I LOVE The Wedding Bell.…they are an amazing little bridal shop in Lansing (they’re on my vendor list)….and they are having a contest that you should know about!! Here’s the scoop!

**Purchase your wedding gown from The Wedding Bell from March 17-April 10, 2010 to
be entered in a drawing to receive your wedding gown FREE. At 5:00 p.m. on April 10th,
The Wedding Bell will hold a drawing to determine the winner. The winner will be
refunded the purchase price of their dress, up to $1,800!

March 17th-April 10th – Drawing at 5:00 p.m on April 10th.
Video of the drawing will be posted on our Facebook page immediately after the drawing
to announce the winner!
This is your chance! Estimated odds of winning are better than 1 in 30!

Call (517) 349-0060 or email theweddingbell@yahoo.com for your appointment or to
check and see if we can order the gown of your dreams

The Wedding Bell
5100 Marsh Road
Okemos, MI 48864
www.theweddingbell.net

A few more reasons to love the wedding bell…

1. Every Wedding Bell Bride has the option to have her bridal
gown given a final steam and the opportunity to pick up days or
hours before the wedding. (at no additional cost)

2. Their brides receive discounts on their bridal parties attire.

3. Thier Brides have the option to store their gown at our store until
the day of the wedding.

4. Alterations can be done on-site so you don’t have to drag your
gown to another location.

Here is one of my brides who got her dress from them…and it was the first one she tried on!

Not that I don’t love Grand Rapids- I do…but when you’re looking for different places to shoot and the per capita of photographers here…well, that doesn’t leave much! So Chicago – as well as many other cities…put me into visual overload and I love every minute of it! So when Kristen wanted a Trash the Dress session…(aka-”you spent way to damn much on that dress to only wear it once” session I immediately volunteered to shoot in Chicago where she lives!! You can see we found fabulous locations and yummy light ….an afternoon of perfecta for Kristen’s dynamite modeling skillz….enjoy a taste of my favorites ~

ps…you CAN’T miss all her fabulous shoes….even on the taxi!

Here is her SLIDESHOW **CLICK HERE**

So, I did post this a few days ago…but my blog was acting up and deleted it?! These are a sampling of the great time I had shooting at my workshops last weekend at the new studio!!! I had so much fun meeting all of you and know you all walked away with a little more knowledge and inspiration! Because these workshops are so popular – and already have inquiries for the next one – I have one more planned this year and will not have another until spring.

The next will be *basic* November 6th @ 2-7p and *advanced* november 7th @9-6p sign up is on the blog, under payments!

**On another note — I have been asked by a few to do “portfolio” workshops, or trash the dress workshops….so I would like to present the idea and see what serious interest I have. Here’s the deal – it would be similar to the video on my wedding site. We would have 5 brides (real & models), professional bobbi brown make-up & hair, and as always – fabulous *sometimes risky* locations to shoot, with guaranteed individual time with each model. I will arrange everything, you just show up and shoot! Why? **these are my favorite! Cost ~ $350 *max 7 photogs – no exceptions – *this will need to be paid at the time of sign up – I will not save spots….Sign up is not available yet – but I would like you to email me if you’re interested….and we’ll go from there. Possible dates are September 27th or October 18th *I always do these on sunday because most places I would like to shoot are not being used.

Oh what fun!! I met Justin and RyAnn at Ben & Abby’s wedding in August last year…and Justin secretly hired me to shoot their NY Eve wedding, even though they had already booked a photographer, and politely asked for their deposit back….gotta love the love! We had breakfast at Wolfgangs when they came into town, and I had such a blast with all their friends and family at their wedding, and then this spectacular fun afternoon with grungy lovliness…thanks so much!

Here are a few of my faves and a link to **slideshow** …music just makes it more fun!

I have soooo many ideas circulating with newborns!!! I need your help finding babies 10 days old or younger. I am looking for dark skinned babies too! (with lots of hair hopefully!) Please let me know if you know ANYONE who has a new baby and is patient! I am looking to shoot these anytime in the next two weeks, during the day at my studio or in their home if they have enough light. I can’t wait to try out some new things!

forgot to add **there is no session fee! …and prints will be available at my normal portrait pricing!

Tattooed Brides….I want a woman with a ton of tattoos and / or sleeves…..and I will find her a wedding dress! Please let me know if you know anybody! Thanks!

….and I leave you with a few new marketing pieces that have developed from the new logo and tagline~ it’s been kind of fun! The first one is the front of the card….and then all the different variations are below. Fun Fun! I am loving it!