Sorrell - Tinklepaugh

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Melissa and her bridesmaids, mother, and mother-in-law hung out in McPherson at Creative Hairlines to they get their hair and make-up done before heading to First Congregational Church in Hutchinson, Kansas. Melissa's beautician had done her hair for a long time and gave Melissa a gift consisting of a special mixed foundation.



While Tyffany and Netanya were documenting the ladies in McPherson Jeff was documenting Brian and the guys at Craig Allen's, a men's salon. Brian had his face wrapped in a hot towel, nails done and smoked a cigar in the cigar lounge with his future father-in-law, Greg. As the ladies arrived at the church they got to see their bouquets that included red Hawaiian Anthuriums as the main focus with a splash of lime green foliage. Melissa got ready in the same bride's room as her mom had exactly 34 years to the day of Melissa's wedding day.



Melissa had a beautiful Maggie Sottero wedding dress with cap sleeves and a floor length veil. The bridesmaids wore red strapless dresses with red and white polka dotted Betty Boop shoes. When we traveled to Kansas City to do Melissa and Brian's engagement session they invited us into their apartment and it was evident that Melissa loves Betty Boop so it was a bonus to find such shoes for her 6 bridesmaids to wear. Before the ceremony Melissa had some socks that said "Cold Feet" and she wanted to be sure she had a fun picture with them. Netanya and Tyffany had her go into the chapel, near the bride's room, and sit backwards in the pew with her feet propped up over the pew and shot back against the cross in the background. It made for a cute shot as you will see in the debut. Pastor Richard traveled from Colorado Springs to marry Melissa and Brian. Pastor Richard was Melissa's pastor as she was a little girl growing up and so Melissa was very honored to have him come perform the ceremony. After the wedding Melissa and Brian ushered their guests out of the pews before coming back to the front of the church for more pictures of the two of them, family and wedding party. Then it was time to head to Prairie Dunes Country Club for the reception.



We were able to grab a few pics of Melissa and Brian and the wedding party on the greens. The reception was absolutely gorgeous for guests to gather and have quite the fun time. The groom's cake consisted of a mountain and toy Jeeps amongst a forest of trees. It was definitely a surprise to guests when the DJ started playing "I'm too Sexy" and Melissa's dad, brother and friend started dancing taking their tuxedo coats off to reveal that they had white collared shirts with wild patterned sleeves underneath. It was one of many highlights that occurred. Before the end of the reception it was time for Brian to cut his groom's cake, the Best man even helped.



The newleyweds fed each-other smearing icing all over each other's faces. Brian knew then it would make for a great kiss with his new bride. He ran over and kissed Melissa sharing some of the icing that was on his face. Before leaving we had the chance to say, "See you in a month," to one of our future brides that was Melissa's maid-of-honor, Becky, who is getting married August 3, 2007.

We want to say that we had an absolute blast of a time and can't wait to see you guys again soon at Becky's wedding. And if things get sad or troubled just remember the turtle story. We love you guys and you are great!

Pugh-Kleiber wedding

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Today started with Ashley getting her hair done 9 a.m. at Progressions Salon & Day Spa with her mom, six of her bridesmaids, and a friend who was a reader during the ceremony. Then they all piled into a white van to travel to the East side of town where they all got their make-up done. Once they arrived at Dillard's they all split up and went to different make-up counters. Ashley got hers done at the MAC Counter and others were at either the Clinique, Origins, or Prescriptives Counters. Then a little before noon we headed to the church where Adam arrived to get ready and Ashley showed up shortly after. As I waited I had a little time to grab a few shots of Ashley's beautiful, timeless dress she found at Reni's Bridal Boutique. As Ashley came in the bridal parlor a gift from Adam awaited her in a long skinny black jewelry box. It was a bracelet made of pearls with diamonds as the clasps he had picked out from Zales. Ashley's gift to Adam was a silver money clip from Tiffany's with his initials engraved on it.

Ashley and Adam's colors were bright red and lime green and their flowers were green Hydrangeas and orchids.

The ceremony was gorgeous with a foam backed white runner that lined the long aisle. Before guests were seated the runner was pinned in place and red and white petals were evenly dropped on either side of the runner.

Ashley's dad, Dave, escorted her down the aisle to give her away to Adam. Adam was all smiles to see his absolutely stunning bride for the first time. After the ceremony guests were handed a handful of white rose petals to shower over the couple as they headed through the parted sea of people to the white stretched Excursion limousine. The couple drove around the block and came back for more pictures with family and the two of them. Before heading to the reception they wanted pictures in a park and with urban brick buildings. We went to a park in Old Town to shoot and down an alley for some fun shots. Then one shot that Ashley definitely knew she wanted was the bridal party lined up walking towards the camera in the street. We were able to get out in the middle of Douglas street when cars weren't coming. When we came to the intersection the light turned green but we kept walking and they laughed and had a great time. This made for some really cool shots and probably got some laughs and smiles for the people in the cars as they waited. After the photo session it was time to head to the reception that was held at Adam's parents house in the country near Hillsboro, Kansas.

Everyone gathered under a huge white tent that overlooked a beautiful pond. As the evening got darker Ashley and Adam wanted pictures on Adam's Harley Davidson driving away. Deanna and Jason with Today for Tomorrow Videography had Adam rev his bike's engine to work into their video later. Then shortly after we heard a big boom that started the light show of fireworks that were shot off over the pond. Jeff got some killer shots of Ashley and Adam as they watched the fireworks.

Adam and Ashley, we want to thank you for allowing us to document your wedding as the "poppies" that we were nicknamed at the salon by the bridesmaids and was carried through the day. We had a great time and we hope you have a blast at the Sandal's Resort for your honeymoon. Take pictures because we want to see them when you get back!

