To kick off my new website and blog I thought it would be fun to have a contest!  The winner will receive a free engagement portrait session!  **Limited to Atlanta Metro Area ONLY!**  (See end of post for special offer for everyone else!)  I am looking for your best proposal story!  Send me the story of how you proposed to your fiance or how you were proposed to.  The best, most romantic story will win!

RULES:

1.  Limited to Atlanta Metro Area only

2.  Stories must be emailed to melissa@melissaschollaertphotography.com

3.  Stories must be received by December 31, 2008 at Midnight

Good Luck!

To see additional samples of engagement portraits, please visit my website and click on the “Engagement” section of my image galleries.

To see more images from Beri & Brian’s Engagement Portrait Session, please visit: http://melissaschollaertphotography.com/slideshows/irving

For those of you who do not reside in Atlanta, I am also having a special!  Book your 2009 Wedding Package by Midnight on December 31st and you will receive a free DVD of High-Resolution .jpg Images from your Wedding Day - a $500 value.  Remember, you must book by December 31, 2008 to receive this special offer.

Good Luck!

Melissa

I photographed Hilary & Chris’s beautiful, rustic wedding this past summer in Madison, Georgia. The wedding took place on a farm complete with a barn, chickens, goats and horses. Both Hilary and Chris’s family stayed at the FarmHouse Inn located at Hundred Acre Farm. The ceremony took place under a beautiful, old oak tree which overlooked the barn and pastures on the farm.

The wedding is featured today on Snippet & Ink, a daily wedding inspiration blog. Click here to view the post. Also check out Snippet & Ink for lots of great wedding ideas, decorations, invitations and more. Kathryn at Snippet & Ink creates daily graphic inspiration boards which are great for getting ideas for your own wedding!

Here are a few images from the wedding…

I loved these orange satin shoes!  Hilary wore them later in the evening with a super cute dancing dress.

The flowers were very simple and elegant.

I caught this hummingbird as he flew from flower to flower.

A rustic garden was a great spot for photos after the ceremony. The garden had an old, rusty VW van weathering away.

Congratulations to Hilary & Chris! To view more photos from their wedding, please visit: http://melissaschollaertphotography.com/slideshows/ingram.puschak

Venue:  The Farmhouse Inn at Hundred Acre Farm

Flowers:  Tammy Nance at Scentiments Flower Farm

Hair & Makeup:  Shannon Millsaps with Formal Faces (shannon.millsaps@yahoo.com)

Catering:  Hallie Janes Catering

Cake:  Careaway Cakes

Welcome to my new blog!  My name is Melissa Schollaert and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based out of Atlanta, Georgia.  I have traveled around the southeast and beyond photographing beautiful weddings.  This blog will document those travels and the amazing weddings and people that I photograph.  Check back here often for MSP news and announcements and most importantly new wedding and portrait photos. 

I also have a new website!  Everyone has been asking for this forever and it’s finally here.  Check it out!

Please visit:  www.msp-photography.com

I’d like to thank Michael Palermo for helping me get this blog online.  Thanks a bunch Michael!  Also many thanks to Lesley and Beri for your creative thoughts and input on the website and blog.  Couldn’t have done it without you guys!

Stay tuned for many new and exciting things from MSP!

M