Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner - Columbus MS Photographer

(photograph done by Celeste Staggers)

Meet Jennifer... she was the winner of the Dismals Bridal shoot. She was nominated by her friend Brandy, and here is part of what Brandy said...

My friends name is Jennifer hebert she is... a awesome mother to 2 boys her and her husband Jamie have been married going on 11 yrs which is awesome in this day and time. Let me tell you a little about Jenni she has been my best friend for 20 yrs and would do anything for you that is what kind of person she is. when she got married 11 yrs ago they had to use just a family friend to go around and take pics with a regular digital camera because that's all they could afford at the time. I think she deserves this because she has been planning their vow renewal for a yr and wants to have that "dream wedding" that all little girls dream of. Did I also mention that she [recently] lost 50lbs and now she looks awesome I think she needs this so she will have the new woman in a new dress in new pictures... What it boils down to is Jenni is a wonderful person inside and out and I couldnt think of anything more than for her to win this photo shoot from you to make her a very happy girl.

Thank you to Brandy for entering and for Jennifer for being so awesome! Im so, so excited to do this shoot and I know you, my readers, are excited to see the results as well... :)

Why dont you leave a comment sending Jennifer some happy wishes...

Also, I hope this will serve as a reminder... get a professional photographer for your wedding - it will be so worth it, i promise!

Happy Anniversary Jessica & David! - Columbus Ms Photographer

Just wanted to say a Happy 1st Anniversary to Jessica and David... hope your first year has been amazing! Thank you for letting me capture your big day! You can view the rest of their wedding here.

I cant wait to shoot some more weddings this year, but I still have some opening... email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com and let me help you capture something beautiful!

Today has been crazy busy, so I promise the winner of the bridals contest is upcoming and also some of the 7 deadly sins pics are upcoming too... hate to keep you waiting, but sometimes its necessary to keep my sanity... but I promise they are coming!

Also, anyone have any design experience/knowledge that can help with some logo work? Email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com and lets talk!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out and supported the show on Saturday - you guys have absolutely no idea how much that meant to me - it is amazing to know who you can count on - I love you!!!

The Final Countdown - Day 11 - Columbus MS Photographer

Dont forget to enter the contest for FREE BRIDALS, you can enter all this week and a winner will be chosen on Monday, July 9th.... cant wait to read more entries! There have been some really good ones so far!

Speaking of contests.... Go on over to the Hopkins family blog - they are giving away a Kindle fire - how awesome is that... and you know youve been wanting one. And all the money raised goes to bring that sweet little boy in the picture above (which I didnt take) home to his forever family. Isnt he sweet? The Hopkins adopted a little girl from Hong Kong a little bit back (like us!) and now they are going to Europe for a son! And you can be a part of their journey.... its so exciting. And speaking from experience in the adoption world - its hard. Its really hard. But you have no idea how encouraging it is when people support you - even with small amounts - $1, $5, $10 - it may not seem like much in the grand scheme of things, but to that family, I guarantee you, its huge.

And now we are down to Day 11 of the countdown to the Sins show... Im on pins and needles and cant wait.... so much good stuff happening... :)

Email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com - Id love to hear from you!

The Final Countdown - Day 12 - Columbus MS Photographer

Dont forget to enter the contest for FREE BRIDALS - I promise you dont want to miss out... and only a week left... :)

Since Im in the bridal mood, thought I would post some I did of Allison last year... can you believe all of these were done right here in Columbus... love how they turned out... and you know if these were done here in Columbus, imagine what the ones in the Dismals are going to be like!!!

Im so excited.

Also, be sure to check out The Real Story paper this week - I have the centerfold... and its all pics that havent been pictured on the blog... so exciting!

Also, we now start the final countdown to the 7 Sins show. We are at day 12. I have worked on this series for what? 3 months now so I couldnt be more excited for them to finally be coming out... :) The show will be next Saturday, July 7th from 5:30 - 7:30 - free food and drinks are provided and all the artwork is for sale as well. Id love to have everyone come out and see the show! Im definitely looking forward to finally seeing all 7 prints up and together!

Again, dont forget to enter the contest! And Im always still taking portrait sessions - email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com and lets get you set up!

Hurray!!!! - Columbus MS Photographer

My book showed back up on my table today... so, so happy... :)

Also, Im now doing a senior picture contest on facebook... dont wait go enter now - a link to my facebook page is on the top right of this page.... :) Cant wait to see all the entries!

Happy Saturday!

