Neysa Ruhl Photography: May 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Saturday's quote

Today we get another quote from a personal favorite ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (RWE)

"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it." - RWE

Friday, May 30, 2008

Terri and David live in Philly and were in town over the holiday weekend and we were able to get their engagement session in! I met Terri and her mom at the first meeting and didn't get to meet David until the shoot. They are so cute together and even managed to look fabulous for their session even though they 'may' have stayed out too late the night before :)

We headed out to Spring Grove a little earlier than originally scheduled because of the threat of rain and it worked out great! Here are a few of my favorites from their session ...

I love Terri's laugh in this one ... you can't help but smile when you look at it!

These trees were so cool. I felt like we were in a forest ...

This next one 'might' be my favorite ... I love the selective focus ...

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Lane and Kara's wedding

Lane and Kara had their ceremony on a Saturday morning in Dayton. Since I am a 'morning person', I was thrilled! I left the house at 6:00 am and drove up to Country Club of the North. When I got there, Kara was getting her hair done. I posted A LOT more photos than I normally do for my wedding posts because I didn't do the mini collages. Their day was filled with everything a wedding should have: emotion, love, close family, good friends, and great food (cheesy scrambled eggs, bacon, and apple pie) :)

Here are just a few photos from their day ...

First we have some shots of the girls getting ready ...

Kara's gorgeous dress ...

and putting the dress on ...

Kara did one of my favorite veils ... the birdcage!

a couple photos of Lane getting ready ... we got 'kicked out' of the men's locker room ... so Lane put his tie on outside so we could snap a few quick photos.

Lane got Kara a BEAutiful ring as a wedding gift! I think it is safe to say that Kara was surprised!

Lane seeing Kara for the first time that day ...

Kara seeing Lane ...

I love the way these two look at each other ... they are so in love and it shows.

a few photos of the couple after the ceremony ... I loved it that they gave me plenty of time alone with the two of them ... we had fun :)

Since we WERE on a golf course, we decided to hijack a couple of golf carts. Here they are riding behind me in their cart. One of the groomsmen was nice enough to be my chauffeur :)

and a few more portraits ...

I'm a sucker for a redhead - this was the flower girl and she was absolutely adorable.

I had to put this one in here ... Lane's grandmother's surprised look makes me smile!

Their first dance ...

Since they had a morning wedding, they did a brunch reception (what a GREAT idea) and had pies instead of cake! Some of the pies were made by Kara's mom and some were made by some Amish women in the area.

the mother/son dance ...

an emotional dance for father/daughter ...

This next picture is great! Lane surprised Kara and sang for her at the reception! The song he sang is one of my favorites: Brad Paisley's "She's Everything"