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They like it, they love it, they want some more of it!

Heather — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:08:18 +0000

All I can say is WOW. Mike and I are so happy that you both were with us through the wedding day – neither of us particularly enjoy having our picture taken, but we had such a great time with both of you that we hardly noticed you had cameras in your hands! From seeing your work, I had high expectations, but I never expected the pictures to turn out like this – they are so beautiful I can’t express how happy we both are. You are so talented and such great people – please stay in touch and if you ever need a place to crash at in Toronto you know who to call!!!
Much love,
Mike and Kathleen {July 17, 2010}

Brian + Kamela {Vancouver, WA}

Heather — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:14 +0000

Another somewhat local wedding for us! Just a quick 5 hour drive and a stop at VooDoo Donuts in Portland {so good}. Anyway, we had the pleasure of shooting Brian and Kamela’s {Pamela with a K is how Brian likes to introduce her} wedding! They got married at their/their Grandparents back yard in Vancouver right on the Columbia River, an awesome location! It was beautiful! They got ready in her parents house across the way {which her dad designed and built, it was AWESOME!}. This wedding was great, really laid back which we love, casual and homey. They had everything from chickens to a color blind brother to vintage plates and Mexican food… fantastic!!

A flask for the color blind brother, he said he saw an 8

boys…..

I love pups… their dog Tiva {sorry if I spelled that wrong guys}

She got her dress at a vintage store, didn’t have to alter it AT ALL! That’s crazy!

They were in love with their shoes, we took so many photos of their shoes through out the day, haha. I’m sure most of you know about Toms, but if you buy a pair, a pair is donated to a kid in Africa- pretty awesome.

again.. I love me some bow-tie action.

chickens freak me out a little, this was an ordeal. Grayson’s mom used to have about 7 chickens and when we were dating he’s make me run around back there trying to catch one.. But I have this fear of them pecking my eyes out so I wasn’t enjoying it all that much… the things you’ll do when you’re dating.

notice the chicken on the right in mid air… hahahaa

I love faux living rooms :]

no shoes from this point on out.. the Toms were just for trekking.

wild black berrys grew everywhere. Anyone that knows Gray knows he can’t say no to a wild berry {of any kind}… he was always off picking berrys, and of course he took this photo.. :]

such an awesome location!

Natalie + Adam “tying the knot” {Detroit, MI}

Heather — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:35 +0000

Natalie and Adam got married at the Gross Point Academy Chapel which was along a river right outside of Detroit. it was this super cool, old, brick academy with an ornate chapel. We LOVED the details at this wedding, they wanted a whole nautical/tying the knot theme and it turned out awesome. The had their reception at the Detroit Yacht Club and it was such a good location! Right on the water, we love it!

They wanted us to shoot some film so we brought along mi favoritas: the Holga and the Hassleblad, I used to live off those two cameras. Plus Grayson likes the sound the Hassleblad makes :]

All of the flowers at the wedding were made of fabric and tied with rope. His ring had a rope design on it as well.

I love bow-ties :]

the tiniest/cutest boutonnieres ever.

holy moly could this girl be any freakin prettier?

I’ve always been in love with balloons so we had them grab one off their bike.

I’m pretty sure I watched Grayson drink at least 6 of these…

Instead of cake they had a Boston Cooler {which we just learned about, it’s vanilla ice cream and Vernor’s Ginger Ale, pretty tasty}

Annie + Jared’s prairie wedding- {PART 2!}

Heather — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:00:13 +0000

Now that you’ve been so patient, here is part 2! To start, this is their ceremony site… uuuuu-mazing!

Her mom walked her down the isle and cried the whole way, she was so cute. Her dad passed away so she walked down the isle to a song her wrote.

“My favorite moment of the day was practically dancing back down the aisle with my brand-new husband, grinning like crazy and getting pelted with rice and lavender. It was such an incredible rush.”

the sunset was absolutely amazing, you could see it through the barn windows so we took advantage of the beautiful lighting.

“The vast majority of our decorating supplies were gathered over the course of the year at various thrift stores around town. Every few weeks we would sweep through our favorite spots collecting old milk bottles and jelly jars, books, frames, spools of thread, and cool pieces of fabric.We didn’t bother about things matching or fitting into a color scheme, so it was easy to gather enough materials this way, and fun to watch it all transform from a pile of junk in our hallway into this beautiful space.”

