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We're thrilled to announce that LaCour is featured this week on the Simple Photo Minute. Erin hosts the video podcast and shares details about how we came up with the idea of LaCour magazine, the impact the magazine has had on our business and how to create a magazine yourself! Our friend, Dane Sanders, started the Simple Photo Minute - a weekly video podcast - with the mission to help photographers simplify their businesses.

Click Here to read Dane's kind words about us and to view our podcast. Please leave us a comment about how you liked the podcast and if you'd like to see more from us!

I had the privilege of assisting Joe Buissink on a wedding this weekend in Atlanta and I was awed by his humility and gentleness. Joe’s incredible rapport with people is inspiring, and his beautiful photographs reflect a sincere love for his subjects and a willingness to seek out beauty in quiet, subtle moments.

Joe, here’s a quote for you, from someone whose work we both admire. Thank you for reminding me to be patient with myself and with the moment. Your encouragement and support are invaluable.

"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera."

— Dorothea Lange

PS: Caught you chimping in the crazy red chair :)

Dear Andrew and Rachel,

For the past three years the four of us have spent nearly every day together, building a business and building a friendship. We have seen each other at our best and at our worst. Through it all, the two of you have remained a constant source of strength and happiness to us.

Right now you are in North Carolina celebrating your sixth wedding anniversary, while we are just starting out on our first year of marriage. While most people do not consider six years a milestone, in this day and age, the two of us believe it is. We have watched you continue to grow as husband and wife over the years. It takes a strong, special couple to triumph over the obstacles thrown in your path. But you have done it with humility and grace.

You are an inspiration to us, and we raise a glass to you today in congratulations and love. We are able to enter this new world of marriage with optimism because of you. We can't wait to see what the next six years will bring you. You deserve every happiness that comes your way.

With love,

We are in North Carolina this weekend for a beautiful, outdoor wedding. Yesterday was a clear, crisp Fall day, much like our own wedding day six years ago! It was incredibly meaningful for us to photograph a wedding on our own anniversary, just 30 minutes from where we were married in the Blue Ridge Mountains on September 30, 2000. Thank you to Michelle and David, and their families, for sharing the occasion with us. With characteristic Southern hospitality, they greeted us on Saturday morning with an anniversary gift basket, complete with a wonderful bottle of wine.

North Carolina holds many special memories for us, as Andrew's grandparents built a home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and retired here. I couldn't resist posting a favorite quote from North Carolina native son (and esteemed journalist), Charles Kuralt:

"In the South, the breeze blows softer...neighbors are friendlier, nosier and more talkative...this is a different place. Our way of thinking is different, as are our ways of seeing, laughing, singing, eating, meeting and parting. Our walk is different, as the old song goes, our talk and our names. Nothing about us is quite the same as in the country to the north and west. What we carry in our memories is different too, and that may explain everything else."

We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to the 50+ photographers who came to our studio last night for our networking event. While most attendees were from the Atlanta metro area, we also had guests come from Orlando, Florida; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Macon, Georgia and Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was great to see so many friends and to meet many new friends! Please keep in touch — we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Here are a few photos from last night. I thought I had taken more photos, but I guess I must've been eating, drinking and networking too much! So if you took photos last night, we'd enjoy seeing them. Please comment on this post and include a link to your photos. If you want to be notified of when we have more events like this, please sign up for our lacourphoto.net newsletter.

Rachel LaCour Niesen, Matt Adcock and Sol Tamargo


Mark Adams and Kelly Lee Flora


Marc Climie, Mark Adams and Hassel Weems


Garrett Nudd (Send us some of those cool photos!)


Tammy Chambers and Delaney Holliman and Andrew Niesen


Gathering around the food to hear Andrew say THANK YOU to everyone for coming!


We were honored to have the fabulous Holritzs and Nudds drive down from Chattanooga to join the party. From Left, Nathan and Amber Holritz, Rachel LaCour Niesen and Andrew Niesen, Garrett and Joy Nudd and Mark Adams and Erin Reed Adams. Thanks for coming down!


Ben Vigil and Garrett Nudd


Paul Beezley and Chris Torres


Anne Almasy talking with Delaney Holliman and Tammy Chambers


Sara Speert and Rafael Sepulveda


Hassel Weems sharing some love with his beautiful wife, Bené


Erin Reed Adams and Mark Adams


The big bearded duo - Mark Adams and Zack Arias. Be sure to check out Zack's One Light Workshop.


Joy Nudd, Rachel LaCour Niesen, Amber Holritz and Erin Reed Adams


Whole Foods party platters. We also had some tasty french pastries, courtesy of The Cake Company.