Heather and Dave: Engaged!
Meet Heather and Dave. The couple met and fell in love at Duke while working towards their masters degrees in Really Important Stuff. Heather works safe-guarding open spaces in Northern California; Dave works to make sure the water stays clean. These two left the (relative) warmth of San Francisco to come to NC for a weekend of wedding planning and their engagement session. They were troupers during a very chilly afternoon in February at West Point on the Eno and downtown Durham. The line in that old song, "I've got my love to keep me warm" kept popping into my head -- I definitely think that's why they don't look frozen in these photos! Frank and I are looking forward to their May wedding at Duke Gardens, when I can guarantee it will be significantly warmer. Here are a few of my favorites from their session.
Heather and Dave, we are so excited to photograph your wedding this May. See you soon!
Wedding Album Traffic Jam!
I had such high hopes when the start of the winter downtime began. I was going to blog at least every other day and finally get caught up on showing off the amazing couples that we were so blessed to work with last year. The blog was going to be a fount of information with our "So We Were Just Thinking" series and yet I've only managed two entries. What in the world happened?
Albums. Albums happened.
I love wedding albums. The album is the first heirloom of the new family that is created when a couple speaks their vows on their wedding day. We are proud to partner with Pictage and Leather Craftsmen to deliver books that meet the "heirloom" standard. Each album is a one-of-a kind, custom-designed creation requiring many hours of work and meticulous attention to detail. I am notoriously picky about the wedding albums that leave the studio with "Sweet Life Photography" embossed on the inside. We have so many albums in production right now (12 to be exact) that I would swear somebody sent out a memo to my 2009 (and some 2008) clients that NOW was the time for everyone to get their album picture requests in. I honestly can't remember a year that album production hasn't been spread out more evenly. Was there a fax? A conference call I missed? Anybody?
I believe without a doubt that I have the best job in the world. And I've always been proud of the fact that we are a small boutique studio shooting a limited number of weddings each year so that we can maintain a high level of customer service. But right now, I'd give just about anything for a whole squadron of photo editors and assistants at my beck and call. We're going to get through this unexpected craziness with beautiful albums as the result.
So hang in there with me...soon there will be a new crop of weddings, engagements and portrait sessions to share and celebrate on the blog. Until then, my nose is to the grindstone.
And since no blog post is really a blog post without a photo, here's a little promise of Spring.
Elizabeth
