You Know What Today is, Tiger Fans!

IT'S FIRST FRIDAY!!!  And I'm super pumped for the first game of the season in Death Valley tomorrow!

And in celebration of First Friday, I'm going to post a few photos from the Chick-fil-a bowl.


I purchased tickets at 8:00 the day they went on sale for this....



First 600 people to purchase tickets get lower deck - MY BUTT!  Thanks a lot, Clemson Student Ticket Office, for screwing something up yet again.  You take pride in never doing anything fairly, don't you?







Here I am wearing my Andre Ellington jersey that I didn't get autographed on Fan Appreciation Day.

Also, Andre - if you happen to be out there in the blogosphere - I know you must be really excited, right now.  ESPN, ABC... who cares?  You know you've really made it big when an architecture student travel blogger decides to write about you.

And here's a video of the Clemson Tiger Fans leaving the stadium.  Watch it in HD.



Can't wait for the First Friday Parade this evening and the game in Death Valley tomorrow!

Though I am not excited for that horribly dreadful "Orange Empire" entry song by Lee Brice.  In case you haven't heard, it's a very unfortunate cross between country and an attempt to pump people up.  I'm going to embed this terribleness into my blog post just so that you can have the joy of listening to it.


Notice that out of the 36,525 people who have listened to it, only 123 have liked it and 23 have commented.

I am a little unsure of when they're going to play it.  Hopefully we're all mistaken, and it's just something they play during halftime or a timeout or something... rather than The 25 Most Exciting Seconds in College Football which is classic and shouldn't be tampered with.  Not to mention, I bet if you polled the football team, less than a quarter of the players are fans of country music...

Still, it should be a great game back in Death Valley!

C-L-E-M-S-O-N T-I-G-E-RRRRRR-S!  Fight, Tigers!  Fight, Tigers!  Fight, fight, fight!!!

Amee & Jay's Wedding

I was ecstatic to photograph my first wedding last month, and couldn't have been luckier with the bride and groom!

Amee and Jay were married at Lebanon Baptist Church on Saturday, August 4, 2012, followed by a reception at the Anderson County Farmer's Market.

Jay's mother and my mother are best friends, so Jay has always been sort of an older brother figure to me.  So obviously, that gives me the right to be extremely picky about his significant other.  And I honestly don't think there could be anyone more perfect for him than Amee.

Amee is the furthest thing from a Bridezilla that you'll ever meet.  Her calmness despite whatever craziness was going on around her amazed me.  It was clear that the thing most important to her through the entire wedding process was marrying the love of her life.

I arrived at the church that afternoon to photograph Amee and her bridesmaids getting ready.



It was good-luck raining when the bridal party arrived at the church.

















The girls got ready in the nursery, and I thought it was adorable how the bridesmaids used the cubbies for their bouquets!























Jay is a volunteer firefighter, so what better than a firetruck for their getaway car? Loved it!



















Amee and Jay's sister, Emily -





Sibling love -







This is the bride calmly and happily explaining directions to the church over the phone. Amazed me!!!





Amee, you were a stunning bride -





The gorgeous mother of the groom -







I didn't photograph the ceremony, but it was beautiful. The love between Jay and Amee couldn't have been more apparent in their vows. It was such a sweet ceremony that truly fit the bride and groom.

The reception took place at the Anderson County Farmer's Market.



















The firetruck was decorated by the groomsmen - too cute!





It was an absolutely beautiful wedding and reception, and I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to photograph it. Amee and Jay, thank you for letting me be a part of your big day. I wish you two a lifetime of happiness together!