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our wedding albums just got cooler

Jun 18, 2008

I adore our custom flushmount albums. I obsess about them and drool over the leather swatches. I think they are amazing and the perfect way to see your pictures. I get so excited when our couples order an album because that’s how I want them to see their pictures. Not on a disc, but in a gorgeous album, designed to reflect the day and perfectly printed so the colors are amazing and will last forever.

I got way excited when I learned about a new cover option: glass. (It’s not really glass, it’s plexiglass, because an actual glass album would be fragile and dangerous, but when I think of it as a glass album, I love it that much more.)

I knew immediately what I wanted to make my sample from: Meg and Matt’s engagement shoot. I created the album and then had to wait for the cover to be an ordering option at my vendor (this took forever). Then I had to wait two months for my album to arrive (this took forever, too). And then on Monday, there it was at my door: the coolest album ever.

And one of my favorite spreads:

I could totally see using these as adorable guest books. Speaking of which, tomorrow I’ll share another cool product: the storyboard Kara and Drew are using as a “guestbook” at their wedding!

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Colorado Springs Engagement Portraits: Aubree and Zack

Jun 16, 2008

This weekend I was feeling a bit like a mopey-dope, but then I had Aubree and Zack’s engagement shoot and everything got awesome really quickly. The weather was perfect, Aubree and Zack wore fantastic colors, we met the grown up’s equivalent of Santa and his sleigh (more on this in a minute), and I got a couple of New Favorite Pictures:

colorado springs engagement portrait

colorado springs outdoor engagement photo

I warmed them up with a little exercise–piggy back rides, jumping, and spinning each other. It’s really not an engagement shoot if you’re not sweating 10 minutes into it. ;)

engagement portrait piggy back

colorado springs engagement portrait

colorado springs engagement

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After all that piggy backing and swinging around, it was a good thing we spotted the Red Bull car (excuse my crappy snapshot–I was so excited to see such coolness that I’m lucky I even remembered where the shutter release button is).

We were all talking about how awesome it was when the Red Bull Guy asked if we’d like some free Red Bull. As if that’s even a question! Umm, yes–I definitely want some Mommy Crack (as it is called in the Turchin household)! Of course, at 2am when I was still powering through work at my desk that night and wondering why I wasn’t tired, it seemed like a less good idea…but free Red Bull is a gift you don’t turn down.

After our Red Bull break, we stopped at this bridge that I’d always wanted to play at:

colorado springs engagement photo

And then went back to awesome colorful pictures and landscapes

colorado springs engagement portrait

colorado springs engagement pictures

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Colorado Springs Engagement Shoot: Phil and Keenan

Jun 03, 2008

If Phil looks ever so slightly familiar (especially when he laughs), it’s because he is Meg‘s brother! I’m excited to be shooting brother/sister weddings this year, and we don’t have to wait long for Phil and Keenan’s–we’re photographing their wedding later this month!

Keenan and Phil are an adorable couple, and Keenan’s nervous laughter in the beginning of the shoot was totally precious. Brides often ask me how we get so many laughing pictures, and the answer is: my dumb one-liners half the time, and nervous laughter the other half. It can feel very odd to get all comfy/cozy with your fiance with two photographers watching…but nervous laughter is the silver lining of that initial shyness!

We went to Garden of the Gods for their shoot, since they were hoping to get some shots with their dog Willie:

engagement portrait at garden of the gods

Everyone gets over the shyness and pretty soon it’s like you’ve been kissing in front of two photographers forever:

engagement portrait in garden of the gods, colorado

colorado springs outdoor portrait

They had liked how Meg and Matt incorporated their love of music into their engagement shoot, so they brought along their instruments. Fantastical–we love it when our couples bring props!!

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colorado engagement shoot instruments

Thanks for a great shoot, Keenan and Phil! We can’t wait for your wedding!

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