Bridals....a Day of Trials or a trying day....

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Today was my bridal portrait session. Yay!!!
After obtaining permission from Agnes Scott to shoot on campus, I was psyched for my photo session. Because my makeup artist and hair person were not available that day, I couldn't do a trial with them, so I was kind rushed to find someone last minute.
I ended up going with Halo salon in Roswell. I chose them because they were available and because they had the cheapest trials......sad I know.

I also called Irena to check on the status of my bridal jacket that I dropped off over a month ago and was told it would be ready in time for my bridal portraits today. Big shock.... it WASN'T FINISHED!!! She seem stunned that I was just a little upset. I'm SO glad I decided NOT to take my dress to her. Ugh! I'm so over Wedding Angels and everything associated with them. So ready to be done with them. Between the debacle with my dress and the bridesmaid's dresses and the jacket.....it's a never ending battle that I can't wait for it to be over.

Sooo....
I started out my day by driving to my mom's house to pick up my veil, show her my dress and drop of some samples of cake for her to try.

I then drove to the florists house to pick up my bouquet and Al's boutinnere. I almost cried! I LOVE my bouquet. It's huge and gorgeous and textured and everything I wanted. Sorry for the picture quality....it's a little dark.




















From there, I drove to the salon to get my hair and makeup done. I went with a few pictures of hair and makeup that I pulled from different websites. The stylist was moving a little slow and seemed completely perplexed by my hair.My hair was not cooperating, so it took a lot longer. In the end, I ended up really liking my hair (except for that one rougue curl) and it actually lasted, even though it was a loose style. When I first came out of the salon, my hair seemed even on the top and sides, but I think it fell flat as the day progressed and I put various things in my hair. These pictures were taken 9 hours after getting them done.
I was pretty happy with my makeup throughout the day, but it definitely "fell" as the evening progressed and my eye makeup seemed to disappear. I'm hoping that the airbrush makeup will stay and not slide off my face. So, I ended up getting onto ASC campus around 2:30 to meet up with Lindsay and Shari. Lindsay agreed to come along and help out. She was my "stylist" and helped me get dressed. We immediately went into Main so that I could change into my dress. Despite us being told we couldn't take pictures there, we decided to bend the rules just a little bit. I got dressed quickly and we snapped a few photos in the sitting room and the hallway. Then we called to get an escort over to the library. We went into the Courtyard and it looked like I was standing in front of a castle. SOOOO cool! From there we went to the lobby of Presser and took some of my favorite shots of the day underneath the chandelier. We then headed over to theGazebo. Lindsay headed out and Shari and I went down to the other places we had previously scouted. The front of Main (stairs and tower), the arch "gateway" to ASC by the train tracks, the staircase behind Alston (where I first revealed my purple crinoline) and the lawn in front of the brand new chapel. On the way out we stopped again at Main to take some photos by the white column porch. From here we decided to go to one other location (previously scouted) because I wanted to get some edgier bridal portraits. So, Shari loaded me up, dress and all, in the back of her SUV and we drove to downtown Decatur to the mural on the wall of Johnny's Pizza/Raging Burrito. It's amazing what being in a wedding dress will get you. They let us into the parking lot without paying and we were able to block off some parking spaces for shooting space. So, I changed my jewelry and traded my veil for my feather headpiece and we took some photos in front of the crazy mural wall. It was an AWESOME experience.
After 5 hours, we called it a day and I took Shari out for a well deserved drink and dinner.
I can't wait to share my bridals (after the wedding of course)!