Yarn Love :: Loves Yarn

Yesterday morning we photographed some beautiful hand-dyed yarn! We worked with Katie over at Yarn Love to get these specific shots. If you knit or have ever had the curiosity to start, this is the yarn to get!  The colors are so vibrant and rich. The only way to get your mits on these luscious skeins of yarn is to head over to www.shopyarnlove.com.  Or…..

***** CONTEST *****  w00t!

I’ve got some skeins to give away. In fact, I have $100 worth of Yarn Love goodness that I want to share with someone. As with any contest, it has a few rules – but they are easy, I promise!

1) Head on over to Yarn Love’s Facebook Fan/Like Page and become a fan!

2) Leave a comment on this blog post! Our blog asks for your email address before you comment –  and so we have a way to get ahold of you to say that you’ve won!

3) Last rule. The comment should be anything about knitting. Why you knit, what you knit, who taught you how or how long you’ve been knitting. Doesn’t have to be but a simple sentence.

DEADLINE  is Monday 6/28!! We’ll literally draw from a hat randomly for the winner! You’ll know Monday evening if you’ve won 😉

That’s it! Enjoy the photographs!

Below are some ‘in action’ shots. Katie brought her children with her for art direction. The children outnumbered the adults 7 : 2. 

Adam & Kimberley :: Engaged

We traveled up to Ames for some engagement photos for Adam & Kimberley yesterday evening. They’ll be getting married later this summer.  After photographing them last night I was so anxious to get to work on a blog post to share with everyone. They turned out beautiful. I couldn’t ask for a better couple. If this session is any indication of what the wedding will be like, I think we’re in for an amazing time. Thank you so much for letting us have most of your evening!

****EDIT:  So, I somehow managed to completely miss one of the “e”s in Kimberley’s name. That has been fixed and Sarah has flogged the culprit that wrote the blog post. Back to your regularly scheduled programming 😉

Life Art Photographs :: Wedding Photography

This weekend was pretty quiet for us so I opted to head out with Joey and Laura from Life Art Photographs to do a little “third shooting”. They were kind enough to let me tag along for EJ and Megan’s wedding.  Laura and Joey do tremendous work and we’ve become good friends over the past few months. There were a total of five photographers at this wedding! The groom is an AP photographer and understands the importance of getting great shots. So this wedding was covered better than any rockstar’s wedding! I only stayed for a few candid’s and the ceremony. Congratulations to the lovely couple and a big thank you to Laura and Joey!

Loading up and getting ready to head out!

A quick stop at La Mie for some of the most delicious pastry and sandwiches this side of the Mississipi!

I’m a sucker for vintage clothing and I absolutely love this dress! It’s got a little of the vintage flair and the shoes were perfect!

Anyone seen my bag? 


David and Spot – Puppy!

Here are some great shots captured of my cousin David and his pup spot. Absolutely adorable! These were all caught on film with the Mamiya RB67 w/Fuji 800z and the B&W were shot with the Canon 1V w/Neopan 1600 (had no need for that but it’s what was loaded). These were taken in a matter of 15-20 minutes once I started shooting. I don’t get to see my aunt and uncle as often as I’d like but hopefully that’ll change.  Somes great shots guys!

Other note: All of these (with the exception of the wide narrow crops) were untouched. I simply cleaned the negative of dust after the scan. 800z is absolutely beautiful.