It is a happy day indeed for me!

I have been for some time thinking of giving my site a face lift.  It has been stewing in my mind for some time.  Too long….

So now it is done!

I have a new site that I think is more me.

So head on over…I already have posted a Wedding I shot this past Sunday.

http://lillianprincephotography.com/

Warm fuzzies, close soft touches, incessant giggling, nervous pink cheeks, long gazes.  I love it.

Okay, so here is the skinny.  I have been dying to get to this Wedding all week long!  Finally last night I was able to sit down and edit my favs for Natalie and Jeremy’s sneak peek.

I could go on about how much I LOVED being at this wedding.  I loved loved loved it.  Natalie contacted me a while back and said that she and Jeremy are photographers as well, and wanted to know if I would come to their intimate wedding and shoot their ceremony.  “Uh, …yea!!!”.

I had never met Natalie or Jeremy, except for looking at their website.

I liked them immediately.  I have never shot a ceremony where there is zero wedding party.  Usually brides with like 7 to 10 bridesmaids and groomsmen call me.  So this was a nice treat.  It was intimate…like 15 people intimate.  It took place in Jeremy’s mother’s beautiful home off here patio.  And it was so beautiful !

Not only do Natalie and Jeremy obviously make a gorgeous couple, their passion for the Lord and love for their family and people was even more obvious.  By the end of the 2 hours, I felt like part of the family.

Anyways,…I could go on and on!  Let me just say that I was still smiling all the way home.

Natalie and Jeremy’s photography business donates 10% of everything they make to an Orphanage in Africa that Jeremy frequently visits.  In fact, they are there now in Kenya honeymooning.

So if you guys are getting any internet access…here you go!

xoxxo

Since it ended up raining, they made alternate plans for the outdoor wedding on the patio.  But I loved this just as much!

So Jeremy has this hat.  I could not resist getting g pictures of him with it.

Watch out…here comes the sillines!

I wanted to get a picture of them chilling on the porch.  They totally posed it up for me….if you can tell.  I was cracking up….

Mr. and Mrs. Curl!

I had a blast guys !

But you would never know how much we were all perspiring in these pictures.  Shannon mentioned to me that Ryan had a bit of hesitation.  Which I totally understand because even I can get the “deer in the headlights” look when I am on the other side of the camera.

But let me tell you, Ryan and Shannon were the easiest people to take pictures of!  Probably because they both love to be with each other and a hot 90 degree day downtown did not stifle their love at all!

What I love most is how much they make each other laugh.  I think Shannon giggled the entire time.  And in 90 degree weather, folks that is love!

Ryan and Shannon are getting married in Alabama this August.  I am insanely jealous for their Wedding photographer.  Imagine with me….sear sucker suits+ corn flower blue dresses + outdoor wedding + Ryan and Shannon.  Yes, I am jealous.

But I was so honored that they come back to their hometown and chose me as their photographer for this session.

Ryan and Shannon, thanks for bringing your all and running around downtown with me!  And Ryan, thanks for wearing a long sleeve shirt and making it look like you were enjoying a cool Spring Day.

I had a blast with you guys!  Enjoy!

I love this one~

Their pup Oscar.

Are they not the cutest couple!!?

We stopped to give Oscar a water break.  Poor Oscar never stopped panting the entire time it was so hot!

One last sprint through the Market Square fountains!

Happy Wedding you two!

There was certainly a hustle and bustle present at this wedding.

Nothing of the normal anxieties that would normally be present.  No, both of the Duncan and Pair families were all laughs, jokes and so laid back.  I loved it!

The groomsmen made time to attack one another with Nerf missile things ( I am not a guy so I have no idea what they are called),the Duncan kids were cruising around on these skate board things ( again, I do not know the vocab for such fancy toys), and the girls were all laughs and silliness.

Still with all the silliness and fun going on, everyone was so eager to see these two finally united.

Luke and Hannah, I know you are honeymooning right now, but if you have internet access…here is your sneak peek!

Again, thank you for asking me to be your photographer!  I had a blast~

One of the groomsmen, whom will remain unidentified, forgot his black socks.  So I thought a high water shot was appropriate.

Luke is one of 9 brothers and sisters.  It is so apparent how much they love one another…

…and how much fun they have together!

Beautiful Hannah~

Does she not just overflow with sweetness!?

James, the youngest Duncan.  They all have these incredible blue eyes.

