A Shoot in Four Words (and FOUR NEW COVERS!) Thu. March 4, 2010
When Amy of Weddingchicks first told me about her idea of a styled bridal shower/brunch in combination with an engagement session, I was hooked! I shoot TONS of wedding stuff, but not much girly/bridal stuff, so it sounded like it was right up my alley! It didn't hurt that I also had four HOT new SHOOTSAC covers to shoot, and I knew that I was sold.
I wasn't wrong.
Amy put together an absolutely AMAZING team of people to design, style, and execute the shoot. If you are a bride reading this blog, you'd be making a smart move for your wedding by working with any of them:
THE FOUR INSPIRATIONAL COVERS FOR THIS SHOOT: Cheerful, Engaging, Whimsical and Swell--our NEW covers that will be available on the SHOOTSAC WEBSITE first thing on Monday! You will meet and get to know them today--I'm sure you'll become fast friends!
The focal point for this shoot was simple: A yellow button.
Why a yellow button? I don't know! Because buttons are adorable? Because I love them? Because I want to see more of them? Whatever the reason, once I threw that out at Amy, Ashlyn & Heather, they jumped on the button train and got to work!
I'm not kidding, they seriously got to work--making table runners, stringing buttons, you name it:
Buttons buttons everywhere!
Even hanging from the ceiling like a more beautiful dream catcher than I could have ever dreamed!
These recipe boxes and menu cards were so sweet! The buttons on the front are actually hair clips from Ink and Button--I kept the yellow and blue ones--try to spot me wearing one in Vegas next week!
Each girl had her own name attached to her box:
Teaspoons adorned the back of the chairs, affixed with yellow string:
Flowers with little edible treats in them and sprigs of fresh yellow buds make the table look so clean!
Erika showed up with the cake-S! I thought i was in heaven when she showed us the little baby cakes:
Each individual cake was placed on the plate for the guests as a dessert:
They were just so darling!
Katie, our beautiful bride toasts with her girlfriends:
So much cuteness!
Look who else made an appearance at brunch!
Nom nom nom--Cafe Mimosa, I love you:
Time spent with your girls is time well spent:
Some more morning cheer:
It was a brunch that was, in a word, CHEERFUL!
Later that afternoon, we took the opportunity to style and shoot a little engagement session for these two. Aren't they just...swell?! A little old fashioned, and a little laid-back, we had the most delightful afternoon!
Seriously, can they be any cuter?
One of my faves:
Erika made us these little button shaped cookies! This shoot is for the modern day housewives out there:
Ryan tries to steal while distracting Katie:
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental...(bonus points if you can fill in the blank):
Isn't life just swell?
One element that the whole team tried very hard to bring to the shoot is the element of WHIMSY! To be Whimsical, in my opinion, is to be DIVINE! And divine it was to have details like these--colorful baking supplies, a bright yellow clock, a hand tied stack of treats, a glass jar of buttons--all too beautiful for words!
Making the most of those mini-cakes:
The bouquet was just so much fun! Look a the buttons wrapping the stems:
Fun fact--the green suitcase is the one I used to exit my own wedding reception :)
I love it even more today than I did then:
Look--a whimsical little cover showed up, along with a play on photography with Ryan holding the bouquet:
When I think of Whimsy, I think--slightly unexpected and always light and fun!
Rachel, you are a beautiful, whimsical model:
The trick to a great shoot, if there is one, is that it be ENGAGING! What does this mean? Well, simply that it can attract and hold your attention. I think that these two have the ability to do that, don't you?
Katie and Ryan seem engaged with one another:
Which leads to sweetness:
And more sweetness:
The patterns and textures here are engaging to me:
And Ryan is engaged by Katie:
I am quite engaged by her also!
You make this new cover look amazing!
And two more, just because I love them:
These FOUR new covers: CHEERFUL, SWELL, WHIMSICAL & ENGAGING will be ready for you to buy on the SHOOTSAC™ site on MONDAY, so get 'em while they're hot!
And for the hottest thing since sliced bread, head over to THE SHOOTSAC BLOG to see our CRAZY new announcement (here's a little sneak peek):
Everyone who was involved in this shoot--I love all of you--you're the BEST! Pop on over to Weddingchicks for more!
Everyone else, there is LIMITED space at the venue and they've already sold most of the tickets, but you might be able to snag them today--I wouldn't wait on this one, just click the poster below:
One more winning thing that happened this week was my latest JC/OC Workshop! This one was styled by Rebecca Stone of Duet Weddings with amazing florals by Kate Holt of Flower Wild, so needless to say, it was SO stunning. Here's a little overview, and I'll be posting about this in the future!
