Vendor Spotlight: Kristen Joy Photography
Name: Kristen Joy
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Company Name: Kristen Joy Photography
Number of Years in Business: 4 years
Website: www.kristenjoyphoto.com
Blog: www.kristenjoyphotoblog.com
How did you get started in photography? I started in high school when my Mom bought me a nice camera for a birthday, I didn’t put it down. I was blessed to meet an amazing photographer named David Burke in Pittsburgh, who took me under his wing and taught me everything I know. If I had not met Dave I would still be taking pictures, but without direction.
What did you do prior to this? I got paid the big bucks being a stay at home Mommy.
If you didn’t do photography for a living what would you be doing instead? I would be sliding down slides and running laps at the park with my two beautiful children.
What are some of your hobbies? I love being outside hiking, running, playing sports. I have a great time playing around with my kids, they think of the fun stuff and I get to play along.
What is the craziest wedding experience you’ve ever had? The craziest wedding I have experienced was one last August. In the beginning the group seemed very calm and far from wild, at the end of the night all the men in the room were in the boxers wearing their ties around their heads chanting some college mantra, I didn’t know whether to close my eyes or keep photographing… I kept photographing of course.
What is the best wedding experience you’ve ever had? The best wedding I have experienced was my twin sister Kim’s wedding, I took a few getting ready shots of her, but after that I was in the wedding. It was perfect and meant more then anything for me to be there.
What is your inspiration? Having been able to travel a lot with my family and see the world has really inspired me. Its one thing to see pictures in a magazine and its another to experience it.
Name an exotic location you’d like to visit soon. Greece, my parents just went there for their wedding anniversary, I edited all 2000 photos that my Mom took there, now I want to go there and experience it too.
Why do your clients choose you over some of your competitors? A majority of my clients choose me because we get along so good, they like my style of photography, but a lot of it comes down to our personalities matching more then anything else.
What is the best piece of advice you can offer a bride and groom on their wedding day? Always have enough time during the wedding day to take photos of just the two of you. Its a great time to relax and be alone and you will be pleased in the end with more options and great photos.
Anything else interesting you’d like to share? I’ve been blessed to photograph so many beautiful weddings and people. Thank you Juliet for your hard work and beautiful blog for not just brides and grooms but photographers too.
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website * Email: juliet@greenorchidevents.com
Winner of our Lifestyle Portrait Session Giveaway
Congratulations to Becca who is the winner of our Lifestyle Portrait Session Giveaway. She has won a photo session with Jessie Emeric of Emeric Photography & Design to be used for an engagement session, trash the dress session, or day after session!
Update:
Here’s Becca’s story:
My fiancé Steve and I met online. We were both dating other people when we signed up for OKCupid.com to see what it was all about. We corresponded via email for a few months then starting IMing for about a week. When I split with my then boyfriend, I sent him an email to let him know and it turned out he’d just moved out of his ex’s place. We made plans to meet for dinner, which lasted about 20 minutes as my friends were frantically calling and texting me. Turns out one of their neighbors set the building on fire and they needed a place to stay. I promised him it wasn’t a “bad date” phone call and that I’d call later. After they were settled into my place, I called him and we talked and set up our next date for a few days later. We had a fabulous time and I wrote in my journal that he was amazing and had such a good heart and I could see myself with him for a long time. We were engaged 6 months later and are getting married in Vegas on 10-10-10.
Our winner was randomly selected. Thank you to all who entered! I enjoyed reading your stories.
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Holiday Photo Fun
Instead of sending out holiday cards this past December, we decided to send out cards celebrating the New Year (partly because we had procrastinated and partly because we thought we’d stand out). Our photographer and friend Suzi Lighten of TSL Photography took us out a few weeks ago and shot some photos of us. We went to the Palms and the Artisan Hotel and here are the photos!
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Photo credit: TSL Photography
Makeup by: Kate Ehlen
Jewelry by: Elissa Villatoro of Lia Sophia
Lifestyle Portrait Session Giveaway
Green Orchid Events and Jessie Emeric of Emeric Photography & Design have partnered up for a photography giveaway! We are giving away a Lifestyle Portrait Session which can be used for an engagement session, trash the dress session, or day after session!
To enter this contest:
Comment on our blog and tell us about how you met and fell in love. The winner will be randomly selected so you’re not being judged on how you met. But we’d love to hear some good stories!
Deadline to enter is on February 8th at 11:59 PST and the winner will be randomly selected and announced the following day.
Prize package:
* Lifestyle Portrait Session (which can be used for Engagement, Trash the Dress, Day After Session, Anniversary, etc…)
* 3 hours of photography time
* Online photo gallery to share with family & friends
* High resolution disk with choice of 45 print-ready images (printable up to 8×10) A print release will also be included.
* Photo session is valid only in Las Vegas
Jessie Emeric
jessie@emericphoto.com
702-560-9519
www.emericphotography.com
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Photo Spotlight: A Wedding Ceremony Aisle Made Out of Hay
Wedding photographer Ashley Bartoletti sent me this photo of her most unique wedding of 2009. The aisle from this New Jersey wedding is covered entirely with hay!
To learn more about Ashley, check out her vendor spotlight interview here.
Website: www.ashleybartoletti.com
Blog: www.ashleybartoletti.com/blog
Twitter: @ashleybphoto
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Bridal Session Inspiration
Inspiration for bridal sessions, engagement sessions, trash the dress sessions, and weddings in general can come from many sources. Look in interior design magazines, boutique or antique shops, or even music magazines!
I saw this album cover in a recent RollingStone magazine. Wouldn’t this make a cool bridal session? I love this cover for new album “The Fall” by Norah Jones.
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