Kelly and Dustin

Fall at Ashland provided a beautiful backdrop for Kelly and Dustin's engagement session. It was hard to stop shooting given the wonderful colors and a couple who were willing to try anything I asked! I think they are one most consistent couples I've shot -- which made editing their photos even more difficult (no blinking, great smiles every time)! I'm looking forward to their wedding next summer as they've selected some great venues (Central Christian and The Carrick House). And given what they gave me during their engagement session, I can only imagine how easy they'll make my job at their wedding. Congratulations, guys, on your engagement! July will be here before you know it!

The N Family

It was my pleasure to take some family photos with the N family this week! Last month Charley and Jackie traveled to Taiwan to bring little John home and officially into their family. They are smitten with their son, and though John does have a serious face much of the time (he is working on some bottom teeth, after all), he showed me that not only does he like to have fun he also adores his mommy and daddy. It was a chilly day so we started out indoors and then decided to see how long we could brave it and snap a few outside before our time was up. I'm so glad we did!

I told Jackie, "Only a mother would let a boy kiss her this way..."

John thinks his mom is hilarious!

There's those teeth!

Congratulations, DeShaun and Lindsey!

Quick note: it was a joy to have my childhood friend, Kelly, come down from Illinois to shoot with me this weekend. The 'zipper' image in the collage above is one of hers. This is probably the last event we'll shoot together for a while -- she's having her first baby in January and will start to shoot her own weddings next year. I wish her much success!

Yay! I've been so anxious to share these images from DeShaun and Lindsey's wedding! What a beautiful day -- in so many ways. Lindsey planned a beautiful wedding with so many wonderful details, beginning with the location which afforded some gorgeous photo opportunities. She also gave me lots of time before the wedding to shoot all of the portraits so we could experiment with locations (and wait for the clouds to blow over the sun -- which given the breeziness of the day, happened a LOT). Even the gorgeous deep blue sky echoed her color scheme and served as the final element to tie everything together.

DeShaun and Lindsey -- thank you for having me photograph your wedding! I hope these images bring you wonderful memories the rest of your lives!

(Check back for a list of vendors who made this day so beautiful!)

Guess what I did over lunch today?

Donuts and Bacon.

Yes.


Zazzle.com - Donuts and Bacon: Taste We Can Believe In

(thanks, @youphoric)

Noodle Soup Oracle.

This is so cute.


Noodle Soup Oracle

(via Hello Bauldoff)

Franck Juery photography.

These made me smile.



Franck Juery

(via (non)blog)

Fab mid-century chair.

Lushpad has great new and used designer furniture. This one happens to be new. Oh, to be able to afford $1100 for a chair. Sigh.


They do make them like they used to! A stylish accent chair with retro styling, on top of a gorgeous tripod base. Eco-friendly foam & construction, down wrapped cushions, kiln-dried solid wood frame.

Choose from hundreds of vintage inspired fabrics & leathers and options to make it perfect for your mid-century home.

Lushpad :: Mid Century Modern Custom Tripod Chair

The B Family

This week I had a chance to spend some time with the B family by photographing their family to celebrate the addition of Miss Journey who joined them early last month from Ethiopia. The kids were very cooperative, but poor Simeon (like any two year old) just wanted to play on the swings. Though he's not looking at me in this pic above, I do love this particular image for Journey's smile.
The image below shows life between the shutter snaps. While I am not the mother to a little boy, I can't help but think Simeon perfectly typifies a little boy here. I wonder what's going through his mind...

Abbi is such a great big sister. And you can see how Journey is thriving in her new family. She's inquisitive and active!

(Above) I adore this photo of Katie with her girlies.
(Below) The guys, though outnumbered now, hanging tough below.

I love how Simeon's best smile is where he wanted to be all along -- the swings.

Lovely letterpress books.

I particularly like this:


And this:





For two years I traveled the road between Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama while I attended graduate school. This book is a collection of visual and textual vignettes in reflection of that trip; little pieces of the scenery and of my thoughts during that drive.

The paper is 100% cotton rag, handmade from my family's clothes. The six large illustrations are linoleum reduction prints, the other illustrations are line art drawings printed from photopolymer plates. The type is handset in multiple sizes of Lutetia metal types, cast by Harold Berliner. The book is bound in a built-in groove case in a dos-a-dos style binding. 4' x 6', 56 pages with two illustrated fold-outs.

Crooked Letter Press : Letterpress books

Trevor and Shannon's Wedding Slideshow

Congratulations, Trevor and Shannon!

My assistant, Kelly, got these great images of Trevor (above)

We all thought the ringbearer's white socks were too cute not to photograph

Hunter and Peggy (Trevor's brother and mother) went to TOWN with decorating Estes with fresh flowers and candles. It was amazing! These photos don't do it justice.

Trevor and Shannon -- I'm SO sorry for the delay in getting these images from your wedding online! It wasn't for lack of desire on my part! The morning after your wedding I woke up under the weather... and proceded to stick close to my bed for the next three days. Now, thanks to antibiotics, I'm back and on my feet again and excited to share some of my favorite images from your wedding.

For those of you not there, it was a beautiful October wedding bedecked in nature's glorious fall colors. Allow me to give a free plug for those of you looking for event coordination: Trevor's brother, Hunter, and mother, Peggy, planned a wonderful wedding for Trevor and Shannon full of so many details (they have had a lot of experience, Peggy hostessing events for a major horse farm and Hunter working on the planning team for the Jesus Prom at Southland -- a formal event for thousands of special needs teens and adults in the area -- and working at Notables in the Party Store).

Shannon was beautiful and serene even at moments when everyone around her were puddles of tears. During the processional when the ringbearers made it halfway down the aisle before freezing, I heard some chuckling and turned around to see Trevor crouched at the end of the aisle holding a few new toys as enticement for them to finish their walk.

The reception was at the beautiful Spring Valley Golf Club. Music was provided by the Metrognomes. I wish I could have assembled another collage of pics from the reception to include Trevor's groom's cake. A media major who just finished a semester in Los Angelos and a month working at the Olympics, Trevor's was a layered cake resembling three stacked film reels. Very, very cool. My biggest regret from the day was forgetting to sample Shannon's pumpkin rolls at the reception (wow -- what bride has time to make pumpkin rolls for 250 guests)? Her dream is to own her own bakery someday, so if her goods taste as yummy as they look, I'm sure she'll be quite successful!

Vendor Credits:

(Hair) Ziyan Salon and Day Spa, http://www.ziyansalonandspa.com/
Gold Shield Transportation, http://www.goldshieldcars.com/
(Music) The Metrognomes, http://www.themetrognomes.com/
Dottie’s Catering, Spring Valley Golf Club, http://www.dottiescatering.net/
Geno’s Formal Affair, http://www.gfatux.xom/
Sherwood Creative Design and Events (flowers, event coordination), hunter.sherwood@windstream.net
Notables inside the Party Store (invitations), http://www.thepartystoreky.com/notables.html