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December 23, 2011
We are constantly doing everything that we can to create the best possible art together. Often a little planning before your portrait session can make the extra difference in amazing portraits. That's why we are so proud to offer our new Style Guides.
With the research of designers and fashion experts, we've put together our Fall and Winter Style Guides. Designed to help you get new ideas for clothing and locations before your session, each offers a variety of looks and suggestions for you. Best of all they are completely free! Hop on over and download them today to get ideas for your next portrait session!
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November 9, 2011
For the past year and half I have been proudly supporting A Practical Wedding. Their site is devoted to living life and having a wedding in that order. When I first stumbled across their site, I knew this was something special. Meg Keene the sites founder has poured her heart and soul into it and it shows. It's become an amazing resource and place for important discussions.
Recently they added on a vendor directory and a sanity pledge for their supporters. It's a great idea and a perfect summary of what I love so much about their site. You can view our entry in the vendor directory here. There are amazing vendors from all of the world in there and the best part is that all of the vendors have taken the same pledge, so you know what you are getting.
If you haven't visited A Practical Wedding, I encourage you to do so now. They bring a much needed and often missing realistic and healthy view point to weddings. Plus, they are just plain good people. If you like what's going on over there, make sure to check out Meg Keene's new book due out in January.
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November 7, 2011
Way back before their wedding, I sat down with Karra and Jared to talk about how we would showcase the art from their wedding. We quickly decided on an album and they even picked out the perfect leather right there on the spot. There is just nothing like the quality of our handcrafted wedding albums.
Of course when Karra stopped by the studio after her wedding, she saw our glass album cover and everything changed. She decided to go with a large album and our custom glass album cover along with this amazingly beautiful leather. The leather has their perfect texture to it that really needs to be touched. To go along with the full size album, we also made a pair of parent albums in a slightly smaller format for both Karra and Jared's parents.
Their wedding at Paradise Springs was a stunning affair and these handmade albums capture everything from the day so perfectly in a piece of art. You can click through here to see the full album design here or stop by our studio to hold our other sample albums.
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August 15, 2011
In the midst of preparing on the actual wedding, one area that I have seen many brides struggle with is explaining to their bridesmaids exactly how to lace up the wedding dress. This button goes where? How tight does this need to be? Sure the bride was there when she tried it on at the bridal boutique and everything seemed so easy there, but rarely does everyone else have the chance to join her.
Then one of my recent clients Sarah had a brilliant idea that I have to share. When she was having her dress fitted she simply recorded the process of lacing the dress up on her iPad. Then on the day of the wedding, with emotion running high, she pulled out her iPad and showed the video to her bridesmaids giving them perfectly detailed instructions on how to make the wedding dress look the best.
As quickly as that her bridesmaids knew exactly how to make Sarah's dress fit perfectly. Certainly you don't have to carry around you iPad in your pocket to make this happen. These days just about every video camera has a cell phone built it, just sitting in your pocket. Put it to use and make your wedding day easier!
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Sarah says:
Thursday, August 25, 2011
We might still be there trying to figure out how to lace it up correctly if not for the video ;-)
Jane says:
Monday, September 5, 2011
Hi Patrick,
I love this photo. That was a great morning and I loved watching the girls lace up Sarah's dress.I had to do it myself for the reception back in Indiana. How can I get a file of this picture?
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April 13, 2011
Over the internet it is difficult at best to truly understand how beautiful our wedding albums are. Looking at pictures or seeing layouts online is nothing like holding an album in your hands, feeling the grain of the leather, the simplicity of the design and the quality of the prints.
Just last night Megan and Shane received their completed album and held it for the first time. It was a beautiful rainy October day in Yosemite when they were married. Shortly after their wedding day they returned to their home in Florida and the remainder of our communication was over the phone or through email. Together we worked to build them the perfect wedding album but it wasn't until the album was 100% complete and delivered that either of them had a grasp on the finished project.
Minutes after they first looked at the album I received an email from them: "Patrick!
I cannot believe my eyes! Our photo album has arrived today, and it is unlike anything I have ever wished or hoped for!!! It is ABSOLUTELY stunning!!!!!! WOW!!!
I love the color and texture of the leather, the weight and thickness of the pages and how crisp and breathtaking the photo quality turned out!!!
I am so so so happy Patrick! Thank you so very much for this wonderful piece of art work. "
Their album was a flush mounted album wrapped in a soft textured brown leather. If you are interested, here is the full album layout.
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