Daily Driver

Shot with: Holga
Shot on: Kodak Portra 400 

EmiLee

Shot with: Rolleiflex 2.8f TLR
Shot on: Fujichrome Provia 100F

Schutt Wedding

Oh how we love Danny + Cristina. No two people are more deserving of the happiness that they've found in each other. AND - both of them are unbelievably talented - they seriously made EVERYTHING for their wedding - it was incredible! They put so much time and thought into their wedding preparations, and the day was a perfect representation of them: creative, mellow and SO much fun! So - to begin the DIY demonstrations: Cristina's dress. She MADE it - FROM SCRATCH. Is that not crazy?? Maybe it's because I've spent the last year and a half mastering a straight line with my sewing machine - but I could not believe what a beautiful dress she made.

I absolutely loved their first meet. Cristina was a bit nervous about the day, since she's not too thrilled with the idea of people staring at her. But so telling of their relationship: the moment she saw her best friend everything was better and the party started. 

AHH!! Isn't she GORGEOUS!! I think I tell Cristina every time I see her that she has the best hair in the whole wide world - YUP.

And here's the bridal party playing a brief game of Where's Waldo. 

Blake was OBSESSED with their DJ. He was beside himself to hear Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Daft Punk, and Sleigh Bells all in the same night. It made for some pretty amazing dancing.

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Changes

I (Blake) feel like we’ve been MIA for the last few months with our move home and Oli’s birth - but we figured it was time to give an update because we’re really excited about some changes that we’re going to make! So - we’ll start with the source of our new changes:

My favorite artist is Joseph Mallord William Turner, who is known as “The Painter of Light”. He was a watercolor landscape painter who paved the way for Impressionism. His landscape paintings were similar to Realism but he used light in a way that made everything look a bit surreal. Isn’t this painting beautiful?

I love the way that he used light to manipulate reality and we have tried to do the same with photography. We perceive life as beautiful and full of joy - and love to photograph people in a way that physically demonstrates that - making the world look bright and dreamy. Give me a wooded glen, beautiful light, and a couple in love and I’m happier than a morbidly obese man at Hometown Buffet! If you look back at the past few post you’ll see that I’ve been trying to do that. But here’s a few so you don’t have to search =)

During our time in Thailand I fell in love with film all over again and it just sparked new creativity in me. When I started photography I used film and it has shaped the way that I shoot: if I can do it in camera I will, I don’t ever use the burst frame mode, and I meticulously frame very shot. Digital photography has it’s perks but I think that film just looks more real. I can’t really put it into words - but I feel like there is a true sense of stillness with film. As much as I’ve shot with my digital gear I always want to go back to film for that reason. We just shot a wedding a few weeks ago, and the couple wanted us to use film to supplement the digital images. I was so excited to do so and here’s a little teaser for what’s to come in a couple of weeks...

So that brings us to our new changes...

Starting immediately, we are shooting FILM along with digital!! Our digital equipment will be phased out in the future - probably in 2012. Our prices are staying the same through 2011 - but will increase slightly in 2012 because shooting film is more costly. We are so excited for this change, as it allows us to explore some new artistic avenues!

Lastly, we’ve decided not to pursue photography full time. We absolutely love wedding photography because it allows us to spend time getting to know beautiful people and sharing their stories, but I have a full time job and Ali is staying home to raise our son Oliver. So, we will start to limit the amount of shoots we do each year and we will not work on Sundays so we can have a day to be family together. 

Anyways, that’s it. That’s everything that’s going on with us during this time of transition! We’re very excited about this and can’t wait to share more film images with you! Check back soon!!