Just Awesome Monday | Fathers Day

6.17.13

Happy Monday everyone!  We hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and spoiled their daddies for Father’s Day!  My family just had a nice, relaxing dinner together filled with lots of laughs.  Those are the best kinds of dinners!!!  Also, it’s been so amazing to see many of our couples posting up photographs from their wedding day of them and their fathers.  It’s a great reminder to us just how important our job is.  We are so blessed to be able to spend one of the happiest days of a couple’s lives and see how their closest family and friends come together to celebrate with them.  So today’s Just Awesome Monday is dedicated to all the amazing fathers out there, ours included!  -J

 

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Styled Shoot | A Labor of Love

6.14.13

Happy Friday!

Jen and I have a random Saturday off tomorrow and quite frankly I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself! J and I are thinking of going to the farmer’s market and stopping by our favorite local brewery! Seriously, Saturdays without weddings in the middle of busy season are a gift I don’t take lightly, but then I also end up feeling super restless and bored. I need to learn how to relax!

This week was, in a nutshell – CUH-RAZY! It felt like there was so much going on and not enough hours in the day, but the biggest accomplishment of the week is that we successfully pulled together our first Styled Shoot! It’s crazy to me that after being in business this long and also getting to be a part of CreativeLIVE with Jasmine ON Styled Shoots that this is the first time we actually sat down to make one happen. I always love looking at my photographer friend’s pages and seeing what shoots they’ve been a part of, but I was itching to do my own. Something that was 100% US.

So, the Jen + Ashley Styled Shoot was born. What became a quick idea to do a Styled Shoot based around our brand (HUGE thanks to Ravyn at Three Fifteen Design for the idea), turned into a super fun and styled shoot that went beyond what we could ever have imagined. And yes, it was definitely a labor of love with a few tears and of course, last minute DIYs, but I could not be more happy with how it all came together.

We can’t share much from this shoot yet, but I wanted to share a quick peek to send you off into the weekend! Cooper is looking mighty handsome in that bowtie if I do say so myself! – A

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June 14, 2013 - 10:40 am

Katie - Can’t wait to see more!!!!!

Nicole + Charles | Virginia Beach Proposal Photographers

6.12.13

It all started with a fake groupon for a “sunrise dolphin cruise”. Charles contacted me about the surprise proposal he was planning for his girlfriend Nicole and how he had chartered a boat to take her out to on the water and right when the sun started to appear, he would ask her to be his forever. He wanted to know if I would be down for riding on the “sunrise dolphin cruise” with them and documenting the whole thing. I was all, UM YES SUNRISE BOAT RIDE!!, and the plans were set! The week leading up the proposal was a little shaky as Tropical Storm Andrea threatened to totally cancel our plans, but the weather was on our side and even though it was a little cloudy, everything was still absolutely perfect. I brought Jeremy along so I wouldn’t look like the random creepy person who takes sunrise dolphin cruises all alone with her camera, and we had SO much fun pretending to take pics of the scenery when really I was adjusting my settings knowing that it was about to happen! I was SO excited to meet these two and SO thankful I was there to document this absolutely sweet and perfect proposal!

Nicole + Charles – I hope the first few days of engagement have been as wonderful as you guys are. We are SO EXCITED for you, and honored we got to be there to witness it! – A

Making the phone calls! Nicole’s whole family knew the proposal was happening that morning and they were all ready to help them celebrate!

 

Once we were back on dry land, you know I had to snap a pic of this STUNNER of a ring – Charles, you did GOOD!

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June 14, 2013 - 12:46 am

Amanda Truth - Oh my gracious Ashley STOPIT!!! They are so adorable and that’s literally the best proposal idea I’ve ever heard!! Congratulations you guys!!!

June 13, 2013 - 10:02 am

Nicole - I keep looking at these pictures!! I love them. Thank you SOO much, you captured the moment perfectly!!

June 12, 2013 - 11:31 pm

Katie Nesbitt - Love the thought and attention to detail the groom put into putting together the proposal! That is just so sweet!! Worked out great she had her nails done! Haha:)

June 12, 2013 - 5:46 pm

Annamarie - This is SOO perfect!! Loved the idea he had to surprise her!! So sweet :)

June 12, 2013 - 2:40 pm

Laura - You definitely caught the surprise and happiness of the moment! Beautiful sunset images too!

June 12, 2013 - 2:20 pm

Brea - Awwwww I want to shoot a proposal so badly. What an amazing way to remember such a special moment! I love the sunset ones.

June 12, 2013 - 11:11 am

Abby Grace - SO SWEET the lengths he went to surprise her!! This is awesome!

June 12, 2013 - 11:04 am

tPoz - surprise proposals – MY FAVE!! This one had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading – sunrise dolphin cruise!? He’s seriously creative!! So did you see any dolphins!?

June 12, 2013 - 10:41 am

Karen Allen - LOVE that he got a fake groupon! This is so fun, and even with the clouds, that sunrise is stunning. I absolutely love her smile…seriously, I don’t think it could get any bigger! Gorgeous job!

June 12, 2013 - 10:40 am

Jackie Phillips - Love that he proposed to her on a boat! A couple after my own heart! So cute!

June 12, 2013 - 9:56 am

Emilia Jane - Love it!! This is so fun :-D