A client was recently married in July but her photographer had not taken shots of items such as her wedding favors, jewelry, tiara, program. I went to her home with camera and background materials in hand and set up shots of these items for use in her wedding scrapbook. She was very pleased with the results and so was I… see for yourself!

Yale Street Market this month was a lot of fun, although we started off a bit wet! The rain stopped eventually and we were happy to see so many great people! Thanks for stopping by if you were one of them!

We’ve now started spotting the Weddings in Houston magazine on store shelves with our ad in the photography section! The ad went to print back in mid-May, and then in mid-June I made the difficult decision to move the wedding & portrait information over to my new site at ChristineTremoulet.com. Difficult mainly because of the ad! In the long run, I think it will be the right choice - so if you’re here because of WiH, go check out the wedding goodness over there!

And if you spot the latest issue on the shelf, be sure to check it out!

Dubbed “The Blogger Wedding of the Year! ™”, the wedding of Jim & Leia was a beautiful, intimate affair held in the backyard of their home in Dallas, Texas. They invited a small core of family and out of town guests to the ceremony, and then for the reception they opened their house and had a great big PARTY! From the toasting beer mugs to the chocolate fountain, fun was had by everyone that was there. Oh! And there were cupcakes, with goodies to decorate them with! The weather threatened all day long to rain them out and force us all indoors, but the tent went up early, the weather cleared up for us, and aside from the slightly soggy ground which liked to eat the high-heeled shoes, it was a lovely day.

Ah, good times, good times. It was such an honor to be asked by Jim & Leia to share in and capture this very special day in their life! And as an added perk, a huge box showed up from Amazon yesterday with my very own chocolate fountain! How cool is that? Now I just need to figure out where to get one of those cool blow-up microphones. Then our party set-up will be complete!

I realized that I never shared these photos here, even though they were posted on my personal site.

Back in early April, I made a quick trip down to Galveston to take shots for my friend Shelley’s storytelling website. While we were up on the rooftop of the Tremont, I spotted this cute couple on the other side. The light was so wonderful up there at sunset, I couldn’t resist snapping a photo of them earlier as they sat by the railing, enjoying the great weather we were having.

As I was switching memory cards, I heard her … Crying? Squealing? Laughing? All of the above? I’m not really sure. It was enough to make me turn around though and start snapping more photos of them. The above photo is the first one that I caught. I then walked closer to Shelley & told her that I thought he had just proposed.

We both got a bit teary. Yeah, I’m a sap like that. As soon as we had a chance, we called out to them and asked if he had just proposed. When she said yes, and that he had totally surprised her, we then told them that I had taken photos of them seconds after it happened.

It was a happy twist of fate.

We all exchanged business cards, he immediately asked about buying prints, and she asked if he had planned the fact that I was there too. (Not sure what else he had surprised her with!) I told her he had not - but I am still so thrilled that I was there!

A week later, we got together for a planned engagement photo session at Eleanor Tinsley Park, just outside of downtown Houston along Allen Parkway. They were such a fun couple to work with, and I loved the skyline photograph so much that I used it in the print ad we will have coming up soon in the Weddings in Houston magazine!

Their wedding is planned for September, back at the Tremont in Galveston. It is the same place where I had my wedding reception - I just love that place! Such a neat historic hotel, and a great place for a destination wedding! (Ok, maybe not a destination wedding to those of us that live just north of Galveston in Houston, but they offer great destination wedding planning services, so they still count!)

While I hate the name of it, I seriously want to find someone that is willing to participate in a Trash the Dress photo shoot! Come on … you can’t tell me you’re really going to ever wear the dress again. Plus most of the things we would consider doing can easily be handled by a drycleaner when we’re done.

So? Anyone game? Road trip to the beach to frolic in the sand? A city setting where we play in the streets, or splash in a fountain? Anyone?

Update - July 10th, 2007 - the first THREE clients to come to me to book a trash the dress session will get the session for FREE! All you have to pay for is the prints you choose to order. Interested? Contact me through the new wedding photography site!