Thanks to all the brides and their loved ones who took the time to visit with us in our little alcove out of the atrium traffic. We’re following up with all of you today and eager to see how we can help you with your wedding plans. And we were absolutely honored when bride-to-be Kimberly Cunningham of Pelham booked us on the spot at the bridal show to photograph her wedding next summer to Matt McCune. We had so much fun meeting her mom, mom-in-law-to-be and sister and we’re so excited about the Old Hollywood photo ideas we talked about!

Here are some photos of our booth, with gorgeous flowers from Hothouse Design Studio. Norton’s decorated our event room and the adorable arrangement in the lower left is from there. We loved seeing J Ross Railey and owner Gus Pappas, who were our sideways booth neighbors.

Daniel and me, on a rare occasion when we get our photo taken. Photo by Jessica Cannon of The Alabama Theatre.

I accented our booth with fuschia chair sashes, which in retrospect had quite an Aerosmith feel to them!

Thanks so much to Jessica Cannon of The Alabama Theatre for taking our photo and for displaying one of our bridal portraits in her booth. We enjoyed chatting with her and her cool mom, since they were right cross from us at the show.

Jessica Cannon of The Alabama Theatre and her wonderful mom were our booth buddies across the aisle at the Soho Bridal Show.

So many of our wedding friends were at the show. Mandy Majerik of Hothouse Design Studio unveiled her new service, event design, to complement her floral artistry. We were so proud Mandy asked us to photograph her for the marketing of this great new endeavor and we were blown away by what she and her graphic artist have come up with for the images.

Hothouse Design Studio's new event design service marketing includes Daniel Taylor Photography!

The gorgeous Hothouse Design Studio room at the Soho Bridal Show.

More Hothouse Design Studio art.

Meghan Cease of  M Elizabeth Events created a beautiful room and booth at the show and gave us some great advice as we prepared our own booth. Brides, I’m telling you, hiring a planner for several hours of consultation, day-of coordinating or overall planning is one of the best things you can do to get a handle on your event, pull together creative details, and reduce your stress! We see it week after week. Brides with planners are more relaxed on the day, so are the women in their family. That translates into more beautiful pictures! If you think you can’t afford it, send a planner an e-mail and ASK! You will be surprised by the options.

We have some gorgeous new things we showed off at SOHO Bridal Show. We’ll have silk photo portfolio from Cypress Albums, makers of luxury handmade photo albums, folios and photo . This is one of the few names in wedding products that makes the pros say “Oooh.” We also have gorgeous photo boxes to hold our newest package option, 4×6 print sets, perfect for you, parents, or grandparents. We had so many requests for boxed print sets, we wanted to add something special to our Fall 2010 package options. In addition to print credits, packages now offer a choice of a set of print highlights in one of these exquisite boxes.

New for Fall 2010: The boxed print set with silk and damask.

Our exquisite new photo folios from Cypress Album, the perfect weddding keepsake gift for the loved ones in your life. And they come in tons of colors!

The new city magazine "b-metro" launched last night.

Our long-time friend Joe O’Donnell unveiled his new glossy publication at Cantina Tortilla Grille in Pepper Place. Turnout was amazing — and everyone was buzzing about the magazine. Joe is the former editor of Birmingham magazine, and he and several former Bham folks have started their own lifestyle publication about The ‘Ham. Ad sales and marketing gurus Cathy Fingerman and Jane Higdon are part of the team, as is former Birmingham art director Robin Colter. Sarah Best is the new media producer, giving the magazine a big on-line presence with plent of blogs and on-line content.

There’s a great article on Pamela Reed, who is a model, etiquette coach and style diva. She helped me pick out my BCBG dress for the party!

There are some gorgeous photos by Angela Karen of Birmingham Bombshells, Chuck St. John and Colleen Duffley. I’m doing some photography and writing for upcoming issues, so we’re looking forward to B-Metro making a splash in the city.

Check it out!