Laura and Giles are why I love photographing weddings. Their story is amazing! Laura's family is from South Africa and they moved to Jefferson, TX many years ago while Giles is from Scotland where he grew up and has lived most of his life. But they met while they were both living in California and pursuing their dreams.
They both decided to have a real Texas wedding on Laura's parent's ranch called "Graceland". It was complete with bales of hay, Texas band, Shiner Bock, oak trees, and boots. But Laura and Giles' exquisite style, influenced by their California lifestyle and international upbringing, really upped the ante for those prone to show their Texan roots on the big day.
One of the coolest things about the wedding day was when everyone at the ceremony sang "Love Me Do" by the Beatles. It was funny and sweet at the same time. Where the style really came through is with the suits that Giles' friends were wearing. The hats, ties, shoes, and colors were all so awesome. Everything about the day exuded effortless style with a Texas theme. I'll never forget it.
I am posting way too many pictures, but it's a wonderful story and it's worth hanging around to see.
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I'm back again with more pictures. When I did this shoot I rented a Contax 645 and bought some medium format film. Now, I have never shot medium format and it's been 14 years since I shot 35mm film. It was a lot of fun and I was really excited to see what the results were. It's a look that is hard to reproduce digitally and I think it's special. Expensive.............but special.
Here is a picture of the Contax 645 followed by pictures I took with it.
photos by Hansel Dobbs Photography
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Janet Copeland says:
Jennifer and Ty are my daughter and son in law. You did a beautiful job with the photography. Love the pictures. You really captured the look that they wanted. Thank you!!
(07.09.10 @ 01:10 PM)
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The day has finally come and my pictures have made it to Style Me Pretty. I am so excited to get these on my blog and let the cat out of the bag. I worked a bunch of other wedding professionals from the Dallas area to put this shoot together for a feature on Style Me Pretty and we had to wait till they posted first before we could show any of the pictures.
The Team:
Debby Jewesson with Branching Out Events (floral)
Kelly Simants with Sweet Pea Events
Michelle Parks with Elle Parks Photography
Jennifer Claire of Memento Designs
Megan Chumlea at The Aldredge House
Cory from Cocktails & Caviar
and of course me, Hansel Dobbs Photography, behind the camera. Enjoy the photographs and stay tuned for more.
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Alyssa and Andrew created a wedding that had their personalities all over it. The most unique feature of their wedding was that they had games set up on the lawn at Arlington Hall including badminton, croquet, and botchiball. They really wanted their wedding to be about having fun and spending quality time with their guests. They wanted it to be a really fun day and I think they accomplished that.
Wedding Planner : Lauren Kelly Events
Florist : Rosetree Floral Design
Bakery : Frosted Art
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I was reading some tweets the other day and I saw someone mention Vittana and they provided the link, which made it way too easy for me to exercise my curiosity. What I found surprised me. Vittana is a micro-financing website that helps people in developing countries get loans for higher education.
You have to lend a minimum of $25, but along with a bunch of other people; these loans come together and the person is able to get their education. Once they get that education they pay back the loan in full without any interest. Then you can re-lend that money to someone else. It's amazing the difference so little money can make and the coolest thing is that these students aren't looking for handouts; they just need the ability to borrow money, get their higher education, and then pay back the loans. They need someone to trust them and their hard work since they don't have the credit history that most institutions require for such loans.
I'm glad to help as much as I can because I wouldn't have a college education if it weren't for total strangers trusting me and giving me a chance.
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