Two redheads in love, soft golden sunset light, a fabulous coordinator, and vintage touches everywhere you turn. That’s just about my ideal Saturday evening.
This was a new tradition for me.. Marandah wrote her full maiden name on a piece of paper and presented it to her father before she walked down the aisle as a symbol of the last time she would write her single name. It was a really special touch and something I think all brides should do for their daddies!
Ceremony Venue: Chestnut Square
Reception Venue: Heard Craig House
Coordinator: Kelly Simants of Sweet Pea Events
Florist: DiFiori
Catering: Bailey Catering
Bride & Bridesmaid Attire: Bridal Designs
Cakes: Delicious Cakes
I’m not sure who is more excited for these photos to finally be public – Autumn or me! I’ve been holding onto this gem of a wedding for months, but now that Style Me Pretty has published the images, I can finally show them off! Autumn’s wedding had some of the most lovely details and locations I’ve ever seen. Everywhere I turned, I saw attractive people, gorgeous buildings, pretty flowers, and amazing views. It was like a wedding pulled straight out of a magazine! Thankfully, this wedding was genuine and real, with more than a few tearful moments. Here are some of my favorite images from the day:
Catering: Sterling Affairs
Florist: Visual Lyrics
Cake Bakery: Simon Lee Bakery
Bride’s Gown: Cymbeline Paris
Bridesmaids’ Attire: Vineyard by Melissa Sweet
Groom’s Attire: Calvin Klein
Venue: Villa Antonia
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- So pretty Autumn! Glad to finally see them :)
- Great wedding at an awesome venue!
- Gorgeous Stacy! I absolutely love how you styled the bridal party group shots of the girls...awesome!!
- I love Villa Antonia!! The location, couple, and photos are all gorgeous!
- Beautiful wedding. Excellant bridal party shots, they are very editorial. Great job Stacy.
- Beautiful wedding! I love that venue!
- I wanted to let you know that a friend sent me the link to your page, to give me ideas for a wedding that Im shooting in Septemeber and I was in awe....My brother is getting married next year and lives in Dallas soooo Im pushing for him to hire you seeing how Im lucky enough to be in the wedding!!! But not only are your pics soooo awesome but your advice is awesome too...so thanks! Thanks for helping me get cloeer to my goal....
- So beautiful! This wedding totally caught my eye on Style Me Pretty!
- Helly Stacy :) I love how you frame all in the portraits session. I can almost hear you leading them for those sessions and see what you say and hint. Though I only have the privilege of the images, I can pretty much figure out the conversations flowing. Thank you for your work, as always, it inspires me to be a better photographer every month. I will be in Dallas in a couple of weeks and would LOVE to meet you but I how busy you are, but in any event, I wish you a wonderful month and God bless you, martin
- You blow me away! Beautiful job!
- Beautifil! Worth the wait!
- VERY beautiful. great work!
- Beautiful website! I LOVE your work! I just stumbled across your stuff today and think it is amazing!!! I really appreciate your shooting style! I could look through your work all day. Keep it up! :)
- Stacy these pictures are meaningful, congratulations I love all of them!
- Your style is so gorgeous! What a beautiful wedding :)
Remember the adorable couple whose engagement session I raved about just a few days ago? Well, they’re back, and their wedding has every bit as much life, energy, and happiness as their engagement session does. Everywhere these two go, they light up a room, and it doesn’t surprise me that they both surround themselves with equally friendly and likable people. I can’t help but brag about how my clients are some of the nicest, warmest, most welcoming people I’ve ever met, and Ashley and Matt are the epitome of that. It also didn’t hurt that Ashley (who worked for awhile at Anthropologie) has an amazing sense of style and incorporated her fantastic design sense into their wedding decor. With Ashley’s help, DFW Events and The Garden Gate Floral (the same team who will be working with me on my wedding!) created a fabulous combination of wooden vessels, candlelight, succulents, and burnt orange fall florals to honor Ashley and Matt’s Longhorn alma mater at the Lakewood Country Club. Here are some of my favorites from their wedding:
Ashley kept a diary during her engagement, and wrote a daily note describing the different things she loved about Matt. What an amazing gift to give your new husband!
Matt and Ashley chose to do a First Look, and they took a moment to sit and pray together before their ceremony. It was a really quiet and moving moment for me, and I think it was a wonderful way to start their marriage.
