Archive for July, 2010
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July 26, 2010A NEW WHITE RABBIT STUDIOS SITE!
July 25, 2010PLEASE NOTE WE NO LONGER USE THIS BLOG – YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR CONTENT AT OUR NEW SITE!
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We’ve combined our blog with our galleries to create a convenient blogsite for you to peruse our selected galleries (wedding, portrait, blush, and design), yet still be able to quickly access our newest work on the main page. We are also thrilled to introduce two exciting elements of White Rabbit Studios: film (remember that art-form?) and The Looking Glass (a 21st century photobooth!)
We would also like to remind you where else you can find us (rss, twitter, and facebook) and would love to become friends with you on all sorts of platforms! We hope you enjoy your NEW White Rabbit experience and you continue to follow us into the depths of life as we capture each magical moment along the way!
A quick note to all clients (past, present, and potential): we thank you for giving us complete artistic freedom to document suchimportant memories in life. We look forward to freezing the moments of time between you and your loved ones.
We hope the new site is easy for you to navigate, but if you have any problems accessing anything please just shoot us an email with your concern (the.white.rabbit.studios@gmail.com) and we will assist you shortly!
A cotton gin bridal AND a downtown engagement | Huntsville, Alabama lifestyle photography
July 23, 2010We are a pair of lucky birds! When Beth and Chris booked us last summer, they opted for our wedding package that includes an engagement session and a bridal session, which means we got to hang with them pre-wedding twice (well, Beth twice and Chris once). We love getting to know our clients through photo sessions, and encourage multiple sessions (bridal, blush, engagement, etc.) before the big day. That way, when the wedding arrives, we’re all practically old friends.
Speaking of old friends, Beth and I (Stephanie) worked on the University of Alabama Huntsville’s newspaper, The Exponent, together! So we go back a few years. It was definitely fun to spend time with she and Chris, AND I think we were all very infatuated with the oodles of delicious light that abounded.
We shot the bridal session at the Limestone Co-op in our new favorite place, Belle Mina. Beth’s dad is actually in charge there, so we got to go all over the place and shoot to our heart’s content.
A few days later, we journeyed downtown for Beth and Chris’s engagement session at 9am! It’s a bit early for some, but makes for sweet, lovey-dovey photos. One of the best parts of the engagement session was that Beth and Chris did not stop laughing the entire time!
Graduating from high school is a gigantic milestone in the lives of many teens, and something that should definitely be documented and celebrated in every way possible! We were super intrigued when Jamie contacted us about high school senior portraits, as this was our first joint senior session together.
The four of us (we two, Jamie, and her mother) met downtown. We took a stroll around the city and picked a few spots, and the journeyed up the Parkway toward Alabama A&M, where we finished the session. I don’t think there are enough crazy positive words to describe how excited Ashley and I were when Jamie got out of the car in her blue dress–can you say “ALICE” loudly enough?
We were thrilled when we heard that Jamie loves her photos, and that they believe the session was a perfect way to encapsulate all that she is in this pivotal, wide-open period in her life. Jamie, we wish you all the best luck with your present and future endeavors.
If you have an interested teen, or ARE an interested teen, we definitely recommend a portrait session! These can’t go in the year book, but instead serve as a phenomenal way to remember your high school senior as he or she is in this transformative period of his or her life.
The Looking Glass: a Photo Booth!
July 15, 2010Ah the photo booth, a tiny box that barely fits more than three faces. A box you can cut loose and go wild with your friends and loved ones. How can you resist?! Both Stephanie and I are totally enamored with the idea of photo booths, but it’s time to bring it up to date! We’ve knocked down the walls (so you can have a big group!), we give you total control of firing the trigger (so go crazy!), and the backdrops can be completely customizable to fit with the look of your event (with or without cheesy text!). However, the one thing that is staying true to the classic booth – YOU having FUN!
We have been working behind the scenes on several new projects and we’re totally stoked to reveal one of the biggest: The Looking Glass! Our fantastically fantastic, wondrously wonderful, brilliantly brilliant photo booth!
