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Heather and Josh {austin wedding photography}

January 28, 2010 – 1:28 pm

It is time to talk about another fabulous wedding at an always fantastic venue!

Heather and Josh got married at Starhill Ranch. I can’t decide why it is that every wedding I’ve shot there turns out to be the best wedding ever! Is it because the venue is so unique and private or is it that only the most amazing couples end up having their wedding there? mmm…well, no matter! Either way I love it!

I simply loved this wedding and I love Heather and Josh. We had a great time doing their engagement session and Heather’s bridals. After the wedding photos were done, I told Heather that I was truly sad since we did not have any other shoots scheduled!

Well- let’s have a look at the wedding- here are a few of my favorites!

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Heather’s got good taste! Look at the jewelry! I still want to know where she got those amazing necklaces for her girls!

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Look at the photos that are hung on the walls! Those are photos of the bride and groom, staring with photos of them as babies and finishing with their engagement photos. So clever- those two!

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I love to make the “portraits” at weddings different so when there is the opportunity I go to work!
Of course I had a super fun bridal party to work with so it was extra fun!

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I’m sorry- but you two are too cute!!

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Work it out Heather! woohoo!

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A totally gorgeous sunset to top it all off!

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A live band is not uncommon at a wedding.
A live band featuring the groom and the groom’s men? That’s Manhands for you!

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A little Robert Palmer inspiration never hurt anyone!!

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LOL!

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And now for the exit on the tandem bike while being hit with paper airplanes!

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Heather and Josh- I feel truly happy that I got to be your photographer. Thank you for an amazing time! : )

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Bride’s Choice Awards 2010 {austin wedding photography}

January 20, 2010 – 10:36 pm

Yesterday was my birthday and I got a really nice present late in the afternoon. My business has been selected as one of the top 5% professionals by Wedding Wire.
Yesterday was a good day! Check out the details below!

Thanks to all my wonderful clients for making my job so easy so I can do what I love!

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Austin TX , January 19th - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Sherry Hammonds Photography has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for documentary wedding photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Sherry Hammonds Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Sherry Hammonds Photography is among the very best wedding photograhers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings.

For more information, please visit my WeddingWire Storefront today at Wedding Wire.

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About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of www.MarthaStewartWeddings.com. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

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Lauren + Preston {austin engagement photography}

January 14, 2010 – 3:18 pm

Cute…check!
Stylish…check!
In love…check!
Funny…check!
I love working with them…check!

Lauren and Preston made my job easy! They had lots of great ideas! I love coming up with locations and ideas for a shoot, but it is 100x more fun if a couple is involved in the planning like these two were. Check out a few on my favorites!

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We started things off at The Madison.

Jeff- the owner- knows Lauren and Preston and he let us have some fun inside.
It’s always funny to be inside a place where you usually only would see at night. Things look different in daylight- it was totally like we were the cool kids who got let back-stage!

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I LOVE this wall!

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Then we headed around town for some outdoor stuff!

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I’ve shot a this wall A LOT- but with these guys it was all fresh and new!

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Seriously- how cute are these guys?!!

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Ok- so possibly my favorite pics of the day!
Posing for the camera!!!

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I love Lauren’s shirt…and her little puppy!

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Preston pulled a few strings and we ended up on the roof-top of one of the tall buildings downtown! Yeay!

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And…I still have Lauren’s bridals and their fabulous wedding to look forward to! Thank you guys for a fun shoot!

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Merry Christmas…everyone!

December 23, 2009 – 11:44 pm

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we are super excited!
This is our first Christmas with little miss Sofie around and that has made all the prep for Christmas extra special for us.

One of the fun things about having a little kiddo is that you get to put her on your Christmas card! Check it out! She is so good at posing for the camera already!

We wish you all a very very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Thanks to all my friends, family and wonderful clients for supporting me in 2009. Here is to a wonderful year ahead - Cheers!

Love,
Sherry, Sean and Sofie

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Valentine Boudoir! {austin boudoir photography}

December 21, 2009 – 12:03 am

Yes- you guessed it!
It is that time of the year again!
The time of the year when you start thinking about what to give your man for Valentine’s day…or maybe you’re getting married next year and you’re looking for a really unique gift to give to your future husband..well- how about some amazing, stunning and beautiful photos of yourself?

You know he’ll love it! You know he will thank his lucky stars that he’s the man in your life!
So what are you waiting for?
Give me a call and let’s make it happen- let’s knock his socks off!

Only 6 5 spots left!

