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Austin Wedding Photographers: Brittany and Keith |Engaged|

Published on July 15, 2011 in Engagements and Featured. 3 Comments

Update: Brittany and Keith’s engagement session has been featured on Essence and The Bride’s Cafe. Go see their beautiful features!

They first contacted us from Russia, and months later we finally got to hang out with them on their engagement shoot…and we came away thinking they were adorable, and their story was pretty amazing.

Meet Brittany and Keith.

Sometimes mothers do know best, and Keith’s mom definitely knew Brittany was special when she first saw her…and so with a little help, Keith met Brittany and they clicked. We love how they tell the story, and how they tease each other, too. : )

We started their session at North Crowley High School, in Fort Worth. Keith is a professional basketball player who actually got his start on the court at North Crowley, here in Texas (oh yeaa!), so we thought it was neat when they mentioned starting their engagement session there! Here are a few of our favorites from their session…starting with this first shot (taken through the hoop).

Check out Brittany’s gorgeous ring! Keith, you did gooood ; )

How cute are these shots of them playing…? We thought the shots were just for play (because how hard can a girl really play in 4 inch heels?!), but Keith definitely took the opportunity to play ball with his girl seriously. ; )

AH! LOVE THIS! Don’t know if it’s the moment or their reflection on the court, but it’s magic….and we heart magical pictures. : )

Shoes. Gotta love the shoes, ladies…!

With such a cool location, we had to get some individual shots, too. Brittany, I think you rocked your “power shot”…you look fiercely beautiful!

I’m thinking future profile pic? Or maybe a huge poster in their game room?? : )

After the indoor photos, we went outside for some sunset photos. Light was fading pretty fast, so we had to work fast, and Brittany and Keith seriously Rocked. Every. Shot.

I love all the laughs and fun they have in between the awesome dramatic shots!

Another series of favorites…

We’ll end with our favorite image of the day.

Brittany and Keith, congratulations! Thank you for being so fun and easy to work with. Next time we’ll see you, you’ll be tying the knot, and we can’t wait. We know it’ll be beautiful! : )

-Matt and Ivy

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Dallas Wedding Photographers: Stacy’s Bridals |Cotton Mill|

Published on July 13, 2011 in Bridals. 1 Comment

We usually have at least a few amazing bridal sessions in the queue, and since our brides haven’t gotten married yet, we have to wait to post their images….and the wait is always impossibly hard! ; ) Stacy did her bridals months ago, and waiting to post them was really hard, because we absolutely love all of her images. She and John tied the knot, so now we can officially share with you some of her bridals- YAY!!

Stacy’s sweet mom wanted to make sure we got some images in the church where Stacy was getting married, so we started at Custer Road United Methodist Church, for some classically gorgeous shots in the sanctuary…

Stacy looked stunning in her Allure Bridals gown from Lulu’s! I love the lace detail and the gorgeous train…

After the church, we headed to the Cotton Mill for some more vintage style photos. How cute are Stacy’s Steve Madden shoes, with their adorable flower clips from Etsy?!

Special thanks to Adrienne at Legacy Salons who did Stacy’s hair and makeup, and Kate over at Stems of Dallas for her lovely bouquet!

Stacy, you are STUNNING. : )

One of our favorites…the last image of the day, and the photo Stacy chose for her bridal canvas.

Congrats again to Stacy and John! We have had such a great year getting to know you both. Stacy, you are one of the sweetest gals around, and you looked absolutely stunning on your wedding day! Have fun in the Caribbean you two!

-Ivy

Check back later for images from Stacy and John’s wedding! You can also look back at their engagement photos, featured on Brooklyn Bride, and their sneak peek from the wedding day!

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Dallas Photography Workshop by Ivy Weddings – the Afternoon Recap!

Published on July 13, 2011 in Engagements, For Photographers, Personal and Weddings. 2 Comments

The Ivy Weddings afternoon advanced workshop recap is here! We’ve been dying to blog this, but between weddings, sessions, traveling and editing, it’s taken a little while to catch up on the blog.

We had an amazing time getting to meet all of the photographers who came out for the afternoon workshop… a hands-on experience photographing real couples on-location. Photographers from across the metroplex (and one from across the state!) joined Matt and I as we worked on lighting, interacting with our couples, and all the in-betweens that make up a photoshoot. Two couples modeled for us, and we split the time between two gorgeous locations.

The afternoon began with some makeup by the lovely Jenny Torry, who helped the ladies rock their looks. : )

After everyone had met up, we started the outdoor portion of the workshop. We talked about how to encourage your clients to interact naturally, and how to shoot in different situations. Chris and Ashley modeled an Engagement style shoot for us, and we spent a lot of time talking and explaining how we like to shoot. We didn’t take as many shots as we normally would, but here are the ones Matt or I took during the day.

