What constitutes a great marriage and is marriage sacred anymore?

Marriage should be taken very seriously but today people take it very lightly...The sanctity of marriage shouldn't be torn down or so easily demolished with a simple meeting and the signing of divorce papers. We marry for better and for worse....The good and the bad! We hear of divorces after twenty or thirty years of marriage....How? Why? What possesses someone to enter that single world again? Men and Women are very complex human beings....It takes a lot of work, patience, compromise, compassion, drive and consistency in the things done day to day that makes a woman and a man compatible with each other on a lifetime basis!
I love to see a couple that's been together for sixty years or more....If at all possible when I meet an older couple that's been married basically their whole lives, I have to strike up a conversation! Talk about an education....That's one you can't buy!  If a young couple wants to know what makes a good marriage work, find someone who's been married for fifty years or more! And if they're willing, and most are, you will learn tons!

This is a beautiful couple of 65 years we met at one of our beautiful Weddings! Just absolutely amazing!!!!

We love the sanctity of marriage and appreciate the meaning of a great marriage!

What do you do with the pictures you take? Do they sit in your camera? Do you have prints made? Do you down load them onto your hard drive?

I had some down time in the studio here for the past week or so and I thought....I should get on some personal imagery work that I have been greatly slacking on! So, I went to investigate how far behind I've become on personal imagery work and it's about four years worth! It's been a blast creating pages for past Christmases, Thanksgivings, Graduations, College Softball Games, Mother-Son Senior dance, Fish Fries, Birthdays....that's just some work I've done in the past two days!

We love scrapbooking around here....We've done it forever and I will always scrapbook! Why do we take pictures? To store!!!! Your images are your memories, folks... I was looking back on some pages with my husband and I asked him this question....Would you ever think about Elvis if he wasn't here in this memory album? His answer was an immediate NO! Elvis was a beautiful black and white dog that would visit our sweet Reddog that's no longer with us....There are just some memories we do not remember without documents....So share your pictures with family and friends...There's a story behind every image we take!!!

We use to scrapbook the normal way with cutouts, paste, stickers, etc...My daughter still loves doing the hands on scrapbooking....Not me....I have a wonderful program I use that has papers, frames and tons of great attributes that I plan to share with potential scrapbookers someday in the future!

Here are some pages built from images that's waited on me very patiently...I have had a blast reliving these memories the last couple of days!!!

Brides and their fathers on the Wedding Day....

Brides with their fathers are one of those captures we love the most!!! The father isn't losing a daughter but gaining a son metaphor...But it's still very emotional for the fathers!  The image of these big, strong, tough dads that their daughters saw as they were growing up have turned into these very emotional human beings! The thought of giving that baby girl away to another man has to be very emotional...These daughters are the apple of their father's eye and most daughters look for attributes of their fathers in their future husbands. This is more common than you think...Especially if the daughter was raised in a home with mom and dad!

This blog was inspired by an image I ran across of a past bride and her father and it really got me to thinking about fathers and their daughters!

And this is the outcome....The images speak for themselves.....
This is only one of the reasons we LOVE doing WEDDINGS!!!!!

What are great DIY projects for inspiration and ways to cut corners on your Wedding costs?

We have several weddings that have awesome DIY projects and we've learned from our brides that it's lots of fun.... And lots of valuable memories are made doing DIY projects! With our internet resources now we can google "how to do just about anything!"  Read an awesome blog this morning about paper chains...I so remember doing chains with my kids (they're young adults now) at Christmas time...It was tons of fun!!!

	Here's a wonderful DIY project the Mother of the bride did for her daughter....The Wedding Party....Family and guests sign a quilt piece which she later made into a beautiful quilt for her daughter and her new son! Awesome idea!!!
This is a DIY program project....Loved this idea! Doesn't seem too time consuming, but who knows..Right?  Very elegantly done with the bucket and bows!!!
	Here's a classy and beautiful DIY project...Kissing balls is what our bride called them. This image is very classic and extremely priceless. One of the flower girls knocked one of the kissing balls off the pew....Then she had to try to fix it! Look at the dads in the door windows! Great Story Image!!!  Love this image!!!!

If you're a crafty person or even a wannabe crafty person, DIY projects are very special and memorable for everyone involved...

We had a wonderful show yesterday...met new brides and grooms to work with in this 2012 new year! Wedding season is right around the corner folks and we're booking quick!
Our new Pink Bride Magazine debuted yesterday at the show!!! We have some of our beautiful wedding stories told in this gorgeous magazine...so check it out!!! 

2012 is going to be a fabulous year for Forever Images and all of our new brides and grooms...So exciting!!!

This is a beautiful story of new life....We have had the pleasure of watching this sweet little angel named Andi Rose develop from the beginning....

From the very first time that we met her awesome parents at a bridal show and getting to know them during their engagement... We saw this gorgeous bride in her beautiful gown for the first time with her stunning Mother by her side during her bridal session.... We were there during their nuptials...It was a beautiful ceremony and the reception party was fun for all....Including us! We just adore this match made in heaven!!!

The baby bump...What a beautiful baby bump Heidi had. The first session was very intimate for Heidi and her husband....It's like I wasn't even there...So natural and so romantic....So very intimate....I could go on and on.... It was such a beautiful session!

The second baby bump session was about the same....Heidi brought her own ideas to the table which was fabulous....And we incorporated our skills and created some cherished moments that will last Forever! And what a fantastic husband she has...He was there for her at every little request and so romantic....Meeting her needs as a little pregnant Mama! I just can't say enough about her sweet husband...So much romance there....

And then there's Andi...Our last session was just a few weeks ago with little Andi in her parents arms...She is such a beautiful baby girl! I believe she looks a little like her father, don't you??? And what a lucky little girl she is...She has two older brothers that will always be by her side and protect her...Collin and Robby!

We were fortunate enough to know this family and work with them through this process of their growing family....We'll always care very deeply for them! Until the next family portrait session or wedding....You were a pleasure to work with!!!!

Beautiful Family!!!

Huge plans for the year 2012....

Well folks, another new year has begun and Forever Images has huge plans in store for our upcoming weddings!  We have renovations planned for the farm and we can't wait to get started!

Our first bridal show of the year is this Sunday at the Nashville Convention Center...And we're looking forward to meeting future brides and grooms. There are lots of events planned for the show so plan on spending the day. Here are great tips on what to expect and what to plan to do at our bridal shows! Remember ladies, wear comfortable shoes...They're a must at our bridal shows....Our shows are huge and if you plan to make progress in the planning stages of your wedding, be prepared to stay the day and shop....And dress comfortably!

When you attend the bridal shows, please come see us at our Forever Images booth! We're there to meet new couples to work with and help with all of your photography needs! We have a beautiful style and we have a great passion in our profession with photography to guide each individual couple we work with and to give them the setting that each couple wants...We're very personable and all about giving great customer service!

Our Wedding albums are designed according to what the photographer sees on your wedding day....Yes, your album is created by your Wedding Photographer! This is what matters to us the most...that beautiful Story Book Wedding Album that you vision and have dreamt of your entire life!
Come see our style for yourselves and lets talk about your Wedding!!!! 

We have a few tickets left here at the studio....Come on by and pick'em up!  We look forward to meeting you!