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07.12.10

Mandaree and Steve got hitched in Alaska last December where their families are closer to. They wanted to get some better wedding portraits done so hence the collaboration with them a few months later around downtown Donaldsonville this past May. Donaldsonville is a tiny bit different from ALASKA isn't it? Haha!

We got so many great shots and I just loved shooting them. They have such gorgeous chemistry and were so comfortable with one another.

FYI - my mom made Mandaree's shrug! I think she did fabulous!

Check them out!!!

Here's a random one I loved of Sarah helping M & S out with a "look" - I'm so fortunate I have such a great partner in life who helps me out in her free time when I'm sure at times she'd much rather "chill out at home" on her weekends!

Leave some comment love for Mandaree and Steven!

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Mrs. TTP:

GOSH i LOVE these. i LOVE their chemistry FOR SURE. some of these could pass as being in alaska.. like the one of her holding her arms as if its cold... and it really was like 150 degrees that day LOL.

GORGEOUS! love their red scheme look, her dress, her shrug, his sunglasses, their entire look. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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Chase's Mom:

Love the pops of red! Great work!!!

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Ashley :

Loved the album!! GREAT GREAT WORK!

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Tate's Dad, Randy!:

Nice shots... great looking couple, and I agree, they do look very comfortable together. I wish them many years of happiness.

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amanda:

FUNNY. i was browsing the TOMS website on how people wear their TOMS shoes just before looking at your blog post, which i am now looking at the familiar picture as the 5th picture down is posted on the TOMS website! :) always love your GREAT work! :)

http://www.toms.com/how-we-wear-them/?p=9

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Brooke :

mandaree looked stunning!! love the shrug & toms! :D good photo work!

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Mandaree:

AWESOME!!! I love them... I'm so excited I can't wait to see the entire cd...!! and I'm so glad to know that my tom's picture got onto the website, I looked a while ago and couldn't find it so this is awesome. I love the red too, and my shrug too, .... SWEET... thank you so much for taking our pictures, we should have flown you out for the actually thing in the first place.... live and learn I guess. Again thanks and I'll make sure that Steven looks at them tonight too.... THANK YOU TTP!!!

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Jennie Washington:

HA! I never saw the B&W of the 2 of you looking like it was taken back in the 1800's! 3 feet apart....no smile....Steven's hands down to his side! LOVE IT! Why didn't you where the TOM's at the wedding? Was it too cold?

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Jennie Washington (Steven's Aunt....Mandaree's Aunt):

HA! I never saw the B&W of the 2 of you looking like it was taken back in the 1800's! 3 feet apart....no smile....Steven's hands down to his side! LOVE IT! Why didn't you where the TOM's at the wedding? Was it too cold?

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Mandaree:

Jennie...I did wear my toms at the wedding... I've got a picture of it too.... We weren't happy with the pics from the actual wedding so we just had these done in May and now they are all complete with the editiing... Pretty awesome huh?..... I'm excited to see them all and I'll send you guys a copy or something...

(07.13.10)

Dianne Graham:

So glamourous. Make a book. ( for me) Smile.
Lovely.

(07.26.10)

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California/Nevada/Pennsylvania

07.12.10

This recent trip was just way too long for me! Before, it seemed easy to handle - but as my workload increases by the day - it's definitely been a wakeup call for me. From now on out, even if there are a few days in between gigs out of state - it'd be best for me to get back home to maintain a steady workflow. I just suck at editing on my laptop! The next one I buy is going to be incredibly supertechnologyfast so I'm more motivated to edit in the air, my hotels, and wherever!

Regardless of my falling behind in editing, the past two and half weeks have been great. Seeing so many old faces, meeting so many new people, and doing so much work that I love doing - makes all the stress worth it.

I'm so excited to be back home and already completed one family edit. My Adobe Photoshop CS5 arrived, but of course - it wasn't Photoshop, it was Illustration! UGHH!!!! Of course, that happens to me so the wife is going in today to see if we can switch it, or return it and get the latest Photoshop mailed to me. SO complicated, so annoying.

Here's a quick edit I did of Brooke during her getting ready time on her wedding day in Vegas. Being a good friend of hers for many years, I was pleasantly surprised to see how she just kept tearing up nonstop thinking about her soon to be unity with Brian!

I think this series of shots is darling.

I hope your summer is going well! I'll try to blog a good bit while I'm home in between edits. Thank you so much again for all the love!

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Mrs. TTP:

and thank you for introducing her to me- she has become one of my dearest friends too- so dear that even I, the non-cryer cried along with her.

you can have my new laptop if you need it, baby, would that help?

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Mrs. TTP:

PS i love how one of her BFF's, Kristen, is comforting her by holding her shoulder, sahhweet!!!!

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Mrs. Sipek :

haha! :D the photos are priceless! to every bride out there, the fan works!!! i was like batting the fan against my eyes to stop from crying even more! whew, LOL! :) can't wait to see more photos!!!
again, thanks for everything, tate & sarah! :D

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Mother of the Bride:

Awesome!! Makes me cry all over again!! She is such a wonderful sweet girl.. I am so lucky to have her. Thank you Tate for capturing these memories.. can hardly wait to see the rest!!

