July 21, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

from Courtney:

Greg and I were both nervous about the weather forecast on our wedding day. With our initial plan to get married outdoors, when it started raining we went with Plan B. Personally, I had spent a year planning and was distraught with the thought of not getting married outdoors. In the end, going with Plan B was the way it was just meant to be! Suzanne, our planner, made the switch from outdoor to indoor wedding before my bridesmaids and I arrived. I was stunned how beautifully everything had come together. It was as if we had planned the wedding indoors all along! Moments before the ceremony the sun came out and was shining magically through the stained glass windows. Holding our wedding inside the hall was so intimate and special, we talk often about how much we loved our ceremony.

There are a few moments that stand out to us. Right after the ceremony we just truly felt on Cloud 9 and that continued all night. At the end of the wedding our guests went outside to start the sparklers and Greg and I had one last dance, just the two of us alone in Mercury Hall. This was such a truly special moment for us, dancing to Ray LaMontagne "You are the Best Thing". Hearing that song takes us back to our wedding day. We had so much fun at our wedding and are so blessed to have such amazing friends, family and wedding vendors make our special day come true!

Venue - Mercury Hall /Coordinator – Be the Carefree Bride / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Floral – Westbank Flowers / Catering – Pink Avocado / DJ – RJ / Decor – Bee Lavish / Lighting - ILD Lighting / Cakes and Desserts - Jen Cash / Officiant - Scott Payne / Photobooth - Hot Dog Photobooth / Hair and Make-up - Laura Wyrtzen - JCo Salon / Videographer - Adam Grumbo

She-N-He Austin Wedding Photography and Design specializes in making your day…YOURS. We capture your wedding just the way you see it. We’re a husband and wife team with backgrounds in Graphic Design/Art Direction and Commercial/Editorial Photography respectively. We bring to you a unique perspective that is romantic, modern and timeless and 15 years experience shooting all over the world. Call us and tell us all about your big day. We’re listening. 512-351-9314. We also service San Antonio, Dallas, New York City, and any and all remote destination locations.

Sherry-N-Darby / Green Pastures Wedding Photography / Austin Wedding Photographer / July 2, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Sherry-N- Darby Wedding Grace United Methodist Church and Reception Green Pastures Wedding Venue Grace Methodist Church / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Reception Venue - Catering - Wedding Cake - Green Pastures / Band - / Flowers - She-N-He Austin Wedding Photography and Design specializes in making your day…YOURS. We capture your wedding just the way you see it. We’re a husband and wife team with backgrounds in Graphic Design/Art Direction and Commercial/Editorial Photography respectively. We bring to you a unique perspective that is romantic, modern and timeless and 15 years experience shooting all over the world. Call us and tell us all about your big day. We’re listening. 512-351-9314. We also service San Antonio, Dallas, New York City, and any and all remote destination locations

Joyce -N- Joshua / Hacienda del Lago Wedding Photography / Austin Wedding Photographer / June 24, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

From Joyce and Joshua:

From the moment we got engaged, there was one thing we were certain of: the wedding had to be simple and it had to be laid back, just like our style. Yes, there were certain elements we had to have, but at the same time it would be completely representative of our unique, easy-going personalities. We chose the stunning outdoor location at Hacienda Del Lago and secured Suellen at Everything's Possible to coordinate. Over the next year, we decided on the essentials and selected Fresh Off The Truck food truck to cater, the super-excellent Mel from She-n-He Photography, JR Digital Video to record thoughtful video of the entire day and Marquee Linens to provide simple, yet elegant linens. Eric from Penguin Entertainment kept the party going with his great music selections and ability to read the crowd.

In the end, everything turned out better than we could have hoped for. We're extremely happy we chose the vendors we did, because they were able to tailor everything to match our styles and made sure the day embodied us completely. We couldn't have done it without them. The only thing I would have done differently is I wouldn't have stressed over the decorations as much; because when the day was over, everyone was there to have a good time and not critique the decor.

