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about Brent & Amanda:
What do we know best? Love, Weddings, and Millie Holloman Photography! We're Brent and Amanda; we're in love, we're married, and we know Millie better than anybody. As company photographers, we're faithful to her style while adding a dose of our own unique perspective.
This is where you'll find our work, our thoughts, and our take on the world as seen through the MHP lenses. We're based in Wilmington, NC, but just like Millie, we'll travel anywhere to get great shots. We hope you love our blog as much as we love each other!
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Penny and Aric were married in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at a quaint little church named Martha's Chapel. Their reception was held at the historic and beautiful Carolina Inn. It was an honor to photograph a fellow photographer's wedding! You can see her work here. When I arrived at Penny's bridal suite, I was immediately taken by the light in the room and how amazing Penny looked! Isn't she stunning?
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| This little cutie patootie getting her hair done is Penny's maid of honor. Her entire bridal party was age 8 and under! |
A little hair touch-up for the mother of the bride and we were set to go!
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| I adore the details in this quaint little chapel. |
| Amanda drove in from Wilmington to assist me on this one. I was so thankful to have her to catch the extra moments and little details - like this one of Penny's dad just moments before they walked down the aisle. Great shot, Amanda! |
| For having an entire bridal party of children, they were sooooo well behaved! Three of them were age 8 and the other three were just 3 years old. Not one of them cried, threw a fit, spoke during the ceremony - they were so grown up and fantastic! |
| I LOVE how Aric looks at Penny. I love love love it! He flashed that look at her over and over again during the ceremony. Ahhhh, love. |
Being a wedding photographer herself, Penny knew just how important it was to give us plenty of time for pictures and video in between the ceremony and reception. It was so great knowing she thought of just what we would need for the big day, plenty of time with the two of them!
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Did I mention how well behaved her wedding party was? They're all so adorable! Kudos to Penny for joining them in the leaves for a quick shot....
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| ...and then the real fun began. |
The details at the Carolina Inn were classic, simplistic, and beautiful.
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| Just moments before the cutting of the cake, Aric whispered to me "do people still shove cake in each other's mouths or is that not ok?". I just had to laugh! I love that Aric was sweet enough to make sure it was something Penny would be OK with. I also love that he was ornery enough to think about it! Once Penny mentioned she'd be needing a napkin to clean up the mess, I knew it was going to happen. :) |
| The band talked Aric and Penny's brother up to the stage for a quick song. It was one of the highlights of the night and soooo funny! |
| At the end of the day, I pulled Penny and Aric out for a few shots in my favorite hallway of the Carolina Inn. Don't you just love the chandeliers? |
| Penny and Aric, thank you for having me! I wish you both the best in life and love together. |
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This session was a team effort for the staff here at MHP and Salt Harbor Designs. When Jennifer approached me about helping out with the Balcony's Open House she showed me a couple of story boards. Her plan was to theme the entire Open House to tie into the inspiration board including a photo shoot.
My job was to take a couple out and make the shoot match the board, so the images could be used throughout the Open House. We pre-planned everything from the props to the wardrobe in advance and I am super happy with the way it all turned out... what a blast to shoot!
We chose the coldest day of the year, January 2nd to do the shoot. Little did we know of the frigid weather which would await us. We had made the plans for Katy to be wearing a skirt and short sleeve shirt! Brrrrr! Katy Ryan were such champs to spend their Saturday in the freezing cold juggling oranges, climbing trees and snuggling just to keep warm!
Love the headpiece you see on Katy? You can buy it here!. A HUGE thanks to Lindsey for designing just the right piece and so last minute too! Lots of love to Amanda & Brent for coming along and helping out too! Brent did some video which we might get around to editing one of these days and Amanda helped shoot a bit.
A big hug to Orton Gardens for letting us use their property... amazing as always! Also, kisses to the wonderful team at NSalo for a knock out job... Melissa did Katy's hair and Erica polished off the look flawlessly with the makeup. Bravo ladies, bravo!
I'll post the Open House images tomorrow so you can see how it all tied together. Stay tuned! This first image is the inspiration board the shoot was themed after! |
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You might remember a previous post I did last last January where I discussed a project I worked on with Port City Community Church. Well Snapshots Volume Two released recently and I wanted to share the finished product with everyone here. Thanks to Brent for grabbing these images for me to post!
