.: 02.07

Tiffany's Bridal Shoot

Meet Tiffany. Tiffany is a fantastic model who was so kind as to offer her time to 10 or 20 of the Southeasts coolest photographers from OSP. I had an absolute blast during our stay, here is just a few of what I made away with of Tiffany...

Chantel's Bridal Shoot

While in Savannah (more on Savannah shortly) I met up with the beautiful Chantel to do a few after-dark bridal portraits in historical downtown. FYI, the parking in downtown Savannah on a Saturday night is a nightmare, try to steer clear. In a few months time I'll be meeting up with her again along with her man at the fabulous Forsyth Mansion.. can't wait you guys!

Check out the myspace blog for a few extra photos

My 'ME' day

My usual work week is Mon - Sun 60-90 hours a week. I rarely ever take a ME day but yesterday I enjoyed the rare luxury. I love to hang out with my friends and usually when I take a few hours off it's spent with them, but sometimes I just love to putt around by myself. I find something very calming about a completely silent day spent doing whatever strikes my fancy.

Yesterday I caught the early show of 'Dearly Departed' and then took the whole rest of the day to look around at antique stores, lil boutique shops and (my new favorite store) World Market. I had a great day!! Here's a few random shots from my ME day...

Here's a shot my friend Hollie will appreciate, she loves the gals from the Red Hat Society...

I'm not sure why, but this reminds me of Ricki... lol

I love these old machines

I imagine if I were a duck and a dude, this is what I might look like...

These made me think of my friend Chad. He collects everything music related..

I love this, how funny!

Stopping to appreciate the classics...

Wedding music anyone?

Hollie's 'Dearly Departed'

Meet Hollie. Hollie, as you can tell from the photograph, is completely crazy. (which is why I love her) She's one of my best friends and an aspiring actress who just wrapped her performance as "Lucille" in the play "Dearly Departed".

Here is an article written by Taylor Leonard featured in the Catossa County News.

When Bud Turpin drops dead at the breakfast table, none of his relatives consider it a laughing matter. However, nothing brings family together like a funeral, and wherever this motley crew assembles, hilarity is sure to ensue.
“Dearly Departed” is a comedy of family, for family. The writers, Jessie Jones and David Bottrell, have a clear sense of what makes a typical Southern clan tick. They don’t ignore the eccentricities between the members; instead they highlight and exaggerate them. By the end of the play, both the audience and the characters see that the only way to overcome differences is to laugh about them.
This play is for anyone who’s ever had a grape slush at the Dairy Queen, for anyone with living room furniture on their front lawn, for anyone who’s been forced to eat a ham loaf. In short, “Dearly Departed” is for anyone who’s ever lived, visited, or just driven through the South.
Bud is the patriarch of the Turpin family, and his funeral is a big to-do for his surviving relatives. His wife, Raynelle, is the de facto funeral planner. However, she can’t seem to come up with anything nice to say about him, and requests that “mean and surly” be carved on his gravestone.
Bud’s sister, Miss Marguerite, is more concerned with quoting the bible and saving the soul of her good-for-nothing, lazy son than burying her brother. She is one of the most identifiable characters in the play, acting the part of the every-mother. What good, Southern-raised citizen hasn’t heard a mother yell, “You better straighten up and fly right!” while shaking her index finger?
Bud was survived by his three children, Ray-Bud, Junior, and Delightful. The last of these, a daughter, has only one line in the entire play because her mouth is too busy eating things to take the time to comment.
Junior has good intentions. He tried to open a business cleaning parking lots, but it went under and now his family is broke. His wife, Suzanne, rules the roost and does nothing but criticize his every move. Junior also has three “demon spawn” children, but the jury is still out as to whether they are a blessing or a curse.
Junior’s brother, Ray-Bud, is not better off. He’s the worst kind of penny-pincher and an alcoholic to boot. His wife, Lucille, is the most morally upright character and makes attempts to be a peacekeeper between the feuding members of the family.
“Dearly Departed” is truly a character-driven play, and when the family meets and interacts, the scenes quickly become hilarious. However, there are touching moments of understanding placed intermittently throughout the two acts. These instances culminate at Bud’s funeral when everyone is able to take a step back, look at their problems, and laugh at them. The Turpin family realizes that they are all different and that they all make mistakes. These faults are common threads that bind them together into a dysfunctional family that loves and appreciates each other.
“Dearly Departed” features a local cast and crew and is directed by man-about-the-Colonnade John Lee. It is truly a community event that families with children of all ages can attend.