Venue/Coordinator – Suellen - Everything's Possible (Hacienda del Lago) / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Hacienda del Lago / Floral – Etsy - Maid of Honor! / Catering – Fresh off the Truck / Videographer – ReLife Films / DJ – Penguin Entertainment / Rentals – Marquee

A new feature on Camille Style Blog "At the Table" with Callie Jenschke / Austin Entertaining and Lifestyle Photographer / June 20, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

A new feature on Camille Style Blog "At the Table" with Callie Jenschke

She-N-He - featured on Camille Styles.com

Shannon -N- Brian / East Austin Engagement Photos / Austin Engagement Photographer / June 17, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Shannon -N- Brian

an East Austin Engagement Photography Session

Shannon -N- Brian

East Austin Engagement Session

Thao -N- John / Texas Crawfish Festival Engagement Session / Houston Engagement Photographer / June 10, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Thao -N- John

Texas Crawfish Fesitval in Old Towne Spring, Houston Engagement Session

Thao -N- John

Houston Engagement Session, Crabfest!

Elizabeth -N- Kenneth / San Marcos Engagement Photographer / June 3, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Elizabeth and Kenneth both came to San Marcos for school, met, fell in love and never left. We met up in San Marcos for their spring engagement session and hit a few of their favorite spots.

Elizabeth and Kenneth

San Marcos, Tx Engagement Photography

Andrea -N- Dylan / Umlauf Sculpture Garden Wedding / Austin Wedding Photographer / May 27, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Andrea -N- Dylan an April wedding Umlauf Sculpture Garden in Austin Texas. from Andrea: Our wedding was amazing! The whole day went as planned thanks to our amazing vendors, family, wedding party, and especially my mom, who was invaluable from start to finish, I couldn't have done it without her! Planning the event was super easy with Jessica Brightwell at Pearl Events. She was there every step of the way with awesome tips, schedules, and checklists. She-n-He made photo sessions a breeze with their laid back attitude, funny sense of humor, and great appreciation for highlighting personality in photos. Word of Mouth catering exceeded my expectations with their super helpful staff and delicious food.

For me, one of my favorite aspects of our wedding was the atmosphere and tone for our special day. It was important for us to create a fun filled atmosphere in a space that friends and family would be comfortable. Carrie at Flora Fetish transformed Umlauf Sculpture Gardens into an electrifying, fun, "vintage with a twist" venue that entertained our guests to no end! With her help, we were able to highlight our personalities with games, quirky accents, and style.

The only thing I would change is to spend less time on the dance floor and a little more time to allow myself to sit back and take it all in. Time flew by and I know there were many aspects of the wedding that I missed!

Our wedding day was the best day of my life. Even though the day went by faster than I can believe, I'll never forget how very fortunate I am to have had so many great people, family, and supporters who helped create such an amazing day.

Venue/Coordinator - Jessica Brightwell - Pearl Events / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue - Umlauf Sculpture Garden / Floral - Floral Fetish / Catering - Word of Mouth Catering / Cake - Word of Mouth Catering for the wedding cake and the groom's own mother for the grooms cake!/ Officiant - Victor Gonzales - Austin Wedding Officiants / DJ - Texas Pro DJ / Lighting - ILD / Rentals - Marquee, Bee Lavish, Furbish / She-N-He Austin Wedding Photography and Design specializes in making your day…YOURS. We capture your wedding just the way you see it. We’re a husband and wife team with backgrounds in Graphic Design/Art Direction and Commercial/Editorial Photography respectively. We bring to you a unique perspective that is romantic, modern and timeless and 15 years experience shooting all over the world. Call us and tell us all about your big day. We’re listening. 512-351-9314. We also service San Antonio, Dallas, New York City, and any and all remote destination locations.

