I’ve known Brandon since I was 9 and Amber since 14 but I had no idea they knew each other! I guess you should just figure that would be the case in small towns. ) When I found them again through myspace, I was so happy to see that they were dating and now they’re getting married on March 1st – can I get a collective “aw!”? Anyway, I think they’re adorable together and we’re very excited to be a part of the formal beginning of their official life together. (Seriously, how do you define a wedding in one basic sentence?)

We started their session at Amber’s parents house in Nolensville, TN and Sean and I were drooling just a little bit over all of the cool classic cars her dad has! This truck has special significance for Amber and I love this image from Sean!

We ended the session in one of our favorite places to shoot – the back alleys of Franklin. ) I do believe we’ve started a two image trend on here so in keeping with the current theme, here’s another Sean creation. Congratulations you guys! The wedding will be here before you know it!

Also, did you notice? Our images are growing! Sean can’t stop playing with our blog so there’s more to come on that later…

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

- Mel

So as Sean was saying, Meredith and John are a blast! Meredith has this great laugh where she throws her head back and her hair blows in the wind – fabulous! )

I’m having fun with textures today…

Meredith and John, you are such warm, beautiful people! Thank you for letting us share in your wedding experience!

Have a great weekend everyone!

- Mel

It was freezing outside. None of us had much feeling in our fingers for most of the shoot–and to think, I almost didn’t wear my jacket.

Mel and I have been exploding with new ideas lately, and found ourselves all over the place, trudging through the grunge, even revisiting old locations with new eyes, trying to get what’s in our heads out to share with you. Meredith & John were fantastic, laughing and giggling the whole way. For anyone who is picturing John giggling right now, I should take a moment to stop and point out that it was John who was laughing (manly, grrr), and Meredith who was giggling.

On the flip side, they were also really good at looking like the awesomeness. For those of you who didn’t do so the first time around, please re-read “the awesomeness” in a Zoolander voice. Ok, moving along.

There are so many from this shoot that I’m really excited about posting–but this one really grabbed my eye–the lines, the light, the color–I had to put it up.

Because they were having such a good time throughout the freezingness, Mel and I both thought that we should post one of those images too. So we’re going to.

Tomorrow

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. At one point, we ended up on the roof of the parking garage. As the doors to to the elevator opened, we were greeted by some kids making out <<insert funky music, here>>. Good hiding spot from their moms, I suppose. I mean, who in their right mind is going to go on the 5th floor of an open parking garage when it’s freezing and windy outside, right?

Well, after we burst onto the scene and started shooting like mad, they quickly ran off to a new hiding place. I never would have found them… had I not looked towards the other side of the parking garage. What was the point of that story?

I needed an interesting title for this blog post.

Talk to you tomorrow!

At 4am on New Year’s day, Sean and I were still working.  At 11:58pm Sean had said, “we can’t be sitting in front of the computers when the New Year rolls around” so we walked downstairs and watched the clock turn over to 2008.  We then went back upstairs to work until we couldn’t hold our own heads up anymore.  Something has got to give.

2007 was wonderful to us!  We were so privileged to work with many, many wonderful clients!  We saw our business explode in many fantastic ways, and we feel like we made several breakthroughs in our art.  It was a very rewarding year!  It was also more crazy-busy than we could have even remotely anticipated.  We found ourselves throwing every last ounce of energy we had at our work - devoting everything, including the hours we should have been sleeping, to staying on top of things.  As you can imagine, with all of the sudden advances in our careers, our personal life took a serious hit and the business itself grew a bit too large to manage in the way we would like.  That’s why we’ve made the decision to scale back in a major way this year regarding the number of weddings we accept. 

We are cutting the number of wedding commissions we will accept in half so that we can recover some personal time and give greater individual attention to our clients.  As of today, we have 3 spots left and we will then close wedding bookings for the year.  We’re really excited about all of the opportunities this will open up for us to take McLellan Studio to the next level and provide greater creativity and client care!  We’re also excited about the prospect of seeing our friends and family again this year and maybe even making a little time for each other! ) 

On a side note, if you’re another couple who works together, we encourage you to make sure you’re recognizing the difference between being in each other’s presence and actually spending time together!  I feel like that’s a constant struggle when you’re both as passionately focused on the same career objectives like Sean and I are.  We are together every day, all day long and that’s so deceptive.  Even though we’re side by side in this little office, we rarely truly see each other because we’re constantly busy with the to-do list.  Make time to really spend time with those you love.  That’s my two cents and my personal goal for 2008! )

 Thank you so much to everyone who has been a part of our life for the past year!  You’ve made craziness exciting and enjoyable!  We can’t wait to see what the coming year holds and who will be a part of it!

 Have a wonderful day guys!

 - Mel   

We had an absolute blast on Monday with Lacey & Dave!  It was pretty much awesomeness and a half.  Can’t wait to shoot their wedding!  There are tons that I’m super happy with and I really want to share, but I’ve got to just pick one for now…

And by one…  I mean two.

Because I couldn’t stop myself from posting another–plus, we’ve had several posts in a row without any “real” photos!

Which one is your favorite?