Leandra and I drove down to Indianapolis a few nights ago to take some portraits of our best friend, Cameron, and his room-mate, Caleb to promote the recitals they’ll be giving in the next few weeks at their university. Just thought we’d share just a few of our favorites, and the final poster designs we put together!

Cameron:
…and Caleb:


And here are the poster designs we made for them…

Leandra and I just thought we’d share a find of ours recently. Since the New Year, we both resolved to only drink coffee on the weekends. I had developed a 4 cup-a-day routine, and Leandra and developed a 4-buck-mocha-a-day routine, neither of which were very good on our bodies or wallets. So, we made coffee a treat for ourselves–only for weekends. On days we shoot a wedding it is definitely a necessity, but for lazy Sundays and wedding-free Saturdays, we’ve been having some nice, work-free coffee dates.

All’s well and good for the weekends, and we’re drinking a lot less money coffee. For the rest of the week, we’ve just started drinking a lot of tea. (And by a lot, I mean, a lot. Especially when this idea of ours first started.) Last week, we discovered Zhena’s, which we’ve really been enjoying. It seemed like it was hard enough finding a coffee that was fair-trade certified, and teas are no different. Zhena’s is fair trade and organic… and the price reflects it. (It also makes a lot of promises about aromatherapy, but as long as it smells “good,” I’m fine. I don’t expect any higher-enlightenment from tea aromas.) Unlike other fair-trade and/or organic teas though, the container is reusable and refillable with large refill bags that you can order online to help defray the cost a bit. On top of that, even though 30 cents a tea-bag is pretty expensive for tea, it’s nothing compared to our previous coffee-shop fare. So, here it is, our favorite thing this week:

We bought the Chai and Earl Grey varieties, both of which are very good. What’s that resting on top of our mugs? Well, those are Anna’s Ginger Thins, the best thing to come from Sweden since Dancing Queen! The mug on the left was made by yours truly, but the one on the right was purchased at one of many kitschy road-side Bigfoot shrines in Northern California. I was there about a year ago for a little photo trip in Humboldt County, which was perhaps just as breathtaking but a bit more reality-based than some other trips that supposedly happen there. I love Bigfoot’s nonchalance as he’s walking across the mug, as well as an equally corny paragraph about the legend of bigfoot on the other side. Here are a few favorites from the (photo) trip:

The last one’s Leandra’s favorite, and it’ll be going on our wall soon. I left the border off of them because I’ve enjoyed using them as my computer background–it’s a nice change from grey Michigan winters–and thought I’d include a link to download full-sized versions if you’d like to also.

Here’s one, two, three, and four. Enjoy!

This afternoon I realized that I got tagged for a little blog meme by Brandi Thompson. Thank goodness I don’t read blogs first thing in the morning, or I think I might have chickened out of this whole thing! I’m not sure if Grant and I have yet posted pictures of ourselves on the blog (other than our profile pictures on the right), but I am taking the plunge.

Here’s what you do:

1. Sit down.
2. Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t primp, just snap one!
3. Upload it.
4. Tag 3 people to do the same.
That’s all!

Our camera gear was tucked away in the closet, so I opted to use my oh-so-technical MacBook webcam.

Yes, I am sitting on the floor. The sun was pouring in through our balcony door today so I did my editing and e-mailing (and apparently, blogstalking) sprawled out on the floor. It was a perfect day.

I’ve decided to pass this along and tag the following people: Kelly LaBruyere of True Expressions Photography, Brynne of P. Brynne Photography, and Valerie of Richard Bell Photography.

Have a wonderful evening, everyone!

If you are anything like us, you love getting mail. If you are further like us, your mailbox mostly gets filled with junk. So for us, any bit of real mail is reason to celebrate. When we got a call today that UPS had dropped off a package of ours at the wrong address and that we could pick it up this afternoon, we got seriously excited. Our guestbook must have arrived!

After Meghan and Brad’s beautiful engagement session a few weeks back, Grant and I decided it was time to finally get a sample of the photo guestbook we offer for weddings. It is a bound book of engagement pictures in a layout that leaves plenty of white space for guests’ well-wishes. We love this idea! It is a perfect way to keep your engagement pictures on display, as well as to keep your guests’ signatures in a special place rather than gathering dust in a half-empty book in the closet.

The book comes in red, black, or brown leather.

The pages lay flat to make it easier for guests to sign without holding the book open.

We will be sharing more samples with you in the near future. Until then, keep an eye out for the rest of Kate and Dave’s wedding pictures!