Miranda & Adam are Engaged!

If it isn't already hard enough to plan a wedding, imagine your fiancee taking a job half way across the country midway through the planning! We had anticipated on doing a spring/early summer shoot with Miranda & Adam but due to Adam just finding out that he received a great new job in New York City (Congrats Adam) we bumped up the shoot. The unpredictable Wisco weather wasn't the best so we did some shots in the beautiful Overture Center & then explored the surrounding downtown area.

The couple made our jobs easy as they interacted with one another fabulously. We had a lot of fun visiting with them & hearing about their new ventures as we shot their session. We wish them the best over the next few months as Adam ventures out to the unknown world of NYC, & Miranda finishes the details of their wedding prior to joining Adam there in NYC this September. We know that your time apart will only make your union together even sweeter! Congrats guys, we can't wait to shoot your wedding in November! (Above are a few of our favorites.)

Gift Registry

No doubt the toaster is one of the all time greatest inventions, but... this is one of those cases where you can definitely have too much of a good thing (especially since it's traditionally one of the most popular gifts to give a newly married couple).  

One of the things we're most excited about with our new website is the addition of our gift registry option.  This allows family and friends to pre purchase gift certificates from $25-$500 that our couples can use towards products like prints, album upgrades, canvas prints, proof books, etc.  You can let your guests know about the registry a couple of ways.  The first being if you provide us with your guest list we can mail out a customized postcard featuring some of your engagement photos to let them know about it.  The second is we can provide you with a business card size information card to include with your invitations.  And the third is that you can just let them know through word or mouth, e-mail or your wedding website (if you have one).  These certificates will not only allow guests to help you get something you'll truly love, but will help our clients out who can't decide between including a print credit, an album, or one of the other many options we offer in their actual package.  Now they can have it all and not have to make an additional investment themselves!     

MARCH MADNESS

If it's going to keep snowing at least we have the NCAA Tourney.  What a weekend for basketball!  Not only did the Badgers win...twice, but almost every game came down to the wire.  I'm still on top of the bracket pool we're in.  April on the other hand is well...not doing as well.  She still has a chance though (at least that is what I tell her.)  Next year we're planning on having a pool for all of our couples (no cost obviously) and giving away some great prizes like albums and print credits to the winners.   Hopefully I can hold onto my lead through next weekend.  The Badgers can ice it for me as the majority of the others in the pool are from out West and have no faith in Bucky making the elite 8.

A lesson learned...

Just about everyday we try to get some sort of exercise.  Whether it's going for a walk, lifting, yoga, swimming, whatever.  But.... we don't typically work out right before appointments.  Yesterday though was a different story.

We were grabbing a bite to eat at Angelic Brewery Downtown (if you like bloody mary's you have to visit Angelic sometime if you already haven't), we had just dropped our cameras off for routine service across the street and had just enough time to eat dinner before our first appointment of the evening.

We ate quickly, and started walking back to our car...except our car wasn't there.  We had fed the meter, but neglected to read the sign about it being a tow away zone after 3.  With only 50 minutes before our first appointment at our gallery on the west side, and all of our contacts in our missing car we had to act quick because we had no way to contact anyone to tell them we could be running late.  

Our waiter got us the number for the Madison Police department, which informed us that our car was on S. Park St at a tow shop, but we'd first have to come to the Station to pay the ticket.  We considered calling a cab and having one of us go to where the car was so that we could pick it up as soon as possible, but for some reason went with plan B.  So we ran the 8 or 9 blocks, April in heels (which I guess wasn't fun).  When we got there they told us our car was in fact on Wisconsin St.  So we then had to turn around and run another 6 blocks the other direction where we found our car along with a healthy ticket on the side of the street.  Good thing one of us didn't take a cab to S. Park.

Somewhat exhausted, we still had 20 minutes to get to the west side and amazingly made our appointment on time, and it almost seemed like that whole fiasco never happened once our appointment began.  Lessoned learned, don't let your stomach steer your eyes away from street signs I guess.

Hopefully that will never happen again, but as an afterthought you would think that they would place a contact number on the parking signs so you knew exactly who to call if you happened to get towed.

 

3-1-08 A Beautiful Beginning...

Katie & Cody's wedding in South West Wisconsin provided Derrick & myself with a great start

to the 2008 season! After having the last month off from shooting we were refreshed and excited to tell the story of Katie & Cody's day. 

We were greeted by Katie almost immediately when we arrived at the church to set up. Katie's genuinely sweet disposition was apparent as she greeted us both with a big hug. 

It is always refreshing when we work with couples who are as excited about their pictures as we are. The couple made sure to allot some time for some alone pictures of the two of them on location, Katie was even a trooper and bared with the brisk, cold 30 degree day.  Derrick & I made sure to make the most out of our time in the cold and be as efficient as possible, so that poor Katie wouldn't have to be cold for too long.

Katie & Cody's love for one another was very apparent in their smiles at one another. Katie was one of those brides that couldn't wipe the smile off of her face no matter how hard she tried, needless to say we weren't able to capture many serious faces. 

What a great day! Above are a few of our favorites from the day.