Tomme Hilton Gallery wishes you and yours a very Merry Christmas, altho we are a few days shy of Christmas Day! We hope that you and yours got to spend some much needed time together . . . as our families did! I know it was nice for the both of us to take quality time with our families and a break from the web — tho our cameras were still busy!
The Holiday Season is quick to come and go . . . But we want to remind you all to be safe in your travels and stay warm!
Some of our favorite Christmas items.
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I was so excited to shoot this session for Brandi and Daniel. They wanted me to do their Anniversary shoot and we tossed around a few ideas, they seemed to like the ‘tent’ idea so we chose to split their session into 2 and do a few holiday tent shots and then regroup in May for their Anniversary session.
The tent is so romantic and cozy and they seemed so at ease together, it just fit perfectly into plan. If I had to camp, this is the way I’d want to go – Chandelier, Russian Christmas Ornaments, Moroccan tapestries, soft pink touches, and a few vintage items from this couple’s family to make it their own. Camping USED to be a man’s world, but somehow I feminized it with soft hues and pastels, now the girls want to just hang out there. I LOVE THE TENT!! Whenever I put it up, each time it’s just a little different than the last, I keep saying to myself – give me a space heater and I may never go back into the house again!
I’m always willing to do more tent sessions, for some reason, right now – they are my favorite thing to be shooting. I enjoy doing the set design & watching it unfold, then toss in a GORGEOUS couple and WHAaaaaatTT? You’ve got a magazine ad in the making!
Take a look and leave the couple some comments and love!
Until next time! xo
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Trade ya a little N’Orleans Gumbo for some Charleston Chicken bog.
Kim picked wonderful Charleston SC for her destination wedding location!
Location: Charleston Place Hotel
The spectacularly talented Jessica Jaskiewicz Smithson took care of all the planning and the day went SMOOTHLY AMAZING. Thank you, Jessica for making my job E A S Y!
The forecasts called for rain, but typical Charleston style meant it most likely sprinkled somewhere else and therefore weather quotas were met in the weather-sphere and all were happy in the land.
We dodged the rain and it turned into a gorgeous gorgeous location with warm smiles and In my own humble opinion, some perdy darn good photography.
Kim beamed, Louis beamed………..since the sun wasn’t shining so bright, their bright smiles led the way.
Downtown Charleston can sometimes be met with plenty of street vendors, while I was setting up a shot -we had them sit down and lean up against the wall someone came by thinking they must be a ‘street act’ and threw some dollar bills at them. The best day of their lives and they even got ‘tipped’. 
It was a fun day indeed, so enjoy some of their images.
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Erica’s family seems to be the subject a lot! j. But, amongst our brainstorming, we thought it would be neat to have a ‘Twin’ Photo session. And with that idea, came her and her sister, Jessica. Now, you might have heard us talking a lot about Jessica in our blog / facebook page / etc. . . because she has been the ‘subject’ more than once as well! Her recent ones from the summer of 2011 were our fun Fashion Photo session and then the most recent, Halloween’s ‘Come Play with us’ Session. Weren’t those fun! Sigh. I wish we had more people to do sessions like these!
Photo Sessions don’t have to be just for couples / weddings / maternity / babies / families — they can be for so much more than that! And in our CELEBRATE Series, we hope you see that Photo Sessions can be for Anything! So far, our two CELEBRATE Series have been on Friendship + Sisterhood. We have a new session CELEBRATE Series coming up . . . stay tuned! Because there is so much to CELEBREAT in life. Smile.
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