I'm super proud of ya Hollie, I had an amazing time watching you in action.

Danielle + John

Danielle and John met and fell in love on Tybee Island last year while Danielle and her family were on vacation there. John, who happen to be working on the island at the time, said he kept running into her and couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was; He asked her out and the rest is history. For their engagement session, it didn't make any sense to do it anywhere other than Tybee and the Savannah area, so that we did. Last week I had the amazing opportunity to photograph these two lovebirds in the places they shared with each other last summer. Here are just a few of the many photos from our Savannah and Tybee shoots. (To see individual photos, make a photo larger or add a photo to your page, just click on the image in the slideshow you'd like to see.)

Danielle + John's Engagement

Marlyn and Glenn are expecting!

Nearly two years after their beautiful Atlanta wedding, Marlyn and Glenn are expecting their first child! This adorable couple, who are even more in love now than when they married, invited me into their home Thursday for a maternity session.

Parents to be...

Marlyn is absolutely beautiful

Proud papa

Hello, anyone home?

I can't wait to meet baby Jack! Congratulations to you both, I'm so excited and happy for you!!

Labels: Maternity

I heart my inbox

It's always a thrill to check your email and find that someone loves what you do enough to take a few minutes to write an email and tell you about it! Here's why I **heart** my inbox.

"That settles it, you HAVE to do my wedding. HA i havent even picked out the groom yet...... once again, great work! "
Laura

"Very cool! I especially like the bar and carousel ones. Great effect :)"
Danielle

"Seeing your pictures makes me look forward to my wedding even more! I'm glad you are our photographer! "
Wendy

"The pictures are incredible. You rock!!"
Danielle

"Hey Kandice...we are doing great. Got your email and just wanted to let everyone know what a terrific job you did with our wedding pictures and our wedding book. You can use me for a reference any time. Glad your business is doing good. Your a great photographer, even though you did post pictures of me on the toilet on the internet and made me climb the ladder to the hay loft twice in a wedding dress and high heel boots!! HaHaHa!! I am probably the ONLY bride ever photographed on the john!!"
Denise

"I LOVE THE PICTURES!!!! I am so super-excited and cannot wait to see the rest of the shots. You guys did such a fantastic job. We could not be more pleased. Thank you so much!"

Chassie

"I just wanted to let you know that I visited your website and absolutely LOVE your work!"
Lisa

"Kandice has been with us for every major milestone in our lives the past few years. From our wedding to maternity photos, and now our daughter's first birthday, each moment has been captured by Kandice and her team. Her creativity amazes me! She puts her heart into each photo. I will continue to use Kandice in the years to come, amd recommend her to anyone looking for excellent photographer."
Trinity

"I was very pleased with everything from Ledford Photography! The photographers are creative and were willing to work with my ideas. They arrived early to my bridal session and stayed late! They did not leave until I was absolutely satisifed with my pictures. I chose to have my pictures taken around my family's land, and the photographers worked with my ideas. The pictures were amazing; they were even better than I imagined!"
Laura

"Kandice illustrated her photographic creativity and imagination with our wedding pictures. She came to our rehearsal dinner in order to get the feel of how our wedding would flow so that she had an idea of how, what, and where she wanted to photograph me, the groom, and the wedding party. Our wedding was a Western/Cowboy theme at my uncles barn. I think that Kandice had as much fun taking pictures as we did posing for them. At least I think that she did, she took over 1000 pictures and posted 359 on the internet. She asked me if there were any paticular poses that I wanted. I told her what I wanted, then told her that she was the expert and to go with whatever she felt was right. It worked!!! The pictures were AWESOME and my wedding book that she had published was even better. It was done in all sepia and was not just random pictures, but actually told a story, from beginning to end. I highly recommend her. "
Denise

Whitney + Phillip say "I Do"

Meet Whitney + Phillip. These two are madly in love! They said "I do" on Saturday at a beautiful ceremony in their hometown of Ringgold. After exiting through their row of bubbles, we headed over to Downtown Chattanooga for some incredible couple images.