Blame it on the Rain

Well, I have to blame my lack of blogging on SOMETHING. I shot a beautiful wedding last weekend and I've been editing the images like crazy all week. I had hoped to be able to post some of them by now, but I think I'll wait until they are all finished.

The detail that really stood out and put goosebumps on my arms was the amazingly beautiful music that Erica and Max had for both the ceremony and the reception. For the ceremony, a flute and harp duet performed, and they literally brought tears to my eyes. It was just indescribably beautiful, not stuffy or too formal. Just perfect. I'll get the contact information from Erika when she returns from her honeymoon.

I did, however, get a business card from the mariachi group that seranaded the couple during the reception. I had never, ever heard an all female mariachi group, and I loved them! I was at the back of the reception hall when they entered, and as soon as I heard the unexpectedly soft and beautiful voices, I ran out to take a look (as well as a few shots!).

The name of the group is Mariachi Las Altenas, and here are a couple of images:

I'll post more images from Max and Erika's wedding soon!

A Ginormous Album

Here is something I find interesting-the word GINORMOUS is now in Webster's Dictionary. I always think that people using that word sound like idiots, but now I'm going to start using it myself.





So AINT aint a word 'cuz its not in the dictionary, but ginormous is. Also, the term "Perfect Storm" is newly listed. OK, I've used that one before in conversation. But do you know what "Crunk" is? Well, then look it up, 'cuz its in there, too. And no, I've never used that word.





I had the pleasure of delivering my first completed wedding album recently, and it was a beauty! Casey and Chris picked out the most gorgeous dark brown leather for the cover. I love how heavy and well-made it was, and I was just so incredibly excited to give it to them!

The inside covers are made of black moire paper.

The gutter is very small, allowing me to design the images over two pages while the book lays open completly flat.

I got a call from Casey a couple of days ago. She said that they just love the album, and have received a ton of compliments on it. Thanks so much, Casey, you're a doll!

I'm delivering another album this week, it is an engagement session sign-in book that I really love. The bride is so sweet and her wedding is next week. As usual, I'm just as pumped up and nervous as she must be. This time I'll have a 2nd photographer shooting with me, so the images should be fantastic.

I'm back from my vacation with the kids! We had a great time, but I don't have a single image to share because I was also on vacation from photography. I didn't even unpack the camera the whole week.

I have a bunch of new photo sessions coming up that I'm really looking forward to shooting (especially a WEDDING on the 20th), and some images to edit and post from a couple of weeks ago, so check back here for updates on those.

Hope everyone's summer is going as groovy as mine is!