I had a great time with Jennifer and Joey for their engagement session last week! They are such a fun-loving couple, and we had a blast chatting it up and walking a few of my favorite back alleyways in the historic district!
Here are a few of our favorites from their session. Soon I will be posting an album design for their engagement book!
Katie & Neil’s Rainy E-session on Folly Beach
July 3, 2009
A few weeks ago, I (Valerie) arrived on Folly Beach for Katie & Neil’s engagement session (“e-session”) just in time for the big clouds to roll in and the rain to start coming down right as we started.
What ROCKS about Katie and Neil is….they didn’t let that stop them! They were all smiles, and all of our positive attitudes combined, we took some killer shots! Unfortunately, the rain soon came down WAY too hard to continue outdoors, but we gave it everything we had during the time we had and took some amazing shots…and we had SO much fun laughing about it!
Here are my two favorites….if you look closely, you can see the rain drops in both of these! 
Whatever it takes!
June 20, 2009
This evening I had a killer beach session with Maria & Jorje. Such a sweet couple and they said they were up for anything and didn’t mind getting wet…so I took their word for it! Haha!
Next time I’ll remember to bring towels and a change of clothes! (But it was SO worth it!) These portraits of Maria & Jorje are sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
The artist at work:
The artist’s work:
We make it look so serious….but I assure you, when the waves crashed over us, there was plenty of yelping and laughing involved!!!
My favorite beach in Charleston is Folly Beach, and Steve and I had the pleasure of photographing Chris & Angie’s wedding at a swanky little beach house this May. Angie is definitely a details girl, and she made these cute beach pail favors filled with homemade candy coated pecans. Delicious!
Chris and Angie are fun-loving and were so welcoming to all the guests (Us too!). They made us feel like family, and we’re very happy to share with you just a few moments from their wedding day and engagement session.
Please check out their album design as well at: http://www.charlestonwedding.com/#/dellinger/
I’m very happy with this collection. We went to two killer locations, Laura has a amazing eyes and knows how to hold herself very well. They seem so happy and comfortable together. They were good sports too, when I asked them if they wouldn’t mind rolling around in the wet sand a little
Here’s the link to the video (large file, so please be paitent):
Emily & Eric = so in love!
February 12, 2009
As promised in the {sneak peak blog entry} here are the rest of Emily & Eric’s engagement pictures!
Their super fabulous engagement book design is hot off the press!
CLICK HERE (it will open in a new window)
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Gil & Nicole’s Engagement Book! Check it out!
January 26, 2009
I’m always so excited when I post new book designs! Here I am on a rainy Monday afternoon, and I can’t think of much I’d rather do than enjoy being all warm & cozy indoors playing with photoshop and our other design programs. (Yes, I realize how geeky that makes me and I’m cool with it, haha!)
I might say this a lot, but I truly had such a fun time on Gil & Nicole’s engagement shoot! I couldn’t be more thrilled to share more of their photos with you! (And can you blame me…my camera loves them!)
Check it out:
http://charlestonwedding.com/#/smirlisengage/
I also posted a few of these for Gil & Nicole’s Facebook-sharing in our 2008 Engagements album!
{a sneak peek of Emily & Eric’s e-session!}
January 20, 2009
Earlier today, I (Valerie) had the sheer joy of doing an afternoon engagement session with Emily and Eric.
I had SO much fun that I had to put up a “sneak peak” for you all to see….and yes, a sneak peak is just a teaser…so hold your horses, people….you will see more in a later blog post! (I promise!)
Being a former newswriter, I could attempt to describe to you in words just how sickeningly cute and head-over-heels-in-LOVE this couple is….
…or I could just show you a picture or three…
They were also game for all my fun and creative, artsy ideas….
And for every serious moment, there were LOTS of fun and silly ones!
(This couple could teach the class on “how to have fun on a photo shoot” – haha!)
Hey now…..calm down, there are LOTS more to share!
So stay tuned!
Leah and Justin’s Waterfront Park engagement session!
January 15, 2009
I (Valerie) had a really fun engagement photo session downtown with Leah and Justin! Their wedding isn’t until July 18th, but since neither of them live in Charleston, we were lucky to squeeze in their session!
We met up in Waterfront Park, but the majority of our session was spent walking around downtown! We walked over to the train tracks, then to the steps of the Customs House, up East Bay Street a bit (where we shot in one of my favorite alleyways!) and ended back in Waterfront Park.
Here are a few favorites from their session:
Julie & Blake = one hot couple!
December 17, 2008
One Sunday evening back in April, I (Valerie) had the pleasure of meeting Julie and her husband Blake downtown for a fun lifestyle portrait shoot! They’ve been married for a few years now, and decided it was time to have new pictures made.
Per special request, I am reaching back into our archives (8 months of shoots ago is a “long time” for us, haha!!!) – and posting a few. Here ya go, Julie!
A few of my favorites from their shoot:
