Surprise Birthday Party!

I shot a surprise birthday party at Cleveland Park Hall last Saturday. It was a lot of fun and I had a great time! Everyone made me feel so welcome, I learned about a different culture and tasted some new food! A few pics:

Everyone had a great time!
It was also a party to welcome a new baby into the family! Welcome Sia!
Don't you just love all of the colors???
The cake was my favorite part! After singing Happy Birthday the family and friends got to feed cake to the birthday man -- until he said Stop! I want to do that on my birthday! (And not stop!!) ;-)
This is a picture of some of the food that I had. It was catered by the family's restaurant, the Five Spices, located off of East Main Street in Spartanburg, SC. If you are ever in the area you have to try this! It was so good! Clint & I plan to go there soon for our date night!
Happy Birthday Jay!

Kristy & Travis's Wedding!!!

Kristy and Travis were married at Rainbow Lake Pavilion on June 2. They were so much fun to work with, and SO in love that everyone around just had so much fun!! Here are a few shots from the wedding:

Kristy had her beautiful dress custom made with lavender ribbon in the back:
Travis cleaned up well. Here he is waiting for his Bride to come down the aisle:

Kristy with her Dad:
The kissing part:
Kristy with her Dad during the dance. I cried through this! They danced to "I loved her first."

Travis and his Mom during their dance. Tears were there too!
But then it got all happy...
They did the Electric Slide at their wedding...
This beautiful cake was from a little shop in Cowpens, SC, called Oma- Lyn's Bakery. It was one of the moistest cakes I have ever tasted!! Their info: Congratulations Travis & Kristy!!! I enjoyed your wedding so much!!

Kristy's Bridal Session

Kristy's Bridal Session was so much fun! The two images above are the ones that will be displayed at the wedding tomorrow. I love the Magnolias! Fits in so perfectly with a Southern Bride.
Kristy's fiance actually came with her to the shoot so I can't take credit for all of the pictures! He had a lot of great ideas, and even posed so she would know exactly what to do! ;-) It was very different from most shoots, but we laughed the entire time so it was a good different.
Kristy chose to order a 16 x 20. This is the size that I have of my own wedding portrait. If you would like to have me photograph your Bridal Portrait there is a $75 sitting fee, then you can order by the print. 16 x 20's are $75.00, or add canvas for $100 more. Bridal shoots can last up to two hours, at a location of your choice.
You may contact me at 864-978-4327 or dowlingphoto@aol.com.

Carter caught his first fish!!

My third child, Carter, caught his first fish on Memorial Day. He was SO proud of that fish, and his older brother, Andrew, keeps talking about the "bass that got away!" I guess they don't have to be taught to make up fishing tales, LOL. Above is a pic of Carter and the now famous bass, and then my favorite guys! Hope ya'll had a great Memorial Day!

My new favorite Picture

I almost forgot!! Here is my new favorite picture I have been teasing you with for a week now. Do you love this???

What a fun week!

I have had so much fun with my shoots this week -- and I still have one left to do!
Here are the amazing Kim and Steven. Their wedding is in October so don't forget to check back and see how cool it was. Kim has really great taste and showed me lots of pictures from other photographers of things that she liked. I enjoyed working with them and can't wait for the Bridal!

Here is the most adorable baby boy. He has the sweetest smile, cutest little teeth and an amazing endurance for staying in front of the camera! I also got to try out my new prop on him. Check it out:

Be sure and check back in after Saturday to see Christy's Bridal pics! She is going to be an absolutely gorgeous Bride, and her wedding date is fast approaching so you won't have to wait too long to see those.

Hope everyone is enjoying these beautiful days we are having!

Here are a few pictures that I have been promising to post. Tomorrow I will shoot a beautiful baby boy and then Wed its off for engagement pics with a fantastic couple! Check back as I also plan to post my new favorite pic of a very sweet couple! Hint: Its already on my website!!


Isn't she beautiful? She competed this weekend in a state pageant and I was lucky enough to be able to take some pics of her for her portfolio. Will update you as to how she did. Here is a family portrait of Mark & Tory and children. I used this set up for the church pictures I did.

How cute are these children???? I LOVED this picture -- look at his face! A surprise picture for Mother's Day! We went out into nature to get this shot! Their Mom had NO idea this was happening!!!
The beautiful Bride of 50 years! This was taken right before she walked down the aisle. I hope I look half as good on my 50th anniversary with Clint! (I'm sure he does too, LOL) Check back to see more soon and let me know what you think!