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Monthly Archives: May 2008

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Urban Grounds

May 28, 2008 – 6:04 pm

Urban Grounds is a coffee shop located in Decatur, Ga and they have A-mazing coffee…and yall KNOW I love some coffee. :) The owner, Tara, goes to my moms gym and she has not only lost 30+ pounds so far..shes trying to change the products her business sells to promote a super healthy lifestyle! Its great! Anywho, Tara called and wanted to set up a night shoot to grab images from her coffee shop and we were super excited to oblige…anything for the love of coffee. :) Here are some of our favorite shots and check them out on the web soon…we’ll post the address as soon as their new site is up!










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Happy Memorial Day…

May 26, 2008 – 8:50 pm

Just wanted to take the chance to say a big fat THANK YOU to all of our military men and women out there who have served and are currently serving , both here in the states and over seas. I have a personal tie to the military because we work closely with Operation: Love Reunited and because I have 3 brother in laws who were all military. 2 of them are still currently in….one is overseas right now and the other is preparing to go….and the other is out…but I just love these guys and wanted to tell them thank you over and over a million times..and thought this would be a good way to do that. We love you Ty, Shane, and Joni.. :)

Here is a picture from some kind of CRAZY back in the day of all 4 brothers together.. :) love these guys… hehehe



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Movies on the Lawn night

May 26, 2008 – 2:54 pm

Saturday was super fun and a great way to start the summer off! Relaxing with friends and watching funny movies and being outside the whole time! Here is a little bit of how it all went down…

This is Gracie…she came with our friend Derek


This is Cody….who also came with Derek…..

Cody wore off on Charlie and the next thing we all knew..it looked like we had a jail cell full of puppies! hahahha it was hilarious!


We rented an old fashion popcorn machine and it was SOOOO good…

everyone just sat out blankets and chairs and their picnics and ate and listened to music and chit chatted until it got dark…. by the time the movie was over we had around 25 ppl there…it was so fun!


These are our some of our neighbors Jessica and Sam.. :)



Anthony was SOOOOO excited about the movie starting. :) hehehe

This was how it was set up and the screen was HUGE!


And the wonderful ever glowing popcorn machine had many a visitor that night…. good times had by all. :)

Thanks everyone for coming out..we definitely plan on doing it again before the summer is out…yippie!

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Brockmann: Family

May 26, 2008 – 1:55 pm

You guys have seen Missy and Violet….especially Violet..on here a million and one times but this past weekend I went and shot a big ole family portrait for them because Violet’s great grandma was in town from Missouri. It was a super fun day filled with lots of laughing..and finished with lots of shopping so…an all around good day in my book! Here are a few of our favorites.. :)







Vi did NOT know what to think about this real grass…it was hilarious!

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bob[salon]

May 26, 2008 – 1:42 pm

Hey eveyone…alright…time to get caught up blogging…its a holiday today but if I dont get it done Im ging to be SUNK this week with a commercial shoot tonight, a head shot shoot on Thursday and a Big Ole wedding on Saturday…so…here goes! :)

A few weeks ago I went to bob[salon] to shoot a few salon shots and to grab some images of a few of there stylist…this is not everyone so w will be heading back there in a few weeks to grab the rest of the staff but I thought I would post some of my favorites from the shoot. They have been super stinkin awesome with us and we love to send clients there. Andrea from bob came and did all of the hair for our model shoot back in March and she was wonderful..she is also now MY personal hair stylist so I can speak from first hand experience..she’s awesome!!! So..if you need a new stylist or you are getting married and still havent found the one you want to do your hair…give bob a call! Amber is the office manager and make sure you tell her we sent you….

Oh..and Tonya…who owns bob…well..we might have some super fun exciting news very soon because of her..so …stay tuned..

And now, back to your regularly scheduled blog post…












p.s. we’re working on getting a new action ASAP that will take care of the image size mess..so keep baring with us..we’re workin on it! :)

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Im Lame….wah wah

May 22, 2008 – 12:22 pm

Hi everyone,

Sorry its been so long since our last post..this week has been a crazy one….I still have a few family sessions to blog and a few other things..then next month starts a long list of engagement shoots too so..I promise this hiatus will not be continual. :) This week…my main monitor blew out..so I had to go get a new one…this week I had a doctors appointment (which are NEVER fun…no matter what your going for)…and this week I haven’t slept much….but THIS weekend we are having a big ole movie night under the stars in our back yard ..so if your in Athens and want to come watch a fun movie in a fun setting..we’ve rented an old fashioned popcorn machine, so just bring a picnic and a blanket and join us!

