3/100

"These are my gwasses," he says.

Waaaay too small.... chewed up on one side by Uncle J's dog.... belonging to Mr. Potato Head...

...details, details. He loves them anyway.

2/100

"Look, mama, a rainbow!" my two-year-old squealed. I'd almost missed the little sliver of sun peeking through the curtain, hitting a wine glass on the counter, and throwing splash of color onto our kitchen floor. A sign of God's promise, right here on my ceramic tile.

A new challenge: 100 photos

As if I needed more challenges in my life, right? :-)

But this challenge has me excited. It's called 100 photos. Basically, you pick a theme, then capture 100 images based on that theme. It's all about finding inspiration and pushing your creative photography skills.

My theme for the project: Details

And image 1/100:


Hope you don't mind a little sarcastic irony here. :-) I didn't have to go any further than the stacks of paper on my desk to find inspiration.

For more info on the 100 photos project, visit its creator, Toni. Wanna take the challenge with me?

Getting married in 2010?

Congratulations!!! Lucky for you, the blogoshpere is just bursting with blogs and inspirational photos and ideas to help make your wedding a one-of-a-kind celebration of you and your fiance (need help finding some of them? Check out The B-List.) The wedding industry is also full of super talented wedding professionals who can take your ideas and bring them to life and choosing those vendors is one of the more important tasks you'll cross off on your to-do list.


In your search for the best wedding vendors, one helpful tool is this Wedding Vendor Hiring Guide. It is chock-full of questions to ask and things to keep in mind as you hire the wedding vendors you'll be working closely with over the course of your engagement. The guide is free and downloadable as a PDF so that you can print it out and stick it in your wedding planning notebook to take with you to appointments.

We've worked with many, many vendors in the Chicago area, so if you need recommendations or ideas, feel free to contact us. We want to be more than just your wedding photographers... we want to help in any way we can as you get ready for your big day.

Happy planning!

Meet our newest associate...

Susannah Grant Sharp joined our team on November 20th! She's the reason I've been laying low for the last few weeks. Now that the holiday craziness is over, we're beginning to settle into a routine, and life feels a little more manageable. So here we come, 2010, ready for all kinds of new challenges and adventures! Of course, my camera will be at the ready to capture it all. :-)

As we start a new year, I'm thanking you all in advance for trusting me with your stories: the smile you share with your mother as she helps you into your wedding gown, the giggles and tickles you give your children as we play together in the park, or the kiss you plant on the oh-so-soft cheek of your new baby. It all deserves to be remembered, celebrated, and documented. Give me a call and tell me YOUR story!