FAMILY PORTRAITS OF WARNER ROBINS by Pederzani Photography

Warner Robins is a bustling military town of families coming and going. It's a great place for a photographer like me; plus Warner Robins offers diversity of backgrounds from urban settings to country roads and run down barns. Middle Georgia is just full of places for a great family photography session.
Meet my lastest family of five, the Mata's.

TOP DRAWER WEDDING IMAGES! Pederzani Photography

How long did it take you to find the photographer of your dreams? For your family pictures? Newborn pictures?
Bride's search daily for that certain style they want for their wedding day. And when the wedding day comes they're filled with excitement and gladness and want to remember the day forever.  So all eyes now turn to your wedding photographer, she or he is the one who'll get the job done.
They gets busy picking  the best highlights from your day. Countless hours are spent culling and editing and cropping to create stunning images prepared to take your breath away. Finally, viewing day arrives to see the images for the very first time; you keep a hanky near to wipe away tears of joy because you are so overwhelmed with the precious moments that captured your day.
And then the unthinkable happens!
You want all the images on CD! Yes, YOU! Digital images that you'll get around to printing someday...


Oh, you wanted an album for the coffee table. You met with the photographer and went over every image. You took time picking all the favorites images to make up the album and chose a larger one so you could fit all the pictures in it.



When was the last time anyone looked through your album? Is it even on your coffee table?

Is it gathering dust? Well everything gathers dust you say.
So why not have fun dusting  this...

A canvas  of memories you'll enjoy viewing everyday of the week for may future years. Soon they'll be cherished by family members who'll want them to grace the walls of their home...they'll become heirlooms for generations to come.
Now this is special, this is worth planning for.  Ciao!

FORT VALLEY'S STUNNING GARDEN WEDDINGS - MIDDLE GEORGIA WEDDING VENUES by Pederzani Photography

If you're desiring to have a garden style wedding in Middle Georgia, here are a few venues that will exceed  your expectations. They offer elegance and enchantment, strolling gardens, fountains and beautifully colored floral beds  that creates a dreamy backdrop to your wedding event; including unique tiny chapels, covered bridges and yes...even a red caboose! All different and lovely to create your dream wedding.

Each venue offers something different for the bride who desires uniqueness.

The Gallery at Masse Gardens in Fort Valley, Ga

Beginning with, Masse Gardens in Fort Valley; all events are held in the large Gallery or out doors. The Gallery is well lit with opposite walls of paned glass windows from ceiling to floor. The side walls are lined with built in back lit display cases of glass shelving filled with fine art pieces of Stevens-Taylor porcelain gallery and some of Boehm's earliest works that will captivate your guest.   They have a baby grand piano and dance on the premises. The best time of year for floral blooms of the Camellia's begins in October and peeks in February. The rose garden comes to life in April - June.

Notice the baby grand piano.

Tryphanas Gardens is located on Clopine Lake Rd in Fort Valley, Ga. Specially designed to capture the beauty of all the seasons, with its small lake, bridge, gazebo and meandering paths for creating romantic pictures for your wedding day. Indoors offers a large room of french doors and vaulted ceiling; the simplest palate for a creative wedding decorator.

Welcome to The Venue at Tryphanas Gardens

The lake at entrance to Tryphanas Gardens

Welcome Entrance to Forest Hill Park in Perry.

Forest Hill Park is in Perry, Ga. next door to Fort Valley. Offering plenty of shaded outdoor area giving you the luxury of outdoor weddings nestled neatly among, the covered bridge, caboose  and tiny chapel all on the premises; or if you prefer your event be indoors, consider bundling your package to include one of the beautiful banquet facilities; Cherokee Pines Country Club or Occasion's at Lake Joy.

The tiny chapel at Forest Hill Park.

And lastly our newest venue with two banquets halls, Occasion's at Lake Joy, in Perry. This banquet hall has just started booking events for May 2015.
Ciao! Dorine.
Ps. All pictures taken on cell phone.

AUCHUMPKEE CREEK BRIDGE~ As captured by Middle Ga. Photographer

I absolutely love Georgia. Everything I see I adore from the historical landmarks, to meeting the locals who live here.  These pictures of the covered bride are of Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Upson County, Georgia.  We met a couple here from Centerville, near Warner Robins, who came to do a little fishing; when I saw her boots I snapped this picture, it was the day after the 4th of July. 

The first thing I saw as I got out of the car was a little white cross near a tree; I don't know any details about it but I'm sure there's a story known to someone. As I walked inside the bridge there was graffiti everywhere you looked. The lattice walls were full of love notes to drawings sprawled over the wooden floor from end to end, left there by young lovers to people more concerned about current events.

The bridge was built in the 1800's, and went under some needed renovations in 1997; you can see the original carved beam girding the underbelly for the magnificent architecture it is.  It's a beautiful looking bridge spanning a shallow creek that is filled with all kinds of fish we were told; and by it's graffiti a very popular hangout. 

From there we traveled further down the road to the little town of Knoxville, Ga; when I spotted the gristmill.  It's been recently built but I thought still camera worthy of a few pictures. 

 

 

WARNER ROBINS - FIT AND FIRM MOMS; Glamour Shoot by Middle Ga Photographer, Pederzani Photography

 Sometimes you just admire women who refuse to settle for average.  They enjoy life and desire to have more of it.

Runs regularly

On June 13th, we celebrated moms who made health and beauty a major part of their weekly routine by disciplining their eating habits and exercising regularly.
I found six gorgeous moms: Rhonda McKnight (our grand prize winner), Cheryl Moore, Mandy Kirschke, Heather Weddington, Sarah Escanilla and Cari Kollman, all  from Warner Robins, Ga; each believing in the common concept of beauty and health yet achieving their goals as differently as they are individually.

Cari Kollman, Director of, Girls On The Run, org.

We held our very first, Fit and Firm Moms' Glamour Shoot, at Fit and Firm Fitness For Women in Warner Robins, Ga. managed by Marica Glore, who gladly open up the facility for our special event. The proceeds went to benefit the local chapter of, Girls On The Run, Org. in Kathleen, directed by Cari Kollman who was over-joyed to be chosen to be the recipient; and enthusiastically applied the finishing touches making our event more special with fine wines, lite finger foods and gift bags to pamper and thank our moms.
Anna Swaine, Stella & Dot jewelry representative, graciously stylized our models with exquisite samplings from their line of jewelry to complete the juxtaposed look of the glamourized shoot
For the photo shoot portion, I used the available cross-fit paraphernalia ranging from free weights to truck tires and anything else the girls wanted to be photographed with, and staged it in front of my backdrop which was a plain black low key studio curtain.  I used strobes  and speed lights with a reflector to create and mix an edgy feel with a soft glamour effect.
Our models, all moms, ranged in age from their thirties through their fifties, but you may not easily guess who's who.

Cheryl Moore; Works out daily

We sipped wine, ate crackers and fruit and sampled cheeses throughout the photo shoot that ended with a group picture which will prominently be displayed on the walls of Warner Robins', Fit and Firm Fitness For Women. All of our moms received an 8x10 print with an image of their choice from the shoot.

Heather Weddington; Runs daily

Mandy Kirschke; US National Guard,   worksout and runs

Rhonda McKnight, Fitness Trainer

Sarah Escanilla; US National Guard;  Cross Fits daily

Group Picture of Fit & Firm Moms