Love is definitely in the air at JE Hedges Photography! You can see it through the pages of the February 2012 issue of the Columbus and the Valley magazine. Within the pages of the annual wedding gallery featured each year, JE Hedges Photography proudly has 17 of the 2011 brides featured and they all look radiant!
As you continue reading the magazine, be sure to take a moment to check out our ad on page 22, featuring our beautiful couple, Megan Smith & Steven Sanders, who were married at Philadelphia Baptist Church on 05/14/2011. Their wedding reception was held at the Chattahoochee River Club with our good friend, Designs by Mayumi, creating the most beautiful floral arrangements you have ever seen!
What is truly a compliment is the article “Forecast Showers”, on page 27, which is all about our brides. How fabulous is that??! We are so thrilled to have an article showcasing the showers of three of our not only absolutely gorgeous, but incredibly cool, brides. The first bride interviewed is Betsy Rowell who married Jackson Massey on 7/23/2011 at Smiths Station Baptist Church. The article shows a great picture of Betsy and her girlfriends in colorful crazy wigs for a night out on the town during her Bachelorette Beach trip. Can you say BEACH BLAST?! Betsy had several fun showers and parties that you just have to read more about. The second bride interviewed was the captivating Whitli Grover who married Zackery Cook on 07/02/2011 at the Victoria Belle Mansion. Whitli & Zack chose to keep their parties simple yet memorable with an Engagement Party which included family, BBQ, and a video of the couple. In addition to their Engagement Party, they celebrated with a Bridal Shower that included close family and friends and let’s not forget about the “Bachelorette Weekend” at her parents’ mountain cabin. Everyone had a blast with lots of cozy, fireside fun! The third interview was of one of our most sweetest couples of 2010, Ashlee Avera & Jason Tate, married on 11/06/2010 at Northside Chapel. Ashlee calls her couple's shower “small and intimate” and describes the shower in detail. Ashlee was thrown a “Tree-Trimming Christmas shower”. TRULY UNIQUE! What a wonderful way to get a couple prepared for the holidays and you can NEVER have enough holiday décor! Be sure to read all the details in the article because this is surely a shower you will want to plan too! I mean… let’s face the facts here also... Can a girl really have too many showers? :) Ha! All three of these couples were amazing to work with and each of their families have become like family to us. Such awesome people!
One of the most touching stories you will ever read is showcased on the inside back cover of the magazine. It will tug at your heart! One of our brides, Katy Carroll who married Rollins Moncus, on April 18th, 2009 at Sweet Home Plantation in Pine Mountain has had one incredible journey the past three years. Katy, who was an extremely healthy and active woman, even participating in Aflac's Iron Girl triathlon, returned from her honeymoon only to discover a lump in her breast. It unfortunately turned out to be breast cancer. Katy was in her early 20’s and being diagnosed at such a young age was devastating. Not only was she concerned that this horrible disease and treatment would put a strain on her new marriage, she knew chemo has a potential to destroy a woman’s reproductive capabilities. Her and Rollins had always dreamed of starting a family. With the cancer in an aggressive state, there was no time to freeze Katy’s eggs should anything adversely happen. Katy & Rollins just had to put their faith in the Lord and accept that He held the answers. Katy went through months of chemo and cancer treatment losing all of her long beautiful hair and keeping Katy from being as active as she wanted to be. Rollins was the best husband any woman could ask for. He was Katy’s biggest cheerleader every step of the way. Katy fell in love all over again for it’s in times like these that you truly see what a person is made of. Rollins is every girl’s dream of a Knight in Shining honor. The love, care, and concern he not only expressed through words and encouragement, but also through his actions, left no question… Rollins didn’t see this “lump” in the road as a strain, but an opportunity from the Lord to bring them a special closeness and bond that was stronger than they could have ever imagined. With answered prayers, the support of her wonderful husband, the love of her family, friends, and an entire community rallying behind her… Katy fully recovered from cancer with no damage to her reproductive organs. With the Lord’s blessings, Katy and Rollins are expecting their first child, a baby girl named Lola Kathryn in mid April. Katy and Rollins are scheduled for a maternity portrait session with Julie in February so they can cherish the fact there is indeed “LIFE AFTER CANCER”.
Whew! We weren’t kidding when we said you could see JE Hedges Photography throughout this entire issue were we? We were blessed and honored to work each of these brides and look forward to capturing many more special moments in their lives in the future. We love our clients and are so proud of them; we wouldn’t have it any other way! Julie absolutely enjoys what she does and means it when she says it’s not just her desire to be your wedding photographer… but your FAMILY photographer as well.