I was taking some family pictures when these guys cruised by in the background…with a baby.  I died laughing it was too hilarious !

Mr. and Mrs, Duncan!

Landan is all boy, super cute and with sugar on top!!!

Andrea and Mark, here is your sneak peek of your precious son~

Enjoy!



Here is the Haun family.  I had such a blast hanging out with Nathan and Melissa and their two little boys!

What I loved immediately about this family is how totally chill they were.

They were wanting some newborn shots of their little guy Greyson, so I had this black cloth draped over Nathan while he held a naked fussy Greyson.

While we waited a bit for Greyson to fall asleep, I went over and got these pics of Taylor below.  I come back to Nathan, and he has been pooped on twice and he could not feel anything below his waist.  But all the while he was all smiles and full of joy.

I know, what were we thinking leaving a diaperless newborn diaperless for 20 minutes!?  The things you do for pictures right!  And Melissa was just a delight to talk with.

We shared mommy stories and laughed about all the crazy things that happen when you are a mommy of two babies.  I hugged her when I first met her because I felt like we were pen pals or something we had correspond by email so much.  Sorry if I scared you Melissa…

Well, the rest of the shoot went awesome and I so enjoyed to hang out with this family.

I love all these pictures…

Nathan and Melissa, I hope you guys love these as much as I do!  Enjoy your sneak peek!



We were able to get a lot of “dad and son” pictures while Melissa was caring for Grayson.

These are all so sweet and my favs…

Everytime I asked Taylor to smile, we would squint his eyes like this.  It was simply adorable!

And right when Nathan and Melissa copied him he stopped.  But I love this picture for that very reason… 

This one…I love.  It is so sweet.

And here he is “smiling” again!

When Stephanie booked this session, she told me this would be their first real family pictures.  I was totally honored and a bit nervous.  What if I totally bombed!?

But the Sluss clan is so easy going and full of laughter, it was not hard at all to get some great pictures that totally capture this family’s love for each other.  I love this family!

I met up with Clifton and Stephanie on her dad’s property.  We all piled in on an off road Jeep and you guessed it…we did some off roading!  It was a beautiful property and we ended up at their family cabin.

Oh and it gets even better than that!  They all have incredibly blue eyes.  How could this photo session not turn out incredible?!

And how can I not get up close with eyes like this….

Caleb or “Cubby”

Silly sweet Sophie.

I literally took all the following shots one frame after another.  One mili second after another.

She is so incredibly precious and has her own adorable personality.

I could have taken pictures of her all day…

And sweet Audrey~

After finishing Patrick and Heather’s session, I had to post some more just of some black and whites.   I just love them!

There is a few in here that I am tempted to put up in my own house!

I loved shooting this session.! I have been looking forward to getting together with Patrick and Heather for some time.  We had to reschedule a few times, but we finally made it happen!  I am so excited about these images I might burst!  I love them all so much….

Much of the time when I take pictures, I look through my lens and look for an image that moves me.  Like a poetic movie where the scenes grip you and stir emotion within you.  As cheesy as that all sounds, I say it because during this shoot Patrick had music playing in the back ground and I loved it!  It only reinforced what I think goes inside of my head when I am searching for a shot.

I am tempted to start carrying a boom box to my session….As if me coming with all my gear isn’t intimidating enough!

Patrick and Heather, I had such an awesome time hanging with you all.  I hope you love these pictures as much as I do~

Enjoy !

Heather just glows with that beautiful mommy glow…

I love these in front of the painting…

To me these are the perfect “Dad and baby” pictures.

I am in love with these 2 below….I think I really just love her hair and how it hangs over her face.

I know we all think our own babies are the cutest thing alive…but look at this picture.  Really,…is he not the most adorable thing ever!

And I could not resist getting some couple shots of P & H

I loved Meredith the moment I met her.  Full of life and laughter!

Yesterday I met up with Meredith and her fiance Jason.

My they are so sweet ~

We were on a beautiful property.  I was having sensory overload.  It was so hard for me to pick only a few spots.  I could have been there all day~

We even had the luxury of driving on the property on a gulf cart! So fun!!!  As I rode around sipping on a Coke, for a second I did consider having a gulf cart at all my sessions….nah.

But, there was a moment of hesitation when we decided to take the gulf cart ….down a steep hill..towards a lake.

There was a brief moment that we considered the scenario that we would all three be in the lake.   But alas!  A gulf cart is a powerful vehicle!  And we did make it back UP the hill as well….