When we’re photographing clients, we love to utilize different angles and looks. I’m not as tall as Matt, so I sometimes climb things to get a higher perspective. : ) I suggested the attendees stand on the table for some cool shots from a totally different angle….and I love that Christi took me up on it and jumped on the table, too!

Here are some of my shots from beside and on top of the table….

FAVORITE!!!!! Ahhh, Ashley and Chris, stop being so perfect! : )

One of Matt’s many shots…that I LOVE. : )

A behind the scenes shot during Chris and Ashley’s session- and yes, that hottie on the right….? My hubby teaching by example. ; )

Ashley, you are so gorgeous! Love your smile!

Shot by Matt.

After being outdoors, we went indoors and talked a little about off camera lighting, and different set up for lighting. Here’s one example shot…

Now for some fun photos from our second couple, Kate and James. They modeled a Day After session for us…and after photographing Kate’s family, and her sister’s wedding, it was fun to finally get some photos of her in her wedding gown, too!

An artsy black and white – taken with a homemade lens…. and James, rockin’ his groom’s shot.

Behind the scenes shot of some of the photographers trying to learn how to photograph with a horse! I’ll tell you, it’s a lot harder than it looks….especially if the horse is hungry. ; )

The shot of Kate with the horse is one of our favorites, too…I don’t know if Champ is thinking of munching on her dress, but I love the windblown look! : ) Plus, we had to include a shot of Kate’s bouquet…because we made it ourselves and (for photographers who don’t know anything about flowers or vintage bouquets), we think it’s pretty cool! lol

Kate- your eyes! You are so darn pretty. : )

Love, love, love! I cannot wait to put this on the website!

How cute are you two!?

The workshop attendees were taking solo shots of the bride, and we think this shot of Kate (not paying attention to our camera, but to theirs) is stunning.

I asked James to let me get some solo shots of him, and I found out that he rocks solo shots. Like, really really rocks them!

After outdoor shots, we got some indoor shots of Kate and James also…and Kate changed into the veil I wore on my wedding day.

After two kids, we love the way Kate and James still look at each other, and how he makes her smile. : )

Behind the scenes…

We’ll end with one of our favorite images of the day.

We are indebted to JTorry Artistry for her fabulous job on the ladies makeup, and to our couples who modeled for us. Ashley, Chris, Kate and James- you made our job easy! Thank you for having such a great attitude and being willing to let us move you around a million times. We love you guys! : ) Thanks to all of the photographers who came out, listened to us, shot with us, and shared some pizza- we had such a great time getting to know you all!

Keep in touch : )

Matt and Ivy

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Dallas Wedding Photographers: Sneak Peek! Stacy + John |Aggie Wedding|

Published on July 10, 2011 in Weddings. Closed

We’ve gotten to document Stacy and John’s journey for the past year, and we’ve loved every minute of it! Here’s a small sneak peek from their wedding yesterday…

We hope you enjoy the preview….more to come!

Congratulations to the happy newlyweds! : )

-Matt and Ivy

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Austin Wedding Photographer: Sneak Peek! Brittany + Keith |Engaged|

Published on July 6, 2011 in Engagements. 8 Comments

Here’s a sneak peek of some of our favorites from Brittany and Keith’s engagement session. Keith is a professional basketball player, so we started the shoot on the court…and I think this shot (through the hoop) is one of our all-time favorites : )

After the court, we headed outside to get some sunset style photos that Brittany was super excited about…and who wouldn’t be?! Gorgeous couple, stunning light….love, love, LOVE.

Ahhh!! You two are TOO gorgeous!

Brittany and Keith, it was so great to finally meet you! You are the cutest couple….and we hope you enjoy this sneak peek : )

Looking forward to the wedding!

-Matt and Ivy

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Fort Worth Wedding Photographer: Rosa + Kurney |Sneak Peek|

Published on July 5, 2011 in Weddings. Closed

We had a blast this past weekend photographing Rosa and Kurney’s beautiful wedding at City Club, in downtown Fort Worth, TX. They are an adorable couple! We have lots of gorgeous blog posts to come from recent weddings, so to start off, here is a sneak peek from Rosa and Kurney’s big day!

First, a glimpse from Rosa’s bridal session:

And a sneak peek from the wedding day…

Congrats to our lovely couple!

-Matt and Ivy

Photography by Ivy Weddings | Hair by Patricia Rios | Makeup by Jenny Torry | Flowers by The Flower Bucket

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Dallas Photography Workshop – the Morning Recap!

Published on June 17, 2011 in Families, For Photographers and Personal. Closed

Just a couple weeks ago we had the amazing experience of getting to host a pair of workshops. We had such a great time, and we’re really excited to be giving ya’ll a small recap. We’ll start with the recap of the morning, beginners’ workshop.

