ME with straight hair for a day...

That was fun:-)

Volunteered to shoot the Polycystic Kidney Disease Walk 10-24-09

This was a great event... My good friends Steve (nephew of longtime "WHO" keyboard player Rabbit Bundrick) and Kathy Bundrick's son Cade was diagnosed with this disease 3 years ago...

The first year they participated (2008) they were the number one money raisers, so this year Kathy coordinated it... It was a success!! Lots of people showed and the live music was fantastic...

Crawler and Fear vocalist Terry Slesser sang with Wil Hudgens on bass, Steve Bundrick on drums and Randy Wall on keys... A great performance and I got to shoot it...

Photos will be posted on 11-25-09 at www.dixieanndalton.com/pkd

Stephenson Family Benefit

October 17 was a great day and turnout for all that were involved in the Stephenson family benefit at Cedar Creek in the Heights...
I happily donated my time and after digitally enhancing and uploading the images from the party, any and all print purchase amounts will be donated to the family as well!!!


The link to view the images is www.dixieanndalton.com/steph and they ARE CURRENLTY VIEWABLE:-)
Thanks to everyone who has helped the Stephensons and thank you to anyone who purchases prints from this event and hopefully I help you remember this special day with your images!

A big thank you to the following purchasers of images:
Jacquie Darrah - $ 23.82
Keith Lejeune - $ 9.74
Mary Hooper - $ 23.82
Travis Stepehnson - $ 57.37

~~~The "Surprise" Wedding~~~~

This is an Oprah-story if I ever heard one myself... I sound a little country I know, but this Surprise-Supposed-To-Be-Birthday-Party turned "Surprise Wedding" for Chrissy and Michael Lavispeare is somethin' to write home about!

This couple had been dating for over a year and had talked about getting married and possibly eloping... Favorite dresses and rings were circled in magazines so Mr.Lavispeare knew what to look for when he was shopping!

Thats right... With the help of family and friends, they pulled it off...

Chrissy was told that she was going for an exquisite brunch at Vargos and she should "dress nice"... Upon arrival to the restaurant, instead of being shown to a table to sit and eat, they were shown to the staircase that led down into the main Vargos ballroom. 74 family and friends shouted, "Surprise! Happy Birthday!"

Chrissy was thrilled, happy and a little embarrased I think... Michael came and met her at the base of the staircase and you can see there smiles here...

She went around the room and greeted her friends and family as she said, "Everyone I know is in this room." Michael then took Chrissy by the hand, led her to a table and he proceeded to the center of the room with a microphone and a letter that he read outloud to her and the guests... In some since of the word he was roasting her about how she had purses that were more expensive than his car and how he remembers the first time he saw her beautiful blue eyes from way across the room:-)

After his 10 minutes of reading aloud, he went and grabbed her hand, escorted her to the center of the room and handed her the microphone and an envelope... She opened the envelope and read aloud the invitation that had been mailed to all of the guests that said, "Please join us for a Surprise Wedding on September 26, 2009~OH MY GOSH, that's today!!" ... Michael immediately dropped down onto one knee and said, "Honey will you marry me?" and Chrissy responded with, "Of course!"

WOW!! It was spectacular! While taking photos of the bride getting ready, she said "If I would have picked out my dress myself, it would have looked just l

Ashley Bitz Photo Session for her New Cd Release

Ashley Bitz~
An extremely talented girl
Photos to come... CD photography is always tons of fun, especially when there are lots of people and ants to dodge...