Email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com

Winner, Winner... Chicken Dinner

Ill be honest... Ive never really liked that phrase - not sure what it is, I just dont like how it feels coming off my tongue... and yes, I admit it. I am weird. Today is Thursday... and good things happen on Thursday! Today was the earring drawing - woo hoo! I had some help from Gabe....

You can click on it to view it larger if you cant see it....

Congrats to Joe Marsh for winning.... awesome!

Only 17 more likes on the fan page and I will be giving something else fun away... I cant wait! I love to give stuff away... more pictures are coming up soon! Email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com if you have any questions at all... I would absolutely love to hear from you!

Things I Love Thursday...

One of the things I love is winning... and not the Charlie Sheen kind... :)

But I do love to win... if I play at something, then I am super competitive and probably not fun to play with... seriously, dont play Trivial Pursuit with Daniel and I (what? was that a challenge I heard? bring it on!).... If I actually do something (you know, when Im not being lazy), then I go for it - all the way!

And because I love all of yall! And yall made one of my big dreams come true.... I got 100 likes on my facebook page - woot woot - doing the happy dance! Im giving away this gorgeous set of earrings that I promised.... they are so, so cute and if I could wear anything but studs in my own ears, then I would probably keep them for myself.... but I know how cute they would look on someone who could actually wear them as opposed to my dresser table... ha ha.

I have no idea what they are made of, so dont bother asking, but they are these mosaic-y, opalescent looking things... lots of purples and greens.... really fun, but could look nice with something more serious as well.... dont you love when jewelry is mult-functional...

Anyway... so here is the deal... there is a post on my facebook fan page about the earrings - go leave a comment on that... and then for an extra entry, come back here and post on this post as well.... you have to comment on the fan page first though.... Ill come back and draw a winner next Thursday.

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And guys, I know you are thinking this prize doesnt apply to you... but seriously, a great gift for your sweetie that you dont have to shop for, pick out or pay for? Who are you kidding?

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And Ive decided that for every 25 new likes that I get on my fan page, Im going to give away another prize... and Im already at 106 now... so only 19 more to go.... and I promise, its going to be different every time so you never know what I might throw at you... :)

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Yall are awesome... truly!

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Something else that I love on this Thursday is cake.... mmmmmm.... yummmmm! I also love to cook... and every once in awhile, I experiment. Now, Ill be honest - most of my experiments are super-failures. Dont get me wrong, Im good at cooking things I know how to cook, but every once in awhile, I will get it in my head that I need to try something new...

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Which I did tonight....

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And it actually turned out not too bad.

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I mixed up a cake mix (yellow, if you were curious) and then I poured it in a hot skillet and made pancakes.... :) They were actually pretty good... not nearly as sweet as I thought they were going to be - they were really good... and yes, this is what we ate for dinner, Im such a bad mom... even worse though - if I would have had time, I would have melted some icing and drizzled it over the top.... oh my my... can you even imagine!

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I will tell you though... each pancake is like eating a cupcake, so you can only eat a few and you are full! And Im not even going to go into how much sugar is in these things... but again - they were good... woo hoo - experiment success!

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And now... A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!

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FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!!!

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ITS THE BIG CANVAS SALE!

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My most popular size - the 16x24 - is now being offered for $175.... thats $100 off the regular price! If you are more of a square-lover, then Im marking the 20x20 down to $175 as well!

But even bigger than that... you can get a 20x30 for only $350.... that is $200 off the regular price! Thats huge! And because this is such a deal, I am only offering 3 of these up for grabs.

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- these canvases are for anyone who has had their pictures made by me within the last 2 years.... OR - and this is really cool - if you have a session booked (or book one) before August 1st, then you can also reserve a canvas at this price.... awesome! This includes weddings!

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This is only for one week..... offer ends next Friday! So email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com to get your deal on... its first come, first serve on the 20x30's!

The Cherries and the Pits - Columbus MS Photographer

I love Saturdays with nothing to do... mostly because they are so rare... I know that if I had them often enough, I would get bored and feel miserable. I dont even remember the last Saturday that I didnt have at least part of the day scheduled... but 2 days ago - I got to feel the joy of sleeping in. AHHHHHH - from Friday night to Saturday morning, I was in the bed for 12 glorious hours.... I cant even put into words how amazing that was. I didnt realize how much my body was craving rest. Now I think I should go to bed earlier... but it probably wont happen.

Another thing happened this weekend that I am dying to talk about, but I cant just yet... its so big! I can tell you that it is the start of a series... and its going to take hours of editing to get it to the place where I want it.... oh my my.... I wish I could share.... but since its only the first in line, Ill have to wait... but it takes my breath away.... hopefully it will do the same for you.

