wedding idea! guest book!

Okay, so browsing one of my favorite catalogs, Uncommon Goods, I saw something that IMMEDIATELY made me think "wedding guest book!!" I think it'd be so fun and unique - and aren't we all looking for ways to make our weddings fun and unique? :) I loved my guest book, but I really wish I'd seen this first!

It's a cardboard frame with a honeycomb inset into which people can insert their wishes. It comes with 500 multi-color slips of paper, but how cool would it be if you cut your own out of beautifully patterned paper, or paper that matched your wedding colors? The frame itself can also be painted or decorated or covered in fabric to personalize it. And needless to say, it'd be a blast photographing it. :)

You can buy it here!

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senior : samar - part 1

I'm going to take a few minutes to catch up on some long-overdue blog posts. The first will be the senior pictures of a gorgeous girl...who also happens to be my cousin. Who also happens to be someone I've been baby-sitting since she was born, which also happens to make me feel OLD. Old old old. Samar, please don't graduate...I can't have someone I knew at birth old enough to graduate from high school!

We did this shoot on two different days, so I think I'll break it up into two posts. For the first, Samar's outfit reminded me of a vaguely gothic Alice in Wonderland, what with the blue bow headband - that perfectly matched her stunning blue eyes. And let me tell you...I actually had to TONE DOWN the saturation of her eyes in a few pictures because they were so bright and blue that they looked fake.

We took these senior pictures in Elmwood Park in Omaha, NE.


Here she was laughing in mock outrage at something her mom (my very adored Aunt Carol) said.










Okay, I love these next two. They look like something straight out of a fantasy movie - the amazing colors, the light, the wide-eyed innocent expression on the first...LOVE.










Could I love the colors (the moss! the MOSS!) here more?















I'll post part two - at a very familiar train station - soon! Read more...

personal : workshop!

While I'm catching up on emails and voicemails and editing from being gone (almost enough to make me never want to leave again....ALMOST!), here's another pic from the workshop!

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personal : home!

Well, after nearly three weeks in Italy (not really...more like just over 2 weeks, but I like the sound of three weeks better!), I'm home!

...however...

I'm home without my cell phone, which is currently still enjoying an Italian vacation. I hope to make it out to the Apple store later today or first thing tomorrow to pick up a replacement. In the meantime, please continue to use the (402) 882-0831 number to call me - while I won't hear the phone ring, since it's a Google Voice number I'll get an email with the message! I'll try to check my email as often as possible - when I'm not sleeping off my jet lag in preparation for the much-anticipated wedding of Jess and Mike tomorrow!

And I'll leave you with this GIF from one of the days of the workshop - this is the awesome Kurstin Roe being surprised by our stylist, Matthew Johns.

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personal : workshop!

Another picture from the Italy workshop!

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