We met our group early, and we covered a lot of information, so time really flew! We enjoyed talking with everyone and spending time with all of the workshop photographers, so much so that we decided to have our next set of workshops on separate days – meaning we get to spend the whole day with each group! We had a blast getting to know all the attendees, and we are so glad that they all made the effort to come out and have some fun with photography. : )

We promised models for the Advanced Workshop, but we thought it would be fun to surprise our morning attendees with some models also. : ) We enlisted two pre-teen/teen models, Miriam and Joseph, to help us on the workshop and – we just have to say- they were AMAZING!!

Here’s a behind the scenes of one of the workshop attendees, Melissa, rocking some photos with model Miriam. You know it’s going well when your model is this happy seeing the back of your camera!

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When we teach a workshop with models, we mainly focus on allowing the attendees to photograph so everyone coming to the workshop has a chance rock their cameras and create some fun images. We got to blend a little of the time with some examples of how we work together and let everyone see how we shoot, and interact with our teen models. We promised everyone we’d post a few of our favorites from the frames we shot, so here they are!

Ivy Weddings and Matt and Ivy Photography - Morning Workshop Samples

Thank you to Greg, Rebecca, Melissa, LaShonda, and Barbara for making it out to the Beginners’ workshop! We had so much fun spending the morning with you all!

Make sure to visit the blog later for a recap on the oh-so-fun advanced Afternoon Workshop. Oh, and YES. We will be offering more workshops in the future. We’ve had lots of inquiries about the next available workshop date, so we’ve started thinking of one! We don’t have a date set yet, and wedding season is in full swing, but we’ll be sure to announce it just as soon as it’s ready.

Be sure to keep up with the Ivy Weddings fanpage on Facebook so you can be the first to find out about future workshop openings!

-Matt and Ivy

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And the winner is… (Giveaway # 1 – Love Series)

Published on June 14, 2011 in Personal and Uncategorized. Closed

Ivy and I talked over a few fun ways of having a drawing for the winner of our first Ivy Weddings “Love Series” giveaway. We decided to let one of our little helpers make the final call. He can’t read or write, after all, so we figured it would be a fair call! It almost went off without a hitch, too, until Ringo decided our setup was too tall for him…

Watch the video to see if you won!

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Giveaway #1- Love Series

Published on June 9, 2011 in Personal and Uncategorized. Closed

If you know us (or happen to be one of our brides and grooms), you know that we love love. One of the things that we believe is really important is making time to spend with each other, even when life (and business!) is at its busiest. So, we decided a few weeks ago to start a giveaway “love series” that we announced on Facebook for our fans and couples, and we wanted it to be one that focused on fun and romantic dates…. so let us send you on a date! (Oh, and if you’re not in the dating/marriage phase yet, it makes for great times with family and friends, too! ; )

Our first giveaway is something we saw in a store window a few weeks ago… and I totally feel in love with it! How cute is this heart shaped picnic basket?

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It comes with 2 wine glasses, ceramic plates, silverware, tablecloth, napkins, salt and pepper shakers, and a little cutting board.

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And guys, if you didn’t know, your girl will love you for taking her on a romantic picnic. Trust us. : )

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(Picnic basket is valued at: $119)

SO HOW DO I WIN THIS CUTE THING?

This isn’t a contest, or anything super complicated, because we like to keep it simple. : ) If you want this adorable heart shaped basket, just comment on our Facebook photo here and tell us what you’re favorite picnic food is!

The Details:

1. You and your spouse/fiance/boyfriend/girlfriend (or your mom!) can each enter.

2. Comment under the picnic basket photo on our FACEBOOK page, and tell us what your favorite picnic food is.

3. Make sure to enter early – commenting ends Sunday, June 12th at 10PM!

We’ll put everyone’s name together and draw one, and announce the winner Monday. This is the first giveaway, so keep up with the blog and facebook fanpage for the next giveaway!

Thank you, and we can’t wait to see who wins this! ; )

-Matt and Ivy

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Enjoying the Little Things… Ringo and Lenny style

Published on June 1, 2011 in Personal and Ringo and Lenny. Closed

Ringo and Lenny have a gift for gusto. That’s great for us, because it means we can become the world’s greatest superheroes just for bringing home a couple “extra small” chew bones (HUGE chew bones, if you’re a 3lb morkie). Wait until they find out we have a whole bag of these things…

(I think my mom has a picture of me somewhere, as a 4 year old enjoying a plate of spaghetti, making the exact same face as Lenny.)

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-Matt

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Update: Brittany and Keith’s engagement session has been featured on Essence and The Bride’s Cafe. Go see their beautiful features!

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