KC Elrod Photography

2010-05-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

I wanted to post this on my new blog that is coming soon. But I know that Julie and Thomas are dying for a sneak peek. I will be posting a much longer post soon....

2009-08-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

Stephanie and I met at the opening of the Barnes and Noble in Cumming. Even though she left us at BN we have been friends ever since. Tom and Stephanie were the first to book me for the following wedding season. It was about a year in advance and wow how time flies. Katherine Williamson of Ambiance Images was my second shooter. We had so much fun. They had the best DJ ever. He had everyone dancing non stop and we got so many fun pictures. I think its hard to put a wedding on a blog. Its hard to pick a few of your favs. Stephanie and Tom hate having their picture made- which always is a challenge but we got some good stuff.

2009-08-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

The beach, a pretty girl, and perfect weather who would not have loved to shoot this wedding. I was excited when my cousin told me that she was getting married in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Of course, my fingers were crossed behind my back that I would get to do her pictures. I adore Kim and could not wait until the big day. The wedding was so simple and beautiful. Kim could not have been more radiant. They were barefoot and he were a polo. There was a flower girl and just the family there. Of course, we did not have enough time for pictures but I still love them.

2009-06-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

I have been lucky enough to take this adorable kid pictures for two years now and I love it. I cannot believe how much he has changed. He kept me on my toes. I actually took these on Mother's Day, but I figured they were way too cute not to post, even though I am so behind...

2009-05-06T19:01:00.000-07:00

Teresa, from my dentist office, called about doing pictures for her daughter that just had a baby. We finally got to do them when he turned 7 mths. He is so adorable. I could not stop taking pictures. I have posted more than normal. But I love them:)

2009-03-29T14:40:00.000-07:00

Kim and Nolan are getting married at the beach at the end of May. I am so excited to be doing their wedding for several reasons. Kim is my cousin, she lives just across the street from me, and we all know I love to go anywhere. Even though Kim hates having her picture made I was still so excited about their engagement pictures. They were so easy to work with and we had perfect weather not to mention the beautiful trees. I had

a hard time picking my favs.

first pics of Ava Gabriel

2009-03-19T15:32:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. I am so slow at posting but I am trying to keep up. I wanted to take newborn pics of Ava so after several tries I finally got Joe, Laura and Ava all together. These are just a few of may favs. Remember they are all on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/7829003@no5\

Roadtrip.

2009-02-11T16:38:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, Missy, Sarah and I took off to Scottsboro, Alabama. We had been wanting to go to the Unclaimed Baggage store there. It was supposed to be a 3 hour trip but it ended up being 6. We first stopped at a state park and had lunch. I do not think people realize the kind of picnics Missy and Sarah have. When I have a picnic I usually have a sandwich and some chips. If I am feeling crazy, I might bring fruit. When you have a picnic with them it is deluxe- the king of all picnics. First of all, they have some amazing containers. i have been friends with them for awhile now, and we have taken lots of picnics, but I swear every time we go they have different containers. I have been to their apartment and spent large amounts of time there and I wonder where are these containers. Then of course, we do not just have sandwiches. There is pasta and pudding and two different types of bread. I eat better on their picnics than I do at home. ( Trust me I know how lucky I am) After we eat, Sarah feed the ducks and I had to take pictures. Then we are off again. I love going through small towns. I love the things that you see and the signs that you can find. Because I love small towns, I always want to stop. Lots. Missy and Sarah always let me stop.(again so lucky) We did stop at a nursery and got yelled at about taking a picture of a sign. She kept asking if we were reporters and over and over we kept saying No, we are just weird. She just did not get it though. She thought we were from a newspaper and were going to publish the sign. If I worked for a newspaper I would really want a more interesting story than this random nursery in the middle of nowhere.

Our greatest find was the VW bus in the middle of no where. I am not sure why my peace sign is sideways. Does it still mean the same thing if it is sideways? We finally arrived at the Unclaimed Baggage store. We had heard that it was a city block. In my mind, this is huge. I was afraid that I was going to run out of money. Really though, this was not the case. I swear we looked for 2 hours before we found anything. We were puzzled. We kept looking. Missy would not give up. I gave up. Sarah gave up. And Missy just kept at it. After 6 hours of driving, she was determined not to go away empty handed. After searching and searching this is what we found.

7 coats

1 shirt

2 scarves

1 book

1 purse

3 pairs of sunglasses

We believe that after you lose your luggage it enters a vortex and does not end up at the Unclaimed Baggage store until 6 or 7 years later. Do we recommend it? I would say if you are driving by stop in. If not, just go to your local thrift store.

Funny things we saw.

-a box of hunts ketchup packages for $4.75

-a really huge yellow toy that I am not sure would fit on a plane

-trail size grab boxes that were

5 dollars

-really huge shoes which made us think big feet must lose lots of luggage

-appliances. why would this be in your luggage

-No hairdryers and only one straightener

-a box of spoons

Really, it was a odd place.

Laura and Erik

2009-02-03T11:53:00.000-08:00

I got to help my friend Sara with a wedding on Sat. We got lucky and had amazing weather. The wedding was at Anthony's in Buckhead which is a beautiful old house with lots of fun rooms that we could photograph in. I had so much fun getting to know Laura and Eric. They had about 25 people there so it was very intimate and I could tell that everyone was like family. So thank you to Laura and Erik for letting me be a part of your day:) Here are just a few of my favorites.

