We recently enjoyed the beautiful fall foilage with Whitli Grover & Zackery Cook. We absolutely could not have chosen a more beautiful day. Whitli & Zackery are both very photogenic. The camera loved them and they loved it back. They are one cute couple and have amazing personalities. Whitli is so incredibly sweet and Zack is a complete gentleman. We enjoyed working with them and look forward to photographing their wedding in 2011.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Whitli Grover & Zackery Cook
Thursday, December 23, 2010
HER Magazine - Her Favorite Photographer
Thank you to all of our clients, associates, and friends who voted us the HER Magazine - Her Favorite Photographer for 2010. We couldn't do what we do without you! We love and appreciate you all!
Friday, October 15, 2010
FALL FAMILY PORTRAITS - Your Picture Perfect Clothing Guide
The autumn season, with its beautiful red, yellow, and orange foliage, is the most popular time of year for Professional Family Portraits. Many families use these images as holiday gifts and inclusion on or in their holiday greeting cards. Your family should have a professional portrait made at least once a year. Sure, dragging Dad to the session and getting the kids ready is a lot of work. However, photographs are the one heirloom that you can’t place a price tag on. Your children, grandchildren, and future family will treasure them always.
Beautiful portraits don’t just happen by accident. They are planned and prepared for with care and precision. It’s important to plan what clothing your family will wear for your portrait session so that the attention is drawn to the faces and not the clothing. You want to appear that you all belong together and share a family bond. Additionally, you want to keep your clothing as simple and classic as possible to minimize dating the portrait quickly. Stay away from clothing fads, wild colors, large clunky jewelry, rubber wristbands, and extreme hair-dos. Check the fingernail polish on all female family members, including children, to ensure it is neat and not chipped. Women should ensure their make-up is just a tad darker than their normal daytime style. Natural mineral style cosmetics photograph the best as they typically don’t settle into wrinkles, minimize pores, and provide you with a flawless finish. Having expressive eyes can be one of the most significant features of facial appearance. The eyes tell a story. With that said, consider natural style false eyelashes or heavier than usual mascara to enhance and draw attention to your best asset.
You want to first select what everyone will wear on their bottoms. From waist down, everyone should wear the same color and type of clothing. Simple black slacks, khakis, or dark dress blue jeans work best for all family members. We always suggest that even the woman and girls wear pants, as skirts and dresses can make certain poses difficult. Ladies should wear solid trousers socks and men solid knee high socks that match your pants. Now is not the time to put on those cool multi-colored zig zag socks.
Once you’ve all decided what to wear on your rear’s, now comes the hard part. From waist up it’s not necessary that everyone wear the same style shirt/blouse. However, staying within the same shade of color is important. For Fall Portraits, you want to select solid darker colors. Reds, Navy Blues, Hunter Greens, and Black are perfect choices. Stay away from whites, pastels, and neon’s. It’s okay to have a multi color scheme, such as the women/girls in red and the men/boys in blue, but limit your selections to no more than two solid complimentary colors. Please ensure that each person’s clothing matches in season; one person should not be in a short sleeved polo and the other in a turtleneck winter sweater. Additionally, avoid patterns, prints, stripes, plaids, polka-dots, floral, damask, paisley, sassafras lass, and checks… keep it SOLID.
Women and men both look great in soft long sleeved v-necks or collarless shirts/blouses/sweaters that lay properly so the neck is exposed. You will want to avoid wearing turtlenecks that make double chins more prominent. The less skin, the better though. Avoid sleeveless shirts and blouses where your arm will compete with your face for attention. If you are on the busty side, avoid button down shirts at all costs so that you’re not fidgeting with a gap across your bust line during the session.
