leigh miller

what a cute bride!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jthrasherphoto.com you know Leigh, you are going to need an assistant for all this. **raises hand to volunteer** we could tag team. lol nice try jonathan! i think this one is ladies only you know its funny cause i recently did one of these sessions and the client said the first thing her husband said when he open it was - wow, thats my wife!!! the second thing he said was - who took these

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Mimosa's (sp?) FOR SURE - my treat! I just baked cookies ... WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF!?!??! what! what! really ladies, no starving yourselves! i want healthy glowing gals. not zapped out mary kate and ashley toothpicks! start drinking lots and lots of water. just take care of yourselves like you already deserve to be doing

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Ok, ladies - talk about motivation to work out and stick to those diets ... we can do this! hey ann i may have to ask someone to take a pic of me to keep me motivated haha!!!

hey! i will be getting back to everyone by the end of the week. also i only have a limited number of slots so i will take them first come first serve. looking forward to it - leigh

thanks ann for posting all of that! send me emails ladies and i can get started on coordinating all the details. and ann were on for ES thursday am? oops i mean friday am

hola! happy planning

Quote: Originally Posted by cariandnick hi leigh - yes, collierville is a little bit nicer than your old stomping grounds near graceland! its probably good u stay with your grandparents! i live in east memphis, near galloway golf course and although im not from memphis originally, ive been here for 5 years now and really love it. anyway so i see you are in cali - so do your clients usually fly u to the location and then put u up in the resort for the night? you have FABULOUS pictures - i've actually been drooling over them for a week now (just got engaged!), but i'm on a budget and I'm guessing that would probably add another $500-800 onto the cost? yeah ive heard that area has really gone downhill. too bad! travel for DWs for myself and my assistant usually runs an additional $1500 on top of the package pricing. i always arrive two days before the wedding. the day before is just cutting it too close. but remember, when its all over all you will have are the pics and the husband of course!!!

hi cari - congrats on your engagement and thanks for your kind words about the wedding i shot at el dorado royale! heres a recent thread on that very topic - http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t2343 on a side note i see youre from memphis! i was born and raised there. i went to memphis prep. yes old school where do you live? i come back a few times a year to see my granny and grandpa. they live in collierville now. i grew up on craft road - over by elvis house. im not sure what its like over there now? sorry to jack your thread. but im always so excited to meet someone from memphis!!!

you might also check out the [AG]WPJA: Artistic Wedding Photojournalism : Fine Art Wedding Photography - its a subdivision of the wpja. the only way to get into the agwpja is to place in a contest. i am a member of both. its a great resource for PJ wedding photographers! here are links to recent posts on my blog about the organizations - Leigh Miller Photography Leigh Miller Photography photographers on the wpja greatly influenced my decision to get into wedding photography!

is the wine for jonathan, juan, and me?

Quote: Originally Posted by gkashmira Come on by! It'll be SO fun! Can you ask Leigh to snap some pics while she's there? kashmira - umhum! i dont "snap pics!" i am first and foremost an ARTISTE dahhhling. snapping pics is for those silly cameras on the tables (i just couldnt resist!)

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride I crashed all of your weddings? Would you guys get mad at me? Maybe I could be the BDW wedding crasher. And this way I would get to go to all these cool places. And then I won't have to feel jealous of all the fabulous places that you guys are getting married at. And Leigh can come with me and we can photograph everything and then we can make a BDW coffee table book with all of our weddings. Just a thought... -Glenda i love this idea! DW & crashers coffee table book. the wedding i shot in RM in september there WERE wedding crashers. the just stopped in and did some dancing. didnt eat or drink. they were celebrating an anniversary i think. it was funny. of course the b/g didnt care.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 Oh Yeah! I can believe it, I got a salad from panera yesterday, just a basic salad with chicken and balsamic vinagrette, 15 POINTS!! I couldn't believe it when I got home. So needless to say I had a plain salad and tomato soup for dinner. And I know almost all those points came from the dressing, because there was nothing else in the damn thing, but I must say, it was the absolute BEST balsamic vinagrette, I have EVER had. I think they sell it there too, I might have to pick up a bottle and use sparingly. it is the dressing. on the la salsa website you can figure the calories etc.. without the salad dressing and that drops it down to about 10 points. ok im starving today. day 3. probably not unusual. theres a hump to get over. i only have 7 points left for today!

#3 - you know what size ring you wear right? your finger size wont change that much over the years.

glenda come out to SD courthouse and i will take your pics

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryjaxs19 Leigh, am I reading this right. What do you mean by "on the list as a guest" do you mean that the bride/groom simply has to pay a guest fee for you to be on the AI resort grounds that day or do you mean guest list as in you were staying at the resort? jackie - i mean im staying at the resort as a guest. i almost always stay where the couple is staying. if i didnt then i would expect the couple to pay the fee for me to be on the grounds the days of the wedding events. honestly its just easier if i stay at the resort and i figure that cost in my travel expenses. hope that makes sense.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 the 35 points are for you to use whenever you need to go over your points. For instance, I usually save mine for the weekends because that's when I tend to run out of my regular points, like if you go out to dinner or have a party to go to or whatever. You don't have to use them. You could also just use a couple a day if you're still hungry. It's pretty easy to follow once you get used to it. are you going to meetings, or doing it online? thanks! im doing it online. the first two days havent been too hard. i used a few of my extra points today cause i got a salad from la salsa - then i got home and looked online at the nutritional value - this salad had 643 calories and 46 grams of fat - 16 points. can you believe that!!! so with what i had left today that put me 5 points over. this really makes me realize all the crap ive been eating!

when i shot a wedding in RM at el dorado royale last year it wasnt a problem. i was on the list as a guest. however i have a french couple getting married there this year and they were leaned on pretty heavily to hire the resort photog. they told the resort they had a friend who was coming who was going to take some pics and they didnt need their photographer. once again im on the list as a guest. they never really talked about bringing in an outside professional as when the told the resort their friend was doing it they stopped pressuring them and they didnt have to discuss it any further. my only wedding in cabo was at a villa so no problems there.

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia Glenda you'll love to be married everywhere!!! hehehehe that was good

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Leigh I would love to get married in a little chapel in Vegas! How cute! -Glenda glenda we didnt even have to get out of the car. now we cant ever sell the volvo cause we got married in it! it was really cool cause my step-dad who couldnt come to the real wedding came and met us in vegas. he was the witness.

can someone answer a quick question for me please? i want to get started but i dont really have time to read all about the plan until tonight. so ive been given 23 daily points - i guess thats what that means. but what are these 35 weekly points? are they extra points i have to use whenever i want throughout the week? thanks! i will sit down this weekend and read all about the program

Quote: Originally Posted by BRIDEZILLA Thanks everyone for the responses! I'm new to using Forums so I'm still trying to figure that out in addtion to the whole wedding thing so bear with me ;-) To Leigh...your photos are to die for! I tried to view the link to the Pedregal wedding but the link needs a password. I'd love to see them whe you get a chance. I think I'm going to take Ann's advice and read forum over and then aks some specific questions. I better get started because I'm going down in February for a scouting trip! TTYL sorry about the PW - the login is "guest" the PW is "ng" also i just posted this ss on my blog of the pedregal wedding. hths

sorry! glad youre ok though.

sorry my husbands no help. he couldnt think of anything he would change. and what he wouldnt change "the wife."