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    Hi I'm Caroline, photographer and owner of Sweet Caroline Photo. Here you can find various posts about weddings, bridals, engagement sessions, vacations, and personal work that I have photographed. I also enjoy writing a post or two about camera equipment and photoshop techniques. If you'd like to skip straight to my recent weddings click here!

    I am based out of Austin, TX but I do love to travel and am passport ready! If you are looking for a particular post, feel free to use the search tool. I would love to hear what you think!.... so don’t be shy, leave a comment!


     

Austin Wedding Photography Slideshow | Lisa+Cameron

This past Saturday I shot Lisa & Cameron’s Austin wedding at the Salt Lick Pavilion … which is actually out in Driftwood. Lisa and Cameron were pretty awesome and didn’t really want to do things the good old fashion traditional way. Instead of flower girls, there were their dogs, instead of cake, smores and cobbler(the most amazing cobbler ever), and (my favorite) instead of a DJ, KARAOKE! Selby Entertainment does Karaoke for weddings, and I highly recommend it! It was so fun to watch everyone sing on the stage, from a couple of guys singing Taylor Swift to a quartet singing Queen… awesome.

Lisa & Cameron did an awesome job of making their wedding about what they enjoyed in weddings. <3

Enjoy my favorite photos below as well as a slideshow at the bottom! Make sure to turn up the volume for the slideshow because at the beginning I include some of Lisa’s grandpas tear-jerking speech as well as a little bit of Cameron’s, not at all tone-deaf, singing.

bride looking into mirror at Austin wedding

groom putting on tux jacket at Salt Lick Pavilion

ceremony site at Salt Lick Pavilion

bride looking into groom's eyes, about to cry during ceremony

weddings bands being balanced on dogs noseLisa trained one of their dogs to balance the rings on its nose!! 

bride and groom's first dance, swing dancingFirst dance consisted of swing dancing learned from you tube videos :)

bride's grandpa giving heart-warming speech during toastsLisa’s 80-year-old grandpa giving a speech, mentioning how he still loves his wife after 59 years of marriage… awww!

bride laughing at groomsman's speech

bride laughing at groom singing to karaokeDuring Cameron’s dedication karaoke song, “Crazy Love” by Van Morison… Lisa sang “Till Kindgom Come” by Coldplay, which is also the slideshow song.

bride and groom singing and dancing to 'sweet caroline' by Neil DiamondBride and Groom jamming to the first Karaoke song of the night “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond, it got me totally pumped for the rest of the reception!

bride and groom about to eat smores on fireSMORES!

groom singing to guests with backlighting

CLICK “PLAY” to start the slideshow!

Sincerely,
your friendly fine art Austin wedding photographer- Sweet Caroline Photo

March 2, 2010 - 11:53 am

Paul Von Rieter – Newport Beach Wedding Photographer - The shot of the ring at the beginning of the slide show is awesome. So is that flaming marshmallow shot. Beautiful work!

March 2, 2010 - 12:10 pm

Amber Hughes - Aww… the photo of her Grandfather making his speech made my heart squeeze! Great moments you’ve captured. :)

March 2, 2010 - 12:45 pm

seth goodman - These are really great! I love the photo of the dog and the reception photos are just perfect.

March 2, 2010 - 12:49 pm

Drew - Love the rings on the dog! Beautifully captured wedding, great emotions and clean lighting.

March 2, 2010 - 1:01 pm

Becca Dilley - So many great shots there – how did you ever get the dog to sit still? I love all the laughing – it is beautifully captured.

March 2, 2010 - 4:07 pm

Adore Amore - love these shots. you capture the greatest moments.

March 2, 2010 - 5:33 pm

Laura Thomas - Beautiful shots! Looks like such a fun wedding!

March 2, 2010 - 8:42 pm

Cassie - I love the lighting in these! You’ve captured such great moments of this wedding…loved the one of the grandpa. Amazing.

March 4, 2010 - 2:38 am

Robb Duncan - I am lost for words, wow Caroline… wow.

March 4, 2010 - 5:15 am

Jonas Peterson - Grandpa. Awesome.

March 4, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Teresa K - What a great wedding..I live the rings on the dogs nose, and the flare in the speach picture is killer…

March 6, 2010 - 2:55 pm

Eric Yerke - Excellent slideshow. You really bring out great colors in all of your images.

