Let's chat for a moment about things not going as planned. Last Tuesday morning, just as I was about to hit the snooze button on my alarm for the seventh-ish time, my phone rang instead. It was Ben. He said something about a car accident, rear-ended, but he was okay. Thank god. I was so relieved...until I saw the crumpled wreckage of our brand-new, less-than-a-year-old car that was supp[...]
After photographing the most lovely pair of Kate Spade heels at a wedding this weekend, I spent a few moments hours browsing the Kate Spade Saturday website for fun things. Which might have been a big mistake, because now I'm in love with so many cheerful, colorful, wonderful things! These were a few of my favorites: Sunnies: After loosing my (free) Ray-Bans in the Atlantic Ocean, I am[...]
There is a choice that must be made when you become a professional wedding photographer. And that choice is... One camera, or two? When I started, I swore I would only ever be a one-camera photographer. Minimalism, and all that. Two seemed like too much trouble. And then I became a second photographer for a team that thought you needed two cameras (preferably two of the same camera, for[...]
Over the course of the year, the amount of stuff I bring to weddings has doubled. I used to really value minimalism, probably in the same way everyone does when they're first starting out, but I quickly learned that when you have more stuff, you can do more stuff. About half of the stuff that I drag around on a wedding day is simply cameras and lenses. But the other half is all of the extra lig[...]
Maybe it comes from my days in retail, but as soon as labor day passes, I'm all ready to go for the holidays. Not in a listening-to-Christmas-music kind of way (Ben would absolutely kill me), but in a thinking-about-how-to-decorate and holiday card kind of way. These things have to be planned early to be done right :0). So, I'm really really really super excited to annou[...]
So many times, when I ask my brides and grooms what they are most looking forward to on their wedding day, they reply with sharing the day with their family and friends. I love this. I love that the fact that this is a celebration about adding to the family has not been lost, that they are still so grateful for these special people in their lives. It follows, then, that getting pictures[...]
As I was on an inspiration hunt for an upcoming project, I came across some really fun ideas for photo booth backdrops. Some of the things people come up with...they're so creative and personal and I'm absolutely in love with their ideas. They make me want to host a party, just so that I can make them come to life and have some really fun pictures. The beauty of our photobooth is that it is an op[...]
My grandmother, who was a librarian, would be proud. Lately, I've been doing a lot of reading, something I haven't done so much since college or even the summers I spent on my grandparents' farm. Partly, I'm doing it for fun and partly to learn some new things (and it's also on my list of goals, to read 10 books before I turn 27. I'm almost halfway through my time and I haven't counted but[...]
I feel like this photo is cheerful in a quiet, inner-joy kind of way. We didn't have much time to do bride and groom portraits, but we made the most of what we had. There wasn't a lot location-wise to work with either, but the light...oh the light. It was right around sunset and the warmth of the late afternoon sun made up for all of the other pieces. None of the rest of it matt[...]
While we're on the subject of having more time and finding new hobbies, can I mention that I would love to try flower arranging? I can't keep flowers in my own house, but I am so inspired by the flowers I see gracing the tables at dinner parties and on the side tables in every catalog and house tour. They add such a simple beauty and sense of happiness to the scene, I can't help but fall in love[...]