Megan and John Mark

So far this year I know I've made over 30,000 photographs as do most photographers, but these few images are probably the nearest and dearest to my heart. These images are of my little brother and his beautiful fiance. I'm so excited he has found someone to spend the rest of his life with and I was super stoked when they asked me if I would do the photography for their wedding. What more could a big sister want?! These two lovebirds live in the great city of New Orleans and I live in SC so over Thanksgiving when they were in SC we headed out to Clemson University's campus where JM and I went for our undergrad. It was great walking around campus together and reminiscing about our time there as college students. :)

JM and I are only 18 months a part so growing up we've always been tight. Megan brings a nice chemistry to their relationship and our whole family. She is of course stunning, but more than that she is grounded, smart, and always calm (something I could learn from fo sho!)

I love you both and can't wait to be with you on your big day. :) much love, Olivia

Beach Trip with the Gambles

Ok, this post is WAY overdue. I went to the beach with my girlfriend Carrie back in October and I'm just now posting these. Yes, I'm a horrible friend. I'll explain a little... Carrie invited me down to the beach to be her guest for the family vacation and since I now work from home full time it seemed perfect to me. Can you really beat having a laptop, beach, good food, and friends?! Heck no!! So here are a few from our walk on the beach and some from our boat ride out to the Charleston Harbor. Matt wants to blow that palmetto tree one up real huge for the house. I like it. :)

Welcome Bigger Images

It's been bothering me for some time that I could not post larger images on my blog. I would see other photographer's blogs and get REAL annoyed that I couldn't do the same. Let's face it, I'm not formally trained in web design and graphics so it's been my reaching out to other VERY gracious photographers that have helped me get this to finally look the way I want. Of course, knowing me I'll change it again real soon. HA! You'll notice I also figured out how to watermark my images and this has been a huge issue as well. You'd think I'd never worked with a computer before. I've been so focused on learning the camera and figuring out how I want the image to look before I click the shutter that I've neglected other areas of my biz. So yeah, this is super good news for me and I hope you enjoy better quality and larger images.

Thanks to all my fellow photographers who have helped me with this. You have saved me much dinero and time. I won't list your names for fear your phone would ring to death. LOL

See below for a post with larger images and watermark.

Cheers!

Molly and Bryan

Here are a few favorites from Molly and Bryan's wedding on November 15th. Yes, I realize I'm a little behind. I think Thanksgiving and all the turkey went to my head. Anyway, I'm back on target and I really wanted to get these posted today. :)

Let me start by saying just how much I adore these two. Molly is absolutely beautiful. Love the eyes!! Bryan has a great smile and the two of them together is too sweet. I really enjoyed this one and it was super fun to shoot. Thanks guys and best wishes!!

Olivia

The Yarborough Family

Here are my favorites from my shoot with the Yarborough's. I did a shoot for them last fall so it was super nice to see them again and see how big Hunter has gotten. Let me say that he is all boy and it's wonderful. I had to be really quick to catch all his sudden adorable movements (like this first image). This will probably be the only time in his young life that he'll be allowed to climb on the furniture. HA!

Thanks guys, it was great! :)
Olivia

Shay at 18 weeks!

Here are a few favorites from my session with Shay. Gosh he's adorable. I really wanted to grab him and squeeze him, but sadly I was behind the camera as usual. :) I just dig the "I (heart) mom" tank. Too funny! And all that hair...oh I love it! Ok, I'll stop. Anyway, this is Shay's first Christmas photo so hopefully it will be something the family will always remember. :)

Rachel and Jeff

Here are a few of my favorites from my eSession with Rachel and Jeff. I gotta say I really enjoyed this one. Of course I enjoy them all, but this one was cool because it challenged me so much. Here, let me explain. One of the first things I do when I chat with couples is try to get a sense of their passions, hobbies, and really whatever makes them tick. So anyway, when Rachel told me that Jeff was the basketball coach at Anderson College, a light bulb went off. I told her I really wanted to do some shots in a gym. Ok so if you've ever been in a gym then you know it is not exciting to look at so I had to turn up the creative juices with lighting and posing to make this work. Overall I'm very pleased with it. :)

I'd also like to give an honorable mention to the graffiti shot of the robot. I was not super excited when I got this off the camera, but as I began to play with it I really liked it. It's just fun to me.

Thanks Rachel and Jeff. You guys rock.

Best wishes to you both,
Olivia