr. Bowen helped design and build their home. It was designed to let in lots of natural light and just felt like you had left the city. It had the feel of a mountain home but yet I was inside the perimeter. Lauren and her sister were just full of laughs and smiles! I did feel very much at home.

Lauren and Comer had a great wedding. The day started off with a masseuse hired to relax and prep the bridesmaids for an exciting day. The bridal party was the largest group I have ever seen with 11 bridesmaids and 11 groomsmen but they were all so friendly that I felt like one of the gang.

Lauren and Comer had the ability to just light each other up. I don't remember a moment when they were looking at each other without a huge grin. Their love was apparent and just filled the room. Hopefully these images can help remind everyone of the emotions felt on the day.

Congratulations Ruth and Abiy!!

I love my job! I am able to watch families start at a couple's marriage, then I get to watch families grow. I had the pleasure of photographing Ruth and Abiy's wedding in Ethiopia, and last Sunday I got to watch the excitement in their eyes over the coming birth of their first child. Ruth told me last Sunday that she was expecting to give birth today, Tuesday the 15th. I woke up today to the news that Ruth and Abiy have had their first child today, right on time! The following images are pictures I took on Sunday 2 days before Adonia was born!

Congratulations! I can't wait to meet her!
Kristi

Jamie & Patrick

March 15th
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Swan Coach House

I have known these guys since my Georgia Tech years, so for 8 years now. Patrick and Jamie have always been one of my favorite couples, so it was an absolute pleasure to be able to capture their wedding. When the night was over, even though I had been with the couple for 11 hours, I didn't want it to end. We had so much fun!

The wedding was full of emotions from lots of tears to lots of laughs. Jamie was glowing, it was beautiful. Through my edits I keep smiling and laughing. The pictures reminded me how much I enjoyed Jamie and Patrick's wedding. There were so many wonderful moments. I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed taking them!
Kristi

Nikki & Steve

Wedding
February 29th, 2008
Renaissance Atlanta Downtown

Reception
March 1st 2008
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
Egyptian Ballroom

Wow what an event, I had such a great time. Nikki and Steve's wedding truly fit their personalities. Steve is a man who always has cartoons in his pocket. I remember when I was younger I used to take notes on my hand. For the wedding Steve's hand read "I do" (his notes for the day). When he was asked, "Do you take Nikki to be your wife" Steve held his hand up and read "I do".

Nikki is one of those people who you fell lucky to know. She has a way to light up a room. I can't remember a time when I hung out with Nikki where she wasn't smiling or laughing. Both Nikki and Steve are very inspiring people and it was my pleasure to be a part of their wonderful wedding. They truly live to make others happy and laugh as much as humanly possible.

Steve wore his bright purple Converse all Stars and Nikki wore her high heals with her toe nails painted in a matching purple. They picked Leap day to get married on, marriage being the big "leap". To capture this wedding we had to do something unique and well a little playful to help capture Nikki and Steve's personality. We created the "jump studio"! I will post more about it in my next blog.

The Caleb Cam

Nikki and Steve had a brunch for their wedding at one of Atlanta's favorite restaurants, Mary Mac's (not to mention one of my favorites as well). One of their guests, 6 year old Caleb, was very curious about photography and wanted to assist me. I set up a camera for him and let him shoot for a while. What can I say, but Caleb was a natural! He got one of my favorite shots of Steve.

It is funny how people react differently with a child, and kids can get images that are very difficult for an adult to take. People will pull faces, smile, laugh and do some crazy posing. One of the images has the whole table smiling, even those in the background! The following are a few pictures from Caleb. I want to give a big thanks for the excellent assistance! Caleb you are an awesome photographer, great job and thank you!
Kristi

Julie & Henry

Sardis Methodist Church
Atlanta, Georgia

I was very excited about this wedding! Not only are Julie and Henry just lovely people, they happened to be getting married at my favorite church, Sardis Methodist. Sardis has been part of my life for well... all of it. My parents were married there, my nephew was baptized there, and I even went to Kindergarten and First grade at Atlanta International School which was (for it's first few years) in the building behind the church. I have memories of hiding under the stairs, I was a shy kid!

The wedding was beautiful as well as the reception. The reception site, the Buckhead Club, had an overview of Atlanta, and I got a great shot of the cake with a view! The room gave the feel that you were on top of Atlanta. The guests were all so nice, and happy. They hit the dance floor (I am pretty sure all of them) and didn't stop dancing till well into the night. One of my favorite moments was when Julie's daughter gave her speech to her mom. It was full of emotion and admiration; in one word it was "beautiful".

Dates

After playing with my website way too much over the last 3 days (check out the new portfolio pages on www.weddingsbykristi.com) I figured out how to make a calendar of my available dates. I have been getting lots of request for taken dates, I am hoping my new calendar might help people know when I am available. Since I don't shoot 2 weddings in a day, it is easy to see when I am taken. I haven't linked it yet to the site, but I will soon, it is getting late...

The calendar can be found here:
http://www.weddingsbykristi.com/dates/weddings.htm

Wow I am sleepy!
Night!
Kristi

Denise & David

The Wimbish House
Atlanta, Ga

In the last couple of years there has only been one day I can only remember where we have had snow that filled the sky in "Hot-lanta" and actually stuck to the ground. That day was January 19th, the same day as Denise and David’s wedding. What was more of a coincidence was that David and Denise had chosen the theme of snow for their wedding! Their cake was frosted not just with icing, but also with snowflakes made of sugar, the lights cast snowflakes on the ceiling, David had hand cut tons of paper snowflakes for the guest to hold up for their exit, and after all that mother nature wanted to add her touch by giving them a actual white wedding.

With all the kids, snow, toys, and possibly the largest bowl of M&Ms in the world, it was hard not to feel 10 years younger by just being at the wedding! Everyone seemed so happy, especially the beautiful couple. It was definitely a wedding to remember!