5.26.10 Engagement Albums in Action /  by Melanie Grizzel

Steve and I got married 4 years ago and we had all of the traditional things, cake cutting pictures, bouquet toss and a sign-in book. After 4 years of marriage when I meet someone new and we chat about wedding pictures our wedding album always comes out and I could sit and chat about our wedding and wedding photography for hours. You know what piece of wedding memorabilia that may see the light of day but once a year, at best? Our sign-in book. Our guests all dutifully signed our sign-in book and for some reason we only pull it out on our anniversary. We love all of our guests comments and when we do pull it out to reread all of their hand written notes they are all joyful memories. It's just not something we think of everyday. We wanted to make it more desirable piece of nostalgia for our couples so, we added a new product to our line up last year. The engagement/Custom designed sign-in book. We started making them last year so we just recently started seeing them in action at our weddings.
We've taken a few shots and wanted to share with you the joy that is our newest addition.
Enjoy.
Thanks for looking.
See you soon.
---mel




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Kate + Ryan Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Location: Casa Blanca 
DJ: ATXDJ ( did i mention how much I loved their music?! he had everything, including a little known song by Melanie. I highly recommend.)
I first met Kate early last year, we were out of her budget and she was ready to move on. However, she was convinced we were right and months later she called and asked frantically if the date was still available. Luckily it was, it turns out they were able to shift funds around here and there and were able to afford a high priority for them. I sure was glad they did.

They have been together for quite a while. Spending time away from each other while Kate teaches elementary school here in Austin and Ryan alternated semesters of college with internships for NASA. They finally made it to the same city and then living together, now they're married and blissful.

Their wedding was so joyous, we were thrilled to be there.
Thank you for working so hard to choose us.
Congratulations!
As always you can see more images on facebook.

---mel




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5-17-10 Maegan + Daniel Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

I met Maegan for the first time during a bridal expo 2009, and then we chatted by phone several times and at great length. I get her and know what she likes, I know Daniel is scared of the camera. Maybe not scared, just doesn't care much for it. Maegan LOVES the camera. Our first assignment together was her bridal session. Her dress is a classic piece, with a clean vintage feel, absolutely stunning. She was looking for a Film Noir, movie classic look. We put together a style sheet and shot it at Hacienda del Lago. click < here>to view it.
After those portraits, I could hardly wait to photograph Maegan and Daniel's Big Day. Their wedding was beautiful. The sunset at, Kindred Oaks in Georgetown, was perfect that day. Her colors in various shades of purple were spot on (and trendy.) Good eye. Plus the flowers fromZuzu's Petals were a perfect compliment to their wedding with their happy spring time gerbera daisies. It was a pleasure to work with them, their friends and beautiful family.
Thank you for letting us be a part of your day.
Congratulations!
As always you can view more images on facebook.
In other news... We completely updated every single picture in our favorite section on our website.
Please have a look! www.she-n-he.com 
We are going to be making an appearance @ the Weddings Unveiled show this weekend.
Sunday May 16th, 2010 3:00-5:00
800 Ramble Creek Drive
Pflugerville, Tx 78660
We hope to see you there!
take good care.
---mel






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5.11.10 Senior Lisa /  by Melanie Grizzel

I may have said it before, but I'll say it again, I just love shooting Seniors. There is so much life and excitement about the next phase of their lives and I feel privileged to be there during that brief cross-road. Plus their really open minded about what is great, they just want to look good-deal ;)
I'm a little bit bummed that Seniors are finished for this season, we'll have to wait until next season Novemberish I guess. Our seniors have been a little slow to get started. We've have had a real difficulty figuring out how to advertise to high-school seniors. We got lucky this year 1 senior found us and sent all of her friends. Thank you Gracie ;) If you find this and you know a senior who is in need of their shots, send them this way.
Thank You.
As always you can find more images on facebook. 
See you soon.
---mel






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5.8.10 People Magazine /  by Melanie Grizzel

About 4 weeks ago I was contract to go to Dallas for People Magazine for a story about Brandon Henry. I love working with People, the stories are always really meaty and relevant. So I kind of had a grasp on his story, his girlfriend 7-8 month pregnant went to Italy on vacation delivered their baby and came home and lied about being pregnant still then came upw ith some story to throw him off. 
Well he finally go down to the bottom of the story went ot Italy found his baby in a convent there and went through all of the rigamarole to claim his baby and bring him home... If you want to read the full 3 page story, buy extra groceries and read it while you wait to be checked out. 
I inititally went in concerend for him and how he would be able to cope with this, but quickly learned that he is a remarkably equipped man and a great father. It makes me excited for their futures. He has a big supportive family and you just know everything is going to be wonderful for them. We wish them all the best in the world and congratulations, Dad!
As always you can view a few more images on facebook. become a fan.
---mel






