Memory Box Photography

The Curbow family and I have gone back for quite some time. If you were to ask a member of the Curbow family about me, they would probably reply with some form or fashion of “Clumsy.” For better or worse, I’ve always managed to trip, spill, break, or mess up plenty of things, but they still love me. Whether they like it or not. Ha Ha, BUT, the Curbows are an incredible family that I’ve been honored to know for quite some time.

A few months back, someone told me I should shoot Kristy’s wedding, and that same day, another Mississippi friend mentioned that they knew a guy named Josh whose wedding I should shoot. As it would turn out, both the suggestions were for the same wedding! Josh and Kristy were in town this weekend to hang out with Brandon Barnard and his family, and were able to work in some time for an engagement session. I’m so excited for their wedding in Mississippi in August! But until then, here’s some of their engagement pictures!

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I was so happy that Josh and Kristy were able to work their schedules and make the trek to come hang out with the Barnard family and get their engagement session done. It was fast and furious, but here’s a quick teaser just to wet your apetite a little bit. More on the back story when I post the rest.

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Marcene sent me an email in the middle of April asking if I could do her bridals and reception. I was pumped that everything worked out. Timing was kind of like trying to throw a football through a tire swing while driving 80 mph. There was only ONE afternoon that worked out between our schedules…and wouldn’t you know it….75% chance of thunderstorms! Being the avid Blackberry users we are, we’d been emailing back and forth all week, “Oh man, I think it’s going to pour!” “No, now it’s not” “Oh, well weather.com has it at so and so percent!” “Well arkansasonline has it at 10% less, let’s go with that one!” All the while, both of us were praying that everything would work out.

The day came, and the clouds were out a little bit. It was pretty chilly, and really windy. Out at Gillam Farms, we got to drive around, see the property, and just have fun taking pictures! I love how they turned out! Wouldn’t you know it, fifteen minutes after saying goodbye, hopping in my car, and getting on the interstate back home, the bottom fell out. TOTAL monsoon. God held the rains back JUST long enough!

She just got married this Saturday in California, and I cannot wait to see how the Little Rock reception goes next month. Marcene, thanks for letting me be a part of this process. I definitely count myself honored. Here are some of the bridal shots we got!

Luke Smith is a senior at Robinson High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We’ve been trying to meet up to take senior pictures non-stop, and it never worked out. Fortunately, he’s OBU bound, and came into town to register for classes. We took the opportunity to go and hang out and get some really great shots. I cant wait for him to be on campus, he’s a great guy with an amazing heart for God. He’s going to do big things, I can’t wait.

So, here is a handful of the shots we got. Enjoy, comment, share!

Luke Smith is a senior at Robinson High School, he’s also an FSM student, and, in case you were wondering, the younger brother of Emma! We’ve been trying to find a time to go do his pictures for months. Stuff kept coming up, or we’d forget (oops!) or he’d cut off all of his hair so that he could make weight at the state wrestling championship, details like that.

Anyways! He’s an awesome kid. Today, he came up to pre-register for OBU (BOOMA LACKA!) and we took the opportunity to go take some pictures FINALLY. So, without further delay, here’s a teaser from today’s senior session with Luke.

And yes. You are correct. He is playing a ukuele.

Right now, I’m in the calm between the storms.

March was mucho crazy for me. A good kind of crazy, dont get me wrong, but crazy none the less. This past week, photographically speaking, has been pretty calm, but it picks back up in, oh, 11 hours. Before May, I’ve got a memoryBOOTH event, two portrait sessions, and two engagement sessions! I’m SO pumped. Also, my open weekends for summer weddings are slowly filling up. I dont know how many I have open left, but not many! It’s definitely a good place to be.

If I’ve learned anything this year so far, it’s this. Life is busy. Enjoy the calm. Enjoy the storms more.

Since May of 2008, I’ve worked with the students of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock. Every year, we have an event called GLOBAL VILLAGE, in which we highlight a mission field to raise awareness in our students of things going on worldwide. We deck out our student space, give them passports that get stamped, have a lot of interactive parts throughout the space, and then have service. In the service, we usually skype with a missionary in the field, and then break up into groups of 150-250 and go to different stations. Our adults have been working since like August on this, and it’s an incredible thing. If you’re in Little Rock next sunday or the one after, come by Fellowship Bible Church and stop by the FSM Garage! I’ll be around there somewhere if you want a quick tour. This week was China, next week is Nigeria, and then the final week is actually Memphis, to get our students excited about our mission trip to Memphis this summer!

Here are some shots from this morning.

Welcome to China…a page from the passport all students receive.

Over 200 students gather in groups of 3-4 to pray for the body of believers in China.

Other students have discussion groups and learn about what China’s demographics are like.

One of the stations to pray for China during the morning

Faces of citizens of China that have been ministered to.