You are going to fall hard for this next feature. Guaranteed. Especially if you love the farm inspired weddings that we’ve featured on SMP in the past (this one and this one are my two favs).  It was sent to us by the incredible pair at more...

My girlfriend, Lisa, wrote me an email the other day that said…”is it bad that when I’m tense/cranky/panicking/whatever during the day, I look at your blog?”

I love to hear stuff like that. I love to know that people out there can come to SMP for some visual eye candy, for a little refuge of prettiness during their workday. And this next set of images fits the bill entirely. Jeremy Harwell is the...

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We’ve been chatting about men’s fashions all day and I thought that the perfect follow-up would be this incredible fashion centric e-session that one of our favorite photographers, Jeremy Harwell, shot for Wedding Soiree’s new wedding book. It’s purely gorgeous and should definitely be used as inspiration for your own perfect engagement shoot!

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Okay. This just might be the cutest engagement session EVER. It seriously wins the prize for the most adorable set of pics I’ve ever seen and I am insanely jealous that I didn’t think of the idea first. Shot by Stephan Maloman, these pics are making me very, very happy.

A perfect pink dress, a dreamy groom and four inch stiletto’s. Um, hello perfection, my name is Abby. I love, love, love this shoot and am so...

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Abby and I were both born and raised in Texas. So when we tell you about the 20 golden days of October, well…we know what we’re talking about! Both of Abby’s sisters were married in Houston, in October and we couldn’t have asked for any better weather. Impressed the heck out of all of our northern kinfolk! Almost convinced them that we don’t live in the desert … almost! And like all Texas Octobers ~  these past few weeks in Houston have been spot on with...

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If you read a little bit about Julie Afflerbaugh, you’ll know that she describes her style as artistic and spontaneous. She goes on to say, “The energy in my photographs comes from the relationship I build with my clients. Because we have fun and grow comfortable with each other, the photographs are more natural and real.” And as we’ve preached before, here at SMP, what...

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We always like to ask our brides to give us some insight into how they approached planning their wedding ~ their inspiration, their vision. Here’s what Ashaki had to say ~

The main inspiration for our wedding came from my two favorite movies, Gone With The Wind and Marie Antoinette. I made Embry watch these movies countless times while we were dating, and when he barely objected, I knew he was the man for me!!! I really wanted to have a traditional wedding,...

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I work with a TON of great photographers. Some have been around a while so their skills and perspectives are really honed, really unique. Others are new and are constantly experimenting with different style and ideas. But I don’t think that I’ve had the chance to see the same wedding or space photographed by so many different artists. It’s amazing to me that each photographer behind Jessica Claire’s...

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Jessica Claire is great for a couple of reasons. For one, she’s really good at what she does. Two, she’s really generous with her time and her knowledge. And Three, she understands how important the details are in photographing a wedding. Today we are featuring a photography workshop that she held for up and comers and industry pro’s alike, all styled by the INSANELY talented Summer Watkins of more...

You guys might remember the AMAZING photography workshop that Jessica Claire held a few weeks back. Together with some really incredible vendors, like event stylist Summer Watkins and florist Lauryl...

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