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mhairartist:

awwwwww just got teary eyed! missed that moment! she made a GORGEOUS bride!!!!!!!

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Kevin & Shannon Hitched!

06.21.10

Kevin and Shannon live in New Orleans but they wanted to do a intimate beach wedding so they booked two big humongous houses in Watercolor, Florida where everyone stayed. Her's in one, his in the other (I stayed with his family). Her parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at their house and cooked up a fantastic dinner. It was so much fun. On the wedding day, we all met up at the beach and hung out for a while. Before we all knew it, it was time to get back to the houses to clean up to get pampered up for the wedding festivities! Kevin and Shannon met up before the actual ceremony so we could get some great portraits of them with the time not being so restricted - and, I love it when the bride and groom can do that. The beach wedding ended up becoming a land wedding because the tide was so high, but everyone was in good spirits and the ceremony was absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! The reception was intimate as well at a local restaurant in Watercolor. It was all wonderful and they made me feel so comfortable! I love my job.

Thanks Kevin and Shannon for having me do such a special day (weekend) for you guys. I had a blast hanging out, partying, and capturing your wedding day photos!

Again, can I say gorgeous?!?!?!?!

Kevin and Shannon @ the beach earlier in the day!

Time for wedding day pampering!

To view the entire album - click HERE.

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Mrs TTP:

OH MY! GORGEOUS! i love the gold rings, the fashion attire of it all, the beach shot, the whole FUN FEEL of it!! and her blue eyes... AHHHH!

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kerri clark:

Facebook update...priceless! Loved every shot - everyone was in great spirits!

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Laura Clement:

LOVE them!!!! You did such an AWESOME job!!! I kissed that frog so I'm next right??? I'll have to make sure you are available when that special day comes!!! :)

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Laura Clement:

BEAUTIFUL pics of a BEAUTIFUL couple!!!

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Laura Clement:

BEAUTIFUL pics of a BEAUTIFUL couple!!!

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Dixie Depp:

OMG, the pictures are s-o-o-o fabulous!!! The shots of Shannon and Kevin are wonderful and breathtaking (especially on the beach). I loved the way you got everybody to wave instead of the traditional pose. Love it, love it! The parting shot is so great!

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Michelle Ayers:

Great pictures! Wow-the bride has beautiful blue eyes!!

(06.22.10)

Brooke Estes:

Wow!! All of the pictures are gorgeous!!

(06.23.10)

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the EYEBALL shoot!

06.16.10

It's finally here! The details on our upcoming Halloween Photo Extravaganza - THE EYEBALL.

Jen LeBlanc, another local photographer, did our photos for the flyer! We are so happy with how it came out and just LOVE it. It's definitely going up on our wall.

Makeup by Tina Rodosta

Hair by Biba Isla

More information is accessible on my Facebook!

Here's a shot of us with the photographer, Jen!!!

Some behind the scenes stuff!

This shoot took 30-45 minutes, and it took about 4 hours to do all the hair/makeup/etc! Talk about having to be patient, but when you're all part of something so fun, and creating magic together - it's all worth it for the end result.

Thank you Jen! Thank you Biba! Thank you Tina!

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Mrs. TTP:

funfunfun! i wish i had a hair and makeup artist every weekend. that was SO FUN. they are so talented.

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mrs. charles clark:

So amazing! The flyer photo is unbelievable!!!

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Mich:

i LOVE sarah's eyelashes! so pretttttyyyy!

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Brooke:

tate- your eye lashes were slammin' cool! ;) and ofc sarah too!! the hairdo was uniquely cool!

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Biba :

I had a great time!

(06.20.10)

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What! I just got back!

06.10.10

I'm off to Miami tomorrow for the Lissie & Tim wedding festivities! They get hitched in the Miami area on Saturday and I'm looking so forward to it! Tim is from Louisiana himself so I'll be seeing a few "home" faces there too as well. I did an engagement shoot for them last year and Lissie just gave me a copy to have for my folio - check out how awesome it came out!

I'm also really excited because they got me a nonstop flight from New Orleans to their airport both ways! OMG. So awesome. It'll be like sitting down, but then by the time I buckle my airbelt - it'll be time to get up and get off. Rock and Roll.

Here's a teaser shot from the Rhode Island wedding I shot last weekend for Nat & Ally! We had so much fun and like I said on my fan page via Facebook - I love bride & groom (and wedding party peeps) clients who have a sense of humor. We got this amazing shot of them looking like a cult. I told them it reminded me of a scene right out of True Blood (and omg, it comes back for its third season THIS Sunday!!!!!!!!!).

Ok! I best be getting to bed! Nighty, my friends!

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sarah tullier:

i know i already commented (on facebook) on the true blood wedding pix but, i truly love that one.... LOL.

congrats to lisa and tim. tell everyone hi for me. i know you'll enjoy that wedding as well.

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Brandi:

This is awesome. Love the colors!

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Tracy Hill:

Love this Tate, so different from what I have seen here at Crystal Lake. It was a pleasure to work with you for Nat and Ally's wedding. I want to see more!

(06.15.10)

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