Back from the OC (Orange County)

Hey gang, had a great time meeting all of the amazing photogs who attended Mike Colon's workshop in Newport Beach, CA. Mike, thank you for an amazing experience. Here are just a few of the pics from the workshop. Click here to view the slide show.

Also all who helped with the workshop:
Assistant:
Kristin Renee

Female Models/Assistants:
Rosanna Stonesifer
Brittany Leigh Gebler

Male Models:
Gavin Wade
Theron Chaney

Hair:
Lindsay Shepherd

Make-up:
Stephanie Friekin

Mon Amie Bridal
http://monamie.com
info@monamie.com

Marianne Lanting Couture
Brittany and Gavin's Rings:

Jewels by Justin
jewelsbyjustin.com

I'll be working up the final edits soon so be sure to check back. Sorry to type and run but I just got in late tonight and we have a wedding tomorrow. Also be sure to check for even more as we go to KC for two engagement shoots on Sunday. I think sleep will happen somewhere in there. Well talk to everyone soon.

Fredrick-Headrick wedding

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Yesterday was a destination wedding in Dodge City, KS. We booked Kim and Kyle at a Bridal Fair in Wichita, KS at Century II little over a year and half ago. They picked their wedding date to be June 16 because it was their anniversary for being together as a couple. Yesterday marked their four years of being together. The wedding was very pretty with turquoise and lime green as their main colors with a splash of pumpkin orange and canary yellow used in the flowers. Kim's dress was cream with gold stitching on the boddess and the side split with lace and detailed stitching. Kim's mom, Tina, was a crafty creative mom who made all the bridesmaids, candle lighters dresses, and stitched jewels on Kim's train in the shape of a palm tree. This was something special that Tina did for Kim that Kim was greatly surprised to see when she helped Kim in her wedding dress. Palm trees was something that Kim loves. The theme was carried into the reception with paint cans punched out on the sides in the shape of palm trees and lit up palm trees in the corners of the reception hall that was held at the Dodge House Hotel. Tina had also made the wedding cake with sea shells that lined the outside of the cake and the tiered grooms cake which was chocolate with chocolate frosting and brilliant plump red strawberries. The ceremony was performed at The Lady of Guadeloupe Catholic Church and was a very beautiful occasion that brought family together from all over.

Thank you for booking us as your photographer and we wish you many happy years together.

"a snap shoot" reposted

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Hey gang getting ready to fly out on Sunday. Yeah, crazy how fast time flies. Anyway if you're new to our blog or our site I've reposted an interview piece we used to have on our old site. The interview is titled "a snap shot" and a larger video can be found on our 'about us' page or by clicking here. Our friends over at Fat Cat did a great job putting the piece together and it has been great to send out to brides so they can learn more about how we started etc... A few weeks ago Brett shot his interview piece with Fat Cat and we will post it once the production work has been completed.

Well, back to getting an engagement session out before heading west to Dodge City for our wedding tomorrow. Then back here to catch the plane for California on Sunday morning. If anyone hasn't checked out the whyprophotos.com site/blog yet click here to take a look and let us know if you would like to post anything. Photogs are encouraged to submit photos and a write up to be featured on the site. If you have any questions feel free to email me at jeff@tjstudios.com.

Oh, one last thing. It looks like we will be able to announce our big announcement before years end??? Again for Tyff's parents and mine, sorry it's not grand kids yet.

Why Pro Photo Project

Greetings guys, sorry for the delay, Tyff has been sick for the past week and I've been taking a crash course in juggling everything.

Thanks again to Mike Colon for the post on his blog and everyone who has checked out our site.

To any photogs, I have a project I would like to get some feed back on. We've set up www.whyprophotos.com. The reason for the site is to let brides tell their stories of why they did or why they should have chosen a professional photographer. We would also like to post photos from pro photographers showing how pro photos are different and truly amazing. Let me know what you think of the idea or if you would like to submit anything to the site. The blog style site is currently up and running click here to check it out. We will post links to featured photogs and add them to an on going photographer list.

The site is a work in progress, but we think it will be a great way to give a voice to both brides and the pros on why pro photography is so important to any wedding.

Moffitt-Truex wedding

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Alia started her day 6.9.07 at Eric Fisher Salon West with her mom and her three bridesmaids. They then traveled to the East for make-up in Dillard's at the MAC Counter. Alia put on her dress at the church, Olivet Baptist. Allia's bridesmaids wore chocolate brown V-neck dresses and the flower-girl wore a white dress with a matching brown sash that tied in a bow. Alia and Chris had chose to see each other and got all the pictures done before the ceremony. At the beginning of the ceremony the couple had a slideshow of them to show to their guest before Alia came down the aisle. The slideshow consisted of baby pictures of Alia and Chris and it progressed with older pics of them up to now with the two of them together. After the ceremony Alia and Chris allotted time to have more pictures done of the two of them going around different locations in Old Town Wichita, KS. The reception was held at the Petroleum Club. The groom's cake was chocolate frosting with a KU Jayhawk on it. The food was chicken fingers, 7-layer dip, fruit, barbecue meatballs and kabobs. The kids had fun playing in the chocolate fountain throughout the evening. Before leaving that evening Alia changed into another dress to be sent away with her new groom as guests showered them with bubbles leaving the dance floor. As we were there it was nice to see two previous brides of ours. It was a fun time to document the wedding of Alia and Chris and see familiar faces like Stacy and Adam and Courtney and Andrew that we had documented in the previous years.

Thank you for allowing us to document your day.