Thursday, July 16, 2015

I'm back!!

Oh my goodness, it's great to be back doing floral!! It's one of the positive things about being back in my hometown! I mean, it's great being back in good old PG but the main reason we're here is to be close to my family while my other half is overseas, so being busy back at my old job of 3 1/2 years ago makes filling my time easy and fun :) 

I've been back at Sleepy Ridge for almost 3 months!! So I've got a lot of portfolio updating to do!! My first day back involved cake flowers...

 

and about a dozen of these beauties...




The next wedding we did was a little different being that you don't see tons of pinecones in summer decor :) But the line flowers had a fun woodland feel.





I love making bridesmaid bouquets!! And the champagne colored roses added a pretty touch to these...





This next wedding was so soft and romantic!! With accents of pearls and candles on the tables, it was gorgeous!






The next wedding was affectionately called "The Hippie Wedding" :) Sunflowers, and bright flower power style...I wish I had be able to get a picture of the tie dye and Mexican blanket decor.






This fun piece was done for a photo backdrop! I really had fun doing this piece and I LOVE the ombre feel...


I love when brides have little touches that aren't always seen...the thistle in this wedding was my favorite! (Ptobably because I had it in my wedding ;) )


I also love floral that uses many different textures. This wedding used astilbe, babies breath, and seeded eucalyptus among others for some gorgeous variety...






This next piece was especially fun for me to do. My grandparents recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and my grandpa secretly asked me to do an arrangement for my grandma! He even came down to pick up the flowers with me. It was so fun to surprise my grandma and be part of such a big milestone for them and my family :) 


Hopefully I can be better at documenting my floral projects while I'm here and back at doing what I love! 

Sunday, August 4, 2013

WPPI Part 2

I know it's been a few months, but I did get more pictures from some other photographers that participated in the last shoot that I helped with. The following are from Lindsay Vallas Photography from Mississippi: 







These are from Lauren and Shane Hopkins from Mozi Photography in San Diego, California:





Lauren and Shane also took a few of Jon and I. This is one of my favorites :)


I think my favorite part about doing this shoot was being able to compare all the photographers work and their different points of views of the same set-up. It's so cool to see the different perspectives on angles, lighting, and editing. 



Sunday, April 7, 2013

WPPI

On March 3rd, I was asked by my good friend, Kelli West, to do some flowers for a photo shoot that a group of photographers were putting together for the WPPI expo here in Las Vegas. This conference attracts photographers from all over the world who take classes from photography leaders, learn about new products, and learn how to build their business. Anyways, I was recruited to work with a group of about 20 (give or take) photographers from all over the country as they put together a photo shoot to go along with everything else they learned at the expo. My husband and I were able to go help set up for the shoot and stick around to watch the magic happen! Here I've posted some of my favorite pictures that came out of the event (that also showcase my flowers! :) 

The first shoot was of Amanda Runge in a 70s style shoot. There was an awesome chevelle and a pretty sweet 70s set up. I did the head piece :) These are a few of my favorite shots:
Bensten Photography
Bensten Photography
Bensten Photography
Bensten Photography
Leah Sealy Photography
Lauren Casto Photography
Jennifer Miller Photography

 The next shoot was a "bride and groom", Lauren Miller and Logan Vickery posing for bridals for which I made a bouquet. These were some of my favorite shots of that:

Bensten Photography
Bensten Photography
Jennifer Maesen Photography
Danny K Photography
Danny K Photography
Brittany Meng Photography

Kelli West Photography
Kelli West Photography


The next set up was a wedding set-up as well. It was a dinner set up with another "bride and groom" couple, Matthew and Maygen Brockway. There were some really great shots of that as well.

Danny K Photography
Brittany Meng Photography
Jennifer Miller Photography

Kelli West Photography
Kelli West photography
Kelli West Photography
Bensten Photography
Bensten Photography

Jennifer Maesen Photography
I do want to thank Kelli for thinking of me and inviting me to be part of this awesome event! I had so much fun and met some really great people! Below are some links for some of the other vendors and all the photographers that have posted pictures so far. Enjoy! 

Vendors:
Table Scape: St. George Party Rentals
Makeup: Nikky Styles
Hair: Styles by Des and Gabby
Paper Details: Bensten Photography and Design

Photographers:
Bensten Photography
Leah Sealy Photography
Lauren Casto Photography
Jennifer Miller Photography
Jennifer Maesen Photography
Danny K Photography
Brittany Meng Photography
Kelli West Photography