Ryan & Marilyn’s Engagement Photos

Ryan & Marilyn had a great time at Morris Avenue for their engagement photo session. Morris Avenue located on First Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, has a great variety of structures and late 19th to early 20th century warehouses that has proven time and time again to be a favorite backdrop and location for our couples’ photographs. Marilyn & Ryan are looking forward to their June 19th wedding at the beautiful Mathews Manor in Springville. Mathews go the extra mile to help your wedding day dreams come true. They’ll work with you to achieve the outcome that you desire and one that reflects your uniqueness too. You can put your trust in their dedicated staff and experienced team not only for a beautiful venue location but also for catering and cakes. Additionally, their florist has been designing flower arrangements for more than 15 years and can design any arrangement you choose. Be sure to visit their website at www.mathewsmanor.com .

Tommy & Wendy Engagement Photos

Tommy & Wendy also met Jim and Keri for their engagement photos on Morris Avenue. They are looking forward to their wedding June 26th at the Church at Brook Hills and reception at Old Car Heaven. So be sure to check back for some great wedding photos too!

Jim Little Photography has been busy! The summer 2010 wedding season is here! We have seven weddings in May behind us and eight more ahead for June. We can cover that many weddings and not miss any wedding day memories because we have four additional staff photographers to help us out. Brad & Celeste shoot our Simple & Sweet wedding plan and Keri and Peter are on hand throughout the year to help out too. So, if you are looking ahead to a wedding date in 2011, now is the time to reserve your wedding date with us. Jim and Brad are meeting our couples at our Homewood Gallery location, 2809 Crescent Avenue, Homewood, AL 35209 to show off the latest storybook-style albums, slide shows, and our large gallery display of unique digital art photographs.

We’ve also been shooting a lot of engagement and bridal photo sessions in addition to our weddings. Engagement or bridal shoots can be scheduled in and around the Birmingham area for either an ‘on location’ or ‘in studio’ session. Again, thanks to our awesome staff for all of your help with our portrait sessions too!

Congratulations to Kevin & Melissa

Melissa chose the historic Alabama Theatre for a perfect location for her formal bridal portraits. Their wedding in late May was at Dawson Memorial with a beautiful reception at The Club.

For more information about events at the Alabama Theater visit their website at www.alabamatheatre.com Check back for a few favorites from their wedding too!

Jim Little Photography’s bridal portrait sessions are very popular with our brides. We are centrally located in Homewood, 2809 Crescent Avenue, which makes it easy to meet our brides and head toward the Botanical Gardens in Mountain Brook, or downtown Morris Avenue. Call 205-681-2456 to schedule an appointment and we’ll meet for you for your favorite location fun photo shoot.

Kristen’s bridal portraits were shot at the beautiful Botanical Gardens with some great choices at the gardens to shoot her pictures. Have a look at a few of our favorites.

Jim Little Photography also shoots seniors! Give us a call to schedule your prom pictures and we’ll include the digital files for your to print your own favorites. We can meet you at your favorite location or as you can see below – just come and pull your shiny red car into our backyard and we’ll take it from there!

It was a lot of fun taking Stephen’s senior pictures a few weeks ago. He had to wash his car three times because the pollen kept coming back! But have a look at his shiny red car and the happy couple!

More Great ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings!

Cascading Bouquets

Jim Little Photography – Birmingham, AL – www.jimlittlephotography.com

We have had the pleasure of working with many outstanding florists over the years. Let us know if you need any recommendations. Begin by getting some great ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings below.

True Classic 
An exquisite all-white cascade like this one, fashioned from roses, sweet peas, ranunculus, and tiny lily-of-the-valley would be fitting for just about any bride in any setting. Dress by Robert Danes.

Exotic Beauty 
Dramatic chartreuse flowers and variegated greenery (below) share the spotlight in this explosion of cymbidium orchids, gloriosa lilies, leucodendron, and hosta leaves.

Cascading Bouquets – From Martha Stewart Weddings

Great ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings!

Jim Little Photography – Homewood, AL www.jimlittlephotography.com We can give you great recommendations for florists in our area; begin by getting some ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings below.

