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Finally! The big day! A little hot, a little sunny...ok, maybe a lot hot, and a lot sunny, but it was a day worth fighting the elements. Kyle and Ashley have become good friends of ours over the last several months....so this was icing on the cake to be their photographers.



How cute is this!

This is....um...Kyle's sexy dance...I think...haha

Did I mention Kyle is an artist? Take note of "America's Most Wanted" guy on the left. :)

I think these were happy tears. Ashley was sick and fighting an upset stomach ALL day, but she was also very happy and anxious to become Mrs. Lackey.



Not to brag...but, yeah...WOW! How awesome is the shot?!!! Taken under the dreaded flourecent lighting, but it turned out to be my absolute favorite shot of Ashley.

Go time...this was right before the ceremony started.

Scene: Ashley leaves dressing room to walk down isle. Exit scene.

Daddy walking her to her Groom. ...there were tears...guess from who. :)





Matt grabbed this shot while I was setting everyone up. Nicely done.





When ya gotta go, ya gotta go...



Soooo, I had to climb up on this crazy concrete thing for this shot...but because the sun was beating down on one side, I had to scoot around all the way. Ever so graceful.

Documentation of it, thanks to Kyle. Which, by the way, the next day I discovered the back of my legs were covered in bruises. I know two newlyweds who better love these shots.







Since Kyle is such a film fanatic, and a fabulous videographer, he got the idea a while back to recreate movie posters for his reception. Took some time to and effort to get the details and pull it off...but I was pretty impressed when I saw them all hanging up around the reception room. Pretty Sweet!

First Dance as Mr. & Mrs. Lackey.

Time to party...







Thriller. I would expect nothing less at Kyle's reception. If Ashley would have been feeling better, I would have totally made it my mission to get her to moon-walk. She does it perfect!





Last shot to share is of a naughty little flower girl. Hahaha.. I look over at one point and Niki is sitting by Matt looking gloomy. I asked what was wrong and Matt said she was in time-out. Apparently (which I missed), Matt looked over and discovered Niki was table dancing. Yes. She climbed up on a formally decorated table and was boogieing down. I swear she didn't learn that from me. :)

Right now, Kyle and Ashley are in California on their honeymoon, but I want to give them a shout out. Congratulations on getting hitched!
Here's a few little movie clips that I thought were interesting and wanted to share.

Kyle and Ashley get Married... from Christine May on Vimeo.

This weekend was packed with fun and excitement as two of our friends got hitched. A while back, Ashley and Kyle had asked if Niki could be the flower girl....to which I bit my lip and said yes. Wasn't sure how my 5-yr-old-super-duper-hyper child would act...afraid to be known as the parent of THAT kid. ...but at the rehearsal, all went well. She presented herself as quite the little professional flower girl. I'm thinking I should start adding her services to my business. haha

Anyway, here's some fun shots from the rehearsal dinner. These first ones are of Kyle and his newest baby. It's not a Canon, but it's super cool (did I just say that?). The camera itself is waterproof. Neat.



So...after a while...Niki started getting a little crazy...as demonstrated in this pic. I played the "emergency" card and do what I always do to help keep her focused and productive....I give her my point-n-shoot. It's become less of a camera to me, and more of a toy to her. Whatever keeps her busy...

Check out her nails...I did that. :)

...ok, the camera calms her a little, but she's still crazy. Here is her attacking Kyle's sister. Notice how close she likes to snap people.

Here's a few of Niki's shots.

It was overdue...finally got a chance to go have another lunch-n-shoot. This time the location was Westport and I had some extra company. With me at the Westport Photographer's playground was Sarah Rimel, Christina Sandberg, and Anneka Clock. After a delicious lunch at McCoy's, we ventured out and about to play for a bit. I can't tell you how refreshing and needed it is to get out once and a while and shoot without an agenda. No pressure, no expectations...just a camera and your eye. Glorious!

I went through phases at the computer. The first grouping was just natural images. Basically, how I saw it.

This second set was a mixture of black n whites and vivid color. A little bit raw and grunge to emphasis the liveliness.



This last set was a little contrast meets vintage. Kinda how I felt at the moment.

I had a really gooooood time and can't wait till the next one. It was just what I needed.