I am heading off to warmer weather to indulge in a real vacation with some dear friends. I have tolerated this cold and snowy Michigan weather for long enough and I am more than ready to soak up some sunshine for a week.  I will be *trying* not to work for the duration of my stay and will return emails and phone calls upon my return (I will be back in the office on Friday, March 11).  Have a lovely week all!

Imagine my delight when Cosmo Bride in Australia contacted me to see if they could feature Lauren+Phil’s beautiful wedding at Meadowbrook Hall.  My very first international feature and what a treasure for Lauren and Phil!

….#31 - KATIE!

Congratulations!  You can contact me with your choice of either the Pixel+Hank Meredith Classic Shimmery Bow Headband or the Beatrice Cranberry Bow Headband. Please email me at amy@acarrollphotography.com to claim your prize.

The adorable Daisy from Pixel+Hank and I have collaborated once again, and this time had the talented Jamie of Heyday Event Lab to help style our shoot! Want to see more? You’ll have to be patient, but in the meantime, just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are giving away some Pixel+Hank goodness!  The winner will have their choice of either the popular Meredith Classic Shimmery Bow Headband or the adorable Beatrice Cranberry Bow Headband.  Want to enter?  Simply leave a comment telling me what your idea of the perfect Valentine’s Day is and the winner will be picked by random.org on Monday, February 7.

I was so excited when Design Aglow contacted me to say they had chosen some of my pictures for their Insipre Me Cards - A Modern Posing Guide for Wedding Parties!  I have long been a fan of Design Aglow’s templates and marketing tools and is an invaluable inspiration site for photographers and designers alike.

This guide is absolutely perfect for us wedding photographers who could use a little inspiration once in a while. Sometimes big groups can leave us going back to our old line-ups and after looking through this guide, I am already ridiculously inspired!

The pretty wedding party with the parasols in the images above is from Cimberly and Chris’s amazing Mackinaw Island wedding last summer.  It also features some of my other past weddings, which I would love to share but I’m afraid you’ll have to get your own copy ;)  To my brides and grooms that were featured, a little treat is on it’s way to them!

To order your own fabulous copy, click on this link for your own guide.  If you order before June 18, it’s $10 off the normal price!