They hired a square dancing band to teach everyone some moves.

Annie + Jared’s prairie wedding {Iowa City, IA} -PART 1

Heather — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:00:12 +0000

We met Annie and Jared for the first time on their wedding day, and right away could see how awesome they were. Annie is a writer and Jared is a musician {he even wrote a song for Annie that song friends sang in the ceremony}. Annie was so nervous/stressed but once they saw each other she was totally fine.. I love when that happens.

Everything about this wedding was amazing, the location, the couple, the feel of the whole day… even the weather! This wedding was one of those weddings we have always wanted to shoot. We drove out past a ton of corn fields to this red, octagonal barn and I walked into the 2nd floor of this amazing, huge old barn where their friends and family were running around, helping to set up… and I almost pooped my pants, it was the best thing I’ve ever seen. Everywhere you looked there were hand made decorations that Annie obviously put all of her heart into and you could tell were all about the two of them. Old sewing spindles, vintage books, flowers, hand sews pieces… it was beautiful. She even made her own dress out of 3 vintage dresses!! Come on!!

It’s so awesome it’s going to have to be split into 2 blog posts.. So.. here is the first :] Oh, and I had Annie write some things about the wedding to give you more of a feel of their day.

“Iowa was our inspiration. Jared and I moved here from the coast, not knowing what to expect, and a little nervous about what we would find. But instead of being flat and dull, we found it to be so lovely, with rolling hills and a profusion of wildflowers and the most amazing old barns scattered everywhere. When we began to plan our wedding, we just let the theme emerge from this place we had fallen in love with. Then we just gathered or made things that seemed somehow to fit. The overall feel we wanted for our wedding was relaxed, cozy, colorful, and glowing with love.“

They wanted their first look to be in this beautiful field with their dog, it was so good!!!

Loki :]

“I couldn’t bring myself to spend more than a hundred dollars on a wedding dress, and most of the ones I saw (in any price range) were just not my style, so I ended up I buying an ill-fitting vintage Gunne Sax dress, some lace trim from a thrift store, and two antique petticoats, and spending a few weeks tearing everything apart and sewing it back together again Redesigning the bodice was the scariest part, for days everything was in shreds, and I was convinced I would never be able to make it whole again, but somehow, the morning before the wedding, it clicked together and everything fit, and I had a wedding dress that felt like me. Which was a pretty lucky thing seeing as I how didn’t have a backup plan!”

Annie MADE the cake topper… crafty McCrafterson!

the rest of this wedding will be up tomorrow. The ceremony, reception and some more of their awesome details. It’s worth the wait!

Justin + Amber {Anyone heard of Sugar Grove, PA?}

Heather — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:51:00 +0000

While we were in PA shooting Jayson + Kalee’s wedding last month, Justin decided to give Amber a ring! Justin is Jayson’s brother and didn’t want to steal any of Jayson’s thunder, so he decided to wait until after his brother tied the knot to propose to Amber. He then proceeded to drop some not-so-subtle hints that we should do an engagement shoot with them. We are suckers for shooting, so we were totally up for it. It was so much fun! Justin is my cousin, so the whole shoot was super comfortable and fun. We were laughing the whole time and got to shoot in some interesting places (now that I think about it, it was all on one road). We can’t wait to come back to PA to shoot their wedding next year!

Grandma, your garden is quite stunning…

Us + Yosemite = AWESOME

Heather — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:34:55 +0000

Yosemite!!!! We’ve been looking foward to this wedding for almost a year and it came! It was the last leg of our 3 week trip from the east coast all the way to the west coast, and it was perfect! Other than us getting there a day late.. We were supposed to get there a day before and have this whole day of Yosemite fun BUT.. we didn’t. So we got there at 1am the morning of the wedding, woke up at 7 and went on the most amazing 4 hour hike to Vernal Falls.. It was so good. We are super outdoorsy people, but with our job, we don’t have TOO much time to go on hikes and what not {despite the fact that we leave in Washington which is outdoor central!} So this hike was very welcomed.

