I know, pretty crazy, right??? I’m beyond excited, and have been pretty speechless about it- I mean, it’s a huge honor to be chosen by your own industry for something that you love to do and work so hard at. They’re Nikon, they KNOW photography. Our studio has had such an amazing shooting season this past spring/summer/fall that it’s been so hard to find the time to blog about this! I didn’t mean to NOT tell you… I just… got sidetracked! (oh, that Photographer’s A.D.D….)

The short of it: the camera company that I chose 11 years ago, to make my images with, knows who I am (Eeeee!). Better yet, they like my work enough to feature it in their breathtakingly printed industry magazine, Nikon World, as well as on their photography equipment website, NikonUSA.com (“I die,” a la Rachel Zoe). You can read about how some of my images came to be in the article, and on their website you can even hear me dissect how the images came to be, touching on alternative cropping, inspiration behind a few shadow images, reflections, and using the scene to anchor the shot.

Go check it out, but mostly, keep reaching for your dreams!!

(special thanks to my clients for being so rad as to trust me to shoot they way that makes me feel happy, and for my bestie Babs McGee for shooting my mug!)

This issue of Seattle Bride Magazine is uber gorgeous. I mean, check out that cover!

We’re stoked to have Melissa and Josh’s Parisian Seattle wedding at Georgetown Studios featured! They have a great story, thought of some amazing details, and they had wonderful inspirating ideas- I’m so elated that they chose us to document it all (and that they don’t mind being our poster-children, hee hee!)!  If you’re planning a wedding, be sure to pick up a copy to read more about them and their wedding day style. The magazines hit news stands super soon if they’re not already out there, and boast Seattle Bride’s annual “Best Of” wedding vendors with some of the city’s awesomest photographers, planners, florists, clothiers, bakers, and more!

Been sitting on this one for a couple of months, and it’s finally time to share!

Y’all know how much fun we photographers have at WPPI, right? Well, this is the WPPI wrap-up issue of Rangefinder Magazine. It’s a good one to read if you are considering going to WPPI and just don’t know where to start since it’s like, so dang huge and there’s so dang much to do and learn while you’re there. I was ELATED to hear that Nikon and the writers at Rangefinder wanted to chat about my take on social media and WPPI. We talked about Twitter, Facebook, blogging while there, finding your voice, and WPPI in general. It tickles me that they think I’m a social butterfly. Okay then, I’ll take it and run with it .

Grab a copy, and let me know if I get to see you there next year! I’m already planning out my wardrobe

It’s here. It’s finally here.

When we were in art school, I would save up for months just to be able to buy one issue of Photo District News. It was the go-to resource for commercial photographers. It talked about art, trends, technology, and the Greats in photography. It was THE magazine. You looked up to it. You coveted it. You poured over their stories in awe of the artistry and business of photography. I mean, it’s PDN. THE PDN.

I could hardly believe my ears when Nikon called me back in January with an amazing honor and opportunity. They were embarking on a series of photographer spotlights to go into some of our industry’s hottest trade magazines, and wanted to know if I was game for their article in the wedding issue of PDN. Um, is this an early April Fool’s joke or something? Some really mean prank? Oh no. It was real. Oh.My.Gosh. This is the most exciting thing to happen in my young little career of 11 years.

I needed to send some of my favorite images on over. They asked for 10. I sent 72. (sorry guys!) A fun & fantastic writer for PDN, Kristina Feliciano, interviewed me and asked some tough questions. Then the final cut and rough draft. I still couldn’t believe it. My work on a 2-page spread in PDN Magazine!!!! PDN! National press! For other photographers to see!!!!! Oh, and they needed a head shot, stat. I wasn’t about to send my current head shot to PDN & Nikon, I mean, I’m shoving a cupcake in my mouth for cryin out loud. So, enter the uberrad Barbie Hull. She made me a lovely portrait that afternoon, and it fit oh-so-well with the tone of the article (thank you B!).

So here it is. The May issue of PDN magazine. Their annual wedding photography issue. It will be on newsstands in just a week or two, unless you’re a subscriber, and then you should have it waiting for you in your mailbox. It’s stuffed full with great articles on the business of weddings, new ideas like adding video to your photography products, wedding mishap disaster stories, and of course, the highly anticipated Top Knots contest winners. (p.s. that is not my image on the cover, although it’s so sweet! I just wanted to show off my very Von Trapp curtain shirt

So yep. This is what all those cryptic tweets, facebook messages, and our super secret mimosas were all about this morning. Cheers to my lovely clients who let me do what I love to do!!! I wouldn’t be in this magazine if it weren’t for your trust and willingness to go along with my whackadoodle ideas!

We’re really excited about this recent spread of our wedding photography in Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom magazine! It’s a gorgeous magazine, with some wonderful style ideas for the savvy & modern Seattle bride, and we were elated to hear that they wanted to publish Rae & Rob’s Sodo Park wedding! You can read more about and see photographs from their vintage Seattle wedding here or subscribe to the digital edition of Bride & Groom  here! (it’s also on newsstands, of course!)

I was so excited when the gals at Junebug Weddings saw a sneak peek of Rob & Rae’s Seattle wedding photography and emailed over to see if they could publish it on their wedding planning blog, What Junebug Loves!!!  They got some GREAT details about the wedding, so if you can’t get enough of this modern wedding with a throwback style of feathers and ruffles and swing, check it out here!!

I am sooo excited!!!! Our photography of Nicole & Steve’s romantical forresty wedding was featured on the front page of one of the nation’s favorite wedding planning and style blogs, Style Me Pretty, earlier this week!!!!!

Congrats, Steve and Nicole, you guys are getting all sorts of fun comments about your awesome choices of style by brides all over the world! But of course, WE already knew you had good taste the moment we arrived at your wedding!