Emily Dean Photography » Destination Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer | Based in Birmingham, Alabama

Wedding season is officially underway & I’m thrilled!  My 1st wedding weekend was a double-header doozie filled with more awesomeness than I could have ever imagined.

Bri & Ron started the weekend off with the most perfect wedding celebration ever on Friday at Primrose Cottage in Roswell, GA {seriously, they blew me away & I can’t wait to share their images with you!}, which was followed up by a gorgeous {albeit COLD} wedding at The Sonnet House in Leeds, AL 2nd shooting with Elle Danielle, then I capped the weekend off with gorgeous weather, a gorgeous couple & a quirky dog for an awesome engagement session.  Afterwards, I promptly went home & crashed on the couch with a flatbread pizza & a Netflix marathon.

I’ve hit the ground running and there’s no looking back.  Next weekend promises to be equally amazing with what is sure to be a stunning wedding in New Orleans with Leslie Hollingsworth.  Stay tuned for lots of wedding awesomeness in the coming days & weeks!

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I’ve been struggling with motivation lately.  I’m not sure why because I’m pretty much in the happiest place in my life that I’ve been in a very long time, but alas, I’m struggling.  Feeling unmotivated and uninspired.  Unmotivated to eat healthy, exercise regularly, blog consistently and pretty much everything else you can think of.  Just plain ol’ blah.

I look around and I see all of the fabulous, gorgeous, creative work some of my talented friends are producing during this “down time” of wedding season and while that should inspire me, I find it only leaving me feeling frustrated & a tad bit jealous that I’m still feeling completely uninspired…or maybe that’s the wrong choice of words because the work I see is very inspiring, but I’m still lacking the motivation to make these things happen for myself and my business.  I understand that as a creative business owner I’m going to go through these periods of “blah” from time to time…it’s just part of it…but I’m ready to snap out of it and I can’t seem to find the “how.”  So, today, I’m asking you for help…for advice.  What are some things I can do to get motivated (and STAY motivated throughout the year) or to become inspired?  I NEED SOME HELP!!! I would LOVE to hear your thoughts, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE comment here, send me an email or even a Facebook message if you prefer & tell me what you do to get motivated in business, life or just in general. destination-wedding-photographer_0004vPINIMAGEV

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I’m so excited to announce the winner of the engagement session giveaway!  I’m so grateful to each of the beautiful ladies for taking the time to share their engagement stories with me; it sounds like all of you have found amazing men to spend your lives with.  I’m blown away by how creative & romantic they all were!  Since there were so many amazing entries, I decided to choose 2 winners!!

The winners are…….

Chloe Sloan!!

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Samantha Russell!!

Congratulations Chloe & Samantha!  I am so excited to meet you both.  I know we are going to have a blast together!  To schedule your sessions, just send me an email {emma@emilydeanphotography.com}  so we can start planning your session.  I can’t wait to hear from you!

BUT WAIT!!  I hate to disappoint anyone, and since MY BIRTHDAY is in just 2 days, I’ve decided to offer a booking special for the entire month of March!

**Any 2014 Weddings booked within the month of March will receive a FREE Engagement Session or Bridal Portrait Session.**  This offer is only good until March 31, 2014, so shoot me an email today {emma@emilydeanphotography.com} if you would like details on the collections I offer.  I’d absolutely love to hear from you & learn all about your fabulous wedding plans!2013-05-22_0034vPINIMAGEV

Thank you again to everyone who took the time to tell me your story.  It means so much to me that you would even consider letting me in on such an exciting and special time in your lives!

Happy Monday, y’all!

 

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It’s time, it’s time, IT’S TIME!!!! This time last year, when I decided to host my first engagement session giveaway, I had no idea how it would turn out, but I loved the idea of it, so I held my breath and tried it anyway.  I got such an amazing response, that I decided to make it a yearly tradition.  So, it’s time for the 2014 engagement session giveaway and I’m SO excited to see how this year’s contest turns out!  Engagement sessions are some of my favorite sessions.  It is alway so much fun and gives me great insight into the relationship of the couple I’m photographing…plus it’s GREAT practice for the wedding day photos!  So, I’m GIVING AWAY 1 Engagement Session!!  No strings attached.  Just enter, win and BOOM, awesome photos just for you…for FREE!

