So...not that this has anything to do with the wedding (kinda?)...still thought I'd share...
Basically, what with...oh I don't know?...my final graduate year on my plate, the wedding planning has kind of taken a backseat (never fear...I'll start up again soon!). But so anywho, I've been super busy with classes and mid-crits and such, but one of the most enjoyable things I've been doing is learning about photography. I actually got inspired by all the researching I've been doing into wedding photography, and I think I've found a new passion!!! I'm thinking that quite possibly I could turn this passion into something profitable if I get good enough (ya know coz I'm always broke!+some wed photographers can make a butt load if they're good+I LOVE Wedding things!). So anywho again, thought I'd share some of the non-wedding stuff I've been doing...
I was playing with saturation levels and vibrance...I really wanted a vintagey surreal vibe, and of course I love color so I wanted the sky to pop. I especially love the log in the grass shot because it's so messy and natural and I love the way it kind of peeks up from the grass! Ugh...I wish I could just go out all day and take prairie shots! I'll give all those wedding photogs out there tons of credit though...shooting people takes some serious skills! Right now I prefer inanimate objects.
So I found this really awesome photographer that I liked, and after trading a couple of emails with her, I thought that she was going to be the "one" (lol!). Unfortunately, she fell off the face of the earth, and several emails, phone calls, and a message later, I realized I should just start looking again.
BOY am I glad I did!!! I found the wonderful Michelle Huesgen of Untamed Heart Photography! She was super professional and quick! I mean any person who makes a personal call within the day that you contact them gets an A+ in my book! Getting a wedding planned without running after your vendors is stressful enough, so I was very impressed! Besides the professionalism, she is super bubbly and fun, and takes A-MAZ-ING photos! I'm very excited!!! I would post some of the pictures from her blog but I don't know how she feels about copyright infringement (jk)! If you want to check her stuff out though go here for all sorts of cuteness...
Sarah Yates stuff is literally A-MAZ-ING! Too bad it would be uber(with the oomlaut!) expensive to fly her out to the STL to shoot our wedding. Again, people! You should follow my blog so that I can market other people's work and get discounts...hint, hint! but any way please enjoy this bit of fabulousness...
So I was implored by my skating buddy (shoutout!) Staci Wood to update my blog! So I'm updating my blog!
Truth be told, I can't believe I even really started a blog considering how much I love to procrastinate (my mom would call this being lazy!). But really it's just that I don't want to put anything out there that is sucky...which this is...so I lament over how sucky my blog looks/I-don't have-the-patience-to-learn-how-to-customize-HTML...I get really anxious about the suckiness...(deep breath)...and I don't do anything with it. This is why I never kept a journal when I was younger, so it seems a little ridiculous for me to try to keep an electronic version of one now!...
But then...I'll probably look back at this next June or so, and think wow...it's over, it flew! And it'll be nice to have a reminder of all of it, with all my non-witty ramblings and such, and think about how amazing everything went. And in the end it'll all be worth it!
But what the hell am I talking about! This shit's too deep...onto the randomness that has been the last week and a half or so (commentary included)!
My fav! Reception for 6...(if only!). That table setting is to die for! And those antique birdcages!
heartbreaking breathtakingly beautiful...someone please donate me your backyard complete with tree-filtered sunlight and flickering lightning bugs...seriously...anyone...
multitudes of inspiration boards...not done by me
please note: I am a designer...I love design please also note: there are at least 3 different styles shown in these pictures (I'm too lazy to do an exact count...its probably more like 10) please also also note: I am a designer...don't worry, there will be a 1 cohesive aesthetic (I just haven't figured out what this is yet!)
probably not the nature ones(sadface)...does this give you a hint about the reception site (i.e.-see post #4)...I'm including the nature ones because maybe one of my friends will take the hint and have their wedding in Colorado/KC and have that rustic kind of wedding which I love, and I can at least go to a wedding like that!...Kirsten???
what else...
Pretty Hair and Make-up
birdcage veils aren't really me, but I like this one better than the ones with the really open netting!
Mantilla Veil...again I really like but don't think I could pull it off...unless I suddenly found out I am partially Italian or Hispanic...very romantic though (P.S.-I don't like veils in general...so I probably won't wear one)
Cat eyes and Red lipstick=LOVE
If I do and up-do...
And headbands! (Dino loves headbands on me!)
Photography shots that I love...
Note: Dear bridal party, I am sorry if you do not like umbrellas/have no use for them. These will be your gifts. Love, Bridezilla (JK...but seriously, this pic is awesome!)
And I will have to leave other ramblings for another post because I'm an old woman, and it is past my bedtime. Staci, this should get you started till I can post next.
