What I’m Loving: February 7

Today’s what I’m loving is mainly music videos, because, I watch a lot of music videos, and besides my family and photography, nothing matters as much to me as music.

Hands down, this is my favorite music video of all time.  I don’t know any of these people, but I tear up every single time I watch it.  It’s just so simple, and sweet and full of love.  And you know how much I love love.

Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life

Here are a few music videos I discovered on the elliptical machine this past week:

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down – Cool Yourself

Fitz & the Tantrums – L.O.V.

Rosi Golan – Think of Me

Jenny & I like to think that we are doing the best we possibly can to help protect the environment.  I know there is a lot of work to be done and it takes time.  Well, I came across this awesome blog post called, Getting Married the Green Way, and I thought I’d pass it along to my readers.  There are some solid tips in there.

I have absolutely no idea where I saw this poster, but I love it!

Snow Day

It snowed today. Again.  We bundled the kids up and had some fun.

February 5, 2010 - 11:50 pm

Chris Walter - I love your family so much!!

February 5, 2010 - 10:21 pm

ohana photographers - that first shot, her expression is awesome!

Wayside Waifs: February 3 | dog photographer

Once again, I met some wonderful doggies and kitties at Kansas City’s best animal shelter, Wayside Waifs.  Juju is my favorite from this batch, he’s just got that one in a million smile.  Gnarls Barkley is pretty rad, too. Who am I kidding, I love them all.

Also, I recently wrote a little article for Wayside’s blog called, Photographing Fido, and it’s 10 simple tips to improve your dog photography, check it out if you have a minute (after you check out the cuties available of course)

Yahtzee – Poodle mix

Svedka – Basenji mix

Molly – American Bulldog mix

Juliana – German Shepherd mix

Juju – Lab mix

Gnarls Barkley – Silkypoo (Silky Terrier/Poodle mix)

Buster – Cairn Terrier

Brawny – Rhodesian Ridgeback

Viola

Josephine

Felix

Newborn: Corin

Jason & Krishna got married last January.  Jason & Krishna had a baby boy this January.  He is AWESOME!!

newborn baby in crib

February 8, 2010 - 2:23 pm

Bart Washer - Hi Jason & Krishna. Jason, I used to work with your Mom in JC, and your Dad used to tell my children “knock knock” jokes. They’re good people. Great pictures of a great little fella! -bwasher

February 4, 2010 - 2:57 pm

Josh
Twitter: joshsolar
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thanks for all the kind comments everyone! I get the cutest kids :) much love.

February 4, 2010 - 10:06 am

Ashley Marsh
Twitter: ashnoelle
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i wish i would have been that awesome at two weeks old! great job guys!

February 4, 2010 - 8:06 am

Rosemary - I’ve never seen a baby with that much hair. He is so cute! Great photos.

February 4, 2010 - 8:00 am

Michelle - He is adorable. Love the hair. As always I love all the shots.

February 3, 2010 - 11:13 pm

Jenny Stratton - The black and white with him wrapped in the blanket is amazing! I also like the color sleeping baby. You have such a great view of an amazing little monkey!

February 3, 2010 - 10:35 pm

Krishna Murray - These are just beautiful! Thanks you two for your fantastic work!

K

February 3, 2010 - 8:02 pm

Mary - THAT HAIR IS INCREDIBLE! I can’t stop staring at it. I’m envious of it as I think it’s more than I have. Sorry; it just deserved caps lock.

The images are also equally as incredible as the hair; I already get a sense of who this guy will be like. :)

February 3, 2010 - 8:01 pm

Jane Cato
Twitter: janelogancato
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He IS really awesome!

In Their Own Words: Becca & Kyle

We love what we do (I know that’s cliche & cheesy), but it’s true.  We are extremely passionate about wedding photography because it’s so much bigger than just images of an event.  We love that we get to take images that have meaning and purpose.  Images that will get passed down from generation to generation and seen by many people we will never meet.  There are stories behind many of these images.

This is the first in our “In Their Own Words” series.  From time to time, we’re going to ask one of our past couples to share with us the stories behind their most memorable image or two.  These are great stories that need to be shared with the world.

First up is Becca & Kyle.  They got married last June.  Here are some of their wedding pictures.  Now here, in their own words, are the stories behind some of their favorite images.