I can never do just a sneak peek of just a few pictures.

I just can’t help myself!

So, Jason and Meredith, enjoy your sneak peek!!!

I had so much fun running around the farm with you both~

Is Meredith not gorgeous!!  It looks like it should belong on a magazine…

One of my favs below…

And who can resist a trampoline?

See you love birds in a couple of months!!!

I met up with Matthew and Jessica off of Norris this weekend.  Wow, was the weather gorgeous!  We also had incredibly aggressive winds almost the entire session!

Good thing I forgot to remind my assistant ( who holds all of my fans for fake wind) to come along!  Just kidding…I do not have any assistants.

But I could have told you these were on the sandy beaches of the Caribbean the water is so blue!  Incredible huh?!

Here is your sneak peek guys!

I had fun walking around the lake with you and getting caught in turbine/hurricane winds together!

I hope you love them~

See you soon on the big day!

Okay, so I took a lot of pictures of Ashley.  It is so different when I have only ONE person I am photographing.  No kids running away, no need to position people etc.

This truly was so fun to just really hang out together and try out some creative stuff!

Ashley is a Photographer as well.  So it was a real honor !

Check her out at http://ashleyhodgsonphoto.wordpress.com

And p.s…I am in love with all of these pictures~

I really had fun during this session!  Plus I got some great pictures that I hope will be a treasure to them.

John is a big fisherman.  So this was a clever idea from Danielle to lay a fishing bait on her belly.

Typically people will lay baby blocks to spell out the baby’s name across the belly.  So I thought this was so cute !

Congrats guys !  I want to see pictures of Baby Taden when he arrives!

You are so sweet!

You have precious blue eyes and soft tiny feet!”

So, I am a poor poet….

But if I could write brilliantly, I would write one for baby Tait.

Isn’t he darling?

I planned on going through and grabbing 5 or so pictures to quick edit for Ashley.  But 5 turned into 7, then into 10.

Saturday was a fabulous day, so we snooped around down town for these pictures.  Boy did we fall onto some great spots!

I am so in love with this first one!

Enjoy Ashley!  I had so much fun with you!

Poor Ashley had to sprint back and forth in these heels so I could get “the” shot.

Hello dark long tunnel~

I love you …

Yes, we even had an assistant with us to turn on some wind for us when needed….just kidding.

Love these two above and below.

These pearls were from her Grandmother as a Graduation present…so lovely.

Very West Side Story…

Baby Tait and John+Danielle…I have not forgotten about you!  I promise you will get some blog love this week!

Gavin and Jessica are too adorable…and Molly their Pug sure helps add some extra adorableness.

We were so lucky to have such a nice sunny afternoon downtown!  I will be shooting their wedding in a few months, but I love these Engagement sessions to get to know the couple.

And this couple is so FUN!   Jessica adores Gavin and laughs at everything he does and says.  And Gavin clings and holds Jessica like she is gold.  We joked and laughed the entire time….

Can’t wait till June guys!

Oh what a cute pug face!

These next shots are so fun to me…and so Gavin and Jessica.

LOVE this one…

All of these here on this loading dock are some of my favorites…

Love it!

I love love this photo session.

Look at these pictures and don’t tell me that you do not want to have a baby!

I look at all these skin pictures and I can almost smell that baby skin smell….!

Oh my, baby finger and toes!

Jessica, you are such a beautiful and peaceful mother!

Grandma slid in for some snuggle pictures at the end.  I love these.

Okay, okay! So I love the whole session.  Maybe I should have just titled this post “I love it!”

I have a Maternity session I am so excited to post, and an engagement session I am equally excited about!

Request to be my face book friend and you can see sneak peeks of the engagement session~

As always, I had a fun time with Andrea and Mark.  We always end up laughing at something the entire time.  Like a railroad cop who stopped us as we tried to take this first pic on the railroad tracks ( I know!  Railroad cops!!?  What!?) , or driving around looking for switch grass,…or walking through mud that was like quick sand.  Always a blast to be with you guys!  Looking forward to his one year!

Okay folks…here they are!

Long and awaited!  I love every single one of these pictures.  If it was not for self-control, I probably would have posted just about all of them!

It was such a joy to be part of this wedding.  My heart , sweat and passion went into this wedding.  And that is the same for every wedding I have the opportunity to shoot.

I hope it shows!  I never take lightly the great honor and responsibility to capture this very special day.

So I present to you Andy and Leslie’s Wedding day!

