New Directions...

Many of you don't know this, but Julie is always on duty. If she's not shooting, she's putting albums together. If she's not doing that, she's doing something else to make sure she's the best for her clients. One of the things she does quite often is attend educational seminars. She is always learning new things, getting new ideas for products and getting guidance from the industry's best. These seminars help Julie to stay up to date on all the latest trends in the business. And now I get to learn too!

Julie and I attended a seminar on Monday. It was the first one I'd ever been to (and probably the millionth for Jules!) It was mostly about the business side of photography, so look for some new and exciting things from JE Hedges Photography in the coming months!

OH! And I have to tell you about this! If any of you have ever been to a Krystal restaurant in Columbus, you know that they are not known for their customer service. Well, Julie and I ran to Krystal during one of our breaks while we were at the seminar. We pulled up to order and the most pleasant voice comes through the speaker and says, "Good evening, welcome to Krystal! How can I help you?" We both did a double take. I know you should not be surprised to have someone be nice, but this was just crazy from a Krystal. When we get up to the window, we get the same kind of niceness. Our delicious cheese Krystals came quickly and we got a "You ladies have a nice evening. Thank you for choosing Krystal!" We were honestly shocked. If you're ever in Atlanta near the Holiday Inn off GA400, I suggest stopping by the Krystal that is right up the road!

Aw...Thank YOU Heather!

As I've said before, Julie is far too bashful to go boasting about her self, so I'll do it for her! We received some kind words today from Heather Tranum, winner of the Q1073 and Weddings of Georgia $25,000 Wedding Giveaway.

"Hi Julie, the pictures were awesome!! Thank you so much for being an awesome photographer!"

Thanks, Heather! You were a beautiful bride! We wish you and Clint a lifetime of happiness!

Congratulations Clint and Heather!

Julie had the honor of being the photographer for the first ever $25,000 Wedding Giveaway sponsored by Q1073 and Weddings of Georgia!

The lucky winners were Clint and Heather Tranum. Q1073 listeners and Weddings of Georgia planned out every last detail of their big day for them!




This is the happy couple outside of the beautiful Garrett-Bullock House, Columbus' newest special events facility.

It was a great night, and the wedding was wonderful! You can view the rest of the images from Clint and Heather's big day here.

Congratulations, London!

JE Hedges Photography's littlest team member racked up the awards at the Sunburst Beauty Pageant Today!

London is Julie and Cary's first and only (for now...) took home first place honors in the following categories:

Prettiest Eyes
Best Attire
Most Photogenic
Best Personality

Not to mention that she's the OVERALL winner of the pageant! London moves on to the state competition being held in Atlanta in May!

Congratulations, beautiful girl! We all knew you were the prettiest baby in Columbus, now you have the ribbons and trophies to back it up!

We All Love Julie!!

Julie makes taking wedding pictures so much fun...I know from experience! But I'm not the only one that thinks so!

Kristen was one of those brides Julie was destined to work with. She was a bridesmaid in two other weddings Julie photographed and was just fun to work with. Many of the bridesmaids and groomsmen in Kristen and Buster's wedding were also past clients of ours. Kristen was a beautiful bride and her and Buster had a perfect wedding!

Since Julie gets all embarrassed when people tell her how great she is, I thought I'd share this very sweet thank you from Kristen and Buster with everyone!

We Did it Again!!!

The January/February issue of Columbus and the Valley Magazine is out, and like last year...we're in it! The article, "What's New in I Do," features interviews with two of our 2007 brides: Kristen Ogletree and Lauren VanHouten.

Julie's images are throughout the magazine! You can find them in the table of contents and pages 4, 10, 11 and 12. And as if that wasn't enough, we have NINETEEN couples in the 2007 Columbus Weddings center section! You can find Columbus and the Valley at any local bookstore or grocery store (that sells magazines!)

As always, we could not succeed if we did not have the support of our families and our great clients! Thank you all for making 2007 a special year! We hope that 2008 is even better!

Who is Celeste...And Why is She Here?

Two very good questions, I think. Since I would be posting up a storm here on the blog, I thought I would just let my readers (all two of you…) know a little bit more about me. I was born on a stormy night in Fort Knox, KY…Just kidding, I won’t take you that far back.

Here is the brief version: I’m a past bride of Julie’s. We met in 2005 at my Bridal Consultation. Over the course of me planning my wedding, Julie and I became friends and now I’m her Marketing Manager. Taa-daa!! Seriously, after getting to know her and seeing how hard she works, I wanted to do whatever I could to help her business grow, and now I’m part of it!

Here are 10 random facts about me:

1. I have two dogs, Beau and Sammy.
2. I love potatoes.
3. I changed my major approximately 10 times in college before graduating with a degree in Communications.
4. I should have mentioned this in #1, but I also have a hamster, and his name is R. Kelly.
5. I love college football! (Go Dawgs!!)
6. My favorite song of all time is “Stay” by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories.
7. My husband is my best friend in the whole world.
8. Sleeping=AWESOME!
9. I like to make random lists of things.
10. I like Star Trek. All of them. (Yeah, yeah. I’m a nerd. SO?)

(Julie and Keith don’t know it yet, but they’ll be treating you all to a random 10 later…shhh!)

I also thought since you were getting to know me, I’d show you two of my favorite pictures from my wedding!

This one is my most favorite. The colors are just so bright and it looks like we totally love each other. You can hardly even tell that this is smack dab in the middle of Columbus. It looks like its out on a farm in the country.


This is Joel’s favorite picture. I think it’s just because we’re in the car, and the wedding was over, so he could stop smiling. This is also one of Julie’s favorite images from the day, by the way!

Well, do you know me enough? If not, I can thrill you with the story about the time I sold the most cookies in my Brownie troop…oh, you don’t want to hear that one right now? Okay, fine. We’ll save it for later!