Bonnie & Chris: Wedding: Getting Ready Finale!

Now that everyone had their hair and makeup done it was time for Bonnie to finally slip into her dress. This is always fun to watch the reaction of the bride and all the girls to finally be able to see what dress she choose for her special day. I feel that picking out the wedding dress is one of the most stressful but also the most exciting part of the wedding planning.

time for one last touch up before we head out to start the couples session!

Now that Bonnie was ready to head out the door you can see the anticipation in her face as she realizes today is finally the big day. For many brides with all the stress of planning it sometimes doesn't seem like the wedding day, as they are so busy with many details, but as soon as you slip into that amazing dress it seems to all come together! Tomorrow we finally get to see the images of Bonnie & Chris together!

Bonnie & Chris: Wedding: Getting Ready!

Today we continue on with more images of Bonnie getting ready for her wedding. I try to always tell a story with the images I take and I feel these next ones really go into detail of all the small things that everyone does the day of a wedding to make it all come together... Thank goodness for family! Where would any of us be without them!!

It was time for Anthony to get some rest before the big day! Hope who is Bonnie's sister was the Creator of this masterpiece! hey it worked like a charm! Oh the power of signs! hahaha

It's always stressful the morning of the wedding but it was a different story being around Bonnie, her family and close friends. It was relaxed and a funny moment that I remember is I was asking what time it was since we had about 45 min. to get to the wedding location to start the couples session... more of those to come later!... and Bonnie was walking around like Oh yeah I better start getting dressed now uh! It totally made me laugh and it truly shows the type of personality Bonnie has! She had a smile on her face from the time I showed up at 9am until the very end of the day!

After I posted the first few images of the Bonnie & Chris wedding I received an email from Bonnie and it brought a smile to my face and so I replied asking Bonnie if I could share it on the blog and she was more that willing to let me post it so here it goes........

Danielle,

Thank you for working so hard for us!!!! I checked out the pictures and they are so amazing!! I can’t wait to see more. You made me feel so at ease and once again it was a joy to work with you!! And thank you again for all your help at my sisters. You went above and beyond there. Thank you thank you thank you! I had a blast!
Maybe some time our sons can get together for a play date when you have a free moment that would be a lot of fun.
Take care,
Bonnie

It's time to get Anthony dressed!!! You know it's going to take BOTH parents for this one!

oh no here comes the TIE!

Trying so hard to get away! But dad had to get his last shoe on! Kids are so darn cute! Stay tune for rest the images of Bonnie getting ready before we kick it off to the couples session! Way to cute....

Bonnie & Chris: Wedding: Getting Ready

On Friday July 24, 2009 Bonnie and Chris were married at the Steilacoom Bandstand and their reception was held at the Steilacoom Town Hall. With all their family and close friends they vowed to one another to be together forever. It was such a beautiful day outside and first we start off with Bonnie getting ready at her sister's house in Lakewood.....

I love to capture the small details of the wedding including getting ready. My goal is to be able to surprise the Brides with some images that they weren't aware of or maybe didn't notice. Since Bonnie was already in the chair before the lip stick came out it was neat to watch as the make-up artist took the time to set up all of her equipment in such a unique order. It's funny how every artist has their own way of doing things...

Anthony who is Bonnie & Chris's son decided he wanted to spend time with mommy so with a quick break I was able to capture this special moment. This picture just portrays the close bond that a mother and child share.

We will continue with more pictures of Bonnie getting ready for the wedding in the next few days... It was a blast to be able to capture the special moments of Bonnie and Chris's wedding. I thank you both for the wonderful experience and I can't wait to be able to show you all the images....Stay tune!!

Tyler Akin: Cheerios!

Now that Tyler is 10 months old he LOVES eating cheerios every morning! While watching him carefully choose his cheerios that he wants it was just too funny and then I thought.... I don't have any pictures of him eating his cheerios.. Everyone thinks being a photographer that you have endless photos of your children but the fact of the matter is that's not completely true... the other day I had a voice mail from my mom and she was requesting a photo session of her grandson! So here are a few new images of Tyler!

Birthday Celebration: Summer BBQ

This past weekend my husband, I and our son Tyler headed out to my brother-in-laws house to celebrate his 40th Birthday party! I was so busy most of the day and evening chasing Tyler around I wasn't able to pull out my camera until the last few hours. But I was able to catch a few images to share.....


Christina is so much fun and we always end up laughing together....
Tyler enjoying the water! This was Christina's bucket for the drinks but not for long as soon as it caught my eye I had a little bit of a different idea...



Steven posing for the camera
the food was awesome!