Children’s attire should be free of prints, characters, and slogans which can be distracting and can date the image quickly. Avoid outfits with straps that can fall down, such as overalls or jumpers. For the littlest ones who are unable to sit up on their own, keep it very, very simple. Although those multi-piece outfits and flowing dresses are adorable, avoid dressing your baby in layers where he or she can get lost in the outfit and appear to have no neck. Too much fabric looks frumpy. Your baby will look much cuter in a solid colored fitted long sleeve bodysuit (like a Onesies®) and a solid pair of pants that closely match what the adults are wearing. Children’s footwear should be clean and of neutral earth tone colors. Mary Jane’s for girls and loafers for boys work best. Please avoid white, bright, or multi-colored sneakers. At the very minimum your non-walking babies should have on solid colored socks that match their pants.
As a Professional Photographer, the request I hear most frequently is “Can you make me look thin?” I’m with you. I wish I could magically airbrush fifty pounds off each morning I look in the mirror. Unfortunately, Professional Photographers, although fantastic at what we do… are not magicians. If you are on the heavy side, be sure to wear clothing that fits you properly. Keep in mind that no one can see the size on your label. However, they can see when your clothes fit too tightly. Purchase your portrait clothing based on comfort. While in the dressing room, be sure to sit down in front of the mirror while wearing the potential outfit. Does the fabric pull too tightly across your bust or scoop down too low showing too much? Does the fabric go in, around, and outline your belly curves? Do the pants fit too tightly pushing your belly up causing the “muffin top”? If the answers are yes to any of these questions… go up to the next size or chose another style of shirt or pants. In my experience darted knits and sweaters work best for heavy set women. Sweater vests over long sleeved button down shirts with the top button undone work best for heavy set men. When your clothes fit comfortably, you’ll be more confident and have a much more enjoyable portrait experience.
Finally, if you normally wear eyeglasses, understand your Professional Photographer will control the reflections to the best of his or her ability by adjusting your pose. However, sometimes it’s impossible to completely eliminate your glasses’ glare. Glare in your glasses can hide your beautiful eyes and the lenses may distort your cheekbones. It’s best to consider removing your glasses for your professional portrait. You may also speak with your Optometrist about loaning you a pair of frames with no lenses for your portrait. Most eyeglass stores provide this service with a simple deposit that is refunded upon return of the frames.
In conclusion, if all goes well, with proper clothing choices and everyone relaxed, the magic is created by your Professional Photographer who brings location, lighting, composition, and expression together for that perfect picture. Pick up the phone, call your Professional Photographer today to schedule your Fall Family Portraits, go shopping, and have fun! Happy Holidays!
This article has been registered with the
United States Copyright Office, Case 1-502288021, Ref 1-8B1RXS.
Duplication and/or Publication without permission is strictly prohibited.
For use, please contact Julie E. Hedges, JE Hedges Photography,
(706) 563-1761, or Julie@JEHedges.com for duplication/publication use.
Beautiful portraits don’t just happen by accident. They are planned and prepared for with care and precision. It’s important to plan what clothing your family will wear for your portrait session so that the attention is drawn to the faces and not the clothing. You want to appear that you all belong together and share a family bond. Additionally, you want to keep your clothing as simple and classic as possible to minimize dating the portrait quickly. Stay away from clothing fads, wild colors, large clunky jewelry, rubber wristbands, and extreme hair-dos. Check the fingernail polish on all female family members, including children, to ensure it is neat and not chipped. Women should ensure their make-up is just a tad darker than their normal daytime style. Natural mineral style cosmetics photograph the best as they typically don’t settle into wrinkles, minimize pores, and provide you with a flawless finish. Having expressive eyes can be one of the most significant features of facial appearance. The eyes tell a story. With that said, consider natural style false eyelashes or heavier than usual mascara to enhance and draw attention to your best asset.
You want to first select what everyone will wear on their bottoms. From waist down, everyone should wear the same color and type of clothing. Simple black slacks, khakis, or dark dress blue jeans work best for all family members. We always suggest that even the woman and girls wear pants, as skirts and dresses can make certain poses difficult. Ladies should wear solid trousers socks and men solid knee high socks that match your pants. Now is not the time to put on those cool multi-colored zig zag socks.