Ceremony Tosses

The tossing of rice at newlyweds is an ancient tradition symbolizing abundance and fertility. You may have heard that raw rice grains are harmful to birds that ingest them, but ornithologists say this isn’t true. Even so, rice may not be the best choice for tossing because it can be slippery underfoot and difficult to clean up. Here are some alternatives.

Birdseed
 Package birdseed for wedding guests to toss after the ceremony in glassine bags sealed with stickers and slips of paper bearing the names of the bride and groom.

Rose Petals 
Cut paper doilies into quarters, roll into cones, and seal with a sticker or tape. On the day of the wedding, fill the cones with petals from fresh, opened roses. Stand the cones in a tissue paper-lined box, and hand them out to guests just after the ceremony.

Hydrangeas 
Fill sheer fabric pouches with tiny hydrangea blooms or petals from other seasonal flowers.

From Martha Stewart Weddings

In addition to Jim, our team of dedicated staff photographers, Keri, Peter, Brad & Celeste each contribute to Jim Little Photography their unique perspectives to add to your beautiful collection of memorable photographs. We are so proud to have all of them!

Brad & Celeste – Sweet & Simple Team

One thing is for certain…Brad and Celeste are passionate about wedding photography. They capture all of the details and emotions of your wedding day from the bride’s smile as she opens a gift from her future husband, to the happy couple’s first dance. Their perfect blend of traditional, photojournalistic, and candid photography tells the story of your special day. Twenty years from now, you’ll open your wedding album and feel the same joy and emotions that you had the day you married. Also, be sure to see our travel gallery that includes Brad’s amazing Europe photographs!

Brad & Celeste not only shoot our Sweet & Simple Wedding plans, but they also are a talented support staff for Jim Little Photography as well. They meet with couples, edit files, design art albums, provide graphic design, and create custom slideshows. Their Sweet & Simple plan also offers affordability and flexible options.

Custom Plan Options

Since Brad & Celeste photograph weddings exclusively for Jim Little Photography, they can also give their couples the same ‘custom plan’ options that Jim offers.

Plan Options Include:

A personal wedding website to share favorites with family & friends

CD proofs of all your images

Custom-designed coffee-table style album collections with a variety of sizes, styles, cover designs, and price ranges

Engagement or bridal portrait sessions, in our studio or ‘on location’

High resolution DVD of your digital files with print release authorization

Prints, enlargements, or digital art paintings on canvas

DVD slide shows with music

Additional time is available

Travel available nationwide or for any destination wedding location

Custom-designed Art Albums

A custom-designed art album is also an available option for the Simple & Sweet wedding plan. Our wedding albums are modern coffee-table style books, beautifully handcrafted and custom designed, each individually tailored to your needs.

Album choices and covers include stylish, high quality options of genuine leather, faux leather, or three-dimensional cameo covers. They are available in a variety of sizes, colors, and textures. Optional monograms or graphics can also be featured on the cover.

Album pages are flush mounted and acid free to allow flexibility and longevity.

Panorama binding is a unique album feature that lies flat when the album is opened, creating an unsurpassed viewing experience.

See our website album tab to view a variety of custom-designed coffee-table style art albums. My gallery location in Homewood displays a wide variety of album choices with many sizes, styles, cover designs, and price ranges.

Give us a call, Brad & Celeste look forward to meeting you at our Homewood location and showing you their awesome photographs!

Check out the latest slide show below created by Brad & Celeste for Matt & Megan’s March wedding that they photographed. It also includes some ‘live video’ embedded in their slide show too!

In addition to weddings and engagement photography, we also photograph children, family, corporate shots, or any special occasion. Our studio location recently had a fun photo session taking photos of two beautiful children, Jonah and Grace! As brother and sister, ages one and five, they were at a perfect age for Jim to capture their individual personalities and emotions. Have a look at some of our favorite ones! Call us for an appointment for a studio or on location photography session.

Abby Schenk & John David Gray is celebrating their engagement – great photos Botanical Gardens. Looking forward to their wedding – soon – in December of 09!

Matt and Megan celebrate their engagement and upcoming wedding in March of 2010 – cold day photo shoot at the historic Morris Avenue location in Birmingham, AL, but great pictures and a lot of fun!