I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself,
but for what you are making of me.
I love you for putting your hand into my heaped-up heart
and passing over all the foolish, weak things
that you can’t help dimly seeing there,
and for drawing out into the light
all [...]

Tomorrow, Funnel & I will be celebrating four years of marriage. I’ve sat at my computer desk a few times this week, trying to write something about what these four years of marriage and six years together have meant to me and what a wonderful friend Funnel has been.  But I’ve been having a hard time [...]

I read this here yesterday and I thought it was worth sharing:
“a few years ago, my father shared with me some wisdom about relationships. he said (in essence): ‘your relationship is not about that big fight you had yesterday, or your wedding day. it’s about all the other days. it’s about the day-to-day rituals, the [...]

It is 5:51 and I am sitting at my kitchen table, waiting for Funnel to get home from work and enjoying my first quiet moment in this hectic day. 
Today, Funnel and I have been married for three years.  At this time, on this day, in 2006, vows had been said, rings had been given, photos had been [...]

((Funnel, at Rising Park in May 2005.  One of my favorite photos.))
Right now my Valentine is sleeping in the other room.
I was just remembering our first Valentine’s Day together, in 2005, when we had been dating a little shy of 4 months.  We went to P.F. Chang’s for dinner, and Funnel bought me a bouquet of [...]

These are some Holga photos I took at Michele and Joe’s wedding, nearly a year ago. 

I love how they came out.  The color, the uneven vignetting, the dreamy skies.  I am going to be using the Holga at all of the outdoor weddings I shoot this summer.
And I know of one wedding photographer who markets [...]

 
We had a happy Christmas on Thursday.  We had three Christmases in one day: Immels, Fredericks, and “ours”.  In that order.  Gifts were exchanged, way too many cookies were eaten, and we had much-needed time with the people we love.  What more could I ask for?  Especially in a time when I know many people [...]

I’m always looking for a fun craft project, especially in the wintertime when I want to hibernate in our apartment! The other day, on weddingbee, I saw this idea for a wedding shadow box. ((click the link for instructions.))

You take all the special momentos from your wedding… invitations, program, jewelry, loveletters… and put them in [...]

I might not have time to go through and edit photos for a little while, so here is one my inital favorite from last night’s wedding.

I’ll post more soon.

Last night, my good friend Jason Rainey and I shot Ahmet and Selin’s wedding, at Cafe Shish Kebab, a Turkish restaurant on the North side of town.  I caught myself smiling and laughing a lot through out the night.  I couldn’t help it.  It was an intimate wedding at the family restaurant and it was so high [...]