Just because you might need some prettiness in your life today, here's two photos from yesterdays GORGEOUS shoot put on by the WeddingChicks and styled by Carter & Cook. The menu card is by Paper and Thread. There were a TON of amazing people involved in this shoot, but I want to wait until I can post the whole thing with you to do the long post with everyone!
Here's a little sample of what we shot in the morning:
And this is what we shot in the afternoon (there may or may not be one of the NEW SHOOTSAC covers that will be available during WPPI somewhere in this photo...):
(thanks to Katie & Ryan for being the hot models).
Yay, it's WINNER time! I got so many entries, it was hard to pick a winner, and I just had to share a few of my faves with you first.
Honorable Mention: This one is by Barbara Holland. I love it because the dog tag seems to be inscripted with my logo--it looks like she actually had it cut into the tag!! If this is a Photoshop effect, I have no idea how she did it. Awesome!
Honorable Mention: Dede Smith: Great mood and atmosphere! What better to watch on Christmas eve than a beautiful glowing tree and my logo?
Honorable Mention: Emily Clark--Emily, you almost got me with this cutie! I love the processing and the sentiment, she's absolutely delicious!
Honorable Mention: Joyce Dy! This obsessive-compulsive gem reminds me of my new favorite vice: the show Hoarders. This house looks clean, but WOW, that's a lot of ornaments and stuffed animals. This photo tells a story!
Joyce says:
This is my co-worker's mom who obviously loves Christmas. Growing up they didn't have much. Now, this is one of TWO Christmas trees at her house. She starts decorating before Thanksgiving. She has a garage full of paraphernalia and to me she captures true holiday spirit, borderline obsession. :) How can anyone resist that smile?!
Honorable Mention: Shutter Sam!! Sam sent us in this FANTASTIC, retro, polaroid and I absolutely love it. That's Sam and her son, her daughter took the photo. I also love the earring Sam :)
Honorable Mention: Myself
Here's an instax shot of my husband, Jeff, in his Christmas onesie feetie pajamas--one of the few gifts he actually requested. This is an iPhone snap of an instax print, thus the iffy photo quality.
Enjoy ladies!
AND THE WINNER IS....
Mary Beth Blankenship!!! This photo was chosen because it incorporated everything I was looking for in a fun, creative way. Great job, Mary Beth, email me your address so I can have your new INSTAX shipped!
Mary Beth says:
The photo was taken by me, Mary-Beth, and I am also the subject!:)
I like to take self portraits for fun sometimes, as models are hard to come by.
The camera is the Polaroid One Step Land Camera SX 70 with rainbow stripe.
I love collecting vintage polaroid cameras, and get so excited when I come by one at a thrift shop. The only problem is they are usually only used for my viewing pleasure, as the film is SO hard to come by. That's why I would LOVE to win the instax camera, so I could purchase film more easily and shoot with the little thing 'til my heart's content!:)
A Contest! Ooh ooh, a CONTEST!! Tue. December 22, 2009
One of the things I've always wanted to do was be better about taking and printing personal photos. I always have the latest and greatest point & shoot camera on hand, but the truth is that I rarely use it. Even when I do use it, I never seem to print and frame the photos, so they just sit there on my computer, forgotten.
All that changed when I picked up the handy dandy Instax Camera, that prints out a polaroid right then and there! I love it so much, and now when I use it, I instantly have a print! I have been having SO much fun with it, an now I have tons of personal photos to look at live and in person!
This year, I challenge YOU to start taking and printing out your personal photos! It's so much more fun, especially for the non-photographers in your life. Seeing images on the screen just doesn't compare to having that actual photo (just ask my mom!)
Also, I've been shooting the Instax on a job or two--check out this little set from Jill's shoot (more on that soon!)
And of course, some of the personal ones:
OOOH, A CONTEST!
I will be giving out one INSTAX camera to the person who emails me a photo NOT from a professional shoot that BEST captures any kind of holiday cheer (any holiday will do)!
Bonus points if your photo is a polaroid! Double bonus points if you can incorporate my logo into the photo somehow (I love when people incorporate my logo :) ) Email the photo to flamingo@shootsac.com and make it 850px on the longest side. You have until NOON PST on December 24th to enter.
I can't wait to see what you come up with, and Happy Holidays to you all!
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