New Package

I am now offering a single wedding package that includes a DVD of all wedding photos with reproduction release as well as 1 wedding-related portrait session (engagement, bridal, after-wedding couple session or trash-the-dress session) This new package is $2000 for full wedding day coverage by me and assistant. I am offering this because I don't have as much time as I used to to design albums, etc since the arrival of my baby girl. This is a great deal and is something I have never offered before at this price. Take advantage now. I am booking up 2009 quickly!

Thanks!
Bethany

She's here and she's beautiful!

Melody Grace Gilbert was born July 18, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. in Laurel, MS. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 19.5 inches long. She is a wonderfully sweet baby and we are really enjoying her.

Its A Girl!

We had an ultrasound today and found out our baby is a little girl! Her name is Melody Grace.

 

Updates!

So its been a while since I have posted to the blog. I wanted to just update everybody on recent events, etc. Brandon and I found out in November that we are expecting our first, and probably only, child August 2, 08. We don't know what it is yet but everything looks great so far. We are super excited and I will try to keep updates on here.

This is our 9.5 week ultrasound. We have another scheduled for March 4. :)



I have shot a lot of cool sessions lately and instead of posting a million seperate sessions I will just post one or two images from some of the recent ones. If you want to see the full galleries for any of these sessions, just check them out at http://www.bethanygilbert.com/onlineorders.html.

A while back I got to shoot Aaron Lewis of Staind on his "Have Guitar, Will Travel" tour. He is a really cool guy and an AMAZING vocalist and musician.



Aaron's twice sold out show seemed to spark some interest for our area in the music industry. Since his show, several national bands have performed in the Hattiesburg area, some more than once. Black Stone Cherry & Saliva performed at the Bottling Co. The guys from BSC are super down to earth and were tons of fun to hang out with. Saliva is a little more "rockstar" so we didn't get to speak with them much. Jon Montoya, however, did hang out for a while. Side note - he talks just like Beetle Juice.

Black Stone Cherry


Saliva


So, other than music. I have done several engagements, bridals, seniors, etc. in the past 6 months since I have posted.

Joy and Jared are an awesome couple who came to me for engagements and an after wedding shoot. Their engagment shoot is in a past post.



April & Jonathan's wedding was a ton of fun and their album turned out awesome.



Jeremy is one of my seniors and also one of my really good friends. You may recognize him from the two Idiot Box posts below. His senior portraits were all about the music and his incredibly hilarious personality. This shot is a composite shot of 5 different images. I merged them all in photoshop. In other words, all the guys in the shot are Jeremy.



Tyler is another senior who was great to work with. He wanted some crazy lighting and fashion-type portraits. I can't wait to design his senior album for him. Its going to be great!



Finally, this last image is of my sisters wedding. Krysta and Chris got married Nov. 3 of 2007 and I was her Matron of Honor. As you can guess, this made for a little bit of a complicated situation, since she also wanted me to be her photographer. Luckily, Brandon stepped up and did an awesome job of shooting the ceremony, and I was able to shoot the portraits and reception (after changing out of my gown of course).



Ok - so you are officially updated. Check back often for shots from more sessions as I am going to try to post something every week.

Makena King

Makena is the daughter of Don & Shannon King. You may know Don from the local clearchannel radio stations - SL100 & The Fox. I had so much fun at this shoot. This little girl is FAST and very busy! She is so sweet and was very interested in my camera and other gear. So cute!

Anyway - on to the photos. Sorry I can't post many from this session because the photos are password protected on my site. Thanks for looking!

I love how she looks so little in this shot!



Makena LOVES to dance.

Idiot Box - Promo & Concert

Idiot Box is a FANTASTIC local band from Laurel. They are super hilarious and everybody always loves their shows. I shot their latest concert at the Courtyards in Laurel and then we got together for their promo shots for thier new album. I always love working with these guys and I'm sure I will do it again! Check out their slideshow for more photos.

Meredith

Meredith is a young aspiring model from Laurel. We had so much fun on this shoot because she is very responsive to direction and learned quickly. These photos are some of my favorite this year.

You can view her slideshow here.

Angela and Charles

Angela and Charles are a super fun couple. Their wedding was AWESOME. I had a great time working with them.

You can view their album pre-design here. They opted for a simple design.

Joy & Jared

Joy and Jared are getting married in April. We had so much fun shooting their engagements.

You can view their slideshow here.

Krysta Shoot #2

After working with her the first time, we HAD to do it again. Its funny to me that one of my favorite models turns out to be my sister.

You can view the slideshow here.

Krysta

Krysta is an aspiring model from Laurel/Hattiesburg. She is an Art Education/Deaf Education major at Southern Miss. She also happens to be my sister. She did a fantastic job!

You can view her slideshow here.

Edwin & Bayley

This is Edwin and Bayley. They wanted to do a "couple's" shoot for fun and to have some images for gifts.

You can view their complete slideshow here.

Broken Vessels

I had the opportunity to work with a Christian band named Broken Vessels yesterday and we had so much fun! These guys are so funny and fun to shoot; they were willing to work with me to get the exact shot I was looking for. Thanks Guys! I had a great time!

You can check out their music and some great info about their ministry on their website!







After the promo shots, they invited me to shoot their concert at West Ellisville B.C. I was VERY impressed. I had a lot of fun shooting this concert, even if we did lose the lights during the first song. Thanks guys!

Tory Dardar



Phillip Cole



Sonny Dardar



William "Bill" Loftin
(Bill was super quiet during the promo shoot but he was hilarious to watch during the show - he is so expressive!)





Jace Verdin