Chris Davis, a photographer who also attends PC3, was the other photographer involved in the shoot. We both took turns grabbing different details and views of the cameras so some of the shots below are his and others are mine. This project was a lot of fun and I can't wait to see Volumes Three and Four... hopefully this year! Each cover will have a different vintage camera... the one pictured below is one in my own personal collection!
If you go to Port City be sure to stop in the bookstore and pick up your own copy of the CD... it's great!
The album art was done by (our own) Brent Holloman and Evan Vetter (PC3's e-media director). Great job everyone... a true team effort! |
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Well, 2010 has certainly arrived.
If you follow my twitter, you've most likely heard my most recent, and fairly blunt, thoughts on the many happenings 2010 has already brought along...
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Most of you are familiar with my obsessive love for polaroids and toy cameras, so you can imagine my disappointment last year when we all waved goodbye to our favorite shake-it photographs.
Luckily, The Impossible Project launched towards the end of last year in efforts to re-invent and re-start production of film for vintage Polaroid cameras...but I'm not sure any of us were expecting to see Lady Gaga selling us our favorite instant film.
I can't lie and say that I like anything by Lady Gaga, but I must give her props for originality in areas such as:
- completely eliminating the use of pants in everyday wardrobe (even in Winter)
- re-inventing the one piece in an infinite amount of unfortunate ways such as pleather, see-through, etc. (due to lack of pants)
- deciding sunglasses are more necessary than pants (and wearing them regardless of sunlight being anywhere in sight)
- and of course, her infamous "hair art" such as hair hats, hair manes, and even hair umbrellas (I can't prove the last one, but I don't doubt it) |
I do believe we were all equally shocked this week when hearing of Jay Leno potentially kicking Conan O'Brien out of his time slot on NBC. I don't watch much television at all, but I think the easiest way to sum all of this up is simply: Conan>Jay.
We may have lost the battle, Conan, but in the end you made us you laugh 100 times more.
On a less disappointing note, I have been giving Vampire Weekend's new album, CONTRA, a few spins. It's a fun new album for 2010, and has all of the familiar indie-pop bliss we loved from their first one. They do a little more adventuring on this album, and while each track is different than the one before it, they somehow manage to just feel right together.
I'm still not sure why people talked about this album like it was going to alter our universe, but at the end of the day, whether you love them or hate them, I promise you'll have these tunes stuck in your head.
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Last, but MOST important, our world was absolutely turned upside down when hearing of the disaster earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday of this week. The exact number of deaths and injuries was uncertain in the midst of wreckage, but the international Red Cross stated a third of the country's 9 million people may need emergency aid.
While rumors of the United Parcel Service shipping relief items, and airlines flying doctors to Haiti for free were sadly proven untrue, we can all still do our own part to help aid in this ongoing disaster. There are currently numerous ways to help, so let's all try and give to Haiti in the midst of such devastation. All of our efforts together CAN make a difference.
Just today MHP made our donation to Thirst Relief International in honor of the "Haiti Rebuild Project". We urge you to find a charity and do the same or, head over to Thirst Relief and make your own donation!
We encourage you to have a hand in the relief efforts for Haiti!
Here's to 2010- the moments that will keep us laughing until it hurts, the tragedies that will bring us to our knees, the love that will keep us alive, and the hope that we will all not just live, but thrive.
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The Farrior family is always a good time and I should know, I've spent quite a bit of time with them over the last year. I first met them when little Windsor was born and I already had chatted with them over the phone on several occasions. I later photographed Harley & Duane's beautiful wedding out in the country (Windsor's Aunt) which of course means there was a bridal portrait and an engagement session. We've kept in touch and when it was time for Windsor's first birthday, her Mom called me up to schedule a session. We made this an opportunity to capture little Windsor and her big party.
This is the best 1 year old birthday party I have ever seen. Complete with an amazing cake by Flower & Flour, a PINK candy bar, cupcake candles for every kid, the coolest birthday hat ever and a gazillion gifts for the little one. What a great time! Amanda also came along to help out and I'm glad she did, there was so much going on, it would have been a challenge to cover it as well with just me. |
| Daddy helps Windsor blow her candle out... |
| All of the kids sat at the table with their own little birthday plate and waited patiently for cake and ice cream! |
| Windsor's first time ever having a cupcake... |
| Gifts, I think it's safe to say that this little one loves books and baby dolls! |
| What a great time but we didn't expect anything less from the Farriors! |
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