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E-Session – Melanie & Michael

Melinda Ledsome — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:42:27 +0000

I met up with Melanie & Mike in downtown San Antonio early Saturday morning to get some shots of the two of them. They are such a good looking couple… Aren’t they??

We started off around Hemisphere Plaza and then headed towards La Villita and then down to the River Walk for a bit. I’m glad we met up as early as we did since we ended up having most of the locations to ourselves. Towards the end of the shoot it started to get kinda busy and we’d have to wait a bit for the shots. But we got them!

I can’t wait to shoot their wedding next October – back down in La Villita!!

Senior – Marissa: Class of 2010

Melinda Ledsome — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:50:11 +0000

Marissa is the daughter of one of my oldest friends and a senior in HS. I have known her Mom since we were in the 5th grade! I was down in Corpus for a wedding on Saturday and stayed overnight with my friend. Marissa has been asking since last year for me to do her senior pics for her. And so, since I was there we went out to shoot Sunday morning.

I had no idea about where to go, but her Mom had a great idea and we ended up down at the Art Center and then around the Executive Surf Club… where we found an awesome lime green wall – I love color!!! One of the ones in front of that wall was Marissa’s favorite from the day.

Wedding – Stephanie & Kristofer

Melinda Ledsome — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:07:16 +0000

I had the pleasure to work again with the amazing Austin photographer Tyler Schmitt. This time the venue was full of modern elegance – Biga On Tha Banks. Stephanie and Kristopher held an intimate ceremony with the reception on the 3rd floor. The venue has a great outdoor patio that overlooks the San Antonio River!

Wedding – Geralyn & David

Melinda Ledsome — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:16:06 +0000

Geralyn & David got married at Granburry Hills. It was supposed to be outside in front of the gazebo, but it had been raining all day and so they moved the ceremony to under the covered patio. The ceremony was held inside the “barn”.. Which really isn’t a barn at all and is quite a beautiful room with windows down both long sides to let in all kinds of natural light.

This truly was a family affair! The Brides maids were the daughters, the groomsman was the son. Even the baby granddaughter was there!

The day started out with the Bride helping get her two daughters/bridesmaids ready:

Then Geralyn gets ready with help from 2 of her sisters..

The older daughter helped the younger one get ready..

Geralyn gets more help from her sisters..

The mariachis were waiting to announce the new couple and greet them with music!

The sisters dancing and enjoying the music

I love it when the guest are THIS into the bouquet toss!!!!

The lovely couple in love.. awwwwww

The youngest daughter was on the dance floor all night!

even if was for just a spin around the floor with Mom

E-Session – Catherine & Steve

Melinda Ledsome — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:43:14 +0000

I met up with Catherine & Steve at the Japanese Tea Gardens near downtown San Antonio to capture some images to celebrate their engagement. Despite Steve suffering through all the kissing I made him do with Catherine – they managed to keep it together long enough to get some great shots!

After having so much fun shooting them in the park – I can’t wait for their spring wedding!

San Antonio Bridal Extravaganza discount!

Melinda Ledsome — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:44:22 +0000

It was so great to meet with all of the brides (and their families and friends) yesterday at the San Antonio Wedding Guide’s Bridal Extravaganza! It got a bit busy at times and I wish I had time to chat longer with all of you that stopped by my booth.

In case we didn’t get enough time to chat I just wanted to let you all know about our show special.

If you schedule an appointment with me and book your wedding before October 4th, 2009 – I’ll let you take 10% off any of the packages. You can find my packages in the Show program that you received when you got to the show. And my ad is really easy to find – I’m the next to last ad in there!!

I can’t wait to hear from you!!!!!

Thanks again for making Sunday such a fun day!

Melinda

Wedding – Allison & Scott

Melinda Ledsome — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:33:14 +0000

Allison & Scott were married outside on the deck of the beautiful Spinelli’s Vistro & Country Inn in Boerne, Tx. The weather was gorgeous and we even had a rainbow right before dusk! The kids were adorable at this wedding!

The reception was held inside on the second floor and was a lovely venue with dark paneling, big windows and colorful art! The guest loved the food (especially the shrimp appetizers)!

I was shooting with Eric of Downtown Imagery for this wedding and got the honor to be in with Allison while she was getting ready. This was a great fun couple and we wish the best in starting out their new life!

Wedding – Sam & Natasha

Melinda Ledsome — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0000

It was a hot August summer day here in San Antonio when Sam & Natasha said their I Do’s! But even with the heat, the bride was stunning and beautiful and the groom all smiles and handsome!

But before they headed out into the heat the guys got ready at a really cool little hotel called Aloft. Eric was over there getting shots of the guys getting ready, and got some great photos of them in the lobby and bar!

The wedding was at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. I love this part of the gardens – with its picturesque pond, trees and cabin in the woods. It made for the perfect backdrop to their ceremony.

OpLove – July 09

Melinda Ledsome — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0000

I met up with Lori on a beautiful morning at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. We were meeting up to do a photo shoot of her to send off to her deployed husband.

Lori is such a beautiful girl with a cute sweet personality… he is one lucky soldier!!

Wedding – Stacey & Jeremy

Melinda Ledsome — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:46:00 +0000

It was an offer I couldn’t refuse! A fellow photographer asked if I wanted to come help him out with a hot July night wedding….. Out near Beaumont, Tx! normally I wouldn’t drive that far (about 4.5 hours) to help out on a wedding. But my sister lives in Houston and my brand new little niece is barely 2 weeks old! So I had a great excuse to head east and help out a great photographer and see my new baby niece (oh, and my sis.. lol)

Stacey & Jeremy were super sweet! They had their wedding planned in their backyard, but this was not your normal backyard wedding! They had the use of theirs and the neighbors big yards – so there was plenty of room for the ceremony and reception tent. The skies turned dark while they were getting ready… and the rain came down! But then the skies cleared and we were in the clear.

Oh so we thought. The ceremony got started and was half way through when they opened back up and we had a sudden downpour! The bride and groom took it in stride and didn’t skip a beat and finished the ceremony. Luckily most guests brought umbrellas and we had a few to get to the wedding party.

We all took a shower mid-ceremony, but talk about a clean start to their marriage, right?!

Jeremy showing off the sunglasses and cuff-links Stacey gave him as his wedding present.

The flower girl getting a photo and showing me her curly hair.

Two sweet lovebirds for the couple

Talk about a wet kiss!!!

The POP of the champagne cork caught Stacey a bit off guard

ahhhh – the lovebirds

It doesn’t matter the crowd, it always seems the youngest guest can “get down” much lower than the rest of us…

Some left-over beverages from the evening

Stacey was torn between wearing her Mom’s wedding gown or a new one, so she came up with a wonderful suprise. She had her Mom’s dress altered to a coctail length and wore it during the reception. This is her grandma checking it out and giving her approval!