LOVE Matt’s Alamo cake! How quintessentially Southern of him – I would expect no less from a classic Texas gentleman.
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- love, love, love these!
- Oh my, she has the BEST laugh. Beautiful wedding!
- beautiful photos dear Stacy!!
- Amazing!!! I especially love the first look shots, and the rings in the avocados :P super cute!
- Gorgeous! I love how you captured the pure bliss and unrivaled joy that is so evident in their relationship!
- wow! - I just love these - the happiness and emotion really jumps out!
- WOW! Another amazing wedding covered by Stacy Reeves! You have all the right stuff, PJ, Portraiture, lighting, composition, timing... I could go on and on!
- Wow, what a wedding! Your work is beautiful!
- Stacy, these are incredible. Your clients must be thrilled!
I’m thrilled to finally be publishing these images, now that the feature has been revealed on Wedding Chicks! Holly and Shane’s wedding will forever be one of the most memorable things I’ve ever been a part of. When they told me they wanted to elope on a Thursday morning at a Houston ranch, I really had no clue what to expect. I know that the only people present would be them, myself, and the officiant, but other than that, I was clueless. Would she be wearing a dress? Would he be wearing a tux? Would there be dancing? Would they see each other before the ceremony? I arrived expecting nothing, and prepared to simply “go with the flow” (which is a crucial ability when you work in the wedding industry). What I discovered was an event that taught me what weddings are truly about – not the big fancy centerpieces, not the 20 piece band, and not even the room full of family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors – but about the love between a man and a woman, and the beginning of their lives together. I get a little emotional just thinking about it! Whenever I get caught up or stressed out with my own wedding planning, I just think back and remember this wedding, and I realize that as long as my beloved is there by my side (and the photographer, of course!), the rest is just details. Here are some of my favorites from their gorgeous intimate ceremony:
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- How fun and different! Wonderful job as always!
- absolutely STUNNING!!!!!
- beautifully pure & simple, I love it!
- aww I LOVE this wedding Stacy so simple and beautiful!
- Love, love, love how you can just feel how intimate this ceremony was from the pictures. And really love that the groom was in the room with her while she got ready (so it seems!) Gorgeous!
- Wow! Amazing photos. You really captured the intimacy of this wedding. The closeness and oneness of just the two of them. Love it!
- What a cool wedding!!! Just you and the couple, awesome! Great work!
- I love your detail shots. You can see how talented you are when you capture so many unique pictures from such a "small" wedding. Same with the courthouse wedding.
- What a great elopement, very refreshing take on getting married... Oh and as always great, great images!!!!
- What a great elopement, very refreshing take on getting married.
- Your photos are always absolutely stunning! Beautiful work. You are so talented Stacy :)
- This is such a clean set of images. I love that I felt like I was there witnessing something intimate. Awesome, awesome job.
I’ve been holding onto this one for awhile because I felt like it would be the perfect wedding to bring me into the warmer Texas weather. The light at this wedding was absolutely unbelievable, and the venue was luxury at its finest. The Shadow Hawk Golf Club at the Houstonian Golf & Country Club is beyond words in terms of the beauty of the grounds, the classic architecture, the impeccable service (the staff fell all over themselves making sure that everyone was happy and well taken care of), and the general atmosphere. Having a beautiful venue is one thing, but having an incredibly photogenic couple at said beautiful venue with tons of etheral light – well, let’s just say I didn’t have to work too hard to make some gorgeous images that day! Here are some of my favorites:
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- The black and white couple's portraits are just amazingly stunning. The entire set is gorgeous, but I keep coming back to those and just staring. LOVE.
- WOW!!! gorgeous pictures. love the lighting. you did an amazing job!!!
- Stunning. Beautiful & Awesome. Love them all!
- These are really beautiful! I love the shots from the getting ready shots to the bride and groom portraits. Well done!
- The last 3 shots are my fav! You weren't kidding about the gorgeous light. Beautiful work, Stacy.
- Wonderful photos, very inspiring work! I want to grab my camera, go out and take pictures! :)
- WOW! These took my breath away - stunning and really inspirational for a wedding photographer like me just starting out.
- I never grow tired of looking at your amazing work. You are such an inspiration and your photos are always gorgeous!
- Stunning photos of the couple!! Beautiful as always! ;)
- These are beautiful, as always! I love the photos!!