If I could, I would gift wrap and tie a bow around these pictures!



One last look over before seeing Andy….

Andy and Leslie decided to see each other before the ceremony.  I love it because I get them all to myself for a longer period of time and we get to run around taking pictures.

It was oh so sweet and I found myself tearing up….

Here Leslie is saying , “He is so close!  I can hear him!”.

I think I could almost hear Leslie’s heart beating out of her chest the anticipation was so great!

Love it!

Now time to run around downtown!!!

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Now the wait….

Guys chillin’ in the back…

Andy reading a note from Les…

And the wait on the girls side is always busier.  But I love it!  Shoes off, applying more makeup on top of makeup, fixing hair, hanging out…etc..

Les is glowing of course.

Hanging out with her girls…

And I am giving big props to Ben Finch Photography for assisting me for this wedding.  He is a gifted photographer and I am so thankful to have had him helping me out.

Since I was running around with a wedding party of 24 people, I gladly gave Ben the responsibility to getting

some detail shots.  He did an awesome job!  Check out all the other pictures at www.benfinchphotography.net.

Thanks Ben!

This one cracks me up….well, a lot of them do.  But his is so Leslie to me.

One last look before going down the isle.

Party time!

It was a blast!

( The guy in the background, David, is one of the bridesmaid’s husband.  And also a dear friend of Leslie’s.  This picture cracks me up because it is so David.)

Smooches for daddy Bowden

I had so much fun with you both…words cannot express …

So I’ll let my camera do the talking….

I am so thankful to get to do what I do!  It is such a gift from God and I am so undeserving of it!

Daniel and Jessie , thank you for asking me to be your photographer!  It was such a  privilege and a joy!

I love this expression on her face when she sees herself with her veil on….

Za rings …

It was literally like 18 degrees outside that day.  But everyone braved the cold and we took pictures for as long as I could still feel my fingers.  So like 10 minutes.  At one point I noticed something that maybe looked like snow…or dust in the air.  I concluded that it was the little moisture left in the air…and it had frozen.

You cannot even tell that they are all frozen at this point because they all look so pretty!

You are about to see a lot of nose nuzzling!  Although just about every picture they are literally attached at the nose,…it is incredibly sweet and every one tugs at your heart~

I love this look in Daniel’s face.  It is in every picture. You can just see how much he prizes and adores her!

Daniel’s sister made this cake….I know!!! Amazing huh!?

It was a dance party!  People where swing dancing like there was no tomorrow!

Okay, okay…so I am a bit emotional now.  I suppose it does not help to edit wedding pictures while listening to mushy music….

Dan and Jessie, here is your sneak peek!!  Enjoy guys, I had too much fun!

It was quick,…quicker than I wanted.  We had my kids and my husband in the van waiting on us.  I wish I had more time with her and Lon.  But  I love this first one.

Thanks Sharon!  You are the bomb!

Go to www.ryandlil.blogspot.com to see my family pictures.

Well, I told her I had some tricks up my sleeve- and we are not talking photo shop tricks.

So all the following people you are about to see were present at the photo shoot, no cutting and pasting faces etc.

You tell me, are these not the most photogenic people you have ever seen!!?

Gorgeous kids!

And may I say that I never bellied laugh so hard during a photo shoot!  The kids laughed and joked the entire time.  Karen said, “yup, this is what it is like at home…we all entertain each other!”.

Exhibit A:   I am belly laughing here…..

Exhibit B: trying to keep the camera still b/c I am cracking up…

Exhibit C:  I am crying from laughing so hard

Karen..what a beauty!

Ethan literally could not control himself and stop himself from laughing.   So cute!

Had a super time with all of you!

I am so excited to have gotten these memorable pictures for you!

We had fun and I love the pictures I was able to get of this sweet family~

I am trying out this new way to post images to see if it speeds things up a bit…and after posting my final picture I realized I had not stamped my name on any of them!

Oh well,…I did take them!  I promise!

Eliza…she is a gem. 

David is too cute

Little spunky MJ…check out those eyes!

It is always such a blast to be with them.  It brings back all kinds of memories when I come to the Sexton home.  I use to come regularly to this home in my college days.  Doug and Alison where my Care Group leaders, during that time, at the church we both go to.  Coming through their doors is like when you get to come home for your Holiday breaks from school.  It’s like coming home.   All those warm fuzzies….I love it!

