Back To School Night with the Kannapolis Intimidators

Saturday night, we attended Back To School Night with the Kannapolis Intimidators. We bought tickets for all of our little "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" participants.

Here's Hunter and Carter with the mascot...



then it was our turn!

Despite the rain, everyone had a great time.... until the bottom fell out. Then it was time to go home.

It was fun while it lasted! Thanks to the families that participated in our Take Me Out to the Ballgame sessions. We had a great time and look forward to our next exclusive sessions! (We have a lot to offer you in September.... so stay tuned!)

Back To School Sessions

We offered back to school sessions the past two weeks. We offered 30 minute sessions in exchange for $20 worth of school supplies. We had a great response and I'm sure our local school system will appreciate everyone who participated!

Here's a couple favorites from our back to school sesisons...





Look at all the goodies that were donated!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

We've got some great fundraiser ideas in the works for the holiday season. Stay tuned.... you won't want to miss out on these!

Beach Photography - August 09

Karen, Renda, & Buddy enjoyed their last trip to the coast (for 2009) this past weekend. Buddy grilled out while the ladies drove to meet the Whittakers and their children and their grandchildren, at Carolina Beach, NC. It's always fun to see extended families gather together; you realize how important family time is when they tell you how far they've driven to be there together!







Saturday, Karen & Renda met the White family at Sunset Beach, NC for their family portraits. We've photographed Whilden & Lauren during different exclusive location sessions, such as Train Day at Spencer Train Museum and our annual fundraiser at Wings of Eagles Ranch. But it was great to get some images as a family, especially with little Harrison.

To see more of the images from both of these sessions, check out the "Beach Photography - August 2009" video on our fan page at www.facebook.com/IPbyKG.

Mystery Sale Winner

Renae Atkinson was our lucky winner for the Mystery Sale. We photographed Ryker in June for his one year portrait session. Renae ordered a portrait and some images to add into his first year baby album. She reached in to the basket of percentages and drew 100%!!!!

She cried when she saw the numbers on the piece of paper. Renae said this was the best thing that had ever happened to her. She has never won anything in her life, other than a set of ping golf clubs. She said she didn't realize the meaning of those, but she KNOWS the meaning of this!

Congratulations Renae! Thanks for loyalty over the years.

To check out more of Ryker's one year portraits, check out our "Mystery Sale Winner" album on our fan page at www.facebook.com/IPbyKG.

Kannapolis Police Dept

Each year, N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program puts together a calendar. The images in the calendar are submitted by the cities. Karen was chosen by the Kannapolis Police Department to photograph three of their officers.


The GHSP makes their image choices for the calendar based ont he creativity of the image and location. So, what are two major locations for Kannapolis to be proud of?


Stewart-Haas Racing...





and the N.C. Research Campus!





Check out Karen's new $500,000 tripod! Just kidding! But she really is on top of the ladder! She'll do what it takes to get the best image. Don't underestimate her.





Special thanks to Kannapolis' Station 1 for safely assisting Karen in her new tripod!





Guess who took this one!? Renda.... "the queen of details."





We're crossing our fingers that our Kannapolis images get chosen for the calendar! Check out some of the images we submitted...

Brown-McBryde Wedding

Last Saturday, Kristen Brown and John McBryde tied the knot! Their ceremony took place at Midway United Methodist Church in Kannapolis. The rain held out for the most part and we got some awesome images.

Kristen and John saw each other before the ceremony. John stood with his back turned in the aisle of the church as Kristen approached him. We always love when couples have this private moment. The bride and groom always tend to show more emotion when it's just the two of them (...and us, of course!).

We tested our skills on Saturday and had Tara work on a few images during the reception from earlier in the day. We presented a slideshow of images from the girls getting ready all the way through the ceremony. This was a nice little plus for Kristen and John to show off their images! Here are the images that were presented during the reception. Enjoy!

Kristen and John's wedding day images will be available online for viewing and ordering on Saturday, August 29th until Saturday, September 26th. You can access those images by going to http://www.irresistibleportraits.com/. Click on weddings, then client images. Enter mcbryde (all lowercase) as your password.