- Wow! You're right about the light... those group and bridal portraits are so stunning. Great job!
- These are certainly some of the best pictures I've seen on this blog Stacy. I really (really) love your formal shots, especially of the bridesmaids sat around Heather! Awesome
- Love these. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
- Amazing way to show an ambnient light, specially reception shots. They are fantastic.
- Gorgeous Stacy, just beautiful. Love your work. Stunning portraits of the couples and their bridal party, and a well captured wedding. Beauty.
- Beautiful set of wedding photographs.
- So, I was meandering through my Google Reader and suddenly saw a face I recognize! I work in the same office as Anthony. Thank you for posting these! I'll have to tell him I saw them when I go into work on Monday! As always, beautiful job.
- These are awesome! It's always such a pleasure to look at your work :)
- These are some of the most stunning pictures that I have seen. This bride is absolutly breathtaking.
- Gorgeous! I love the sunset portraits!
- These shots are absolutely incredible! Adore the ones of the couple and details. Beautiful work!
- WOW! amazing wedding and processing. Awesome stuff guys!
Every photographer relishes a chance to shoot something different, so when Rebecca’s mom Lisa asked me if I would be interested in photographing Rebecca and Victor’s very unique wedding, I absolutely jumped at the opportunity. Rebecca and Victor live in Chile, where they both work as architects and live with their son, Sam. They decided to get hitched during a trip back to the States to visit Rebecca’s family, but they did it in an intimate, special way. So special that the wedding was just featured on Style Me Pretty!
First up on the docket was a trip to the Justice of the Peace to make things official..
Next we headed to a Fort Worth landmark, the famous Joe T. Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, which has quite possibly the most beautiful grounds I’ve ever seen at a restaurant (perfect for a rehearsal dinner or a small reception!). Luckily we managed to squeeze in a short Day After-style session before the guests arrived.
I love that Rebecca chose a fun sundress instead of a traditional white dress.. I think it really fits the couple as well as their wedding, and who doesn’t love a splash of color?
Their son, Sam, was celebrating his birthday that week as well, so they had both wedding cake and birthday cake!
This was a really cool moment.. Rebecca and Victor read special messages to each other written in the other’s native language. Even though I couldn’t understand a word Rebecca said, I still teared up a little.. I’m a sucker for toasts!!
Rebecca, Victor, and Sam – thanks for allowing me to experience your fabulous wedding, and I hope the three of you are safe and sound in Chile right now!
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- Ridiculous, Stacy!!! I'll never look at Joe T's the same way again. Plus, they are just a great looking family. These pics really make me want a margarita....
- lovely work!!!
- Love, love, LOVE! Her dress is perfect.
- Yeah! I love untraditional weddings. :)
- Your work is inspirational. The moments and expressions have been captured wonderfully. I Love your work.
- Love how the bride wore such beautiful colors in the courthouse. beautiful couple. Stacy, you rocked it out on this wedding.
- OMG, I know her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, I just got way too over-excited about this moment. Every gringa knows every gringa in Santiago so I shouldn't be so surprised, but still, it's so cool to see them on your blog!
- Sweet little wedding!! I love her dress, she is gorgeous!! They make such a beautiful couple!!! Your photos are amazing!
- They look like Pro Models or something, again great work
- You are amazing, Stacy. What a sweet little wedding. I just love the bride's dress. Fabulous.
- Stunning! The portraits are simply amazing, but really everything is breathtaking. You got amazing shots in a courthouse!!! Now anytime I feel limited by the location I'll think back to this awesome set and be inspired!
- Absolutely beautiful, perfect shots - amazing work! And a gorgeous couple (and baby!) to boot!
- Ah, I love that bench surrounded by all that greenery! Absolutely beautiful!
- YUMM!!! Joe T's! Great places to take pics too :D Beautiful images! Not many people could make a courthouse romantic, but you pulled it off :). Bravo!
- where is her ring from?
- Wow, lovely stuff Stacy!
- Stacey, your work is an inspiration!
- Great photos (as usual)! By the by, saw the advert in Professional Photographer mag featuring you. Nicely done!
- I am so envious of you! I dream of shooting a super awesome courthouse wedding one day!
- what a fun looking couple! their love and excitement shines through...
- What an AWESOME wedding! Love the sundress! The intimate feeling of this is just perfect.
- OMG A small wedding and budget and you killed it - Good Job Girl !!!!!!!!!! Your my HERO !!!!!