Once you’ve all decided what to wear on your rear’s, now comes the hard part. From waist up it’s not necessary that everyone wear the same style shirt/blouse. However, staying within the same shade of color is important. For Fall Portraits, you want to select solid darker colors. Reds, Navy Blues, Hunter Greens, and Black are perfect choices. Stay away from whites, pastels, and neon’s. It’s okay to have a multi color scheme, such as the women/girls in red and the men/boys in blue, but limit your selections to no more than two solid complimentary colors. Please ensure that each person’s clothing matches in season; one person should not be in a short sleeved polo and the other in a turtleneck winter sweater. Additionally, avoid patterns, prints, stripes, plaids, polka-dots, floral, damask, paisley, sassafras lass, and checks… keep it SOLID.
Women and men both look great in soft long sleeved v-necks or collarless shirts/blouses/sweaters that lay properly so the neck is exposed. You will want to avoid wearing turtlenecks that make double chins more prominent. The less skin, the better though. Avoid sleeveless shirts and blouses where your arm will compete with your face for attention. If you are on the busty side, avoid button down shirts at all costs so that you’re not fidgeting with a gap across your bust line during the session.
Children’s attire should be free of prints, characters, and slogans which can be distracting and can date the image quickly. Avoid outfits with straps that can fall down, such as overalls or jumpers. For the littlest ones who are unable to sit up on their own, keep it very, very simple. Although those multi-piece outfits and flowing dresses are adorable, avoid dressing your baby in layers where he or she can get lost in the outfit and appear to have no neck. Too much fabric looks frumpy. Your baby will look much cuter in a solid colored fitted long sleeve bodysuit (like a Onesies®) and a solid pair of pants that closely match what the adults are wearing. Children’s footwear should be clean and of neutral earth tone colors. Mary Jane’s for girls and loafers for boys work best. Please avoid white, bright, or multi-colored sneakers. At the very minimum your non-walking babies should have on solid colored socks that match their pants.
As a Professional Photographer, the request I hear most frequently is “Can you make me look thin?” I’m with you. I wish I could magically airbrush fifty pounds off each morning I look in the mirror. Unfortunately, Professional Photographers, although fantastic at what we do… are not magicians. If you are on the heavy side, be sure to wear clothing that fits you properly. Keep in mind that no one can see the size on your label. However, they can see when your clothes fit too tightly. Purchase your portrait clothing based on comfort. While in the dressing room, be sure to sit down in front of the mirror while wearing the potential outfit. Does the fabric pull too tightly across your bust or scoop down too low showing too much? Does the fabric go in, around, and outline your belly curves? Do the pants fit too tightly pushing your belly up causing the “muffin top”? If the answers are yes to any of these questions… go up to the next size or chose another style of shirt or pants. In my experience darted knits and sweaters work best for heavy set women. Sweater vests over long sleeved button down shirts with the top button undone work best for heavy set men. When your clothes fit comfortably, you’ll be more confident and have a much more enjoyable portrait experience.
Finally, if you normally wear eyeglasses, understand your Professional Photographer will control the reflections to the best of his or her ability by adjusting your pose. However, sometimes it’s impossible to completely eliminate your glasses’ glare. Glare in your glasses can hide your beautiful eyes and the lenses may distort your cheekbones. It’s best to consider removing your glasses for your professional portrait. You may also speak with your Optometrist about loaning you a pair of frames with no lenses for your portrait. Most eyeglass stores provide this service with a simple deposit that is refunded upon return of the frames.
In conclusion, if all goes well, with proper clothing choices and everyone relaxed, the magic is created by your Professional Photographer who brings location, lighting, composition, and expression together for that perfect picture. Pick up the phone, call your Professional Photographer today to schedule your Fall Family Portraits, go shopping, and have fun! Happy Holidays!
This article has been registered with the
United States Copyright Office, Case 1-502288021, Ref 1-8B1RXS.
