Archive for 12.2008

Merry Christmas 2008

12.27.08

The fam is just waiting for me to post our annual Christmas video. What an awesome day. All magic and love.
Click here for the video. Might need to let it download for a minute (or two) before you hit play. Worth it though :)
Goldie and I will be back in the studio next week to get ready for our big New Year’s Eve wedding, but we will have limited hours. Feel free to shoot an email or give us a call if you need anything.
Love and peace to your family.


Edie and Matt’s Wedding

12.19.08

I still have a heap of weddings to share with you, and since it’s a snow day thought I would post a good one. I had been looking forward to Matt and Edie’s wedding all year, and they threw an elegant yet super fun wedding at the First Pres. Church and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. We walked everywhere.
Here’s the slideshow and highlights of their day
www.hollyshotmywedding.com/ediematt
Edie got ready at her parent’s home (aka my dream home) and it was not only a beautiful location, but the sweetest getting ready session I’ve ever shot. While Karen was zipping up Edie’s dress she was saying that not long ago she was changing diapers ….and now her baby is a beautiful bride.
I thought I was going to lose it again when she saw her dad for the first time.

A couple of portraits from the rooftop and by the lake before they head downtown to the church

Of course the guys were hanging out at Burdick’s the whole time

We planned their


Elf Yourself Again

12.13.08

It’s that time of year when everyone logs onto the Office Depot site to make elfin fools out of themselves. This year you can choose between 4 dances and you can even download the movie or put your mug on a mug. Oh, and I should note that the baby is my lil nephew River.


Christmas Canvas Special

12.09.08

I’m going to place one more jumbo canvas order on Saturday, and wanted to offer a special to anyone that wants to get a super, thoughtful, heirloom gift for someone you love.
*** Hello men… you will score bonus points for this one***
So here’s the deal: through this Saturday December 13th you can order a canvas print at these crazy prices, and we will even GIFT WRAP it for you!
11×14 $120
16×20 $160
20×24 $200
Feel free to email or call my studio manager Goldie and she will hook you up.
goldie@hollyshotmywedding.com
269-344-5779 M-F 12-5


Christmas Card Outtakes

12.08.08

Believe it or not NONE of these award winning portraits made the Henderson family Christmas card. Corey says I have patience to shoot anyone’s family but ours. You may notice that they started clothed, but then wanted to rock out with their faded tattoos and new hats.
We did the group shots on self timer and Davis actually took the ones of Corey and I - you should have heard the boys cracking up and giving us direction like


products products everywhere

12.04.08

If you saw the studio right now you would know why I haven’t been posting weddings….We’ve been runnin like elves trying to get Christmas orders done. The UPS man (Steve) loves me I’m sure of it. Before some of the stuff flew out today, I thought I would take some snapshots of it.
Mega Canvas installations - this cute series of 3 individual canvases are of the Riker family. I shot their wedding a few years ago, and they ordered one from their maternity session (with the pets) and two from their newborn session with Emma.

*Sidenote* Speaking of preggers, here is a portrait I shot of Brooke at the last workshop. I gave it to her as a baby shower gift last week, and my bet for the baby pool is that she has that lil boy tomorrow!

One more awesome big canvas for Jen and Matt

And they had a modern album made for her mom

one of the inside layouts from the insane photo booth I set up outside

I also had to part with one of the fattest wedding albums ever for Kelene and Kyle. Literally it was 11×14, 50 pages and at least 20 pounds - that’s why UPS loves me.

Let me know if you would still like to order anything for Christmas and I will push your order through in a jif. I can still order Christmas cards through next week, and I will also be posting canvas orders almost daily. I feel like a kooky elf on caffeine.