March 7, 2010 - 4:19 pm

Joey Chandler - Great work – really like how you captured the energy and laughter of the event. Looks like a good time was had by all.

March 7, 2010 - 5:43 pm

Dana Goodson - Simply gorgeous! If I were getting married, I’d be calling you for sure. :o)

March 9, 2010 - 9:25 am

Eric Kotara - Love, love, LOVE the image with the dog and the rings. How special!!!

My God-daughter Emma

On November 11th, 2009 my God-sister Kirstin gave birth to Emma and a few weeks ago I got to take her first professional portraits… What can I say, she’s a natural.





February 25, 2010 - 5:05 pm

Razvan - You have a very cute God-daughter !

February 25, 2010 - 5:38 pm

heather robert - She’s way cute!!! But don’t forget about your nephew :(

February 25, 2010 - 7:46 pm

Jessica - Soooo adorable.

February 25, 2010 - 8:32 pm

Nessa K - Ack! That first picture is so perfect! I love this set =)

February 26, 2010 - 9:22 am

Tasha Schalk - Just adorable!

I love the tones of your B&Ws, too.

San Antonio Wedding Photography Slideshow | Ashley + Holt

This past Saturday I shot Ashley & Holt’s wedding in San Antonio at the Witte Museum. They were a fun crowd to be around and the kind of people you want to dance with ;)
Here are some of my favorites from the day as well as a slideshow at the bottom!

bridesmaid getting ready at witte museum

mother of bride putting mascara on at vintage wedding

ring bearer sitting at ceremony in san antonio

bride and groom kissing with christmas lights in background

groom sticking out tongue during mother son dance

little girl playing video game at san antonio wedding reception

bridesmaid and boyfriend kissing during wedding reception

garter being taken off by groom backwards

bride and her friends dancing

bride and groom changing facebook status to 'married' at wedding reception in San Antonio

CLICK “PLAY” to start the slideshow!

Sincerely,
your friendly fine art Austin wedding photographer- Sweet Caroline Photo

February 23, 2010 - 1:04 pm

Drew - Great shots Caroline. You’re killing the PJ style shots here. The one of the little boy who is over it is awesome. Nicely done

February 23, 2010 - 3:52 pm

Holly - Oh man, I LOVE the iPhones pic!!

February 24, 2010 - 7:19 am

brian britton - I have seen alot of wedding shots ,none like these, you captured emotion not easy to do,you really have a great shooter .I have one child still single we hope you will travel.

February 24, 2010 - 10:53 am

sweetcarolinephoto - Of course I do :)

Austin Wedding Photography @ House on the Hill

This one is an old one but a good one- these photos are my favorites from a wedding I 2nd shot with Ben Godkin back in November at House on the Hill in west Austin. I haven’t had many weddings the last month or so but starting tomorrow, wedding season begins! Expect new weddings every week on my blog for the next 6 months!




very awesome, very chill band: Austin Family Jewels






February 19, 2010 - 9:26 pm

Rachel Perry - I love these images! What beautiful flowers?

February 19, 2010 - 9:27 pm

Rachel Perry - I didn’t mean to make it a question mark… :-D

February 19, 2010 - 10:03 pm

Erin - that last one was really nice :] i can feel their love through the pictures.

February 22, 2010 - 8:25 am

Thina Doukas - Like to say your photography images are excellent. Fantastic use of available light and creativity.
Awesome to see stylish work. Cheers from Perry in Sydney!

February 22, 2010 - 12:55 pm

aj - You are a rockstar Caroline!!!

March 1, 2010 - 2:44 pm

Dana Goodson - These are beautiful.

{Austin Engagement Session} Andrea+Chris

I’m still feeling under the weather but I really wanted to get this blog post up from Andrea & Chris’ e-session that I shot last week. An awesome couple that loves food and LOST just as much as I do, what can I say, my clients ARE awesome.














February 11, 2010 - 2:21 pm

adita - Gorgeous! love the tones!

February 11, 2010 - 2:28 pm

Serendipity Photography - 2nd to the last one is my fav! What a beautiful image you have created!! Amazing job!!

