4-26-08 Andrea + Eduardo Wedding

4-26-08

Andrea + Eduardo's wedding was incredible. They went to great length to make everything beautiful and everyone was happy. There was not a dry eye in the place, including mine.

I may not see you tomorrow, it's a life raft day, I'll tell you more about it on Monday.

---mel "she"

4-25-08 In honor of...

4-25-08 

In honor of Andrea's nuptials, I thought I'd tell you the top five things I did the day of my wedding for before the wedding. 

1. I woke up as slow as I could, coffee & breakfast with my sister, BIL Doug, and Mom.

2. Then we watched some scary conservative guns and ammo show on cable while they spoke to me all of the wonderful things marriage can provide. 

3. A long hot bubble bath to reflect and think about how wonderful my life is.

4. A trip to a famed New York City stylist house for hair and make-up with my best girls. All giggling about the day, my best friend went to get us lunch at a nearby deli and that was the first time in 10 years and since that I had a bologna and cheese on white. It was delicious.

5. The entrance of Cakeman Raven, he was the baker who made out wedding cake and rather famous in his own right, he travels often with an entourage and is famous for doing the cake for the Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge he has a section of his website that talks about all of his famous clients sadly we're not on there. But when he came in with 4 people in tow to drop off the cake I was so excited to see what he had come up with, we gave him limited perimeters to work with in and we had no idea what he was going to do. http://www.cakemanraven.com

It was lovely. 

My wedding day was the very best day of my entire life from beginning to end I wouldn't have changed a thing. Some of you may know already, or not that this coming Tuesday April 29th will be the 2 year anniversary of that event. We don't have big plans really, I think Steve is going to make me lamb chops. We are going on a short get away at the end of June to commemorate, after our busy season.

Nearer the 29th I'll add a few images from our wedding up.

Well I gotta split, I have a wedding to attend.

Thanks for looking.

---mel "she"

4-24-08 kudos near and far.

4-24-08
I thought I would write about Steve, the he counterpart to my she for the purpose of our business and this blog. He is planning to get a site up himself eventually but since he hasn't had a lick of time, I thought I'd write about what he is up to this week. He is working with another local photographer to design her logo and identity. But last night he was honing in on the final touches for the logo and identity for a medium range off Broadway Theatre company in New York City. He spoke with the Artistic Director who "would like to send him flowers, for the great work he's done so far." So we're both very excited about this new potential market.

I also sent out web galleries for both Andrea and Eduard's engagement portrait and Meg's maternity shots and they are both thrilled with the outcome. Andrea is excited about tomorrow. and I think Meg's pretty excited to start shrink a little and meet her daughter.

And tomorrow is Andrea and Eduardo's big day. I am super jazzed, their neighborhood is super modern and cubist and they'll say their vows in their backyard. I should have some top picks up on Saturday sometime, keep checking back.
Until then...
---mel "she"

4-23-08 Meg's Baby Bump

4-23-08

I mentioned in a previous post that Meg and her husband Corby are expecting their first in May. We were scheduled to photograph them last weekend end but there were some scheduling issues so we pushed it off until later. So Meg heard from her Doctor that she was having small contractions so we had to shoot it this week just incase Faith decided to come early.

Here are my favorites from our Session on Monday.

4-22-08 Gardening

4-22-08

As I mentioned last, Patty (MIL) is in town this weekend and we were doing out annual gardening extravaganza. We ripped out the front hodgepodge of business and added an array of lovely new offerings. We put in a hanging plant and planter next to the door, and 3 new Begonias on the window sill. We even added a small feature called "Lemon Zest" Petunia. It's color is exquisite, yellow of course, I've provided a picture. I did now wear sunblock the first day which awarded me with the brightest burn. Thanks for looking. For tomorrow Meg, my first maternity shots.

Thanks for looking.

---mel

Last night was awesome!!!

4-18-08
We went to a roller skating birthday party last night. It was incredible. I only wish my knee was as young as my heart. I did take a couple of spills, but they were well deserved spills. I spun around in a graceful move that was sure to WOW the masses when I lost my footing and went flying smack on concrete, on my knee cap. That was the low point. Obviously you see then why I have no shots to share, I wasn't sure I could keep my bum off the floor much less my expensive equipment. Please forgive the non documentation.

Patty (MIL) gets here tonight, we are going to plan some huge gardening project and hit the nurseries first thing for the best the season has to offer. I'm pretty pumped. I know they'll documentation of this ;) + guess what, I saw some tomato and pepper buds popping out last night. When you're loving a plant and taking care of it, never truly feels like 65 days gestation.

See you Monday.

Today is a health day

4-17-08

Today I have multiple Dr.s appointments and I'll be headed out soon.

I wanted to tell you a little bit about this weekend coming. We have Patty Howe, my mother in law, coming in for our annual gardening visit. She is an expert gardner in South California and has purposefully learned a great deal about out climate here in Austin to help us out with our planting plans. This is the woman who taught me that smaller potted flowers with the right love and support will turn into huge thriving planted flowers in a short time and can be trusted to grow. since her last visit, I put in a herb garden with lettuce last season and this year I put in tomatoes and peppers 3 kinds of basil sweet peas and I have some small zucchini making it's way out of seed pods inside right now. I will add a few photos in a short while of my lovely proud garden.

4-16-08 Christal + Michael

4-16-08 As promised, in with the old. These shots are from my step-sister's wedding earlier this month. Enjoy.

---mel "she"

4-15-08 Andrea + Ed

4-14-08 Baby Faith

4-14-08 

Since I have only just begun my blogging efforts I thought I would catch you up on a few goings on. This installment is about Meg my lovely next door neighbor. She and her husband are expecting their first in May. I joined her at her recent baby shower where numerous friends and loved ones sent a beautiful outpouring of love and support for their new family. Here are some highlights from their event.     

4-13-08 Andrea + Ed

4-13-08

Andrea is a lovely bride to be, who decided to not have a photographer for her wedding until I expressed my concern about the loss of her memories. Sadly her experience and those close to her soured her view of photographers. I think we were able to change her mind. Have a look.

Until next time.

---mel "she"