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March 15, 2010 - 03:14 AM

Orton's Secret Garden Wedding and Event Show!

posted by Lisa | filed under: Events, News, weddings

I have always loved the story, 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The idea of an enchanted garden, hidden by overgrown vines that comes to life with the care and love given by a little misplaced girl always captivated me as a child. When I was invited to participate in Orton's Secret Garden wedding show, I was immediately intrigued. I was even more excited when I heard that the idea for the show was for each vendor to display their work in a creative manner that would really showcase the possibilities of the site. And I was thrilled to be able to display my photography in the quaint historic chapel with the beautiful flowers and decor by Wendy of A Beautiful Event. I designed imagery to hang in the windows of the church using photos from previous weddings and bridal portraits taken at Orton Plantation. To keep with the 'secret garden' theme, I attached vintage keys to the ribbons and designed ornate, vintage style frames for my photography. We also had the a beautiful dress on display by Fountaine Bridals, gorgeous veils and accessories by aMuse! and fantastic violin music by Maura Kropk e. It was absolutely dreamy! To me, there is just something mysterious and enchanted about Orton Plantation and it is the perfect place for your own 'secret garden' wedding. And just like the book, a little bird came inside the chapel on the day of the show.

Jan Wutkowski, aMuse, Maura Kropke, violinist, Lisa Brown, Bella Rose Photography, Wendy Wright and assistant from A Beautiful Event, and Lindsay Blyth and assistant of Fountaine Bridal.

Jennifer and Rebekah of the Dessert Divas with Jan Wutkowski of aMuse!

Lindsay, Rebekah, Lisa, Deborah, Jennifer, Jess and Jan

My assistant Jill and I at the show!

Jess James with Cindy and Ron Pickett, owners of the Dudley Mansion.

It was a pretty day, but still very cold! I think it was a high of 52 degrees!

Jess James doing her job well- looking stylish!

February 22, 2010 - 05:22 PM

Orton Plantation's Secret Garden Wedding and Event Gathering!

posted by Lisa | filed under: Events, News, weddings

I am very excited to announce that Bella Rose Photography will be featured at the Orton Plantation Secret Garden Wedding and Event Gathering on Sunday, February 28th from 11am to 4pm! Orton Plantation has four amazing locations for weddings and events on the property. Several new locations have recently been added! All four locations will be showcased with wedding decor, each with a different color scheme and theme. Bella Rose Photography will be displayed in the beautiful historic Luola's Chapel, so be sure and stop by to say 'hello!'

November 19, 2009 - 06:50 PM

Fall Model ~ Alison

posted by Lisa | filed under: Bridal Portraits, Fashion, Magazine Features, Modeling Portfolio, weddings

The story behind this shoot is kind of entertaining. I bought this vintage 1950's prom dress from Ebay for the awesome price of $30 as an Alice in Wonderland halloween costume for my daughter. When it arrived in a beat up old Budwiser beer box, my daughter said it was not her style. I knew it was a bit over the top for a 7th grader and decided it would be cool for something else- I just didn't know what. The dress was super small. I guess it is true that people were smaller in previous generations, because that dress was little- probably a size 2.

I was looking around for models with red hair for my fall bridal shoot, and I met with Alison to consider her as a model. She just happened to be a perfect size 2. I brought the vintage dress with me to her fitting to just see if it would work for something and suggested that Alison try it. She fit the dress perfectly and lit up with excitement at the thought of modeling in it. The light blue color looked great with her hair color and we decided to skip the traditional bridal gown and go for a vintage/bohemian bridal look. To update the look of the dress, I cut off the bottom of the dress and made it shorter and added some new ribbon. I decided to feature Alison's beautiful hair and have it down in loose spiral curls. I bought jewelry, hair accessories and shoes and ended up making the bouquet myself in the car on the way to the shoot! I guess the moral of the story is that you can have a unique, creative look on a very small amount of money. We had Alison's makeup professionally done by the fabulous Amy Kennison of Mac. Amy completely translated my vision into reality and she looked amazing. The shoot took place at Orton Plantation Gardens. The perfect place to find fall color!

June 3, 2009 - 10:57 PM

Bridal Portrait ~ Annie

posted by Lisa | filed under: Bridal Portraits

If you saw Annie's engagement photos you already know that the camera loves her. She is one of those people who is effortlessly graceful and everything she does looks pretty. These are some of the many beautiful bridal photos we took of her at Orton Plantation Gardens and Bellamy Mansion.

November 24, 2008 - 04:45 PM

Bridal Portrait ~ Cassie

posted by Lisa | filed under: Bridal Portraits, portraits, weddings

Here are a few of Cassie's beautiful bridal photos that we took this fall at Orton Plantation Gardens. Cassie was married on November 22 so now we can share them with you. We had fun at shooting at Orton. There are so many beautiful locations there!

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