Saturday, January 30, 2010

Ten Years

Katy Geil and Garrett Smyth met by chance ten years ago at a Thanksgiving dinner. Katy was in her early 20’s, just beginning her working life and Garrett was working as a golf pro. They didn’t hit it off in a romantic way at the time.

Looking back, Katy can see now that she needed ten years to find her place in the world and to be ready for this love. As luck would have it, last year Garrett happened upon Katy on Facebook. They began corresponding and ended up quickly falling in love. Early on in their budding relationship, Garrett knew that she was the one.

A decade after first meeting they were wed in wonderful ceremony on January 16, 2010 at White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. They held a reception immediately following at The Carolina Country Club. I think their story is told best in the slideshow below. All of their wedding images are located in their GALLERY.

All the ladies got ready at Katy’s mother’s house. On the left is Holly Blanton’s dog, Percy, who probably thought that ten women getting ready for a wedding was a bit chaotic. On the far right is the wall in the laundry room where many family and friends had marked their growth in this beautiful, family friendly house.

On the left is Katy’s something blue. The church was beautiful as guests arrived at the wedding.

Katy and Garrett’s niece ran up to join her mom at the end of the ceremony. This was definitely a kid-friendly wedding, which I loved!

PINK!!!

The wedding party loved the Ravenscroft Bus. Katy’s friends decorated it complete with Diet Coke cans dangling off the back.

LIST OF WEDDING DAY VENDORS:

Floral Design: Kelly Odom
Wedding Coordinator: Nancy Congleton
Cake: Sweet Memories
Reception Musicians: TLC
Recetion Venue: The Carolina Country Club

Katy had this to say about her photos, “Kristin! Everything looks wonderful! You did the most amazing job. Thank you SO MUCH. The pictures are WONDERFUL. We are were so lucky to have you with us!”

And her mom, Holly said, “Yeah, I love it Kristin . You are the best!”

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Father Dan

Last Friday despite the non-existent snow event, I ventured out of the house to photograph Fr. Dan McLellan at Immaculate Conception Church in Durham, NC. Cyndy Falgout is one of Father Dan’s parishioners and she happened to go onto the church’s Web site recently and saw a photo of him there. Unlike his actual warm, friendly demeanor, his head shot looks cold and imposing. She hired me to change that. A good portrait is something almost everyone could use.

On the left is a good old, clean backdrop image for various uses. Then I got to take Father Dan around to some of the most photogenic spots in the church. This is the part that I love! For the photo of the right we had originally placed him in front of another part of the stained glass window but after shooting it we all realized that Jesus was getting beaten with clubs in the background and we can’t have that. So we moved him over to the right where Jesus looks much happier.

These two work well, I think. The one on the left was kind of tricky because we wanted to include the beautiful wooden cross but it is suspended high in the air. So I got down low which can usually be a bad angle for the human beings to be photographed. But Father Dan looks great. On the right we just had to include Mary since this is an Immaculate Conception church after all.

Finally, I shot a couple of more backdrops just so they would have plenty to choose from. You just have to love the beautiful pipe organ on the left. Cyndy really wanted to include the altar and I am glad we did. The whole shoot lasted maybe 30 minutes and now he will have photographs to use for many different things for years to come. Thanks Father Dan and Cyndy!

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Happy Holidays from KPO Photo!

As I write this it is snowing outside! A perfect start to the holiday break! I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you who chose KPO Photo this year. Your stories are absolutely amazing and I am so honored to be a part of your lives.

I also want to say thank you to Sarah Van Heusen, Scott Ramsey, Leslie Barbour, Sophia Harcourt and Dan Glasgow who brought their incredible skills to your stories in 2009.

We will be closed from the 18th until the New Year. I will start 2010 with a bang with a New Year’s Day wedding! During the break I will be checking email periodically but plan on spending a lot of down time with family and friends. I hope you all can do the same! Again thanks so very much for all of your support. Happy Holidays!!!

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Ten Years

Father Dan

Happy Holidays from KPO Photo!