O'Nesheya and Travours

Beautiful names for a beautiful couple! Hailing from South Atlanta this young couple grew up with the same circle of friends so it was inevitable that they would start dating sooner or later. These are a few of the many photos we shot during their engagement shoot. As usual she was a natural at making use of all the photographic attention, but he took a little while to get used to the idea. True love shined right through any hesitation or shyness though as we can see below.

Press Release

{Stone Mountain,GA} – February 4, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Walter Drayton Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Wedding Photography!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Walter Drayton was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Walter Drayton is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes  the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Walter Drayton Photography for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Walter Drayton is one of the very best Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able  to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

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Rodney and Lavonne

Rodney and Lavonne seem literally made to be together. Just interacting with them during their free engagement shoot one could see that they have known each other for a really long time.  Rodney seemed a little camera shy at first but with Lavonne's persuasive mannerisms it did not take him long to get into the groove.

While I did not expect Lavonne to jet off to Manhattan and shop for her wedding dress and accessories at the swanky Stone Fox Bride Salon, I must say she did quite well by choosing Dunwoody, Georgia's very elegant Villa Christina to host both the ceremony and reception. The former was held in the wonderful private gardens behind the facility and the latter inside the tastefully decorated bar and dining area. It was a night to remember as it should have been.

Jennifer and Michael

Jen and Mike got hitched at the beautiful and historical Savannah River and Rapids Pavilion in Augusta Georgia. In terms of guests it was a small wedding of mostly very close friends and family, but that and the blanket of southern humid air did not stop all from having an absolutely joyous time.

Camisia Lee

A few months ago I took a short break from the hectic wedding photography season to shoot a lovely aspiring model, Camisia Lee on the streets of downtown Atlanta.  She has dreams of walking the top runways of the industry one day, but presently her college degree takes priority. While she might not have made it to the catwalks of the Stolkholm Fashion Week 2012 which was wrapped up for this year last night, I am sure with persistence she will be up on the world stage in the coming years.