Merry Christmas from The Laman Family

Remember the real reason we celebrate this time of year! Merry Christmas and we hope you have a blessed 2008!

More pics from Heidi & Chris' wedding...

Amanda and I...road trip!
Checking out the bling!
All of us at the Oasis on Lake Travis
Carrie and I
My beautiful friend and her new husband!!

Trash Bash Canceled....

Well, we didn't get the response we were hoping for on the Trash Bash, so we decided to cancel it. Sometimes you gotta know when to cut your losses! I think it's just gonna take more time for this to catch on around here. And like I've said a million times, to me, "trashing the dress" is NOT about staining, ripping, or otherwise ruining a perfectly good wedding gown, a family heirloom. Not by any means. Of course, if someone wants to do this, I'm game to catch it! However, I'm much more interested in the trendy, fashion mag-style shots I've mostly done in these shoots to date.

So.....once again, anyone already married interested in getting amazing portraits in their weddings gown, hit me up, please! I'm totally obsessed w/ bridal portraits, love taking them, especially out-of-context shots.

But, for now, no Trash Bash, maybe another time!

ALP in the news.....

I'm going to be a guest on "Live at Five" on our local KFDM Channel Six station on Wednesday, October 10th! We will be discussing the Galveston Trash Bash I am throwing together with photographer, Jennifer Davis on November 17th of this year. Be sure and watch it to try and catch me making a fool of myself...hopefully, I won't be TOO nervous!!

Here are some specifics if you're interested in shooting with us:

A session fee of $200/shoot is due when you register (please request a reg. form asap)
Shoots are open to individuals as well as couples wanting to trash together.
First shoot will begin at 10am on the 17th.
Sessions will be scheduled in one hour time blocks.
We will meet up at The Hilton Galveston Island Resort.

If you'd like more information or want to discuss shoot ideas together, please email or call me anytime!
Amanda
alpweddings@gmail.com
409-284-5473

My Trash the Dress Shoot

I have become obsessed with the Trash the Dress craze. If you haven't yet heard about it, check out http://www.trashthedress.com/ to see some amazing photos. To see the shoots I've done visit my main website at http://www.alpweddings.com/.

Yes, I too trashed MY wedding dress! No need in being a hippocrit asking brides to do the unspeakable in their wedding gowns and not do it in mine. I shot with the amazing Jennifer Davis from Conroe, Texas (www.photographybyjen.biz).

The way I see it, the idea isn't really to "trash" your wedding dress. It's just a great opportunity to get some amazingly creative portraits of yourself in the most revered piece of one-time wear attire there is......THE WEDDING GOWN. For these shoots, there are no time tables, no anxiety about getting the dress dirty, just the chance to wear it again and feel free in it. A chance to be yourself, not a stiff, posed, nervous, bride-to-be. Having shot TTD sessions and been shot in one is a great blessing, I think. I know what it feels like both to be behind the camera and in front of it. It's a blast from both perspectives!! Oh! And my dress is as white as it was the day I got married for those of you mortified by the idea of getting your dress wet and/or dirty!

If you're interested in a TTD shoot or just want more info from me about it, contact me and we'll discuss ideas and possible locations for your shoot!

Here are some of my favorite shots I've gotten back so far. I'll post more when I have them!

more pics from Kristin and Eric's wedding.....

Heidi snapping a pic of Angela and Jodi
Me and Heidi
Gracie dancing with the girls

She did not get this move from me
Gracie with the Perkins, Amy and Justin
All of us
My beautiful friend
great moment that I caught
Candice and Emily blowing bubbles

Kristin and Eric's Wedding!!

This past weekend I attended a wedding as a guest instead of the photographer for the first time in a LONG TIME! Kristin and I have been friends since high school and she is an amazing person. Recently finishing medical school and working as an OB/GYN, Kristin is a busy girl but still managed to pull together an amazingly beautiful wedding with her mom's help!

Tommy and I decided to bring Gracie with us since she LOVES to dance, which you'll see plenty of in the photos below! It was great to see all of my old friends, we were so close in school, and it's like we never missed a beat when we do see each other....which won't be too far off again, since another very close friend is getting married in Austin next month! Enjoy the pics!

New Website!!

Okay, so I finally updated my completely outdated website!! Let me know what you think of the new one, I spent a lot of time on it and would like to hear what everyone thinks of it!!! Suggestions are welcome! Let me know if you like the colors, music, layout, etc!