after four days with my family we’re back and ready to get our post on! …and because we’re overly motivated and ready to start, we’re going to go ahead and share a little gem from the wedding we’ll be posting later today. as comfortable as matt and i usually are communicating with one another, a photobooth apparently really changes things:
be on alert for a second post today! YES, a two post monday rocks, WHO KNOWS WHAT’S NEXT FOR US!?!
matt and i first met paige at jessica’s beautiful beach wedding and we were excited to see her again at andrea’s lovely southern wedding in augusta. so when we heard from her about her own wedding it was like we had already practiced a few times! this past week we had the pleasure of meeting her fiance jonathan and squeezing in an engagement shoot before they had to head back to their home in texas. paige & jonathan put the entire shoot in our hands- from the timing to the location, we were in charge. that means we decided to head outside the box a little and explore an area of town we’d never shot in before- cabbagetown. this close little community offered so much variety; i have no doubt we’ll be back!
when we met up with them at agave to start shooting jonathan immediately wanted us to know he would do whatever we said but that he was not a natural in front of the lens. this is a speech we are actually quite used to and pretty good at discounting ;) because really, all we ask is that you enjoy some time with your best friend and the love of your life- and just ignore us while we capture it! so jonathan, i hope your fears are cured as you scroll through these images! it makes it even better that your stunning lady can pull off some serious ANTM!
first up- this wall is on the side of agave so we started the shoot off here. this was one of the VERY first shots we took and i think they look like total models- a great way to get things started!
love these next two- their expressions are so natural!
this is the back of a restaurant- we loved the dilapidated planks and the warm colors- it creates quite a nostalgic backdrop. perfect for a couple that has been dating since high school!
the light here made us really happy, so even though the house in the background is not theirs, we wanted to see if including it could be effective. i don’t think that little fact is too distracting at all! plus paige’s gorgeous eyes really steal the show anyway!
my favorite!
marta runs along the edge of cabbagetown and provided us with this huge color field-esque wall to shoot against- and i love how the bare trees frame them here!
can’t ever turn down a little back-lit goodness- love the way paige is gazing at jonathan in this shot!
just messin’ with some shadows! paige is working the serious here, she’s the best!
and it’s a wrap! walking back to the cars:
paige & jonathan, thank you both so much for spending some of your time with us while in town! we really loved hanging out and getting to know you both better- we’re so looking forward to your wedding day!
today’s challenge is for me to write this entire post about how i’m SO SICK but to not make it gross or depressing. here goes…
i am SO SICK. as in, i don’t want to go out in public sick- who wants to be THAT girl sniffling over your shoulder on the soup aisle? not i. although, if you’ve spent any length of time on the soup aisle, you’ve come to expect this. ANYWAY, i’m saving you from that by sitting on my couch desperately trying to come up with meals based on the hodgepodge of ingredients in our close to empty kitchen. last night we had roasted acorn squash filled with wild rice- you got it! we’re pretty much out of meat. i’m thinking shrimp bisque for tonight since we have some baby shrimp in the freezer and some canned tomatoes and stuff- already not excited about that meal. but YOU, dear reader, will NOT be dealing with my sniffles in public if i can help it!
when i get sick i go slightly crazy- in case the previous paragraph didn’t already make that clear i think it only fair that i state it. my equilibrium is always the first thing i lose so i can usually be found, arms out for balance, attempting to get to my bed from the kitchen. it’s a sight to behold i am sure- especially when i forget the arms out tactic and try to play it off when i walk straight into a door frame. i agree with what you’re thinking, playing off hitting the door frame IS impossible.
especially thanks to this next sick characteristic- emotions running wild. equilibrium already shot, i was making breakfast for matt when i tried to flip his fried egg and completely missed catching it- i watched in horror as the runny egg landed directly on top of our lower right gas burner. PAN.DE.MONIUM. there were tears. matt literally picked me up, put me on the couch and banned me from getting up until breakfast was on the table. sweet? yes. but also, i think he as just afraid for our kitchen.
so when my balance is off and tears come easily there is a whole new brand of rationale that takes over. example. just a few minutes ago i decided that to fight this sickness i needed vitamin c. do we have the supplements? yes. but i felt the need for fresh. our building backs up to a grocery but since i am not leaving the apartment i decided to make my own juice. my rationale so far seems ok i guess- even though in the amount of time i took to think this through i could have just taken a supplement- but it gets a little fuzzy after this…
…i think of our hand juicer and decide that is entirely too much work so instead i just pull out two oranges, a grapefruit, a lemon and the blender. yes that’s right, the BLENDER. i’ve decided instead of juicing i’m going to just BLEND it to death. i peel the fruit (in this amount of time all could have been cut in half and juiced with the hand juicer) and drop everything into the blender. i add a little water and sugar and hit puree. right away i realize our blender might explode and i prepare for the worst by pushing down on the lid (??) like my life depends on it. but soon enough the huge chunks are getting smaller and a little smile of success is creeping across my face.
when everything looks done i pour it into a glass and take a huge gulp- which i immediately regret. my mouth is splintered with tiny slivers of wood and my throat is thick with flat pieces of citrus membrane. after a little confusion over the woody texture and another sip to make sure i wasn’t crazy (verdict: mouth splinters) i realized the wood was seeds that had been blended into pieces and distributed evenly throughout my beverage. i’m losing patience fast but i can’t keep drinking it the way it is (i may have tried to again), so i grabbed a couple pieces of cheesecloth and strained it. i now have a glass of the most perfect tasting, healthy, sickness stopper ever made. it’s glorious. and it only took, oh, an HOUR. ugh.
anyway, we’re headed out to shoot later this afternoon and we have a meeting tonight so we’ll see how well i hide the insanity. i’ll probably just try to stay really focused which will make me really quiet and only a little creepy, of course i’ll keep you posted. we will be back soon with some sweet, legit blog posts about awesome clients with pretty pictures. until then, please send vibes of warm, glowing health our direction! :)