We poked fun at the idea last holiday season at an art show at the Mill…but this time around we’ve worked out some kinks, updated our gear, and now are ready for you to party! We invite you to join us on Thursday night (July 22nd, 5-9pm) at Lowe Mill for the 18th Annual Gallery Tour and we’ll have The Looking Glass in full swing! So come support your local art scene, grab some free booze and snacks, and cut up with us!! We can’t wait to share the images with you!
Features!!
July 15, 2010It’s always thrilling when other sites and publications choose to feature our work! We can’t thank them enough for their interest and it’s always nice to take a trip down memory lane as we re-live each day!
Billy and Katie’s Mountain-top BBQ was featured in the newest issue of Utterly Engaged! You can click here to view the start of the feature!
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Melanie and Jonathan’s Constitution Village Wedding was featured on the fantastic Fabulously Wed!
Ashley and I were both thrilled with Phil Weaver* contacted us about a second portrait session (you might remember the first that Ashley shot of Phil and Ingrid in February). This time, he and fellow Huntsville guitarist Emily Jones, who comprise the guitar duo Zapatos Perdidos, met us on top of Monte Sano for a delightful afternoon session.
Both Phil and Emily are active in the Huntsville community, which is something we love to see! These two were toting some pretty impressive musical equipment, and we ended up learning quite a bit about guitars during our session. The Japanese Tea House on the mountain was a perfect place to accentuate Emily’s grace and Phil’s nature.
Fun side note: we actually saw Phil a few weeks later, while he was playing guitar at Melanie and Jonathan’s wedding! We hope to see these two, either in front of our cameras or performing around town, many more times in the future!
*Take a peek at Phil’s new website! Designed and executed by our resident graphic artist, Andy!
April and David were married on June 5 at Mitchell Plantation in Bella Mina, Alabama. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, Belle Mina is a quaint little town sweetly tucked away between Decatur and Madison. Every time someone said “Mitchell Plantation”, I kept thinking of the author of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell! The house isn’t quite as impressive as Tara, but it is located on a 450 acre cotton plantation.
April and David tried something we don’t often see at weddings–they held their outdoor ceremony and reception at night! The two opted not to see one another before the exchanging of vows, so we spent our time pre-wedding shooting the individuals and groups (groomsmen and bridesmaids), and also dodging a pretty serious (and random!) rain shower. Luckily, the rain cleared up before guests were scheduled to arrive, and everyone got to glimpse a rainbow.
As photographers, and human beings in general, Ashley and I are inspired by various people, images, thoughts, quotes, and basically anything on a regular basis. I can’t even remember the last time I DIDN’T automatically picture in my mind’s eye how I would frame a shot–this happens every single day! I can be at the grocery store, outside at a park, or just walk into the room to see my husband reading to our son, and I frame potential shots.
We thought it would be fun for you to get a glimpse into what each of us are inspired by on a daily basis. This is always revolving and growing, so there will probably be many more inspiration boards in the future! This one is Stephanie’s.
Some background:
1. Francoise Hardy – Si C’est Ca, 2. Miller – Riemann Wedding, 3. Where’s the Party?, 4. Shells collecting, 5. row, 6. [Explored FP] Please add notes your favourite movie title name, 7. shy, 8. Gone A Long Way, 9. Untitled, 10. Trash The Dress, 11. korean bride and groom paper dolls, 12. you can see the love, 13. The Wheel’s on the Bus, 14. Lift up!, 15. Biltmore Estate Wedding – Asheville Photographers, 16. Cool Camper, 17. exhausted, 18. Sneak Peak Southern Engagement Session, 19. immortal bird, 20. Flower Brooches (Bloemenbroches), 21. Happy Holidays 1911 : ), 22. __Helianthus__, 23. Erykah Badu, 24. Francoise Hardy – Etonnez, 25. Foggy Day in the streets of Brussels