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Katie and Robby had a beautiful wedding 4 weeks ago at Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta, which happened to be the church my family went to for a number of years of my childhood.  The wedding went off without a hitch and was followed by the prettiest church reception I’ve seen.  I never knew Transfiguration had such a classic reception space- big windows, wooden ceiling, good lighting.

I had a fun time getting to know Katie and Robby when we snapped photos at the hotel pre-wedding.  However, I really got a sense of what a great man Robby is from a toast given at the reception.  One of his best friends from high school, whom he played football with, was in a bad car wreck a few years back.  He was left partially paralyzed, requiring the use of a walker to get around.  Apparently, when he got back to his apartment after his time in the hospital, he got a call from Robby.  Robby said that he was packing his things to move in so that he can help his friend get around and become acclimated to his new way of living.  If that isn’t a great friend, then I don’t know what is. 

With that said, here are the photos from the wedding.

Yeah, I know I’m a little behind on posts.  Been busy!  Got engaged!  More on that later…

I just wanted to throw a preview on the blog of a wedding I shot two weeks ago at Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta.  Here are Katie and Robby.  More to come soon!

A few weeks ago I was asked to help my friend Erin at The Nature Conservancy’s yearly donor event, “The Hoochie” (formerly “Hoochie on the Coochie”).  They originally wanted to hire me, but I chose instead to volunteer my photography services for the event since it’s such a wonderful organization- even if they scrutinize photography agreements more than any bride I’ve met with.     You can read more here about what TNC does.

This year’s event was hosted at the Top Hat Soccer fields in Buckhead.  I’m not sure what I originally expected, but I definitely didn’t think anyone would put a soccer field in the heart of Buckhead’s elite neighborhoods including the famous Tuxedo Road.  It really was beautiful driving through these neighborhoods before the event. 

The “pre-party” was hosted at the home of Martin and Jennifer Flanagan overlooking the fields.  I can’t really describe how amazing this house was, so I’ll let the first pictures speak for themselves.  The rest are from the event.  Enjoy!

The Georgia director of the TNC, Shelly Lakly, with Wendy and Hank Paulson (left to right).

Inman Allen, son of Atlanta’s Ivan Allen Jr.

Fresh shucked oysters all night long.

Erin at the “Birds of Prey” show just before dinner.  I’m pretty sure she had no idea they’d have a python there…

The auction tent.

I had the opportunity to go with my dad to the High Museum last week for a work event he had.  I’m glad my mom has no interest in cars.  I’ll let the cars speak for themselves, but I will say that this first car, a 1935 Duesenberg Roadster, was breathtaking.

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Now that I’ve gone through the music, I figured I’d share the people, food, and city.   Though the next couple of pictures are really from a music group, I included them in “people” because they are a people.  Last year I saw the Mardis Gras Indians perform and really just thought they were a fun family band.  However, I was missing a lot of the story.  Apparently the Mardis Gras Indians are real tribes of African Americans spread throughout New Orleans.  They originiated in the mid 19th century circumventing some of the worst racial segregation laws by representing themselves as Indians.  It’s really interesting and you can read more here.

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Alright, I usually try not to use too many exclamation marks unless I’m really excited (or emailing a potential bridezilla).  However, I really do love Jazzfest in New Orleans.   It’s the perfect mix of my favorite things in life- music, food, friends, and late nights of fun in the Big Easy.   In fact, they say that the best thing about Jazzfest is that when you leave Jazzfest, you’re still in New Orleans.  Keri and I went last year and had an amazing time.  This time more of our friends were able to make it and all fit into a 2 bedroom shotgun house Uptown on Magazine street hosted by an amazing newly engaged couple (soon to be the Stedmans). 

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Yes, sadly it says “2009″ above.  I made the dumb mistake of passing up 2010 Masters practice round tickets because I couldn’t find anyone to drive out there with.  In retrospect, I should have made the drive by myself and met up with my parents who were livin’ it up in the IBM cottage with free food and drinks…  I know.  Dumb.

However, I do have some photos to show you.  Because I didn’t have the blog up and running this time last year, I figure I can share some of the photos I took from the 2009 Masters’ practice round.  As you may know, the practice rounds are the only days where they let anyone in with a camera (but still no cell phones).  There’s no real competition that happens other than a few side bets I’m sure, but all the players have a good time hanging out with each other and generally interact more with the crowd.

I guess the Masters crew is also a little more relaxed during the practice rounds as well… and as always- click on the pictures to expand them.

As part of the “crowd interaction” players often attempy to skip the ball across the water on #16.

“Do we really need to keep score during practice rounds?” 

I couldn’t tell if the make on this lawnmower said Gillette or Norelco: