We are introduced through friends or we have been good friends for along time or we went to high school together. However the introduction, we hit it off & in the name of photography, we meet for coffee or dinner and we catch-up on life. We chat and laugh and I fall a little more in love. We set a date. It’s on that date where we visit a local winery, go 4-wheeling, take a walk in the country, or hang-out downtown. I’m introduced to new hobbies, new places. I fall a little more in love.
And then it’s the wedding day & it’s the ultimate date: meet-the-parents, first dance, all rolled into one day…oh, and I get to have my cake & eat it too! & I fall a little more in love. For me, shooting weddings is a total love affair. I fall a little more in love with each bride & groom who invite me to their wedding to capture their love story.
It was the same with Becky & Carl. Their wedding day was like the ultimate date for me to get to know them. I hung-out with Becky & her girls at the salon. I got to laugh along with Becky’s mom all morning & now I totally understand from whom Becky gets her energy & witty tongue. I watched the adorable bond that Becky has with Carl’s little sister. Becky scheduled her next trip back to the salon, this one will be to give her hair to Locks of Love. It was easy to see what Carl has to love in Becky.
At the church Carl had roses & a letter waiting for Becky. It had the most important message of the day: I love you. He was all anticipation up to the ceremony, all smiles during the ceremony & all full of care and consideration for Becky the rest of the day. Carl held her veil for her in the crazy wind, picked-up her long dress when she was walking, held her close when he had the chance, made her giggle most of the day & well, had his eyes and concern on the only girl that mattered the whole day. It was easy to see what Becky has to love in Carl.
Thank you Becky & Carl for the ultimate date! Can’t wait for our next when you’ll get to see your entire wedding story!
Last, I just had to share this one! There is just something I love about the near anonymity of the act.
Thank you Carl & Becky for sharing your day with me!
They hit it off at church camp…over a photograph. Yup, totally my kind of a couple 
At the camp there was a photography exhibit. It was there, as they were browsing the images, they bonded, connected & well…they started realizing that they both wanted to be more than friends. So it only made sense as they started planning their own wedding, photography would be a pretty important part of their day. & I’m the lucky one that they decided my style fit their story.
I knew Becky & Carl because I used to help-out with the sheep club they used to be apart of in High School, but it wasn’t until we sat down for dinner together at our consultation that I really got a better idea of their relationship. They have built a relationship which puts others first. They make sure they are on the same page as they make decisions (like, who their photographer would be…lucky me they were in agreement Carl is careful to watch that Becky is comfortable, especially when she’s wearing those cute heels! Now there’s a great guy! Becky looks at Carl with her big, beautiful eyes in a look that says nothing less then “I respect you, I adore you.” Both love the pictures of their Love best.
More than all that care in their own relationship, they have put other’s before their own relationship. They’ve waited as two other couples close to them have gotten married, for their wedding date to align with the stars for their own wedding. So this year, it was finally their turn! Becky & Carl were married in May in Hermiston, but before that, we met up for an engagement fotoNovella of kisses & 4-wheelers.
Trevor & Laura have agreed to share their version of their love story with us. Trevor & Laura are getting married this month during an intimate wedding up in the mountains. Hello, log cabin! Oh, & did I mention there will be tacos?! That’s the real reason I’m shooting their wedding 
kidding!
Here’s what Trevor says:
“I used to think that the term better half meant that you had found someone better than you willing to stick it out through thick and thin. This would imply that one’s better half would not only serve as a trophy spouse but would also inspire their fortunate companion to strive towards perfection (or something like it) as well. Since I met Laura, the meaning of this slightly overused term has changed profoundly. Now, better half no longer implies that in any given relationship or marriage there is one better person. The term better half, to me, means that I have found someone that makes me want to be a better person for them each and every day. In this sense Laura is my better half.
Laura and I started dating in high school. During our first date, I was extremely nervous and even surprised that I had landed such a beautiful young woman who hadn’t second-guessed herself and decided to cancel and run at the last minute. That evening we talked, we laughed and we danced the night away in our high school cafeteria during Homecoming. Our first date led to another and I guess you could say the rest is history.
My relationship with Laura is full of memories from our years in high school, but since those days we have both grown up a lot. Even though we now face the challenges of adulthood and we deal with the stress of planning a wedding along with our future, Laura has shown me how to handle it all with grace and courage. Even though we must carry on as adults, Laura keeps things in perspective. She is my better half because the way she loves me makes me laugh like a kid even when it seems like we are at odds with the world. There is no doubt that we are older, but we are both big kids at heart.”
Thursday, June 10, 2010 Posted in Products
“Do you think it’s weird for us to have pictures of ourselves up on the wall? Does that make us vain?” I’ve gotten that question by a number of couples who’ve fallen in love with ‘Wall Art’ to tell their fotoNovella. You know, if you have kids it’s a given: you can put them on your walls. But as adults, we get self-conscience about pictures of ourself.
Here’s what I tell my in-love couples:
IT’S NOT A PORTRAIT; IT’S WALL ART.The images my clients gravitate to are the more artistic images. They aren’t picking out a smile-at-the-camera style portrait, but rather capture-the-moment Wall Art. So as you grow as a couple, your appreciation of the piece grows because it’s reminding you of a moment.
WALL ART ISN’T ABOUT YOU; WALL ART ILLUSTRATES YOUR RELATIONSHIP. When your husband looks at your Wall Art, he enjoys you and your relationship. When you look at your Wall Art, you are enjoying your husband and your relationship. When your friends and family look at your Wall Art, they are admiring the relationship of two special people in their life. And if you really are putting images up because you are vain, you probably aren’t the one asking the question.
There are a few different types of Wall Art: linen, canvas, thinwraps, & gallery wraps. Gallery wraps are printed on canvas and stretched on a custom-made frame. Your gallery wrap is then sprayed with a UV coating, backed with paper & outfited with mounting hardware. Because it doesn’t have to have a frame, it’s timeless and will fit in your home, no matter how many times you change-up your decor!
Check-out Katie & Glenn’s Wall Art:
And a little note on SIZE. The Wall Art above is a 35 inch piece. The Wall Art you see below is a 40 inch piece. People tell me: “40 inches is huge! That won’t fit in my house.” The image below is in a normal living room, normal ceiling and we could have gone even bigger than 40 inches and it wouldn’t have over powered the room. BIGGER is BETTER!
Thank you Katie & Glenn for letting me share your beautiful Wall Art pieces! What a beautiful home you are building together!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Posted in Events
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