Tiffany and Jason: Engaged

This Saturday morning, I celebrated the first official day of spring with Tiffany and Jason! The weather was perfect on Saturday and we had so much fun touring around the Biltmore Estate and getting excited about Tiffany and Jason's upcoming wedding at the Grand Bohemian this coming September 24th.

Some photos at the Grand Bohemian, where Tiffany and Jason will get married this fall.

The skies were incredibly blue at the Biltmore!

Tiffany and Jason brought some champagne and had a little picnic up on the hill (below).

Tiffany jumped right up on the edge of the pond (above) with absolutely no fear (although I have to admit that I had some of my own!). Tiffany is one of those fun-loving brides (and Jason one of those grooms) that every photographer dreams of having! She had some of her own ideas about photos and laughed and had a good time the entire day! I had so much fun with these two!

Thanks so much for spending Saturday morning with me! I can't wait to be a part of your wedding this September!

Portraits: Amber Van Parys

It was a fabulous day this past Saturday March 20th (the first official day of Spring, I might add) and I spent the afternoon with Amber and her mom (my good friend and fellow photographer), Sandy Rochelle. Amber is a high school senior in Nashville, TN and is a talented vocalist. In fact, Amber has a couple colleges offering competing scholarship opportunities for her to attend their musical theatre programs.

Amber is a beautiful young lady (of course, you can see that for yourself) and a lot of fun to be around! I had so much fun with her hanging out in downtown Asheville and taking photos! Here are some highlights from Saturday's shoot below:

I love all the graffiti in downtown Asheville!

For the photo below, this nice passerby offered up his perfectly-colored green sunglasses (who we found out originally belonged to his musician grandfather) for a few shots! I love it when things like this happen!

In front of La Bouchon Restaurant on Lexington Ave. in Asheville!

We then headed over to the train tracks for some more photos. A train came by while we were taking photos (above) which I thought was pretty cool!

Amber shows us her true personality (above) !!

We ended the day with a few headshot photos for this budding artist (below).

Thanks so much for being such a good model, Amber and thanks to Sandy for coming all the way from Nashville, TN to take some photos and visit with me!

Welcome, Kate Monroe!

I'm happy to introduce you to Whitmeyer Photography's newest associate photographer, Kate Monroe. Kate's relationship with Whitmeyer Photography began as a client/bride when Sarah photographed her wedding to Nate Monroe in November of 2008. Kate began shooting weddings with Whitmeyer Photography in the Spring of 2009 and has done a fantastic job.

Below, Kate as a Bride! Kate humored me and let me photograph her at the beach in her wedding dress this past summer for a incredibly fun Trash the Dress Session! View more photos from this shoot here.

Kate's photography reflects an incredible attention to detail and a fine arts sensibility that makes her a great addition to Whitmeyer Photography. Kate keeps an up-to-date blog on her website www.kate-monroe.com, so check out more of Kate's work there.

Kate is currently an Associate Team Photographer with

Whitmeyer Photography which means that she is available for portraits or smaller weddings as the primary photographer or as a second photographer (working with Sarah or Associate, Lauren Carroll) for larger weddings. For more information about booking Kate, contact Whitmeyer Photography.

Below are some of Kate's Wedding Porfolio Highlights. Kate's entire wedding portfolio can be found on Whitmeyer Photography's website under the "gallery" link and the listing "Kate Monroe". You can also view more of Kate's work on her own website.

These Photographs showcase Kate's fine attention to details. She's so fabulous about making sure that every little detail of your wedding is covered from the flowers, decorations, programs, and more.

Above and Below are some of Kate's photographs from the Rohde-Barker wedding that took place this past fall. This wedding was shot by Associate Photographer, Lauren Carroll with Kate as a second photographer.

Kate is also available for Engagement and Bridal Portrait sessions. Kate gets creative with an engagement portrait session (above).

These photos are from Kate's very first shoot with Whitmeyer Photography at the Lowes-Fotos wedding in the Spring of 2009. It takes real talent to get this kind of fabulous imagery from your first attempt at wedding photography!

More images from the Lowes-Fotos wedding!

Below, Kate the bride! From her wedding in Nov. 2008

From Kate's 2009 Trash the Dress session, above.

Some other blog listings for 2009 weddings that Kate worked on:

Nilam and Karl

Cassie and Robbie

Anderson and John

Allison and Adam

Katharyn and Foster

Cupcakes for Cures

Whitmeyer Photography is donating 2 portrait sittings to Cupcakes for Cures this year. The first is a PR photo shoot for the winning bakery and the second is a traditional portrait sitting for the Youth or Amateur contest winner.

The Event will take place on April 10, 2010 at the Grove Park Inn. Please visit the Cupcakes for Cures website and donate or participate in this great cause!