Blogging has not been my strongest suit as of late and shame on me for that.  I have a whole slew of bridal, engagement, family sessions to blog for the last six (yes six) months.  Luckily I only have one wedding we photographed from 2011 I still have to blog and I promise to blog it tomorrow.  It’s been on my to do list for a couple of months now, yep that long.

Ok well back to Mandi’s bridal session.  We met up in September at TCU in Fort Worth for her bridals.  Mandi is an alumni of TCU and cheered for them so it meant a lot to Mandi to be able to take her bridal portraits there.  I had never photographed at TCU before so this was so fun and I kept hopping from place to place.  Yes us wedding photographers get super giddy with new locations  After we exhausted, yep exhausted, all the spots at TCU we went over to Sundance Square for some fun, night shots.  Haha and Mandi received lots of proposals from the guys we passed.

To view the wedding pictures from Mandi and Todd’s Wedding click here 

If you have been following my blog for awhile then you know that I also love doing street photography (view here & here)  as well as being a wedding photographer.  I decided to combine both loves and photograph an engagement session in the style of street photography.  The hustle and bustle of the city, the bright lights, and the energy of the people are some of the many reasons why I love photographing in the city.  The style of photographing that makes you feel like you are in that moment.  I also really love capturing the love between two people and there is no greater joy than that.  So here is the combination of the two, please leave a comment or email me at kandsphoto at gmail dot com and let me know what you think

I’m so thankful to Sergio and Lacey for being the great friends that they are and braving the cold, almost freezing, night so I could capture this vision I had in my head.  I asked them to be my subjects for this shoot because they love the city life as much as I do.  They love the energy of the city and the life it breaths.  There is always new moments happening to capture with new people and new adventures.  It’s the perfect place to people watch

I do plan on doing lots more of this type of engagements and currently I will run a special for this type of session. So let me know if this is something you want to do for your engagement session and we can capture your own love story.

So I’m starting off 2012 by blogging Harper’s newborn pics.  She was born a few days before Christmas and we took her pictures on the 30th.  She was my last photo session of 2011.  I find it fitting that Harper’s session is the first one I am blogging in 2012.  The reason is her parents’ wedding was the first wedding I photographed in 2011 (click here to see).  So I start off the 2011 photographing Josh and Meredith’s Wedding at the Wildwood Inn in Denton and I end 2011 by photographing their precious baby girl.  Pretty cool I think

Harper is just the cutest baby girl ever!!!!!  I had so much fun photographing her and playing with all the props Meredith had lined up.  I also had the best photo stylist EVER helping out, Amanda who is Meredith’s best friend and part of the wedding planning team at As You Wish so she knows her stuff.  I think my favorite is the pearls, this girl has style already  So enjoy the uber cute pictures.

The image above is my absolute favorite!!!!!!

Congratulations Josh and Meredith on you little girl Harper!!!!

So I’ve tallied the votes twice and I had two images that were in just a couple of votes of each other.  Well actually the 2nd time I tallied, it was a 1 vote difference.  So just in case my counting skills are off, we have 2 winners

Here are the 2 best moments in Dallas wedding history, ok well for the weddings that K & S Photography photographed in 2011.

Mark and Jamie

I love how happy these two are dancing the night away. They didn’t even know I snapped this photo.

And Todd and Mandi

Todd was supposed to hand his mother a white rose as he walked down the aisle but forgot. Mandi so nicely reminded him and his expression is classic.

Now I have had several people say that the 16×20 canvas both receive should be these images. What do you think?

We want to thank all of our brides and grooms that entrusted us with the most important day in their lives in 2011.  It meant so much to us to capture these special memories with you and experiencing all the emotions a wedding day brings.  We know for some that 2011 has been an over the top year filled with not only the changes of getting married but welcoming a child into the world, buying a house, moving to a new state, expecting triplets (yep one of our sweet brides is pregnant with triplets).

I also want to thank everyone who voted, we will be walking up to the doors of the North Texas Food Bank next week with 159 cans of food YAY!!!!!!!

Here is to a wonderful 2011 and to a new, exciting year.

So here we are again, the year is winding down, the holiday season is upon us, and 2012 is almost here.  This is the time of year we love best and it certainly leads to reminiscing about the past year.  We have grown so much over this past year and have had opportunities we never could have dreamed of.  We have photographed weddings of the most beautiful, sweetest brides.  We truly love all of you and this year couldn’t been as amazing as it was without you.  We are so honored that you entrusted us to capture those special memories at your wedding.  One thing I love at weddings is capturing those special moments, some are sweet and endearing while others are goofy and fun, while others are tears of happiness.

