I have know Mary and Marvin for quite some time now, and it’s about time they got married! Haha. These two have been together a long time and everyone has been waiting for the day. They planned their beautiful wedding in San Clemente, CA. I haven’t been there and years and it was seriously gorgeous, the water was aqua! Not like our regular poop brown CA beach water.

So anyone who knew me in school knows I can’t truly love any format but medium. There is something about a square, film image that just gets me going. All through college I had a Hassleblad of a 4×5 view camera attached to me and was off shooting some obscure documentary or typology. I somehow turned into the go-to person for questions about shooting in a square.

I worked in the photo lab at school for 2 years so I got all kind of perks: equipment whenever I wanted, dark room whenever  I wanted.. it was great!! So after I graduated and was cut off from all equipment I was screwed and could only shoot digital.. It’s fantastic for weddings, but not the same for me. SOOOO, for the past few years I’ve been slowly buying pieces to finish my Hassleblad. I have to say,  I had a few horribly ruined days thanks to crazy bidders on ebay stealing the lenses I wanted.  AND THENNNN Grayson bought me my awesome film scanner for Christmas that I had wanted since I graduated (gave it to me a month early because he was so excited). I was supposed to get it for my birthday but we found an awesome deal on a Hassleblad body so I got that instead.

But in the mean time, I shoot my Holga like it’s going out of style. I love how… crappy it is. It’s like the Polaroid ({RIP} of medium format cameras. It’s completely made of plastic and has been a trusted, always on me camera of mine for many years. That grungy, used up, dirty look that I can’t get enough of.  I finally got some down time to scan all my old film that’s been sitting in a box in my closet, begging to be seen. Here are some of my favorites!

Seattle

drove by these horses on one of our summer scooter rides.

all of us at Larabe State Park, the boys were crabbing

We laughed at this one.. his head really isn’t that square in real life…?

Oh Washington….. :]

The Lynden Fair… it’s the largest fair in the Northwest.

Cooper and Michelle’s engagement…

Another summer scooter ride find.. I love houses. Did a whole documentary on them once.

Bellingham, WA

First Starbucks ever… I worked at the Bucks for 4 years so I wanted to see it, kind of anticlimactic.. but a cool band outside.

We met Tina and James for the first time at this shoot and they were awesome! We all made the trek up to Big Bear to do a mountain shoot and it was worth the drive! Well, Grayson drove, I fell asleep for part of it then chugged some coffee. First thing we noticed is that Tina and I were wearing the exact same p-coat (only mine is teal) and we both got it like 5 years ago on sale at Nordstoms.. small world! Anyway, we started shooting in the snow and found some awesome places, had a good time, froze to death when the sun went down and went on our ways! And let me just say that Tina has BEAUTIFUL skin.. it was amazing! We can’t wait to shoot their wedding!!!

We had the pleasure of shooting Courtney and Joe again for their wedding this time. We took another trip down to CA for a few shoots, one you will see next and the other got rained out so it’s to be continued! All we had was the address of a house to do all the photos at and it made us a bit nervous. Then we pulled up and all our fears were gone. We came and it was this amazing, beautiful hotel of a house! Their ceremony was in Santa Ana! So we spent the day with them and had yet another good time.

Courtney collects buttons so  Joe gave her this purple one and her mom made all her jewlery.

I wish this was my back yard!

They both had adorable custom made converse, so cute.

So 2009 was great, we got married, moved to WA, and shot some super great weddings! This was our last wedding of 2009!!! We… LOOOOOVED.. this couple. They were the sweetest people we’ve ever had the pleasure of shooting, and so freakin happy!! Needless to say, they were a breeze to shoot. Janessa and Jason got married in Oceanside, CA at Camp Pendleton because Jason is in the service. AND, they had almost the exact same brides maid dresses as we did, same color, same fabric, same dress (only ours were strapless)…What a good way to end an already awesome year! So take a look and enjoy!

Their first look was so stinkin adorable, they were both so giddy. They didn’t need any help being awesome in these photos.

I love this photo… so much…

we love mugs.. grayson has a crazy collection, he’s obsessed.

Now that 2010 is here, we decided to put together some of out favorite images from 2009. It was hard!! We had a ton of amazing couples, awesome locations and really good weddings. We’re REALLY excited for our 2010 weddings, we’re all over to  US this year so it’s going to be good! Here are some of our favorite images of 2009- enjoy…

And then… there is this, Halloween shopping 09…. ok it was really 08, but who cares.. this is pure amazing.