- Stacy...I love how you can make an intimate wedding love absolutely gorgeous! You ARE an artist! Kuddos on another fabulous wedding coverage!
- [...] this HOT photo shoot of a courthouse wedding. There is a lot of love in those pictures. Take a look HERE. Next, you can wear what ever you want for your wedding, but I say go hard in these dresses [...]
- Outstanding!!! The best wedding photos ever! Wishing you and your family a life long of memories filled with LOVE and HAPPINESS!
It has been killing me to hold on to this wedding but I’ve been patiently biding my time, keeping these images quiet. Now that I finally have the go ahead from Style Me Pretty (where the pics will be featured this afternoon), I can show them off! Abby & Zach’s wedding was an awesome one for many reasons. Abby is a photographer herself, so she and I were completely on the same wavelength when it came to many aspects of the wedding day, and she really put a lot of thought into every detail of their wedding. From the tiny ceramic squirrels (Abby and Zach’s favorite animal) to the heart-shaped locks they gave away as favors (a European tradition; both Abby and Zach have lived abroad in Europe), to the clever play on their initials (A & Z) to the vibrant use of purple (Abby’s favorite color), this wedding was all about the couple and the things they love. Here are some of my favorites:
Because it was a morning ceremony, the day started EXTREMELY early (I arrived about 4:30 AM and the girls were already up and running).
Zach is the Vice President of DJones Tailored Collection, a company that makes custom-tailored suits, so naturally all the men are clothed in swanky DJones suits! Sharp!
Abby was inspired by the proposal scene in Pride and Prejudice where Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy meet up in the early morning glow, so she and Zach chose to do a First Look at the crack of dawn to recreate that feel. I love how soft and glowy the light is in their shots! You can see more of their First Look photos a little later on in this post.
This is by no means the end of Abby & Zach’s photos. I also have some incredible shots from their Day After sessions in Paris and Venice, but you’ll just have to wait a little longer for those!
However, I do want to give some major kudos to Piazza in the Village. They have done an incredible job of building a wedding venue that is beautiful AND functional. The bridal suite is a woman’s dream, with several vanity stations that are perfect for hair and makeup and a bridal pedestal with a three-paneled mirror for the bride. The groom’s suite has a large leather couch, a big screen TV, and video games. They also have a system of video cameras throughout the property that record various points-of-view of the ceremony so not only can the bride and groom watch their guests arrive from their separate suites, but the wedding can also be streamed on the internet so that friends and family who couldn’t make the wedding can watch it via webcast on the internet! Never have I seen a venue that has put so much thought into providing the best wedding day experience for their couples. If you’re still looking for a venue, I highly recommend Piazza in the Village!
Ceremony & Reception Location: Piazza in the Village
Event Design & Lighting: Signature Productions
Cake: Opulent Cakes
Wedding Gown: Anjolique from Pre-Owned Wedding Dresses
Bridesmaids Dresses: Alfred Angelo
Menswear: DJones Tailored Collection
Hair and Makeup: Les Hill and Amanda Pogue at One Fine Day
Stay tuned – Abby & Zach’s AMAZING Parisian and Venetian Day After sessions will be live sometime today!
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- Wow, that is one amazing wedding! I'm loving all the details. Great job Abby, and Stacy beautiful as always!
- stacy! this is my favorite work from you! the bride put together the most beautiful wedding with GREAT colors and the attention to detail by you and the bride/planner is amazing!! well done by everyone!!
- [...] Reeves has lots more terrific photos from Abby and Zach’s fabulous wedding day on her website {click [...]
- Wow! So gorgeous.
- Ohhh the purple, the details, the bubbles! All to die for! Great work! Also, thank you for your pricing guide, which I was directed to from another photographer in my area. Frightening, yes. Truthful, yes. So thank you :)
- I love the idea of a first look at dawn - what gorgeous pictures that produced! I'm also planning a morning wedding and wondered if you or the bride have any tips or advice about this. It seems morning weddings are few and far between so I was so excited to see one feautured and wonder if there might be anythign I can learn from it.
