Category Archives: chit-chat

preview: styled shoot

Putting together a “styled wedding shoot” was something I’d been wanting to do for quite some time. When it finally came together yesterday, I had the same feeling as at my own wedding–it was quite amazing to see so many different elements and different people, with different talents, coming together to create something beautiful. Just…

personal: papaw

My papaw, Charlie Brown, turned 91 this month so, for his birthday, we took him on a surprise trip to Indianapolis to go Atomic Duckpin bowling. (He had mentioned once, quite randomly, how he used to love it, not knowing Z and I had discovered the place during our quick-trip to Indy a while back.)…

personal: walking in john bryan

Sometimes, when you’re feeling off or down or uninspired, all you need is a long walk in the woods with a good friend and a funny little lens that forces you to slow down and really look.  

personal: new year

A 2013 goal of mine is take and share more photos of our personal lives. We realized over the holidays that we’ve barely any photos at all of the last couple years of our lives, which is so strange. So: birthday-ing, Christmas-ing and chainsaw-ing with Z’s family and our sweet nephew;  teaching my grandfather to…

thank you!

Before signing off for the holidays, I wanted to take a moment to say “thank you”–to everyone who might read this blog from time to time, to my loving friends and family for their constant support and, most especially, to the dear couples who invite me into their wedding days, and who allow me the…