Ana -N- Brenden / Couple portrait - Just Because / Georgetown Engangament Photographer / May 20, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Ana Farish -N- Brenden

Engagement Photography near Georgetown, Tx

Ashley -N- Jeremy / Stonehouse Villas Wedding / Driftwood Wedding Photographer / May 13, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Ashley -N- Jeeremy

from Ashley:

While trying to be the laid back, under controlling, collected "bridezilla!" It was important to us that we got everything we hoped for! The idea for the wedding was for it to act as our first family reunion with all of our Best friends of course!! We strived to do everything out if the box! When we first saw Stonehouse Villa we knew it would be the perfect place for everyone to forget about everything and let loose. Christina was incredible. She was always on top of my multiple ( and I mean MULTIPLE) emails. All of our vendors were nothing short of amazing. Kassie from Catering with a Twist certainly made sure the food wasn't your typical wedding menu, but a plate of spicy Mexican food! Jason from Altared weddings made sure that someone's foot was tapping to the music from beginning to end. Jason Freshly our wonderful coordinator was my best friend for 48 hours.

Then there's Melanie from She-n-He photography. I've already decided that we are best friends. When Jeremy and I met her, she was perfect. Her enthusiasm made me that much more excited. We gave her no restrictions. It's strange, for a year or so, we had these great ideas for certain photos, but as it got closer and everything started to happen we lost them. Yet, all it took was a cup of coffee (or three!) with Melanie and she just understood us. She knew what we were looking for just by hearing us chit-chat. it was effortless.

You spend all this time wondering how this possibly is going to work out. The worry, the anxiety, the stress, all of that goes away when you see each other.

Venue/Coordinator – Jason Freshly / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Stonehouse Villa / Floral cotton – Etsy / Babies Breath and extras – Central Market / Catering – Catering with a Twist / Cake – Catering with a Twist /

Carly -N- Mike / South Congress Engagement Location / Austin Engagement Photographer / May 6, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Carly and Mike

South Congress Engagement session - The couple is from Ohio and wanted t pay tribute to their new town, so we scouted and played on South Congress and even found a couple new spots to shoot! I am mad for this blue building and the red and white striped stage set-up, I hope it stays for good. Poor Mike jammed his eye ball out in an unfortunate intoxicated revelry injury for his birthday, so i had to avoid his eyes. He couldn't really keep them open very well. But we did well considering. He went to the doc on Monday and he lost most of his cornea, had to wear and eye patch, too bad we couldn't have waited one extra day! Enjoy.

Carly -N- Mike - Austin, Tx

South Congress Engagement Photography Session

Debi -N- Tom / Travaasa Resort Wedding / Austin Wedding Photographer / April 28, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Debi -N- Tom

The very first wedding at Travaasa! Thanks to the Simplifiers, ILD lighting, Rosehip Flora, and a lovely and delicious cake from Coco Paloma. Glamorous, sun kissed fall wedding! Debi and Tom are lovely folks and energetic revelers, as they dances their tooshies off to rhythm and blues all night long!

Coordinator - Dani Viveros - The Simplifier / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Travaasa / Catering – Travaasa/ Flowers –Rosehip Flora / Lighting – ILD Lighting / Wedding Cake – Coco Palomo / Officiant – Spirit Set Free / Cocktail hour acoustic strings - Hill Country Strings / Band - The Fly Band - Nancy Fly - 512-288-2023 / Rentals - Marquee Rents

Sam -N- Evan / Fashion editorial engagement session / Austin Engagement Photographer / April 14, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Sexy Sam and Evan!

Sam and Evan (my 2 favorite transplants) wanted to shoot something non-traditional, if we even got close to a "pose" she was all over me with "this feels engagementy..." They went all out with their attire and of course hair and make-up by the super talented Erica Gray. Sam tells me at the beginning of our shoot, I have been pouring over fashion magazines all week, I know just what to do! They sure did. Shot right here at the federal building at 5th and San Antonio. They look outstanding and completely at ease in front of the camera. It was so much fun to work with them! Plus - bonus -I love these guys.