- Thank you so much!!! @Katie, I enjoyed our morning wedding a lot! We had to do it at that time because the venue was booked and we were leaving for the HM that afternoon. We didn't have to wait around to get married, from 4:00 am till 3--we were going going going. We served breakfast for everyone, had coffee and mimosas and it worked out nice. Don't expect the party to last as long as an evening wedding, but our guests seemed to enjoy themselves despite the hour! I bet if you have your wedding at a warmer time of year you won't have to deal with a cold photo session either! :-) You can break some "rules" with a morning wedding, so have fun with it! Good luck!
- Abby and Zach your wedding was absolutely gorgeous..OMG, all I can say... LOVE,LOVE,LOVE IT Stacy you rock!!! Pictures INCREDIBLE.. and Congratulation on your engagement I only hope my wedding turns out as beautiful as this and I am able to have a photographer capture the special moments without seeming over bearing like you did Stacy.. KUDOS.. This was just awesome!!
- This is amazing Stacy, seriously my fav wedding to date. Congrats on the feature you totally deserve it. Celina
- Congradulations Zack, the pictures are incredible. I am so happy for you and Abby. Give my regards to your family. I'll talk to you soon!
- wow ~ these images are really beautiful! Love the bubbles :)
- I also just saw Katie's comment ~ my husband and I also had a morning wedding, and it was also born out of necessity. Our situation was a little different because we married in Taiwan, but the same basic principles still apply! I loved getting married in the morning! There's something really special about enjoying the morning air and then getting married! We did have to book a salon to open for us extra early, but that wasn't a problem. Then, we were able to have both families together for a light evening meal after the whole banquet, and that ended up being a really special time of celebrating with our families!
- [...] Zach’s wedding [...]
- So amazing & inspiring, love the way you captured the bridal party!
- Wow! Great work! I guess my comments are a bit different as I am a photographer in Dallas as well and just came upon your site (and these wedding pics.) Of course I am completely objective as I do not know any of the parties involved but was just compelled to comment on how impressed I am with the work. It is, well, beautiful. But not only that, technically good as well, meaning a great eye for composition and post-production as well as GREAT timing. I understand you probably shot a lot of stuff here and edited well, but if you shot this wedding yourself (no assistants?) well, wow! So, anyway. Just another photographer saying (and I'm hard to impress) GREAT JOB for your client and a pat on the back for yourself.
- [...] peacock themed wedding from Stacy Reeves. And a similar inspiration to reality shoot from Style Me Pretty here, here, and [...]
- [...] 3: Boutonniere, Decor, [...]
- [...] Zach’s wedding [...]
- [...] obsessed with, it has to be the Boatwright family. You may remember Zach Boatwright from his wedding and Day After session in Paris and Venice, and Autumn Boatwright from her engagements and bridals [...]
- Hi Abby and Zach, your wedding pics are stunning!! I was wondering where Zach purchased his ring? My fiance loves it and we have been having a really hard time finding a ring he likes. Your input is greatly appreciated!! Thanks Amber M. :)
- So interesting photos!!!! Amazing!!!!
- Amber, Zach worked with the designer at Baseball Diamonds in Arlington(actually in the ballpark!) to create his ring. Good luck! They are very good.
- Great idea...fabulous photographs!
Kelly Simants - Gorgeous images, Stacy! It was a blast working with you and your team - you are so talented! Thanks for everything!
Jesse Green - The one of just the bride and groom kissing (only their heads) in b/w is HOT! Awesome work, as always. If you're ever in Michigan I'd love to second for you.
Meredith Perdue - She is absolutely beautiful! What lovely photos!
Kristin Nicole Photography - Gorgeous couple! Love all the red hair. Excellant Prep shots.
Ashley Daniell - So beautiful! I'm partial to redheads (no surprise there!) and the colors and details were just beautiful!
Marandah - Stacy I loved the pictures that you picked to put on here! You are so so talented, you captured every part of my special day, I'm so so happy you are my photographer!
Annie Gatewood - If someone knows and would offer the designer and color of the bridesmaids dresses, I would really appreciate it! Planning a wedding for next Spring and I absolutely LOVE the color and texture of her bridesmaids dresses! Thanks!
Marandah - Sorry Annie, I got the bridesmaid dresses like 10 days before the were discontinued! But just in case any of this helps...they are Taupe, I got them from Bridal Designs in Southlake, Texas and the designer was Bill Levkoff. Good luck!
Kelly Beane - Your group shots are so fun and adorable! And your use of light is fabulous! Beautiful work!
Annie Gatewood - Thanks Marandah! That was the exact info I needed!!