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This is how you can enter to win (receive 1 entry by completing the following):

  1. Leave a comment here telling me how he proposed AND your Wedding Date.
  2. Share this post on your Facebook wall.  (It’s easy to do! Just click that little grey circle with the “f” at the bottom of this post, or simply copy and paste the link to your wall.)
  3. Make sure you “LIKE” Emily Dean Photography on Facebook.  (Click Here to go to my Facebook page.)

Receive 2 extra entries:

  1. Follow me on Twitter! Click Here or you can search @emilydeanphoto on twitter.  (Good for 1 extra entry)
  2. Follow me on Instagram!  Search @emilydeanphoto on Instagram to find my profile! (Good for 1 extra entry)

***Be sure to tell me in your comment that you followed me on Twitter & Instagram so I don’t miss your extra entries!

***If you already follow me on Twitter &/or Instagram, just make sure you tell me in your comment and you will receive the extra entries!

You have 2 weeks to enter and spread the word!  Deadline to enter is Sunday, March 2, 2014. The winner will be chosen by random drawing and announced on Monday, March 3, 2014.

I can’t wait to hear from all of you!  Good Luck!!

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  • February 18, 2014 - 1:41 pm

    Katlyn Drain - He proposed to be at my house when it was just me and him alone watching our favorite tv show. He knew I didn’t want it to big a big “to do” that I would just want it to be a simple proposal while we were doing something that we always do which was exactly right, I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Now we are currently planning our wedding set for September 27th, 2014 at a rustic barn in Cullman Alabama

    I also followed you on TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM

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  • February 18, 2014 - 10:25 pm

    Jenn Holden - My fiancé and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have you do our engagement photos!!! I really wanted a professional one done but thought it would probably never happen. This would be a HUGE honor for you to do it for us 🙂 we are also in college so money is short too. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to reflect our love in your photography, and would be a dream come true! 🙂 i have followed you on Favebook, Twitter, and Instagram! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • March 2, 2014 - 8:25 pm

    Candace Harbour - On New Years Day, Jeremy asked if he could take me on a date, on January 11th. During this time, we had to plan all of our dates in advance because we were so busy with school, work, and everything else we had going on. Unfortunately, starting January 6th, the two of us were extremely sick, but Jeremy kept pushing for us to just get out of the house for one night. Throughout the entire week, Jeremy kept getting up early each morning to “go workout”, so I rarely got to see him. Then, to keep the bad news coming, I had to work on the afternoon of our date. So, that day I went to work as usual, still sick, and Jeremy came to pick me up for out date. I was in absolutely no hurry to leave that day, so Jeremy impatiently waited as I took my time. We finally made it to dinner, late of course, and even the server took her time about doing everything. We eventually made it to our reservation at Painted By You, that was actually the only thing we weren’t late for, to paint a few things. So, we’re sitting at the table, I’m painting a mug and he’s painting an egg he’s trying to making into a football. The entire time I could feel myself getting sicker by the minute; but I just couldn’t muscle up the courage to ask Jeremy if he would take me home, so I just sat and painted a purple stripe on a mug. Then out of no where, I hear Jeremy say, “They need smaller brushes. I’m gonna ask them where the smaller brushes are.” As I turn to tell him how rude it would be to ask then that, I see this girl staying next to me with a sign that says, “I love you, will you marry me” and next to her is Jeremy on one knee with my ring!! He planned that proposal with the owner of the company the entire week when he was supposedly “working out”. Now I’m getting married on September 14 to my best friend, and I couldn’t be happier!!

    And of course, I follow you on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and life in general!!ReplyCancel

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It’s Valentine’s Day and you know what that means….LOTS of beautiful couples will  be getting engaged today!!! Christmas through Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite times of year simply because of all the new bling I see popping up in my Facebook newsfeed.  So, in honor of all of the L O V E, I will be announcing my semi-annual 2014 Engagement Session Giveaway on Monday!!! Be sure to spread the word and come back on Monday to enter for your chance to win!!!  Like this post by clicking that handy-dandy little Facebook “like” icon down there at the bottom…or better yet, Share this post to your Facebook page by clicking on the awesome Facebook circle icon at the bottom of this post!!! I can’t wait for Monday to hear about all of the awesome proposal stories!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

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