Monday, June 29, 2009 Erin and Patrick

Erin and Patrick are such a beautiful, sweet couple. It was so great to meet them and work with them while I was in Dallas last Friday! It's so awesome to photograph people who are so obviously totally in love. It just works. :)

Sister Brides

My trip to Dallas to train with one of the most talented, well, probably, the most talented person I've ever met was definitely one of the greatest experiences of my life! She did such an amazing job showing me what a very professional and successful photography business looks like. I'll be eternally grateful to her! Thank you so much, Amy, for your time, your expertise, and your friendship!


These brides are sisters and they are both such striking beauties. It was such a treat to get to shoot these pictures of them in this awesome downtown Dallas studio!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Isaak's First Birthday

Last Saturday we went to Jacksonville to attend sweet little Isaak's first birthday party. You will see that the kids had an absolute blast. Noah and Isaak are so cute together and Emma just loved having all those great kids to play with. And it was so nice for me to get to be around friends my age and meet some wonderful new friends. I'm so thankful for great people like these in my life! :)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Arnold Wedding Slideshow

The slideshow for Johnny and Maura's wedding is now up on my portfolio site. Go take a look if you'd like to see the story of my first wedding! :) There are quite a few pictures, so feel free to speed the slideshow up in the bottom right corner once it starts playing if you find it's going too slow. Thanks for looking!!!

P.S. If the link doesn't work, the address is graciejamesphotography.zenfolio.com. Once there, you click on the wedding album, then click to play the slideshow! Let me know what you think! :)

Friday, June 12, 2009 Arnold Wedding

The wedding of Johnny and Maura was definitely the most heartfelt, sincere wedding I've ever attended. It ended up being such a beautiful, perfect day. Earlier in the day as I travled to Darlington, I was really worried about it being ruined by the dark, stormy clouds that were stalking the sky, but as the hour of the wedding approached, the sky cleared and beautiful sun rays poured through the clouds. Perfect.


The colors were bright and beautiful, the pool sparkled blue, and five rings were exchanged. The only members of the wedding party were members of the family that was being bonded. Johnny, Maura, and their three gorgeous girls. Johnny and Maura had self-written vows for one another as well as vows to their girls. I felt so blessed to be a part of such an amazing day!


This collection of pictures is only a very small portion of what was captured, but I wanted to give them a sampling of their wedding day memories. :) There will be many more for you later, Johnny and Maura, but I hope the ones shown here make you smile. :)