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Mar 26
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marshawn & jason are engaged!

By | Engagement Sessions | 19 Comments

we first met marshawn over coffee- well actually she had a soy chai latte with honey and i had a smoothie. i think this tells you a LOT about each of us. ;) marshawn is one of those people that the second you meet her, you know she’s a powerhouse. and brilliant. and beautiful. seriously, she’s just as amazing (intimidating) as she sounds. ;) so i just sipped my purple smoothie and listened as she told us about her amazing best friend and fiance, jason. i left already in love with their relationship, their wedding plans and the new family they were going to be together. neither matt nor i could wait to meet jason- on friday we finally did.

we planned to meet in decatur so we could scope out a new location (i feel like i’ve been saying that a LOT recently…?) and when marshawn and jason arrived it was ON. jason instantly lived up to everything marshawn had told us about him- he’s funny, spontaneous, crazy- the list goes on- but most of all he is HEAD OVER HEELS for his lady. together, they bring out the best in one another, their smiles and laughs are contagious- more than one person on the street stopped to comment on how perfect they are and wish them the best. i hope these pictures portray even half of all i’ve just described!
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throughout the shoot, marshawn and jason were so playful- dancing, picking each other up, goofing off- they even showed us their own personal handshake! (*we NEED one of those, babe!*) it was wonderful to work with a couple who plays together- there was never a dull moment and we were able to capture some of the sweetest looks!
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this shot seems to have an old world feeling about it to me- black and white was a MUST!
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i see STUNNING children in their future! during the shoot, jason was joking about having lots of kids…i think society would be ok with that!! :)
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these big, old trees were filtering the light in such a beautiful way and created such a nice frame for them:
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i LOVE how sweet and protective this next image is:
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matt deserves full credit for this next image- the direct composition and the unique crop is totally his style. love this!
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seriously, sweetest couple ever:
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as the sun set we grabbed a few more on the way back to the cars. i love the warmth of these last two:
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forehead kisses are one of my favorite things to photograph- no idea why, i just think they are adorable!
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marshawn & jason, thank you so much for taking the time from your busy lives to meet up with us for a few pictures! we are so thrilled to be working with you both and we cannot wait to see you again!

Mar 04
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this sickness

By | Personal | 13 Comments

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! :)
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Feb 10
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st. valentine

By | Personal | 7 Comments

i feel a certain responsibility toward valentine’s day to make it my favorite holiday. we’re kinda in the business of love (should that be the first line of an awesome/awful movie or what?) and with valentine’s day being the celebration of all things love it’s pretty perfect! everything it stands for makes me happy -except possibly unreadable conversation hearts, where’s the joy in that? i’m left with a small piece of chalk to ingest and no cute phrase to cheer me up while i do it. but big picture, everything about valentine’s day does make me happy: love and cuddling and candlelight and big desserts. though it has to be said that even after all of this christmas is still my favorite…but i do know someone who can legitimately say that that valentine’s day is her favorite holiday.

her name is katie and she was my college roommate. for her it seems less about the mushy-ness and more about FUN. i’ve never known her not to wear red or pink (and she is NOT a pink person) on valentine’s day- or even during all of valentine’s week! one year, all dressed in pink, we ordered in with the special request for a ‘valentine’s day pepperoni pizza.’ half way through our chick flick and half way through my art history notes our pizza arrived- pepperonis forming a large heart in the center. i’ve rarely seen her so happy- pictures were taken, spontaneous dancing happened and secretly i wondered if we should take her to meet whoever created the beautiful thing!

anyway, before i met katie i rarely thought twice about valentine’s day but since then i’ve never seen it the same. it’s just a big celebration of happiness and love mixed with a little chocolate- what’s not to like!? as i’ve surfed around the blogosphere this week (um, WHAT? most embarrassing way to start a sentence EVER.), i’ve noticed lots of other people who are having fun with the holiday and it’s made me so excited! probably also because i met up with katie and some girls last friday to kick off valentine’s celebrating- yup, that early. anyway, here are a few things getting me excited!

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all of this inspiration and love has basically forced me back into crafting- although honestly i haven’t fought it too hard! ;) it’s a nice change of pace sometimes! anyway, i’m kinda inventorying everything i have and starting little projects along the way- something i haven’t done in a while! at the moment i’m a little paralyzed by the mess that is my desk but at least i’m having fun, right!?! i leave you with this snapshot of my life:

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