February 11, 2010 - 2:59 pm

Shyann - Great session! What a cute couple! I love the one with the tall grass!!

February 11, 2010 - 6:02 pm

Chris - There look GREAT. Andrea and I are so excited.

February 12, 2010 - 12:21 am

Mom - Mom is crying . . . again. Beautiful.

February 12, 2010 - 2:05 pm

Mom 2 - Mom is crying also….The light of their love is truly shining through. Great pictures

February 12, 2010 - 5:47 pm

Leo Druker - Absolutely stunning work. I love the third one from the bottom – the reflections work beautifully here. Great session!

February 12, 2010 - 6:55 pm

erin Michelle - These are all beautiful images! I love them all!

February 12, 2010 - 8:27 pm

Ben Godkin - Amazing images Caroline!

February 12, 2010 - 8:36 pm

seth - These are really lovely photos. I love the reflection one, the kiss with the light, the looking down shallow depth of field one, and I could go on and on.

February 13, 2010 - 12:10 am

Aunt Chrissy - I love the reflection pic and the sitting on the stairs apart pic and…oh, heck! I love them all!

February 13, 2010 - 9:36 am

Drew - Such awesome processing. I think the window reflection image is my favorite one. That composition is fantastic.

February 13, 2010 - 1:18 pm

Teresa K - They look like such a sweet couple and you’ve really managed to capture that about them. And technically, well you know how good you are in that department already (at least I hope you do).

February 13, 2010 - 2:07 pm

David McNeil - This couple look so suited to each other – and the processing is wonderful too!

February 14, 2010 - 6:02 pm

Phill - Such a lovely, relaxed and eclectic set of portraits. The rendition is fantastic. And that ring … super bling! :~)

February 15, 2010 - 3:16 pm

Cheshire wedding photographer - I love your style and clean processing. 2nd to last and 3rd to last images are brilliant!

February 15, 2010 - 8:30 pm

Stephie - beautiful images! The reflection one is my fave. =)

{Austin Engagement Photography} | Cacey+Jason

I write from my laptop on my couch because I have gotten the flu. I’ve never had the flu but I have to admit I was expecting it to be worse than this, hopefully I should be better by the weekend. Luckily my next wedding isn’t until the 20th, which is great timing to get sick because after that I won’t have a weekend off until June!

Just over a week ago I shot Cacey & Jason’s engagements around Progress Cafe, you may (but probably won’t) recognize Jason from Loren & Derek’s Austin wedding from August. I love getting to shoot the bridesmaids and groomsmen’s weddings from former weddings! It’s as good of a ‘repeat client’ as a wedding photographer can get :) This is probably the coldest engagement session I have ever done! Not refering to the couple of course!! .. but seriously, it was cold. Despite my frozen hands we produced some great pictures and to keep warm I made sure that they got to hug and kiss plenty :)

Enjoy!

couple's reflection by dead tree

couple kissing and smiling

couple looking off against tin wall

couple looking 'hardcore' next to graffiti

couple kissing in front of hardcore graffiti

couple in front of skyline with back light strobe

couple kissing under tree

couple looking off holding hands against white brick wall

couple smiling between two 18-wheelers

couple sweetly looking down

girl looking up while held by fiance at engagement session

couple looking at held hands sitting and smiling

couple kissing in field at Austin engagement photography session

February 10, 2010 - 5:00 pm

Cacey - I love these sooo much Caroline! It was so much fun too, despite the cold. :) Thank you so much for working so hard to capture “us” in such a cool way. And I’m impressed that you were able to get some normal-looking smiles out of me as opposed to my usual, “the-one-where-chandler-can’t-smile episode from Friends” smile. Truly impressive. We can’t wait to see how the wedding photos turn out.

February 10, 2010 - 5:08 pm

sweetcarolinephoto - Aw I’m so glad you and Jason had fun! Can’t wait for the wedding!

February 11, 2010 - 1:21 am

sarahainsworth - love the first image and the one with the skyline behind them! nice lighting in that one :)

February 11, 2010 - 8:23 am

Jeannie Kindley - YOU LOOK SO HAPPY, IN LOVE, AND BEAUTIFUL. WHAT A MEANINGFUL AND LOVING PHOTO SHOOT. CONGRATS TO YOU.
AUNT JEANNIE

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