Duplication and/or Publication without permission is strictly prohibited.
For use, please contact Julie E. Hedges, JE Hedges Photography,
(706) 563-1761, or Julie@JEHedges.com for duplication/publication use.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Tommy Aldrich & Kristin Darrell- The Proposal
Tommy proposed to Kristin at the Columbus, GA Rivewalk on July 17th. We were Ninja photographers, photographing the entire event without Kristin even having a clue as to what was going on. Congratulations Tommy & Kristin!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Julie Beck & Brian Fallis - WEDDING
On the bright spring day of April 3rd, 2010, Julie and Brian joined their lives together. We were honored to begin the day with the beautiful couple at Callaway Gardens Discovery Center. The Dogwood trees were blowing their white flowers in the wind making a gorgeous backdrop, as if a late snowfall had arrived.
The bride was wearing a beaded strapless gown that complemented the cathedral train that followed behind her. She held onto a spring selection of pink, purple, and yellow florals, designed by Details of the Garden. The groom was decked out in his Dress Blues to honor his duty in the military. Inside the
After our time at the Discover Center, we moved to the Chapel where close friends and family awaited their arrival. As Julie walked down the aisle to Brian, the light glistened through the stained glass window. After saying the most important words in life, “I DO”, the celebration moved to the Lodge where all of the guests enjoyed a fun filled night of dinner and dancing.
The couple are currently residing in Italy, where Brian is stationed. Sounds like an ongoing honeymoon if you ask us! Congratulations Brian & Julie! May your marriage always be "picture perfect"!
Kelly Englebert & Jeff English - WEDDING
March 27th 2010 the sound of love birds filled the air of the Rankin Gardens and Atrium. Through the Chandelier room, the bride and groom could overlook the historical street of Broadway, while we caught moments of their love blossoming. The dark wood floors throughout the building made Kelly’s white dress stand out, as if she were glowing. Kelly wore a sweetheart neckline beaded front with the back adorned with lace lying over the train. Her bouquet of large yellow sunflowers with hints of pink and green were the perfect accessory to an already beautiful bride. Green came into play with Jeff wearing a nice traditional tux with green vest and bow tie.
After the ceremony they moved into the atrium with their close friends and immediate family. Rankin Quarter Deli provided the catering of fruits and finger foods while guests and the couple danced to music with DJ Tim English. The cake was covered in flowers with lime green and pink decorative details. The groom's favorite cookie, the OREO®, was in large detail in the groom's cake. While the couple enjoyed mingling with their guests, close friends decorated the getaway car with Saran Wrap™. We always enjoy photographing a couple so passionate and in love, it’s what makes our job AWESOME!
Lori Starling & Jan Greeff - WEDDING!
On an early spring day downtown at the Rivermill Event Centre we met up with Jan and Lori. This was not the first time as we were given the honor of photographing the couple. We also captured Lori’s bridal session and the couple’s engagement photos. Lori was an absolutely stunning bride. Her bouquet, provided by Designs by Mayumi, was brilliantly put together for her to hold. It was made with over three dozen red roses! The red continued onto Lori‘s fabulous shoes, the chic 3 ½ inch heel ruby red Stuart Weitzman high heels. They were adorned with a large bow upon the open toe sling back.
The fun continued down at the reception. The wedding party consisted of 7 bridesmaids and 6 groomsmen. The bridesmaids wore knee length dresses carrying 3 calla lilies in their bouquets. The wedding party choreographed a dance to “I’ve got a feeling” by Black Eyes Peas and performed the dance as they were introduced into the reception. The dancing certainly didn’t end there! Lori danced with her father to Rascal Flatts “My Wish,” while Jan danced with his mother to Armstrong’s “What a wonderful world”. During the reception, our photo booth - JE Hedges Photo Booths, had a line waiting for the guests to jump in an experience the new trend of photo strip wedding party favors and entertainment at receptions. Their wedding was a momentous occasion for everyone in Jan’s family and friends, who traveled all the way from
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