We are back home in WA! But we’ll be back in CA in about 10 days for 3 more shoots. I couldn’t wait to see our ferrets, I missed them waaaayy too much. We came back to a plumpo Sam- I don’t know how he got so fat in 3 weeks. And Fynn has some more meat on her to.

Ok Anyway, thank goodness for getting lost. We shot Erinkay and Doug and a park in Irvine that they thought would be awesome. Gray and I got super lost.. stupid Google Maps. We got to the park and all 4 of us were a little shocked at it’s nothingness. We did, however, find this freakin cool bike rack… sorta fits right in with our logo too. So we went to town on that and ditched this park. So like I was saying, Gray and I got really, really lost and ended up in an area with an  abandoned military school, and tons of military apartments- so creepy. We went back there and it was awesome, just out style. Dirty and used up. You’ll get to see them again later when we shoot their wedding in April! Enjoyyyyyy!

handball is not for the faint of heart… I was a champ at rainbows.

the last shot right before we had to army crawl back under this crazy fence.

Gray and I had the pleasure of flying back home for Christmas, it was a nice escape from the freezing cold. We shot Jason + Janessa’s wedding on the 19th, did a few more things and now we’re just enjoying. We spent the 2nd year in a row abusing this santa suit. Made lots of cookies, took a million photos and ate a lot of crap :]

the beauty of having lots of family over is that Jackie has to sleep in between mom and dad.. and Stanley and Charlie- hahaha. And my mom would punch me in the face if she saw this photo on our blog… hahaha

Stanley the Christmas box slug

he’s so studly in the morning.

meet Charlie Brown. This has been our tree for 4 years now, on the off season he lives in a pot in the back yard.

This is Charlie’s cuddle face, not his sad face… although they are easy to mistake :]

proud dad.

Mister Man

We got Nana a book of cats wearing wigs… it was a hit :]

So, to put a rather large damper on our awesome Christmas, we had to put Charlie to sleep on the 28th Charlie is (of all the dogs we’ve had) the best one (sorry Stanley) and my oh so favorite. No one was happy about it, but he’s 13 now and… yah. So the night before we took some last photos with the boy. He used to be my little model back in high school photo class. I’d set up a studio and take pictures of him, haha. So a little tribute to our Char Char Bing.

So a while back… yes, a while, we had the great pleasure of shooting one of my best friends tummy shots! I’ve known Ryan and Danielle for a long time now, and I loooovvee them! I got to shoot their engagement, their wedding and now their lovely baby good times. Wyatt is already born, and he’s amazingly cute (through the photos I’ve seen). Honestly, I don’t think many babies are cute- but he is adorable!!! I’m sure I’ll post pictures after I get to meet him when we go home for Christmas (in 2 days!!!). Well this shoot was fun, I think all of us were mostly just focused on hanging out and going to dinner after- so we had a good time. Here they are!!

Ryan loves my bike… so do I.

and…us

I know I know, it’s really been too long to go without a post. But like I said, it’s our down time! I could post endless photos of the ferrets or Grayson dancing, but who really want to see that.. other than me? Well we’re done Christmas shopping (I’m a champ) and getting ready to head home to see the family for 3 weeks!! While we’re there we’ll be shooting Janessa + Jason’s wedding as well as Erinkay + Doug’s engagement awesomeness. I can’t wait to be warm again!!! We just booked 2 New York weddings, so we’re excited! Also a North Carolina and a couple more California ones (oh home). Needless to say we are freakin pumped for next years wedding. We’ve got some amazing clients with weddings that are just our style- awesome.

Aaaaannyway, the studly Sara + Zach wrote us a nice little thank you note/review  that I thought would give you something to look at. So here it is! And can I just say- I love Zach and Sara, they are so stinkin cute and happy.. I want to squeeze their faces!

“My husband and I had the best experience with Jagger Photography. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but a picture from Jagger Photography is worth a million! We are so glad we hired them to do our wedding and engagement pictures. They were professional, flexible, friendly, and very attentive to our needs and how we wanted to capture the moment. Heather has a great eye for color and creativity, as well as her husband, Grayson. The two of them together captured all the fun and laughter of our wedding day and gave us so many wonderful memories for the years to come. Their style and attention to detail can’t be beat. We loved how easy they were to work with and most of the time we forgot we were being photographed. We get so many compliments on all of pictures and and we owe it all to you. Thank you for making it just an enjoyable, unique and fun experience! We are so lucky we found you.
Zach + Sara Lyman, September 19, 2009″

the only couple in the world that could get us to agree to this..

I love this face…. so determined