Snow Day in Atlanta! Best of the Week photo contest is BACK!

Snow D-A-Y! Anyone have a sled I could borrow? How many of you are off work today? Yay for the south getting some snow.

Over New Years, I had the privilege of shooting a beautiful wedding in Savannah, Georgia. Stay posted for the slideshow and images on Wednesday. One image below for Margaret and Tanner!! :)

Vote on your favorite image!

Ethnic Dance

Heart Balloons

Cotton Candy

Red Door Love

New Photo Contest! Atlanta Portrait and Wedding Photography

Hi Everyone. Sorry for the missed week of photo contests. I was with Ruthie, my Marketing Director, at PartnerCon (a photographers conference) in New Orleans. I had my first "beignet" (pronounced: Benyay for those non-French speakers) at Cafe Du Monde, took lots of pictures on Bourbon Street, and walked around the streets with my 'open container' of Bourbon and coke.  I met some pretty amazing photographers and was really inspired in a variety of ways to take my business to the next level.

Saturday night I shot Jimmy and Tracy's wedding at Montaluce Winery. It was phenomenal-perfect weather, perfect venue, and immaculate planning and flow to the night. Thanks to my friend Shawn Reeder who second shot the wedding with me! Shawn is a destination wedding and lifestyle photographer out in Yosemite National Park.

Now for the contest...AMAZING COUPLES, AMAZING FAMILIES this weekend! Here are four of my "best". Vote on your favorite, and the winner gets a prize!

Window Shot

Jimmy and Tracy's Wedding

Moment Captured 

Baseball Buddies

Atlanta Wedding Photographer | Cody and Katie's Piedmont Park Wedding | Park Tavern

Congratulations Katie and Cody Chapman! Check out the slideshow HERE.
One of the most beautiful weddings I've had the privilege of capturing. Cody and Katie are an absolutely beautiful couple. I know Katie from high school, as we sang and danced together through the broadway show Grease! My 'beauty school drop out' singing talent will merit itself another post, but I digress. The wedding took place on September 24th at Park Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia. Park Tavern is appropriately named as it sits on the edge of Piedmont Park; the most beautiful skyline views can be seen from the venue, and often at dusk the entire skyline seems to sparkle. Katie's gorgeously timeless lace dress was from David's Bridal and her flowers designed by Island Flowers Atlanta, GA. Special thank you to them for really creating exactly what she wanted! The bridal party was also dressed in David's Bridal dresses. 
Katie and Cody met at the University of Georgia, and cody's dry sense of humor makes everyone at ease; Katie just lights up when he looks at her. The evening was filled with wining and dining, and DANCING. Tunes played through the night and these two got down! Check out the picture of Katie doing the robot with her bridesmaids-one of my favorite shots I captured.
Best wishes to you both as you start on this new journey together~ 


And as always, thanks for choosing Sarah Esther Photography. 

New "Best of the Week" Photo Contest | Atlanta Wedding and Portrait Photography

What a weekend! I shot the most beautiful wedding between Katie and Cody Chapman at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park. Pictures to come:)  I unfortunately have been very sick (both ears infected) and achy for the past week. Press on, press on...as engagement, wedding, and portraits continue!

P.S. I love my business and get excited when I look at my visions for this photography business coming to fruition:)

VOTE VOTE VOTE by clicking on the link to to right. I'd love your input in my 'Best of the Week' contest. Which one is your favorite? Winner receives a prize. Spread the word.  

Safe in his arms

Come Here

Red Door

Joy

Hold On

University of Georgia Engagement Shoot- Cody and Katie

Katie and Cody. You really don't meet couples like them everyday, that make you smile the E-N-T-I-R-E photo shoot. Their engagement session took place on North Campus, a gorgeous part of the University of Georgia with fountains, tall oak trees, and classical architecture. 

I met Katie in high school as we were both involved in the drama program and cast in the play Grease together.   

Cody and Katie met in college at UGA. Cody's dry sense of humor makes everyone at ease; Katie lights up when he looks at her.

They fell in love and are tying the knot at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park on September 24, 2010. 

I cannot wait to photograph their wedding in Atlanta! 

Please leave messages for Katie and Cody! 

New "Best of the Week" Photo Contest! Vote today!

Its Friday. Again. Congratulations Courtney! Your photo, "Waiting at the Window", won the "Best of the Week" Photo contest. I have been editing your photos all week from your beautiful wedding, and I can't wait to start putting together your wedding album. 

Which photo should win next week's "Best of the Week" photo contest?

Silly Face

Heart Breaker

Free

Daddy's Girl

A walk in the Park

"Life ain't just a walk in the park"...

How many times have you heard that one? Growing up with two very realistic parents, I had that drilled into my head, and they didn't leave the other bases untouched either... life is also not "a free lunch" "a bowl of cherries" "fair" "an easy ride".. you get the picture. If you can add onto the mantras then a cookie for you... or maybe a box of chocolates, since that seems to be the only thing life actually is.

I've lived by these little nuggets of information most of my life, and truth be told it has proven helpful in many situations... I was never the girl with unrealistic expecations for my boyfriends, if it ended... well, "life ain't fair". Whenever something drastic happened, a death, job loss, driving in teh wrong direction for 234 mi, etc.... It was always easier to not panic if you knew that life "isn't a bowl of cherries" (although I would strongly not reccommend saying that to anyone who happens to encounter one of those situations or life may come to an abrupt halt for you :))

The other day some friends and I were enjoying the beautiful weather in Piedmont Park. The sun was shining, the air was cool, if there had been birds then I think they would have been singing... We pulled out a frisbee and had many failed attempts at hand-eye coordination, but we had fun. Then we took a walk. Yes, a walk in the park. We strolled along the faded asphalt of the bike paths, watched mothers and their children feed the ducks by a Grecian Gazebo, commented on the beauty each dog being thrown a frisbee by its master, and watched with excitement as a couple taking their engagement photos set out on the journey of marriage.

Though the world around us was far from perfect that day (it is Atlanta after all)... when we stopped to take in what was around us, stopped to stop worrying about what was next for us and for others, stopped to realize where we were in life... and you know what, at that moment life really was a walk in the park.