American Girl Fashion Show® 2014

The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem hosted the American Girl Fashion Show® on April 12th and 13th this year and it was every bit as adorable as last year! The Modern Automotive Red Carpet was a big hit again this year also.

Galleries of each of the four runways as well as the Red Carpet photos where prints and digital images can be purchased can be found at the image below (*screen resolution versions of all photos from the Red Carpet are provided as free downloads courtesy of Modern Automotive!)

This curious young guest reaches out to touch the muzzle of the horse, Jesse James. Cash Lovell Stables and Riding Academy trotted Jesse James out among the audience during part of each runway to the "OOOOOs!" and "AAAAAHs!" of a roomful of excited little girls (the horse ate it up!)

Do you think this shot is too "on the nose"?

Thanks again to the Children's Museum of Winston-Salem, all of the sponsers and most of all to the fantastic models for helping make this event happen!

Jessica & Sean's Vow Renewal

They may have renewed their vows but I get the impression that their mutual love never really expired so I guess it was more of a reaffirmation than anything.

We made custom invitations for the ceremony that I'm pretty happy with! They were based on an old film called (ironically in light of the fact that it's an invitaion for a vow renewal,) The Cheat. Here is the original and my version:

So much of photography is being in the right place at the right time and I couldn't have arranged my subjects or gotten better expressions in this next shot if I had directed everything myself!

Jack stares out in the distance while his parents re-exchange their vows

One of the initial factors that led Jess & Sean to choose us was our ever-popular photo booth.

Behold… The Jewelry Box Photobooth!

Sean and Jessica (and everybody else) started to cut up as soon as they stepped in front of our curtain

To see (or purchase prints of) all of the photos from

The Jewelry Box Photobooth and more, check out the gallery

When Adam Met Sally…

I don't have anything with which to continue the ellipsis at the end of the title of this post; but when else am I ever likely to make a When Harry Met Sally reference on this website? Sorry, I'm rambling…

Sally and Adam had one of, if not the, quickest ceremonies that I have ever photographed (about 4 minutes from the moment Sally walked down the aisle to the moment they walked hand in hand back the other way!!)

After Sally met Adam at the front of the room, Bryan Flynn, who presided over the ceremony, said something along the lines of "In talking to Sally and Adam, they told me that they didn't want a long, drawn out ceremony so in light of their request, do you Adam take Sally to be…" and with a couple simple questions, they were husband and wife! 'You may now kiss the bride' came up so fast, it nearly caught me of guard; fortunately, Wendy was right there to catch anything I missed!

The ceremony and reception were both held at The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and it was a wonderful venue for a wedding! There was a youthful feeling in the air; Sally tossed her bouquet from halfway up a kid-size beanstalk that leads to the second floor!! (She was actually standing on the staircase beside the beanstalk but it would have been neat if she was climbing on it!)

To view all the photos, go to our gallery page (you can also purchase prints if you wish!)

American Girl Fashion Show®

On May 18th and 19th, The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem hosted an American Girl Fashion Show® and it was adorable! The girls, who wore matching clothes with one of the American Girl dolls, all did an amazing job. I know you parents and relatives have been anxiously waiting for these pictures so let's get to it!

Click one of these two images to view the galleries of photos!

Photos from the runway (split into 4 galleries)Modern Automotive Red Carpet and Camaro Portraits

If you pre-ordered a single or double package, please contact 'daniel@HeartsAndArrowsPhoto.com' with your selection(s) by June 14th. Photos will all be delivered in 7-10 days. (If you pre-ordered, you should have gotten or will be getting an email from the Children's Museum, also.)

If you did not pre-order, simply order from the gallery and, again, photos will be delivered within 7-10 days.

Thank you to both The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and Modern Automotive and also all of the models for doing such an amazing job!

Liz & Till

On August 4th, we had the privilage of photographing the beautiful backyard ceremony of Liz and Till. This photo links to a gallery of the whole event

This is what love looks like!