Gratituesday: Rainy Days

It's a rare day when I am grateful for rain. But for three weeks in a row now it has rained on the day when I needed a break the most. So this week, I want to share how thankful I am for the rain.This is a crazy time of year with my work and Tommy's schedule as well. We've basically just been taking turns single-parenting these past few weeks between the demands of our careers. We're tired. (And I really miss him!) Rain is the best excuse to postpone a session (or in Tommy's case, a long run) and hang out together, curled up on the couch. It's also a good excuse to cancel all of my plans and spend a day catching up on work! Both of which have happened the past few weeks and on Mondays no less.

So this week was an easy one - I'm grateful for the rain at the most perfect time. I took Sunday out yesterday and captured a few quiet moments between showers. She loves being outside so much and I love a happy baby!

Gratituesday is a weekly blog post (that I try to keep up with) I got involved with over here. You should join, too! If you do, be sure to let me know in the comments as I would love to read what you write about.

Equipment used for these pictures:  canon 5d mark ii // canon 50mm f/1.2 lens

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Liz Cook is the owner and photographer of sincerely, liz: photography. She is a virginia wedding photographer and virginia portrait photographer who loves virginia weddings, family portrait sessions and couple photography.

To see more of Liz’s work, check out her latest work as well as some of her favorite weddings. To hire Liz, simply fill out this form.

Pierce and Sarah, pt. II | Lynchburg Wedding Photographer

These two were made for each other. As they say, opposites attract, and Pierce and Sarah are a beautiful example of this. They met and started dating six years prior to their wedding day so they have been through a lot together. Sarah loves Pierce's outgoing personality and her sweet demeanor balances perfectly with his zest for life. Together they LOVE baseball (so much so their cake topper included them wearing Red Sox jerseys!), their sweet dogs, and simply enjoying each other's company. All of this was evident at their wedding between the personal touches throughout the day and the way they enjoyed one another's company during every shared moment. Is there another word for fairytale? Because I feel like I have seriously overused it to describe this wedding. But, you guys, it truly was. The light sparkled perfectly on this couple. There was a horse and carriage... a prince and his princess... love and marriage. Just... perfection.

The rest of their wedding day story unfolds...

And they lived happily ever after!!

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Glencliff Manor Hair & make-up: Emily Garbee at Body Works Day Spa and Salon Bridal gown: West Main Bridal

If you missed part 1, check it out here!

Equipment used for this wedding:  canon 5d mark ii // canon 7d // canon 50mm f/1.2 lens // canon 70-200 f/2.8 lens //canon 35mm f/1.4 lens

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Liz Cook is the owner and photographer of sincerely, liz: photography. She is a virginia wedding photographer and virginia portrait photographer who loves virginia weddings, family portrait sessions and couple photography.

To see more of Liz’s work, check out her latest work as well as some of her favorite weddings. To hire Liz, simply fill out this form.

Pierce and Sarah, pt. I | Lynchburg Wedding Photographer

Another double wedding post coming right up! Sarah and Pierce had such a beautiful day that I cannot for the life of me narrow down their pictures! I shouldn't be surprised, though. When I first arrived at Glencliff Manor and connected with the coordinator on site there, Teresa, it was a cloudy day. I said something along the lines of "just crossing my fingers for clear sky!" Teresa immediately repsonded "Oh. This is Glencliff, it doesn't rain here. We have had one wedding rained out in 29 years." Well... I am beyond grateful at how right she was. Not only did it NOT rain at all - but the sun came through the clouds as soon as the ceremony started. It was like nature's blessing on the beautiful couple! And seriously, I follow almost all of the local photographers on some sort of social media and while they were all sharing instagrams and sneak peeks of cloudy, rainy wedding days I shared this:

Glencliff Manor Wedding Photographer

It was truly a dream wedding day and we were honored to be there to capture Pierce and Sarah's beautiful day. Okay, on to the photos!!

Click here to view Part II!