Sam -N- Evan

An Engagement session at The Federal Building at 5th and San Antonio austin, Tx

Hair and Make-up - Erica Gray

Andrea -N- Dylan / Urban Engagement Photography / Austin Engagement Photographer / March 6, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Andrea -N- Dylan

Austin Urban Engagement Photography

Andrea Crow + Dylan Smith / BMX bike track / Austin Engagement Photography / Austin Federal Building / San Antonio and 4th.

Jennifer -N- David / Southwest School of Art Wedding Photography / San Antonio Wedding Photographer / February 24, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Jennifer -N- David

Southwest School of Art - San Antonio, Tx

After this wedding I want to shoot in San Antonio ALL the time, its so historic and lovely down there. Who's with me?!

Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Southwest School of Art /

Wedding Albums / Austin Wedding Photographer / February 18, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Today I had to part with my most favorite album we have ever made - I'm so sad. It's so beautiful! Dreamy - Mexico!

Congratulations again Keeli and Kevin.

Lemee' -N- Luis / Laguna Gloria Wedding / Austin Wedding Photographer / February 13, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Lemee' and Luis met while working in the same industry in Houston. Got married at Laguna Gloria in November and together with their 2 dogs made the leap to Brooklyn 1 week after their glorious nuptials. Wedding coordinator and florist Jennifer Frost at Art House Floral helped to pull all of these wonderful details together.

Coordinator – Jennifer Frost / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Laguna Gloria / Catering - Primizie / Dress - BHLDN / Flowers - ArtHouse Foral / Outdoor Sound Equipment - Big House Sound Services 512.443.0019 / Wedding Cake - Simon Lee Bakery / Photobooth - Annie Ray / DJ and cocktail hour accoustic guitarist- Groove Labs

Cassie -N- Brenden / Camp Lucy Wedding / Austin Wedding Photography / January 23, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Cassie -N- Brenden

Camp Lucy, Dripping, Tx

Have a look at their engagement session we did at Whataburger the week before!

Coordinator – Brass Tacks Events / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Campy Lucy / Hair - Michelle Weber / Catering – Southern's Fine Dining

Jennifer -N- Danny / Barr Mansion Wedding / Austin Wedding Photographer / January 13, 2014 by Melanie Grizzel

Jennifer -N- Danny

Tuesday Fall Wedding at Barr Mansion - Austin, Tx

from Jennifer:

We grew the dahlias which were the flowers in the bouquets, the flower girl's headpiece, and the Moms' wrist flowers. We ordered the tubers for the dahlias from Swan Island Dahlias and planted at the end of April. Dahlias don't really like to be super hot so south Louisiana conditions were not ideal for production, but it was a really fun experience. We planted them at my mom's house, and my brother helped with the planting. We had pretty fresh cut flowers constantly for the few months before the wedding. We had a few back up plans since we didn't really know what to expect having never grown dahlias, but the one we went with was picking up whatever flowers we needed from somewhere in Austin, to supplement the dahlias. I'll include their info in the vendors info that I'm collecting.

A few of the wine bottles had been collected over the years, champagne bottle from the bachelorette party, a few wine bottles from a couples shower, then friends had a few too. We scraped the labels, and painted with chalk paint. They were used as vases and table markers. The candles were made by my brother. He used our old jars to make about 70 candles. It was his first experience as a candle maker and extremely successful. The chalkboards were all things we collected and painted with chalkboard paint. I could keep going... so many details.

Venue/Coordinator – Barr Mansion / Photographer – She-N-He Photography and Design / Wedding Venue – Barr Mansion / Floral Design – Jennifer and Danny / Extra Flowers - Austin Flower Company / Catering – Barr Mansion / Cake – Barr Mansion / Violinist and DJ - Rebecca Patek / Hair and Make-up - Michelle Weber