Rustic White Photography | Atlanta Based Wedding and Lifestyle Photographers | Destination Wedding Photographers

Sometimes things just line up perfectly.  Like when Emily Ley posts on Twitter that she is looking for someone to shoot family photos in the Tampa area, and it just so happens that we will be in Tampa for an entire week shooting.  Now if you don’t know who Emily is you should definitely become acquainted with her work on Emily Ley.com and at Making Brands Happen.  Our first correspondence with Emily was two years ago when she helped us design our first business card.  Then this past October we had the opportunity to meet Emily and two other remarkable ladies (Lara Casey and Gina Zeidler) in person at the Making Things Happen tour.  We knew her sweet demeanor, genuine smile and love for the two men in her life would radiate through the lens…and it certainly did, so here is the beautiful as they are sweet Ley family.

Happy Tuesday,

-Robert & Tiffany

A few weeks back we shared some of the wonderful families we had the opportunity to hang out with and document this fall.  Since then we’ve had the pleasure of meeting some new families, and catching up with some familiar faces.

The Marshall Family.

The Tatum Family.

The Shields Family.

The Rhyne Family.

The Orza Family.

Happy Wednesday,

-Tiffany & Robert

Over the Thanksgiving holiday we had the opportunity to take a little road trip to visit the Weiss family at their beach house in Folly.  What follows is a tapestry of words one might here while photographing 11 family members on the beach.

Did you tell them 3:30 meaning 4:00, or 3:30 meaning 3:30?
We’ll shoot the entire family tonight, and Hayden’s portraits in the morning.
Do you want me to take the kids and get started?
We’ll start with the boys.
Please don’t kick the sand.
Are you okay to walk on the sand in those shoes?
Look over here.
Do you want some candy?
I like the light over here.
I’m using you for shade.
Are we missing anyone?
Drinks down.
Beautiful guys.
Where’s Hollis?
Brush your hair back.
Let me cheat everyone back for a second.
Don’t pick up the sand.
Whatever makes them laugh.
Everyone squeeze in a little tighter.
Grab Bert’s phone.
It’s for instagram.
We have maybe 10 more minutes of light.
Grab the M&M’s.
Did you get it?
Done.

Thank you Stacey and Bert for having us out to the beach house.  It has been such a blessing to document your family over the past two years. Love you guys.

-Robert & Tiffany

For many families fall is synonymous with family photos.  Whether for the Christmas card or simply to document their family’s growth it’s a part of our job we love capturing, so we thought we’d share a few of the lovely families we’ve worked with so far this fall.

The Kinnett Family.  Diana & Kevin will always have a special place in our hearts.  I think they had more faith in us then we had in ourselves when they hired us two years ago to capture their wedding day.

The Lisenby Family.  The genuine enjoyment these three have around each other was lovely to photograph.

The Altiery Family.  Sweet and playful.  We quickly realized what a small world it is as we seemed to have more and more friends in common as we chatted away during their session.

The Pearson Family.  The rustic tones of their wardrobe, the beautiful creek in the backyard, and two boys that love running around in leaves…hanging out with this family was the essence of fall in the south.

Happy Wednesday,

-Robert & Tiffany

We first met Brittany and Jay back in February for Brittany’s baby shower.  They had just closed on their house in Augusta, and were weeks from welcoming beautiful little Hadley into the world.  Now a little more settled in, and with a sweet little six month old we couldn’t wait to get back out to Augusta to come capture this beautiful family once again.

We love the soft color palette Brittany choose for the nursery.

Warning: cuteness overload below.

We love the genuine interaction between parent and child, so in between Hadley’s little outfit changes we kept snapping photos as Brittany and Jay laughed, played and occasionally soothed their baby girl.

How can you not love these little legs.

Brittany and Jay…what can we say except we adore you two.  Thank you for letting us capture your beautiful family, and we can’t wait to see you all again.

-Robert & Tiffany

“You’re embarrassing her,” Tiff nudges me.  ”She’s not little anymore.”  And like that I realize they are no longer babies.  Our little sisters are on their way to becoming little ladies.  Wearing dresses, painting their nails, and building summer friendships.  They are growing up but they will always be our baby sisters, and two blessings that we’ve been lucky enough to have in our lives.  When we drove out to Lake Wedowee earlier this month to see them they were hanging out and playing with three of their friends, so we couldn’t resist grabbing our cameras and freezing this moment before they get any bigger.

-Robert & Tiffany

Sneak peek from our morning session with the beautiful La Rotta Family.

-Tiffany & Robert

In part one of Hollis’ 5 year old portraits we learned that, “boys will be boys,” and that Hollis can dominate on a skateboard.  However, Hollis loves a lot more than just a fast pair of wheels, so along with his help we thought we’d sketch out a bit more of what this five year old loves.

Happy 5th Birthday Hollis.

To check out part one of Hollis’ 5 year old portraits CLICK HERE.

-Robert & Tiffany

Ready to enjoy a little mischief and fun.  Enter the world of a five year old boy.  Not just any five year old, but the world of Hollis.  A little man who loves bed time stories, Batman, Oreos, his puppy, the color red, and his mom and dad.  Hollis is exactly what a five year old boy should be, and nothing screams young and fun quite like a skateboard.  After all a skateboard has so many options as Hollis demonstrates.

You can hold it over your head.

Or sit on it.

You can lay on it and roll down a hill.

And when you’re feeling ready you can even stand on it.

Plus being a skateboarder gives you that cool edgy look.  Showing the cops that even a cute face like this might be a little bit of a rebel.

See young and fun.  Nothing screams it quite like a classic skateboard.

And if you’re feeling bummed this post is almost over.  Don’t worry, part two of Hollis’ portraits is hitting the blog real soon.

Yeah, we’re excited too.

And if you missed the special surprise Hollis received for his 5th birthday CLICK HERE.

Happy Tuesday,

-Tiffany & Robert

If you live in Atlanta you probably already know Bert Weiss from The Bert Show on Q100, and if you’re a regular listener then you already know his wife Stacey and two son’s Hayden and Hollis.  We first met this lovely family about three years ago, and we’re immediately taken in by their warmth and down-to-earth nature.  We have grown to know this family as friends, clients, and some of our biggest cheerleaders as we started our own business.  They quite simply are a real family that work at being a great family.  Finding the balance between family, career, and their non-profit, Bert’s Big Adventure, they share the ups and downs of their lives with The Bert Show audience.

Already melting hearts.  Little Hollis.

We’re not sure if he’s going to own a fortune 500 company or write the next best seller, but either way we’re keeping in touch with Hayden.

We’ve always liked the quote “action expresses priorities,” because it shines a direct light on what is important to a person.  Date night, family night, frugal family friday, Bert and Stacey build their lives upon what truly matters.  Family.

-Robert & Tiffany