We hiked along a path, got to a bridge that looked up to the falls and decided we had enough time to get to them. It was SO worth it! We walked up these stone steps along the huge waterfall and got SOAKED! People on the way back kept asking us where we went swimming. Holy moly, there was an amazing rainbow following us the whole way up too, it was fantastic.

So after that we got cleaned up, took a little nap and shot a wedding! The wedding photos are coming up next, but here’s our hike!

Jayson + Kalee {Erie, PA}

Heather — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:52:37 +0000

Wedding number 2 of our East Coast Extravaganza! This one was actually Grayson’s cousin Jayson getting married, so it was amazingly fun! We got to stay with his Aunt Julie and Uncle Jay {Jayson’s parents} for 9 days {thank you so much!} and we had a blast. Grayson spent the last year talking Pennsylvania up, talking about how amazing it is and all the things we’d do and what he used to do when he was little.. so I had high expectations, and they were met! They own a few hundred acres and have a million awesome toys, so we were never bored. Gray’s entire family {on his mom’s side} lives in PA so all week it was BBQ’s, wii sessions, scrabble games, frisbee {endless frisbee, Gray is obsessed.. he’s like a puppy!}, bocce ball, riding ATV’s through the woods, gawking at Amish people {I am overly fascinated by Amish people.. it’s amazing! They live like they’re in the 1800′s, I could never have that much discipline!}, going out on the boat, riding their crazy 70mph wave runner, tubing at the lake.. with everyone. It was awesome. We really had no desire to leave Pennsylvania but we had to! On to the next weedding after this!

We also discovered some new lawn games that apparently are totally normal and we’ve never heard of {ladder ball!?!?! best game ever!}

Anyway, we were warned that Jayson and Kaylee were “hard to photograph” because they goof around so much, but they were awesome! We love goofers anyway, so we were good to go. Maybe Kaylee threatened to give him a beat down if he didn’t behave, haha.

my favorite shot of the wedding!

Their ceremony was in the pretty church that was honestly like 1000 degrees. Everyone was sweating to death, including us. But the photos turned out great! haha

Their only child- Elenore.

brothers.

laughing at Jayson’s baby photos

mayhem.

2days later we decided to do a 20 minute “Day After Shoot” Jayson’s parents land. Yes, it was literally 20 minutes. The second we stepped outside it started to rain so we had to wait it out inside. Everyone was coming over for a baby shower/Uncle Randy’s birthday so we made it quick!

Lisa + Keith {Little Compton, Rhode Island}

Heather — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:00:56 +0000

Lisa + Keith’s wedding was one of two that we traveled to on the East Coast in consecutive weekends, so we thought, “Why not make a roadtrip out of it!” We started out in Boston a couple days before the wedding and stayed with Heather’s aunt and uncle. It was so nice just to relax and check out a ton of the old historic places. After a couple of awesome days, we drove down to Little Compton, RI and met Lisa + Keith. Their family had rented an old farmhouse for the week, which was extremely packed full of people, and made that their base of operations. There was wedding decorations everywhere and everyone was pitching in when we got there. It was like a craft store pinata was bashed open in the living room!

The farmhouse was right on the coast and you could see the ocean about a half a mile away. The scenery was covered with climbing ivy that covered old cars and farm equipment, mounds of blooming flowers, and winding crushed clam shell roads. We had a bit of a scare with the weather (it ended up raining, but cleared up for the ceremony and reception), but ultimately it turned out great. Lisa + Keith were such an easy couple to work with and everything went awesome. We’re fans of Rhode Island!

Lisa chose to pick her own flowers.

We asked them to grab a rock on the beach that they liked… it was interesting to see the difference in their selection.

A little rain crept up and surprised us, but we got through it!

Bridal party sword fight to the death!

I love the intensity Lisa. Keith… step it up a notch next time!

Ashley + Ruarri {Zion National Park} Part 2

Heather — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:02:19 +0000

So this is part 2 of this glorious 4 day wedding fiasco! They handed everyone a kazoo to play when they walked back down this isle. Everyone played “All you need is love” by the Beatles.

They gave everyone a plant to take home, ours are planted in a pot our front!

Her rings were both antique and his was custom made, Ruarri is a wood sculptor, how convenient!

Day 3- brunch and heading back to Vegas to fly home!

Everyone waiting for the bus.