Today, we wanted to introduce to all of you an incredible artist Anastasia Mikailenko. Art is the only word that comes to mind when you look at her cards. Just as in photography, or any other industry, we highly value people who step out of boundaries, try new things and express themselves through what they do. And Stacey definitely falls into that category of people. So, you are welcome to go and visit her web page at: http://anastasiamariecards.com/blog/

photo credit to Daniel Usenko

Howdy everyone. This is a totally delayed post with images from our Portland/Seattle trip. And those of you who expected a post with our latest wedding from last Sat – we’re just teasing you. Keep being patient – its coming up next:))

Its finally here! Well we’ve been wanting to share this beauty for a while, Let us introduce to you our studio sample wedding album. It is a 11×14 flush mount, custom designed and printed album by Renaissance. This thing is a pure joy! And with lifetime warranty guarantees a fantastic product for the rest of your life! Of course, to really appreciate it, you need to hold it in your hands…

Hey! This week is promising to be fun and unpredictable. Just a few minutes ago Nathan and I came back with our first cat. He called her Smokey – she’s gray. In fact, that’s our second ever pet. Before Smokey, we had a bird and it didn’t really work out. He was a very angry bird and would bite you so hard, my fingers would bleed. So, we just let that guy fly away – good thing Nathan was still too little  to attach to him. So, I suppose having a cat should be different. Justin already crawls after her, and Nathan can’t stop chasing, hugging and playing with Smokey. The only side effect, I guess, is that Justin can find that litter box and consider it food. We hope it doesn’t happen and will try to guard it somehow. I suppose, we’ll keep you updated on our cats life. We might even get a few pics on the blog.

But for now,  set of images that we were able to capture this weekend. It was a great pleasure meeting Caitlin! She is a very fun, outgoing person that did an amazing job modeling for us and we enjoyed every minute of the shoot.  Thanks Caitlin!

 

 

As I said in the previous post, I had a great opportunity to be at WPPI convention this year. For those who don’t know what it is: WPPI is wedding and portrait photographers international. And it’s held annually at Las Vegas. This year there were 15000 photographers from around U.S. and probably the world.  There is two parts to the convention. One is the trade show. There were two huge rooms full of everything and anything that is anyhow connected to the trade. It took us two days to see everything! I was mainly focused on finding more info on different wedding album makers. I was really impressed with a couple of them and will be doing a separate post on that.  The second part of the convention was the Classes. I had a pleasure to visit Jesh De Rox, Jim Garner, Jasmine Star, Justin and Mary Marantz, Marcus Bell, Roberto Valenzuela,  and Matt Mendelsohn and Greg Gibson’s platform classes. The whole thing totally rocked my world and got me very inspired for the year ahead of us. There is uncountable amount of things and practices that we want to change and add to our business. So, we hope by the end of this year we’ll become a better studio to serve our clients as much as we can. For any photographer who wondered about WPPI – you shouldn’t. Its worth the time and money.

These are some photos of the convention and a few abstract expressions in the infamous town of L. Vegas:

With John Mireles