2009-01-13T09:32:00.000-08:00

Sharon from work had been asking me to do pictures of her kids and we finally got around to it when they were out of school. I was so excited - we went to the buford dam and got kicked out. So then we moved to their grandma's house on the lake. The lighting was incredible! I of course got so excited I could hardly stand it:) Here's the results!

2008-12-20T18:12:00.000-08:00

I have been so busy lately with lots of new pictures. I wanted to post a few of my favorites. These are of Laura. We have been friends for longer than either of us can remember. We took them inside which is rarity for me.

amanda's family comes to town

2008-11-06T12:20:00.000-08:00

For many of you that do not know my friend Amanda is from Iowa and her family came to town recently and I got to photograph them which was super fun for me. I thought I would post some of my favorites.

2008-08-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

Top 10 reasons why I did not love New York this time.

10- a 2 1/2 hour airplane ride ended up being 8 hours and in several different airports

9- After arriving at our hostel after a very long day, our very lovely roommates did not want to use the air. AT ALL!!

8- We changed rooms and our new roommates slept pretty much naked and they were asleep all the time.

7- The first subway ride I saw a huge rat- really it ran right by my feet. (yes, I know that there is rats in the subway but I do not want to see them)

6- We did not have much time to do the fun New York things but we really wanted to see Yankee Stadium before they tore in down. They only give tours at 12:00 we called at 12:15.

5- We went to Starbucks to take a break from the apartment hunting and Cynthia got into a argument with some man. She really is the spitfire in the family.

4- Because I was starving I got into a yelling match with the lady at Forever 21.

3- I had never been to New York in the summer and surprisingly there is no air anywhere. Not the subway, most of the restaurants and even the stores. Yes, I know Georgia is hot but really we go from one air condition place to another.

2- We had just a couple of hours on the last day so we chose to ride the Staten Island Ferry. I have always heard how pretty it was and you can get amazing pictures from it. OK- all false- don't get me wrong you can see the Statue of Liberty from the ferry but it is still boring.

1- Lastly, after all of our hard work, after seeing more of harlem and brooklyn than I would ever want to see Cynthia still do not find an apartment. Broken hearted Cynthia is not a fun Cynthia.

the peachtree road race.

2008-08-07T19:39:00.000-07:00

I am already behind on posting but I really wanted to share these pictures from the Peachtree Road Race. I was lucky enough this year to be able to go to the Peachtree race. I am going to admit I was a little amazed. I often wish that I lived somewhere else and I have moved many times. But then you come upon an event that reminds us why we love the south. Maybe I should say why I love the south. We had to get up around 5 and I really wanted to be at the finish line. Of course, we were running late, because who really wants to get up a 5 to go see a race. Honestly, I imagined not very many people there. I kept thinking- who would go just to watch strangers run. Boy, was I wrong! I mean wow- there were people everywhere. We could not even get to the finish line because of so many people. The best part was that as the runners were coming through people were cheering them on. Everyone was yelling and clapping. They were encouraging and some even brought noise makers. There was flags everywhere - people were happy. I couldn't believe it. Who knows? All races might be like that- maybe it's a American tradition that I just didn't know about. I do know that it reminded me of how lucky I am to be born here.

2008-07-09T20:10:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting a blog for quite awhile now so that I can tell everyone about my travels. For July 4th this year I decided that I had to go to the redneck games in Dublin, Ga. After going and having such a strange experience, I decided that now was the time to create a blog because really everyone should know about the redneck games:)

First, you should know that I dragged Missy, Sarah (her sister), Zack and Zoe. Lucky for me, Missy also likes to do wierd things. After arriving in Dublin, we get lost first. I know you're wondering how I got lost in such a small city and I blame it all on the directions that map quest gave us. We stopped several times to ask for directions and then the cop stopped us and told us to "hurry and get out of the area that we were in before we got hurt." Looking back, we should have known that the redneck games were not what we were expecting. I can still tell you how we pictured it. We thought there would be lots of events and maybe some gold medals. We honestly thought it would just be 'some good ole boys' getting together. Boy, we couldn't have been more wrong. We missed the hubcap throwing but made it in time to see the bobbing for pig's feet. That was just plain scary. They were so serious about it. During the first round a girl chipped her tooth. Missy and Zack did not even make it to the second round. I watched the whole thing but only because I was raised on a farm and can somehow detach myself from gross things. I just kept thinking you have got to get a picture of this, because no one is going to believe you. The funny thing is they were doing this for a trophy that had a beer can on the top. Yes, a beer can. There was a mud bath. Literally, a mud bath. I was standing pretty far away and still got splattered in mud. I have never seen so many rebel flag bikinis on people that should NOT have been wearing them.

After the mud bath, we just couldn't take anymore. It was bacoming just one giant drunken brawl. Don't get me wrong I love being from the south just as much as the next guy. I love all that it stands for and I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything is this world. This was something different though. I am pretty sure that if anyone had taken my picture my mouth would have been wide open.

So really if you were thinking about going to the redneck games don't bother. Just turn on your hose pipe and dance around in the mud.

ps check out even more pics on my flickr account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7829003@N05/