Becca – I love Kyle dearly, but cool under pressure he is not.   On our wedding day he was a nervous wreck, threw up (sorry Kyle), and was such a bundle of nerves that the best he could muster when we first saw each other was “um, you look cute.” Now, let me take this opportunity to send a message to any grooms-to-be out there—the correct adjective in a wedding-day situation is beautiful.  Stunning perhaps, amazing, breathtaking…you get my drift.  I could be cute in a t-shirt.  As a result of his nervousness, Kyle looks a little unsettled in a lot of our pictures, and I briefly wondered if he was having second thoughts, because really, who would be such a wreck if they were sure they wanted to be legally bound to someone.  Then I saw this picture.  I love it because his smile is so genuine and he is that happy because I, in my cute white dress, am walking down the aisle.   This is my favorite smile of his, and while it only made a few appearances that day until he had a few beers, I love that he flashed it during this moment.  Because really, this was the moment that it mattered.   (Also, I think he tried to make up for the cute comment with his favorite picture….what do you think guys, should I let him off the hook?)

Kyle – This picture is my favorite because it not only is technically a beautiful photograph, but it is a reflection of happiness and is highly symbolic. I remember how happy I felt as walked down this road together, knowing that despite any struggles or obstacles in life, I had found the woman I wanted to spend my life with. As for the context, on the day of our wedding, a light rain started a few hours before the wedding. This had brought me a lot of anxiety, because for months Becca had wished and hoped for a sunny wedding day. I wanted Becca to have her perfect wedding, but the weather was the one thing she couldn’t control or organize. Though Josh and Jenny had consolably prophesized that the clouds would break and the sun would eventually come out, I was less sure. However, I should have trusted these expert photographers (and amateur meteorologists) as they accurately predicted the sun would come out. This picture was taken shortly after Becca and I walked outside the church with the weather still cloudy. As we slowly made our way down the driveway of the church and towards this beautiful road between the grove of trees, the bright warmth of the sun finally came out and beat down on the pavement below us, insuring Becca and I that everything was going to turn out wonderful. Finally, I love this picture because of its symbolism. There is something magical and timelessness about an open road, with our futures and all of life’s possibilities in front of us. As Becca and I walked down this road, hand in hand, I was certain that I had found that special someone to walk this road of life with me, which is why I love this picture.

Becca – Let me tell you about my sister.  She’s awesome.  But she is awesome in a “I wear skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors every day, play the guitar, and get tattoos in my spare time” kind of way.  She does not, I repeat, does NOT wear dresses.   But she took one for the team on our wedding day, and she looked beautiful.  She even held off on getting her latest tattoo so she wouldn’t make our pictures too “rock star.”  I love this photo not necessarily because of how gorgeous she looked, but because of how it makes me feel.  She had no clue Jenny was taking this photo and the look on her face almost brings me to tears because to me it says “I can’t believe my big sister is getting married, I love her so much even though we fought every day growing up, I’m proud of her, I’m so excited to be getting a brother, and of course, when can I take off this dress?”  This photo reminds me of why people get married and start families in the first place.  We do it so that one day sisters can look at each other like this.  We do it so that the people most dear to us can share in something special.  We do it to start something special that will hopefully result in someone looking at our children like this on their wedding day.

Kyle – I love this picture because of its emotional weight. I see not only two sisters with love, pride, and happiness, but also two people with an unbreakable bond. This photo gives me hope that no matter what struggles emerge in the lives of these two people, I know that they will always be there for each other, and it motivates me to be someone who my new family can lean on.

Josh – Becca informed me that it was a coincidence that they picked out one of the same images.  Which is pretty amazing to me considering they had over 900 to choose from  :)

February 1, 2010 - 4:38 pm

Becca - Man these people seem cool :) I love this idea and I can’t wait to read about other couple’s wedding day stories!

February 1, 2010 - 1:12 pm

Brooke - I love this series, very cool!

Becca and Kyle, you guys are so awesome, and I love your stories…so sweet :)

P.S. that is CRAZY that they picked one of the same images…wow!

February 1, 2010 - 11:39 am

michelle cormack
Twitter: freddygrl
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LOVE this new feature! Keep ‘em coming!

February 1, 2010 - 11:19 am

dave - love.this.idea!

February 1, 2010 - 10:34 am

ohana photographers - lovin that second image man!

February 1, 2010 - 10:15 am

Molly - Becca is hilarious as always :)

I’m so glad I got to work with you guys on their wedding. I loved their pictures!

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