Peachtree City Georgia Weddings - Elise+Joel=Powell

Ashah Smith August 21, 2013

Elise & Joel are finally married! Joel got home from Afghanistan 5 days before they got married. They had only seen each other for two weeks in the past 16 months before that. Their strength amazes me. I'm so happy for them!

Venue: First Baptist Church Peachtree City

Cake Artist: Sister's Sweet Creations

Caterer: The Perfect Pear

Videographer: James Futch Video

Makeup: Chelsea Peacock

Hair: Lori from Envy Salon

DJ: Rick Carey

The exchange of letters from Elise & Joel

The moment when things start to feel real...

Elise's Dad seeing her for the first time...

Photo below by: Debo

Prayer before the ceremony...

Candles are harder to blow out than you think;)

The two photos below trip me out. It was during the prayer and they kept sneaking looks at each other without the other one knowing it;)

It started to rain a little right as we were headed outside to do pictures.

A Crossfit couple (can you tell?)...

Mr. Ivey introducing their traditional family dance!

Elise and Joel sang for everyone.

Photo below by: Debo

The whole family is married now! I photographed Jessica & Ben's wedding(far left) a few weeks prior to Elise & Joel's wedding!

A sweet kiss right before they left the reception.

Texas - Georgia - China Wedding - Jessica+Ben=Longenecker

Ashah Smith August 7, 2013

Jessica is from Georgia & Ben is from Texas(the two best states ever!!!!). They both live in China and that is precisely where they met. They've both been teachers in China for years. How cool is that?!

Ceremony - Brooks Christian Church, Brooks Georgia

Reception - Hollingsworth House, Fayetteville, Georgia

Videographer - James Futch Video

Florist - Terri Terrell

Hair - Lori from Envy Salon

Makeup - Chelsea Peacock

Catering- The Perfect Pear

Cakes - Sister's Sweet Creations

Moments before the ceremony...

They wanted to pray together before the ceremony. One of the things that Ben prayed for has stuck with me. ...God, we pray not for everything to go perfect today, but that you are glorified....

It started raining right before we went outside for pictures. We didn't skip a beat though! Jessica & Ben are SO go with the flow, I loved their attitude!

Debo got this picture below. I LOVE IT!

We snuck out for a quick picture:)

I had the privilege of photographing both Ivey sisters' weddings within three weeks of each other. I'll be blogging Elise's wedding soon!

Monroe Georgia Weddings - Andrew+Rachael=Marshall

Ashah Smith July 19, 2013

Rachael & Andrew got married last month in Monroe, Georgia. For the last while before they got married they had to live in two different states. They were so excited about finally being together for forever. Venue: The Cotton Warehouse

Caterer: Beyond Details

Band: Emerald Empire Band

Rachael and the girls got ready at The Wayfarer Hotel downtown Monroe. Rachael wore her mother's wedding dress first and then changed into her own wedding gown for the ceremony.

I love the details on her mother's dress!

Andrew's gift was delivered...

First look...

You know you have good friends when they walk around with you in the heat and hold your drinks...

This is how Andrew flirts apparently ;)

Debo and I had a blast with y'all. Thanks again!

Dublin Georgia Weddings - Kaylie+Stacey=Loftin

Ashah Smith July 9, 2013

Kaylie & Stacey got married on the beach in Destin, Florida the week before their reception in Dublin. I didn't photograph the ceremony but I was able to photograph the reception! It was such a laid back day we all had a blast!