Equipment used for this wedding:  canon 5d mark ii // canon 7d // canon 50mm 1.2 lens // canon 70-200 2.8 lens //canon 35mm 1.4 lens

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Liz Cook is the owner and photographer of sincerely, liz: photography. She is a virginia wedding photographer and virginia portrait photographer who loves virginia weddings, family portrait sessions and couple photography.

To see more of Liz’s work, check out her latest work as well as some of her favorite weddings. To hire Liz, simply fill out this form.

Passing time...

This is the time of the year where I am repeatedly caught thinking to myself "How is it Thursday already?!" Or "How is it October already?!" For years I have tried to find a way to control my work load so that it is always at a mangeable state. Especially this year. When I found out we were expecting I wanted my top priority to be learning better time management so that I wouldn't feel like I was continually making Sunday wait on me to finish my work.

Well I have finally let go of my need to completely control my workload and surrendered to the mere fact that there are seasons in this industry. Wedding season, family portrait season, and blogging season (aka the "off season"). Right now all of your photographer friends (because let's face it: we all have a photographer friend) are in the midst of both wedding AND family portrait season. Myself included.

All that to say... sadly, the blog has been neglected. But! The good news is that my daughter has NOT. (Tommy, however, he is being a REALLY good sport these days.) Here are a few sneak peeks I have shared recently on Facebook. If you're not a fan of the SLP Facebook page you are missing out on all this eye candy!

My super cute friend, Crystal George:

My sister and her husband celebrating 10 years of marital bliss: My brother and his sweet girlfriend: One of my favorite (fairytale) weddings to date! More of this wedding hitting the blog tomorrow!

Liz Cook is the owner and photographer of sincerely, liz: photography. She is a virginia wedding photographer and virginia portrait photographer who loves virginia weddings, family portrait sessions and couple photography.

To see more of Liz’s work, check out her latest work as well as some of her favorite weddings. To hire Liz, simply fill out this form.

A list for Monday

How has it been October for a week already?! Ahh this year is FLYING by! The past few weeks have been a whilrwind between weddings and fall portrait sessions. I LOVE this time of year! In completely random order, here are some things I've been up to lately:

1. Shooting, editing, and hanging out with some of the best clients EVER!
2. Finding an actual, real-time schedule for Sunday. Now that she is getting into a routine naturally, I'm trying to somewhat control it by encouraging bed time and wake time at the same times daily. The whole pink-eye thing threw us off for a bit, but I think we have almost gotten it figured out!
3. I've been working on some side design projects and in my adventures in finding inspiration I came across this lady's work. I'm in love with her design skills and incredible creative advice.
4. I just wrapped up a project with Lia and I feel like I am on the edge of a cliff about to plunge into a whole new world. It's the best feeling and I am eager to see where my career will take me in the next year! (Also, I cannot recommend her services enough!)
5. I've spent a lot of time perusing my crossfit pinterest board for inspiration. Between the half marathon, pink eye, sessions galore, and the yucky weather, I have fallen off the workout bandwagon. This is supposed to be the most beautiful time of the year to be outside so I am really trying to get back into it. It doesn't help when you feel like pooh every day. (Yes, I still have pinkeye. Sunday, however, is all clear!)
6. I've been baking lots of paleo muffins. I eat them completely guilt free and Sunday LOVES them.
7. As I've been tapping into the world of design inspiration I found two sites I wanted to share with you all: 25 logos with a hidden message // 20 creative and entertaining 404 error pages. Some super cool stuff right there! (Yes, I'm a nerd. Don't we all know that by now?)

Last weekend was a first here at Sincerely, Liz: Photography which was a double-wedding-weekend! It started with my sister's ten year anniversary vow renewal that I was honored to capture. It wrapped with another wedding Saturday night and a super fun Lynchburg Snapshot Studio rental at a first birthday party last night! Here is one of my favorite shots from the vow renewal:

I love this family so much!

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks hitting the blog this week! Have a great Monday, friends!