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By sherry | Posted in Maternity and family, News, Seniors, just a word | Tagged austin boudoir photography, valentine's day gifts, valentine's day photos | no comments No Comments | Add a Comment

Emily and David {austin engagement photography}

December 5, 2009 – 2:03 am

I am in process of shooting engagements for my 2010 couples and it makes me happy that I have so many awesome weddings to look forward to next year. The reason I know they are going to be awesome weddings is because of these super fun engagement sessions!

One couple that I am so excited to work with is Emily and David. Emily was a bridesmaid at Jenny and Easton’s amazing wedding I shot a couple of years ago. I am so so happy that she remembered me! Yeay Emily!

Emily and David are a super sweet and creative couple and they had some fun ideas for me- so together we ran around town and took some photos! I have to say that I am pretty happy with the results! Thanks for an inspiring session. : )

We started things off at the north side of the Capitol. Emily has the best candid laugh!

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Then David spotted this cool church across the street and he immediately decided that he needed a photo while doing the slide!

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Next stop was downtown. We parked in a garage and ended up with some “garage photos”!

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David works at the Frost- and of course we had to include the crazy cool building in a few pics!

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Time to re-charge those batteries with a little snack!

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And…you need something sweet after a meal…

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This one is my favorite shot of the day!
Emily: “Look, you’re buying me this much candy!”

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You can’t be in this area and not take advantage of all this color…I love it!

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Mandy + Allan {austin engagement photography}

December 4, 2009 – 12:19 am

Mandy and Allan are Mr. and Mrs. and I have so many of their photos to show you! We got Mandy’s bridals…their wedding…
But let’s start things off with the engagements!
First off- I love it when couples wear colors to engagement shoots! Yeay for Mandy and Allan for great outfits!
I feel like engagements really set the tone for photographer/bride+groom relationship. It’s like if you have fun at the engagement shoot- the rest is going to be great too!

I can certainly say that I had fun at this shoot. This sweet couple surprised me with how much fun they had, the ideas that they had and how open minded they were to my ideas. I LOOOVE that!

Just wait until you get to see Mandy’s bridals! The above sentence rang true for that day too!

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Let’s start thing off with Miss beautiful eyes here! : )

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Mandy and Allan love wine and wine bars. They wanted their engagement photos to reflect that.

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A quick change and some urban grunge!

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Thanksgiving outfit!

November 28, 2009 – 4:48 pm

ah - what a nice Thanksgiving it was!
Not only was it extra special because this was Sofie’s first big holiday celebration- but we got to see family and old friends. The food was excellent and I ate way too much!
Sofie had a new outfit! Love the poodles!
The countdown for Christmas has officially begun!

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Heather {austin bridal photography}

November 17, 2009 – 12:02 am

Heather is now married to a cool guy named Josh! Check out their super fun engagements- which are some of my favorite engagement photos to date!

I can’t wait to show you their wedding- it was a crazy fun wedding, complete with a live performance by Manhands!
But- for now I want to show you Heather’s bridal photos. We shot these at the fabulous Vista West Ranch and Heather’s amazing dress was picked out specially by Ashley who is a good friend of Heather’s and owner of Signature Salon here in Austin.

Ok- enough talk- let’s check out some of the photos!

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Heather was so fearless! She sat on the hammock! Yeay!

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RYKM with the beautiful eyes?!!!

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I love this hair style! It looks like it was just put up with a couple of pins and it is ready to fall down if she took off running! AWESOME!

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Heather- you are totally stunning!

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Catch that bouquet!

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A fun prop!

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I have no words for this one…

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Last but not least…this is Ashley’s idea and it is fast becoming my favorite! It’s a modern day Eve!
Work it out Heather…woohoo!

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By sherry | Posted in bridals | Tagged Austin bridal photography, bridal photos in a field, bridal photos with balloons | 2 comments Show Comments | Add a Comment

Ryan + Griff {austin wedding photography}

November 6, 2009 – 12:52 am

This is going to be a long post- so go get yourself a snack, sit back and check out the totally awesome wedding of Ryan and Griff!
I usually get a good feel for a couple and how their wedding will be after I shoot the engagement session. Ryan and Griff’s engagement session was a total blast! Then as we were getting ready to shoot Ryan’s bridals, I knew I would have a good time and I was not disappointed!
Ok- so to the wedding!
It was very obvious that it had taken a lot of hard work to pull off this shindig!
Everything looked beautiful, the guests had a good time, the couple were relaxed and yours truly…well…I was shooting my little heart out!
This was the first wedding after my maternity leave, so I was super excited to be back shooting and to be shooting such a fun wedding.

Here are a few of my favorite photos!

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