Okay..more pictures to come tomorrow.. :)

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The Marshall’s : Family

May 17, 2008 – 3:57 pm

This is the Marshall family! They just moved to Athens from somewhere really cold…so we were super excited that the rain from the day before didnt wipe out our outdoor session! It was so nice out and by the end we were all sweating…Georgia weather is CRAZY! We had the best time and laughed and laughed and laughed the whole time we were shooting. Lily is the little one and she is scu ha fun and beautiful child! It took her a while to warm up to me with pointing my camera are her..but by the end..she was hamming it up with all smiles! I cant wait to work with these guys again!Here are some of our favs..

We headed out to Memorial Park for the shoot…with a pond…and ducks..and playgrounds, you cant beat it!




Mommy had to sneak in some sweet kisses!


And Lily was ALL SMILES when her dad would toss her in the air!



Its a little fuzzy but you can see how big that grin is!!!


Thanks Marshall Family! We had a really great time with you all and I cant wait to see you all again!

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Lyndie and James: Maternity

May 12, 2008 – 4:32 am

Everyone, meet Lyndie and James… :) Lyndie is in the home stretch of her pregnancy and we couldnt be more excited! We met up with them on Saturday evening for a super fun shoot and they came well equipped with their own ideas and a few really cool spots they had scouted out this week leading up to the shoot. The live in the super cute down of Madison, Ga. Its full of really beautiful shops, some crazy old buildings, and one of the cutest little ice cream parlors ever! Thats where we started..here are some of our favorites…

pickles and ice cream eh..??? :) yum….


This was just inside the entry way into the ice cream shop…you know we are allllll about some green and brown around here at MPP… so I couldnt help but get them in front of this wall. :) hehehe


A little dancing in the streets never hurt anyone…especially when you have a crazy photographer humming the “sanford and son” theme song trying to get you to laugh and dance…hehehehehe


beautiful mom all by herself….


with her PERFECT pregnant belly….


some snuggle time with the papa to be…



Congrats Lyndie and James!!! We couldnt be more excited for you guys and we cant wait to meet little Sadie! You can view their slide show HERE and stay tuned bloggers, Im sure she’ll make a fabulous “hello world!” appearance on here in a month…OR LESS!!!

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Why I love UPS…

May 9, 2008 – 5:41 pm

So UPS and FedEx are regular guest at my office…I see them all the time and even though typically whatever they are bringing is usually something I have ordered and I have anticipated until its arrival… today was a little different. :)

I just posted about Melissa and Dave Shinn and how stinkin fabulous they have been through this whole wedding process and how much fun we had working with them and their families leading up to their BIG DAY…well low and behold, I see the big brown van pulling in and I see a big old box from Harry and David’s…from Melissa and Dave!!!!

Inside the box is a BEAUTIFUL 4 tiered gift set with white chocolate bars, German choc. bars, peanut butter bars, lemon cookies, choc cake…mints…and PEARS..along with about a million other items.. Im totally blown away..and the wrapping was so beautiful I had to show EVERYONE!




Here’s the spread they sent…after I tore into it like a kid at Christmas! :) hehehehe


I couldnt decide who my first victim in this yummy battle would be…but I have heard a million billion amazing things about Harry and David’s pears…so… I chose this little guy to head up the front. :)


Thank you SOOOOOOO much Melissa and Dave…we love you guys and are taken back by your generosity and kindness.. :)

Its days like today and times like this when I feel like our little business is doing something right.. :)

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Melissa and Dave’s Wedding

May 5, 2008 – 7:49 pm

Last weekend we shot Melissa and Dave’s wedding and it was such a great time! I just love these two to death and I just know that their marriage is going to be a really happy one. We like those. :) From the time we got there until the time we left, everyone was so amazing to us and just had the best time! It was a really fun reception full of lots of dancing and good food (YUM!) and everything went off without missing a beat.

Whats really cool about these two is being able to physically see how much they love one another…Melissa had always dreamed of an outdoor wedding and last Saturday was a raining…mucky mess. Dave paced back and forth for the 30 minutes leading up to the ceremony hoping that the rain would hold off so that Melissa wouldn’t be disappointed…(and it did!). Seeing Dave so concerned for Melissa’s “dream” made me smile. :)

They were both so wonderful! What a fun couple… Congrats Melissa and Dave!

here are some of our fav’s

p.s. sorry for the weird sizes of these images..im having blog issues..grrrr. :)

This is my friend Malin from The Heart is Found Photography in Atlanta. She’s an awesome child and baby photographer and she was Melissa’s childhood friend…we had the best time at the wedding and this image is SOOOO Malin!


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