Oh, I want to say hello to anyone who got here from Gala's site... you totally made my day!


So now on to the new installation of the cherries and the pits... things I like and dont... we will see how long I can actually keep this up - ha ha!

The Cherries
- getting to sleep in when you havent in a very long time... and waking up feeling better than you have in forever
- Walmart brand 90 calorie chocolate chunk granola bars.... yummm!
- starting a new project and wondering where its going to take you
- a husband who puts up with my crazy ideas
- anyone brave enough to leave a comment

The Pits
- realizing you dont have another free Saturday for awhile
- taking your daughter to get 3 shots... poor girl was awful brave though!
- a post with no comments... seriously sucks.
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Ive got a new pair of gorgeous earrings to give away.... as soon as I get 100 fans on my facebook page.... c'mon... help me live my dream.... :)
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Ha - I love yall! Gorgeous baby session is upcoming!

The Bland Family - Columbus MS Photographer

Once again, if this post gets at least 20 comments, then this family will get a sweet, little surprise... :)

I was so excited to work with this family... they just adopted as well, so it was nice to meet another family who was walking that path. We got a great day for pictures as well. It was cloudy but warm. They brought their dogs and we just kind of ambled along, letting the kids roam. I think we got some good shots.

Check out this little one's eyes... so pretty.

Such a sweet family.

Oh my... couldnt you eat her up?!!!

So sweet...

I love the mystery of these two... so gorgeous

Love these... you can totally see her personality.

I just love this one!

Bland family... yall are awesome... I hope I get to work with yall again!

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What do yall think of the new logo watermark?

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The facebook contest is still going on... next Monday is the last day.... so far there are only 18 games so its pretty much anyone's game... get to it.... and even if you cant use it, give it to someone else as a gift.

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Also, I still have a few mini-session spots... Ill be honest, I am almost booked up through May.... so if you were thinking about booking a session before it gets too hot, then you may want to think about the mini-sessions... email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com to get your spot booked!

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Like I said... only 20 comments get this family a really sweet surprise... :)

Ann & Michael - the wedding! Columbus MS Photographer

This is the wedding that Ive been saving forever... its that good!

How do you get a photographer really, really excited?
- tell them that you want to do a first look and all the pictures before the wedding
- tell them that they can have as much time for pictures as they want
- have the wedding in a gorgeous park an hour before sunset... in the fall, when the weather is perfect

- and then make the bride and groom (heck, the whole wedding party) beautiful and really fun to be around.... yeah, pretty much a dream wedding... with that being said, there is no way that these pics can be done justice if they arent viewed full size (click on them) - just saying....

Ok, go ahead and prepare yourself.... :)

The flowers were so pretty!

If youve been to http://www.talleyimages.com/ lately, then you'll recognize this one... love it!

Love this one quiet moment among all the chaos.

sweet picture with her dad

Oh my goodness... Ann was stunning... no words...

I have been wanting this shot for so long... :)

I still cant get over how amazing the light was!

Check out the reflection in the window

The first look.... always the most magical part

Again... how gorgous is this light?!!!

And the wedding starts....The groom is right on time...

I love how I was the only one who knew the bride was there...

Ah.... one of the best ideas Ive ever seen..... all the moms and grandmothers wore black pants and a jewel-tone top... so gorgeous and chic.... and easy!

You have to click on this one to see what all the fuss is about... :)

Oh, did I mention that the reception was in an old converted theater? Yeah...

Ann and Michael, my feelings cant even put into words how much I adore yall and your wedding... it was such an amazing experience - I cant believe I got to be there to capture it all... Yall are amazing - I hope you know that!

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Ok, mini-sessions are a go.... I already have 2 booked and I am offering a limited number of slots.... so dont wait to book the timeslot that you want...

Cost will be $50 and that includes a 30 minute session, full editing, and a cd of at least 5-10 images... Saturday, March 19 will be at Lake Lowndes and Sunday, March 20 willl be at Riverwalk.

- Dont just think these are for family Easter pics... they would make a sweet graduation present for a senior who cant afford a full session, or a couple who just got engaged and need something nice for the paper... tons of ideas!

Email me at talleyimages@yahoo.com to book your slot!

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Big contest going on on facebook right now.... click the box on the right hand side of this page and that will take you to my fanpage - Addie Talley, Photographer.... like my page, then share it.... then comment on the contest post.... so easy....

The prize is a full session with a cd of all images... thats a big deal!

Hope to hear from you soon!