I tagged along with Andrea, Mark and Landan to a pumpkin patch as they picked out Landan’s first pumpkin.   As we were on the hay ride, Andrea turned to me and said, “You didn’t know that you would be on a hayride today, huh!?”.  We both laughed out loud.  I did not know that we would be taking a hay ride, but I love them so I did not mind at all ! And I got these sweet pics of them on the ride…

Landan fell asleep on the way back.  So sweet~

I had so much fun with them and I am seriously wild about this first family picture.

Love love love it…

…and love their two boys

We had a blast,..and I had too much fun taking these pictures.  What a precious family~

One of my fav kissy pics

Oh Nora, what a beauty!

Sweet little Liam!

So there are those moments when I am taking pictures that an idea comes to me, and as I watch it happen through my camera, it is such a rush.

So this was one of those time.  Okay,..I have to admit.  My heart stopped beating I was so excited.  I love the black and white just as much!

Jonathan and I were trying to get Nora to look up at the camera.  She was distracted being in a tree, so we started to bribe her.  “Nora, you will get some fruit snacks if you look at Ms. Lillian!”.  After repeating himself a few times, Jonathan specifies and says ” If you look up at Ms. Lillian you will get some fruit snacks RIGHT NOW !”.  To that she looks right up and says “Fruit snacks!?”.  We both cracked up laughing.

Come back soon, I ‘ve got 6 or 7 more sessions to post.   Have a great weekend !

But knowing Dave and Krista,  I know that they do not have a freezer packed with Icees at home…they do so much more to care and shepherd their kiddos!

We had so much fun and it was a blast hanging out with them~

Emily’s sister and husband came and joined the fun and we had fun running around together~

But I love this family!  We had so much fun and the kids are all such jewels with their own unique personalities.  It was so fun to hang with the Haydens because they all LOVE being with one another.    I love it!

I loved every minute of it~

I still can’t believe that people pay me to do this….it is all way to much fun!

As one of  the gifts to her bridesmaids, Meg had chosen a set of earrings and necklaces specifically for each of her girl and made these boards to display each one. 

The dress!

Meg with her sister-in-law.  I personally love those pictures you take of yourself. 

Love the shoes!

Meg had this permanent grin on her face and giggled as Lane gave it to her.

I know….we all ( all 12 of us out there) made a chorus of “awwwwwhhhh’s!!!” as she received the gift.  It was absolutely precious.

Lane and Meg

The girls inside praying for Meg before the ceremony begins….

A father’s light touch…so sweet~

I love this one.  It is right before the father hands Meg over to Joseph.

Can we say “Happily Ever After”?

Yes,..go ahead.  You know you want to say it….”Awwwwhhhhhh!”.

Once I get a handle on my current sessions, I will come back to post the rest ~  Till then enjoy!

 The Sagraves Family

The Albright Trio

I took photographs of fine art paintings for a client.  Yes folks, I can do that too!

The Boyles

The Bradshaw Family

The Hayden Family

The Reeds

The Sexton Family

Joseph and Meg get married!

Man I love this photography stuff !

But for now here is this one…

More to come soon….plus 4 other family sessions…

Here is a little peek in on my life outside of Lillian Prince Photography.  You can go check out my personal blog here.  But a warning: You will encounter an overwhelming amount of pictures of giggling, dirty, precious, wild little kiddies.  Proceed with caution! 

Ella Reese ~ my little gem

Dean or “Dean-o” ~ our precious little monkey

I’ll be back by Christmas to post.  Just kidding.  Maybe by Thanksgiving…. 

Don’t worry, I won’t be able to stay away but for another week or two. 

They were beyond smitten with one another.   Meg would just smile at Joseph and I think she pretty much giggled the entire time.  It was contagious!  And it was completely obvious how captivated Joseph was with his soon to be bride.  You could see it  in the way he would look at Meg and embrace her.   They were so fun to hang out with and they did everything I asked without hesitation.  Some requests involved skipping and running to other requests like dodging traffic on Gay Street.  ( side note: My favorite was when Shooting on Gay street and I asked them to please tell me if a car was going to hit me from behind.  I love those moments when all you have is literally a few seconds and you walk away and jump for joy cause you nailed the shot.)

I love Meg and Joseph and I LOVE  ALLLLL of these pictures.  Because I love them all I will spare you commentary on every single picture.  Especially since I know under each pic I will say it is my favorite.  

I am eagerly anticipating their wedding in late October!  I know I will bawl my eyes out…