Amanda Horne Photography

06/20/2026

Golden hour did exactly what you want it to do for these two. The light caught the doors of the courthouse in Wetumpka and Maggie and Lucas just melted into each other on the steps.

One week til they say "I do!"

06/18/2026

The cake. The blue bow. The gold stand. Champagne on ice waiting.

styled Harleigh and Trent's reception at . As the photographer, you can tell when a rental company actually cares about how a room comes together. This one did.

If you're planning your wedding, hire vendors who think this carefully. The day feels different. The photos do too.

06/17/2026

06/16/2026

The tree behind them is an 80 year old slash pine at Conservation Center, the signature feature of the venue and the backdrop to Olivia and Windell's LaGrange, GA wedding. Olivia carried its silhouette through the day's details, so it showed up over and over.

If your venue has one defining feature, build around it. Let it anchor the ceremony. Carry it into your details. Find it in your portraits. The whole day feels more intentional when one thread runs through it.

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06/15/2026

Mary Catherine showed up with a new bottle of perfume on her wedding day. Bonus points: it was really pretty!

Your wedding day scent is worth choosing on purpose. I heard a long time ago that scent is the sense most closely tied to memory. Years from now, one spritz of whatever you wore that day will take you right back. The dress, the flowers, the way the morning felt before everything started.

Fun date night idea before the wedding: go pick yours together.

I have one special bottle from our wedding day that I pull out for date nights, and it's one of my favorite things about getting dressed up now!

06/14/2026

Some of the best words spoken at a wedding are the ones nobody else hears.

Mary Catherine and Dylan stepped away for a private first look on the steps at Del'avant and read the vows they'd written. I was too far back to hear a word, but you could tell every line mattered.

If you're weighing private vows, this is the reason to do them. No audience, no rush, just room to say the things meant only for each other.

06/13/2026

It's here! Logan and Eli get married today in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Let's do this!

06/11/2026

One month, Emma and Chris! Their engagement session at Botanic was so easy!

06/10/2026

Give yourselves time alone before the ceremony. It's the part couples almost cut, and the part nobody regrets keeping.

Most of a wedding day belongs to other people. Family, your wedding party, a room full of guests all waiting on you. A few quiet minutes with just the two of you, before any of that begins, changes the rhythm of the entire day.

Brody and Jamie took theirs inside the chapel at Children's Harbor, sitting together before their Lake Martin wedding began. I hung back and photographed them through the window, far enough away that the moment stayed private.

If you're building your timeline, put this on it on purpose. Call it a first look, call it a private moment, call it whatever fits your day. Just don't let it be the thing that disappears when the schedule runs behind.

06/08/2026

A flower collar and a front-row seat. Bryce and Jourdan kept their wedding at The Chapel at the Waters intimate, just their closest family and friends and one very good dog.