Jessica & Jon Ralph’s G U E S T Blog:

{Our story: John Ralph and I met in 9th grade and were friends throughout high school. He likes to say I “never gave him the time of day”, being the cheerleader from the rival high school, but I always considered him to be someone I admired. He had more drive than most guys and I always knew I would hear about the great things he would accomplish one day. Little did I know, I would be celebrating those accomplishments with him. After we both went our separate ways in college we lost communication for a while. Thanks to social networking (facebook and old school instant messaging) we reconnected in our second year of college. John Ralph invited me to be his date to his sisters debutant ball over christmas break. That night was when things between us started to change into something more than “just friends”. The following february I flew to new york to visit him at West Point and see the big apple. That weekend we knew we were onto something good. Three years, and lots of phone calls, plane rides, and letters later, John Ralph decided to put an end to our long distance relationship by asking me to marry him during a trip to Charleston. We planned a wedding in three weeks so we could move to Italy together for his job (he is an officer in the US Army). And the rest is history!}

We hope you enjoyed the images! If you are interested in Tomme Hilton Gallery, please email us at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com — We would love to work with you!

Wendi was a fun and energetic bride who was willing to do whatever it took for the right shot! Check out this beautiful bride!

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We hope you enjoyed Wendi’s Bridals! Stay tuned for the beautiful Edisto WEDDING!

It’s ‘BEST CAPTION’ time again. These are some I’ve gone through that cry out for a TITLE.

To win:

1. Lend a caption that best fits the image and

2. The one with the most votes wins their favorite 5×7!

*Contest ends by 5/31 at midnight. Invite all your friends and family and Best of Luck!

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‘Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.’
- Rose Franken

If you would like to get wild and crazy with Tomme Hilton Gallery, please contact us at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com

We would love to add you to our ‘FUN LIST’.

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xo.

Meet Anna and Nathan.

Anna entered our Free Wedding Contest by first explaining how Nathan and her met before High School and a little about the wedding. BUT, what won us over was how Anna expressed how passionate, patient and respectful Nathan has been to her over the past 11 years together and she felt it was her turn to give something big back to him… A FREE Wedding Photographer to capture their complete love for one another.

It is not every day that you get to witness a couple this in love.  The entire wedding, the couple was floating on air. There is no better way to explain the night other than…. They were in love.

The wedding took place at the Rutledge Chapel in the USC Horseshoe. The reception was followed at the beautiful 701 Whaley Center for Contemporary Art.

Take a look at our happy couple:

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Thank you Anna and Nathan for letting Tomme Hilton Gallery shoot your Wedding Day. It was very magical and we are so happy we chose you, Mr. and Mrs. Reed! We wish you two the best and nothing but a happy life together.

xo.

tomme and erica.

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If you are interested in our photography, please visit us at tommehiltongallery.com OR email us at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com

Our Best Dance Moves Caught on Camera are brought to you by, our Las Vegas Lovers: Candice & Erich!

Thank you to all of those who gave Tomme Hilton Gallery a good laugh while editing!

xo,

tomme and erica

*We hope to one day shoot your wedding filled with laughs to last us a lifetime! Please email us at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com for more information!

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Today’s BEST OF is…. {Best Wedding Day DARE.}

I think we speak for everyone when we decided upon this photo.

Meet Jay and Kelly, one of our 2010 July Weddings. This is BY FAR one of the most fun action shots in a while!  I have not had a bride and groom take the risk of jumping into a pool (or any body of water)… EVER… in almost 6 years! We are always wanting the willing couples who know we have an itch for spunk, flares and especially DARES.  I must say, we got what we wanted here!! Kelly and Jay satisfied our itch!

We sure hope that you keep up that flare in your marriage!

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If you are a bride who is quite the Dare Devil, just send us an email at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com and we would love to meet with you!

xo,

tomme and erica

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Having planned the wedding on my own, I was very conscious of what I could spend my money on and what I needed to cut back on:  The dress (a must!), the food (of course), drinks (a given) and location, décor, flowers…it all adds up.  Photography ranked up there in the top 5 must haves but as a young girl I never dreamt of what I wanted out of my wedding pictures…until I saw Tomme Hilton’s work.  I fell in love with the photography at first sight.  She has a touch of class, a bit of edginess and an artsy feel to her pictures that I did not see in other photographers.  I had no hesitation in hiring her.