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4.28.10 Christy + Kai Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Christy and Kai threw an intimate wedding in their barn in Driftwood. They had plenty of time to create the perfect setting for their big day. Molding and forming a little day by day, I remember a conversation with Christy just a week before the wedding and she was rushing to get back to painting the barn. All their hard work paid off, the room was impeccable. They incorporated small details to marry their families. For example, Christy gathered wedding pictures from both her and Kai's family and tied them to rope and hung them through-out. They were a huge hit, all night guests made their way to the pictures to find themselves and family members. I have spoken with brides recently who were interested in using photographs for decor, you could consider this personal touch. 
Congratulations to you both we wish you all the best.
as always you can see more images on facebook.
Thanks for looking.
---mel





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4.26.10 Maegan's Bridal session /  by Melanie Grizzel

We shot Maegan's Bridal quite a long while ago and I was in love with the results since them.
She was looking for something a little film noir. So we did a lot of research to find the right imagery to make it come across well. Here was out idea board. I think our results were outstanding, and man does she wear that dress? What a beauty!
Their wedding was this weekend and as always we are a couple of weddings away still so we'll have something to post soon.
So in the mean time, a little to whet your whistle.
plus a note about our location!! This is Hacienda del Lago.  Just look at this place?! The place is amazing and picturesque but they also have the greatest staff I've had the pleasure of working with. For this particular shoot we were running later than we planned,  trying to get all of these awesome shots in and Tom the owner handed us a key and let us stay as long as we needed. You see?! the best staff in 4 counties. I'm a big fan. Thank you guys.
As always you can see more on facebook. 
Thanks for looking.
---mel





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Samantha + Scott Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Can you believe it!?
Sam is our bride from the crazy Bachelorette Party you'll be able to see more of on Off Beat Bride in a week or 2. The wedding was so perfect, exactly the way they imagined it. They married in beautiful St. Mary's Catholic Church in Brenham, Tx,  followed by an afternoon reception at Brenham's country club. Instead of a first dance, our couple competed in their first DDR dance off, they provided a Blue Bell ice cream bar, and hand-made assorted sushi out of candy for their favors. S+S started making origami cranes for their decor.  Along the way they read somewhere that 100o folded birds represents good luck. They bought paper and enlisted their friends to help them reach their goal, they considered this to be a collective good luck charm from their friends and family for their new marriage. We had such a blast with them. I hope they renew their vows next year!
As always you can find more on facebook.
Thanks for looking.
---mel






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4.16.10 Samantha's Bachelorette. /  by Melanie Grizzel

Samantha is one of our most recent brides. She's a non-traditionalist as you can plainly see. She found a big batch of heinous wedding dresses online for < $. So she got her mom, MIL, friends and bridesmaids together to have a "Let's re-imagine these ugly dresses party!" Everyone was really into, they tried-on, shredded, sewed, hot-glued and drew on the dresses. In the end the dresses, while retaining just a glimmer of their 1980's glory days, were wearable again. kind-of. After that the brave woman were dropped off on 6th street on a Saturday night wearing their creations. Sadly I missed that part. 
Thank you for looking, please enjoy.
As always you can see the rest of the images on facebook
---mel





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4.15.10 Gullahorn Family /  by Melanie Grizzel

Six months ago, or so, I was asked to donate services to a cause I believe in. So Patti bid on our offer and won our services, she wasn't sure what to do with it at first but decided that she would hold onto it until her big birthday she had coming up. So while she had her entire family in town for her birthday we shot her entire family.
It's brief glimpse into what it could be like in such a large family (3boys and 1girl) plus all of their spouses and kids (6 grandkids) and (2 great-grandparents) so in total 15? It's a strange kind  of chaos, a happy chaos, the kind of blinding nuttiness that can only come with a family this size. We wanted to take portraits of all of the family units plus the whole family and different groups and singles where there was time. It was a smashing success. 
The Gullahorn's bought a giant piece of property "out in the country" 30 some years ago and it's fun to think this is just the scene they imagined when they made this wonderful purchase. 
Thank you for looking.
Tomorrow, stay tuned for Samantha's bachelorette party.
As usual you can see more images on facebook.
---mel





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4.7.10 Katrina + Andrew Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Katrina and Andrews wedding was held a few weeks back at The Gardens of Cranesbury View. Wow, stunning location. It's a blank slate with a Tuscan sensibility, immaculate, perfect. The gardens are fantastic and and clearly a labor of love. It's built on a slight hill so it seems to open up the sky. The Collins a husband and wife team who own this treasure are the perfect addition to your perfect day, accommodating and resourceful. You really can't go wrong. If you haven't seen it, you must go. 
Katrina and Andrew. I just love you guys, look at those smiles. So perfectly matched. Enjoy your beautiful life together. I'm glad I got to be there at the beginning.
---mel
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4.1.10 Memories /  by Melanie Grizzel

While doing something completely everyday, mundane, normal, I came across an envelope with my wedding date printed on it. Which, by the way, is the same date as the flash forward, in "FlashForward." So I opened it to see what was inside, I'm sure I put it there when we moved into this house, it was a stack of wonderful pictures from our wedding day, that I couldn't be happier with. I LOVED our wedding photographer, in-fact I called him while on our engagement vacation to make sure he would do it.