So this year to wrap up an amazing 2011 we are sharing our favorite moments from each of our weddings.  Please let us know your favorite moment and the one with the most votes will win a 16×20 Canvas print. Voting ends January 5, 2012.

1. Josh and Meredith – Wedding at Wildwood Inn in Denton

Meredith was looking out the window and saw her groom to be and quickly shut the curtain closed while laughing hysterically.   She caught a glimpse of her groom but wanted to make sure he didn’t see her.

2. Jonathan and Alison – Wedding at Avanti Fountain Place in Dallas

This was during their first dance as husband and wife. This image is so emotional even though you can’t see their faces, her hands wrapped around him so how much they love each other.

3. Chris and Chelsea – Wedding at the Filter Building in Dallas

This was taken during their last dance of the night. I love the happiness that is on the verge of tears.

4. Ross and Melissa – Wedding at Ashton Gardens in Corinth

The Father/Daughter Dance was very sweet and emotional because Melissa’s Dad came back from Afghanistan to be at the wedding.

5. Tom and Donna – Wedding in East Texas

I wisked them away after the ceremony to capture some beautiful portraits of them and they got lost in each other.

6. Richard and Haley – Wedding at Chapelle Des Fleurs in Flower Mound

This tearful moment between Haley and her mom had me tearing up.

7. Geoff and Jaclyn – Wedding at Eldorado Country Club in McKinney

You can’t beat guys just being goofy, this one cracks me up.  Geoff had no idea what the groomsmen were up to.

8. Matt and Megan – Wedding at Paradise Cove in Grapevine

I always love it when the bride and groom laugh during the ceremony. They make the best pictures and show off how fun the couple are.

9. Julian and Robyn – Wedding at First Christian Church in Plano

Robyn sees her groom Julian for the first time as the doors open. She is over the moon happy to be getting married to him.

10. Philip and Amy – Wedding at the W Hotel in Dallas

This was taken during their first dance.  Philip is so fun and goofy that both of them laughing during their first dance is so them. I love capturing a couple’s personality like this.

11. Nathan and Laura – Wedding at Granville Arts Center in Garland

I love this goofy moment during the formal pictures.  Laura and her girls definitely made it fun and its one of my favorite formal shots.

12. Mike and Stephanie – Wedding at Evergreen Lake House in Colorado

This was during Mike and Stephanie’s first look. The overwhelmingly moment of happiness here is a Kodak moment for sure.

13. Richard and Anna – Wedding at Watermark Community Church in Dallas

These guys were tearing up the dance floor to the dance called Stanky Leg, it was hilarious!!

14. Brian and Rosie – Wedding at Ashton Gardens in Corinth

I love how sweet Brian is when he sees Rosie for the first time.  I love how classic it is to give a kiss on the hand, so romantic.

15.  Mark and Jamie – Wedding at the Dallas Arboretum

I love how happy these two are dancing the night away. They didn’t even know I snapped this photo.

16. Richie and Jennifer – Wedding at Canyon Creek Country Club in Richardson

Richie and his dad share a smile as Richie walks up to take his place at the alter.  Such a great moment as you can see how happy Richie’s dad is for him. This was right before they parted ways and Richie’s dad would lay a rose down in honor of his wife/Richie’s mom.

17. Todd and Mandi – Wedding at The Robert Carr Chapel at TCU in Fort Worth

Todd was supposed to hand his mother a white rose as he walked down the aisle but forgot. Mandi so nicely reminded him and his expression is classic.

18. Idean and Lexi – Wedding at The Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas

Lexi’s Dad gave a speech during dinner and gushed over his daughter and Idean.  This was an extra special moment because Lexi’s Dad had a health scare a couple of years ago and almost didn’t make it.

19. John and Trudy – Wedding at the Tower Club in Dallas

John gives a thumbs up right before he says “I Do” to Trudy.  This is such a great lighthearted moment during the ceremony.

It was certainly hard to choose one moment from each wedding as a favorite but there is something about each one of these that stand out.  Now its time to vote and tell us which moment is your favorite; just leave a comment with couple’s name or the number to let us know that is your favorite. Also we are donating a can of food to the North Texas Food Bank for every comment we receive on this blog post.  So comment away  But please only 1 comment/vote per person. Thanks

And of course a huge thank you (I truly can’t say this enough) to all the wonderful brides we had the chance to photograph this year.  All of you truly made 2011 the amazing, fun, over-the-top year ever.