Having been only an attendee at weddings a handful of times over the years, I had no idea what I was in for when I decided to plan this wedding on my own.  EVERYTHING went wrong.  The dress didn’t fit, the caterers cancelled, my flowers were the wrong color AND…the limo broke down.  Everything that could go wrong…did.  Except for the photography.   Tomme was on time…and prepared.  She had hangers and backdrops, lighting, everything ready to go.  I didn’t realize how much I would appreciate this except that everything else was wrong…she was the one thing I did not have to micromanage and ‘fix’ that night.

I remember when first meeting Tomme, her words were “We will spend a lot of time together on that day, you need to make sure you like me because I will be in your face all day”.  Of course I liked Tomme immediately, her bubbly personality and persona are so charismatic, you can’t help but feel at ease.  And as for the day of the event… she was right, she was following me all day!  To this day I cannot thank her more!  Tomme and her team worked hard.  My wedding was on a hot, balmy June evening and Tomme worked her butt off.  She was covered in sweat and still had the ability to catch the scenery of the event and angles in the evening light.  The pictures are gorgeous and will live forever.  She captured scenes throughout the night that show the elegance, the romance and the love that is so often felt, but rarely seen in the pictures.  The photography is GORGEOUS.  She captured the details of the wedding day, but more importantly, she captured the romance around it.  I will continue to recommend her to my newly engaged friends and to rehire her when the time comes.

Ultimately, the wedding dress was custom altered and delivered to me the day before the wedding,  a friend recommended Iverson catering who worked their schedule to fit me in on a busy Saturday in June (did I mention ONE week before the event!! – and the food was wonderful!) and the limo service ultimately had a similar car they offered for a portion of the night.

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In looking back at all of the stress and commotion of the day…I can only remember the words of one of my friends when reminiscing of the pictures.  To quote “ She captured the moment of the wedding, not just the pictures”.

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We are so thankful to have had such a wonderful daring couple! After a little over 5 years in the business, I finally got to see a couple JUMP into a pool at the end of the night! I must say, it was HOT and a wonderful way to cool down!

Thanks Kelly and Jay! We cannot wait to see you two grow as a couple! Hope to see you again down the road!

xo,

tomme and erica.

STAY TUNED for more weddings!

If you have not entered for the FREE wedding package, do so now!!

We are now accepting emails describing to us the reasons you should receive free wedding photography. Emails shall include the following:

• Name of the Couple entering

• at least 1000 words describing you two as a couple

• 3 or more photographs that show who you are as a couple

To be considered for our contest, each applicant must blog, tweet and facebook about Tomme Hilton Gallery! When you email your entry please send us your links to prove you have done all three!

DEADLINE: August 31, 2010

*Your wedding should be scheduled in the off season of November thru February.

*Valued at 4500.

*Please email all entries to gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com

Thank you for applying! Best of luck to each of you. We look forward to our next FREE wedding couple!

SO, sit back and enjoy the ride! We have lots of things coming to you in the next couple of weeks — from weddings to baby bumps to babies… sigh. The circle of life!

Tonight, I shall blog about my experience with my recent baby affairs. They were a while back, BUT I never got the chance to blog about them on here! So, catch up step one: START.

First: Master Griffin

Mr. Precious Griffin was SUCH a trooper… from the carpet to Mama and Daddy’s arms to kitchen bowls to snuggle time to pianos and fire pits… I think we maxed out on our limit! Griffin was a little over a week old when his mama and daddy decided to do his photo shoot! And lets just say… AMAZING! Griffin was a GREAT baby during his shoot. As we all came to notice, He can just about sleep ANYWHERE!

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Last: Miss Lilly (starting with the glass sink bowl)

Baby Lilly was two weeks old and a tiny lil’ thing too! She was only a little over 6lbs. That’s right. Two weeks and 6+lbs! Can you believe it! Sigh. A tiny bundle of joy that did not want to give up her paci! AND her house was just amazing! I could spend days taking photos of Baby Lilly! I sure do hope I get the privilege of taking her 3 month photos! I did get the privilege of designing her baby announcements.

If you are interested in Tomme or I taking photos of your ‘wee wittle won’ — let us know. We would love to be an addition to your new addition! ha. Just email us at gallery.tommehilton@gmail.com

*Please stay tuned as we blog about our recent JUNE wedding extravaganza’s and post our {GUEST BLOGS}

Till next time,

erica.