The flood of memories that come racing back to me about how wonderful all of those details were that we painstakingly assembled in the course of a year. It was amazing. I will cherish these images and my memories for a lifetime. 
Word of advice, LOVE your wedding photographer, and you WILL love your images.
Happy Engagement.
---mel
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3.25.10 Boggy Creek Farm /  by Melanie Grizzel

Yesterday I wrapped up Tricia + Jonathan's wedding At  Mansion at Judges Hill, then I ran down to Kyle for the Weddings Unveiled Event. It was aquite a nice turn out considering the weather and it was a pleasure to meet all of the couples there. Thanks for coming out.
Today I am editing an editorial job for Organic Gardening Magazine that is not going to run until next year, they have to wait until the items photographed are back in season again. So I will not be able to post those until then. I can tell you I went to the East Side Cafe to do the gardening picks, wow, I was so inspired I decided to do the bulk of my produce shopping at local CSAs and farmers sales in the area, primarily Boggy Creek Farms. Last Wednesday during spring break I took my good friend and her 2 kids over there. It's satisfying telling your kids "This morning the earth grew this (enter vegetable of choice here) and someone picked it, cleaned it, I will cook and tonight you will eat it." Amazing. It feels so good to know exactly where our food comes from. Plus until 1 week ago I had never once eaten a mustard green and I wasn't a huge fan of beets, I am now. I LOVE them, they are that much better coming direct from the garden. Boggy Creek has a sale every Wednesday and Saturday, there are also chickens to look at. Wednesdays seem to be good kid parent bonding time. 






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Tricia + Jonathan Married! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Tricia + Jonathan's nuptials were graciously hosted at the Mansion at Judges Hill and fit for royalty. I have been a little obsessed with my Vintage Kennedy family portraits and I think you might see that in the lead shots here. The service was lovely and location was great but that party, THAT PARTY!!! wow! those guys can dance their little bums off! and really, really good dancing going on. I requested dance lessons after the wedding. I was politely blown off. Does that mean no? 
Please enjoy the shots from their wedding and as always there are plenty more on facebook.
Maybe this will get Tricia to join ;)
Thanks for looking.
---mel






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3.9.10 Linsey + Marcos /  by Melanie Grizzel

Linsey is a leasing agent in an apartment complex in North Austin. She first met Marcus 3 years ago when she leased him his apartment. How romantic. On their first date, she indulged in beers while he delicately partook of margaritas and it's been love ever since. They plan to marry in September and I couldn't be happier for them. They are wonderful together, they make you happy just spending time in their presence. Good luck with the rest of your planning and your big move you have coming. See you soon.
As always you can view more by becoming our fan on facebook.
---mel











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2.28.10 Brandi + Lee Married /  by Melanie Grizzel

Barr Mansion
Brandi + Lee, I am so bummed it's done. I am going to miss them so much. WE talked so much through their entire engagement. Brandi bounced ideas my way a lot and it was fun being a quiet voice in the background. I can claim credit for any of the creativity they expressed in their wedding details but I can say they looked exactly how they said they were going to look. It was so thrilling being there and seeing all of those amazing ideas take actual shape. Beautiful job you guys. You might remember Brandi and Lee from their engagement session. See how amazing they are?!
Thank you guys for everything, it was an honor to share your day with you.
All the very best, we'll miss you.
---mel
P.S. As always you can see more images on our facebook gallery.


















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3.8.10 Marie + Sean Engaged! /  by Melanie Grizzel

Marie is our intern/3rd photographer we have been working with this year, and we LOVE her. She is a ball of energy and so positive, it's magnetic. She met her fiance Sean on a plane flying from some small town in MI to another, a 45 minute flight. At the end of the flight they walked a little, had some lunch and hoped that their next flights were delayed, but they weren't. Sean took Marie's email address and dutifully emailed the minute he exited his second flight. She was so thrilled, and for 3 years the couple met back in forth in their requisite home-towns, until it was time for Sean to deploy. She moved to South Carolina to continue her education in Library Science where his "home base" would be. Then discovered Library Science just wasn't her bag so with a fully planned wedding scheduled for November of 2010 in SC, she moved to Austin to try her hand at wedding photography. Sean, on his half way point leave, came to visit with her here and now both are in love with the each other AND Austin. His time was limited, the weather was wishy-washy and our schedules barely matched up. We were finally able to make it work and here are our results.
Thank you both so much for you time and trust. I had a great time working with you.
Congratulations to you both and Sean be safe, we'll see you in about 8 months.
As always you can see more on facebook.
---mel





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