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Best of 2012: Portraits

The time in between the ceremony and reception when the newly married couple gets to relax before the party begins is some of our favorite time on the wedding day. It’s a quiet moment where snuggling, reflecting, celebrating, and beaming with joy are all encouraged and caught on film. We absolutely love getting intimate with our couples and being able to take a moment to just celebrate them and what makes them beautiful.

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Derek Martinez - February 25, 2013 - 5:27 pm

Phenomenal wedding, you really captured their day and told their story beautifully!

Sarah - January 6, 2013 - 2:31 pm

The photo of the couple blurred in the foreground and the mountains in sharp detail in the background—amazing. This photo and several others transcend wedding photography. They are just ART.

Congratulations on a year of work to be tremendously proud of!

Julie Cope - January 5, 2013 - 3:28 pm

You ladies kill it, every time. Beautiful work.

Heather Elizabeth - December 29, 2012 - 3:40 pm

Ahhh! The photo of the couple in the poppies is so beautiful. You had such an awesome year.

sarah der - December 28, 2012 - 10:15 am

Oh my gosh. All this goodness in one post actually makes me feel like life isn’t quite fair. HOW IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m not choosing a favorite so don’t even ask okay.

Mary Sylvia - December 28, 2012 - 1:42 am

Oh my the shot of them in the top right corner, looking through the leaves is lovely.

Leah Kua - December 27, 2012 - 10:33 pm

Beyond amazing!! I am truly left speechless by all of these!

Amanda Basteen - December 27, 2012 - 9:52 pm

These are all SO beautiful! Wow!

Paul Krol - December 27, 2012 - 8:03 pm

Beautiful work in 2012! I think you will have a fantastic 2013!

Gary Greenham - December 27, 2012 - 5:06 pm

Ok,

This is an awesome post!!

I love the shot of the mountains through there shoulders.

your use of colours is immense.

/mariahedengren - December 27, 2012 - 4:28 pm

What beautiful work! I love the smiles of your couples!

Rubén - December 27, 2012 - 3:28 pm

Your work is JUST AMAZING, wonderful year, really love it

Jonathan David - December 27, 2012 - 2:33 pm

A fabulous year! Your work is gorgeous! All the best for a bigger 2013!

Kelsie Taylor - December 27, 2012 - 1:27 pm

your work is SO beautiful! these are incredible …i especially love that second photo with the veil.

Serena Severtson - December 27, 2012 - 12:53 pm

STUNNING – I just love them all! Looks like you had an incredible year! <3

Porter - December 27, 2012 - 12:46 pm

gahhh you guys these are absolutely gorgeous! you clearly had a rockin year, and im DYING over the backlit rain or leftover rain or something shot, beautiful!

Jojo Pangilinan - December 27, 2012 - 11:33 am

You two are both amazing!!!!

Best of 2012: Ceremonies

Ceremonies are what weddings are all about, bringing two people together in marriage. There are so many things that we love about our job, but a few moments right up there at the top of the list are when our couples see each other for the first time at the end of an aisle, the squeeze of hands right before the first kiss, and the looks of pure elation on the parents’ faces.

Wedding ceremonies are beautiful. Here are our favorite ceremony pictures from the last year.

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φωτογραφιες γαμου ioannou - January 14, 2013 - 5:00 am

These wedding photos are really so beautiful.

Emily - December 23, 2012 - 12:01 am

I spy W+B amongst so many amazing photos – y’all are too good!! xo

Jared Tseng - December 22, 2012 - 11:39 pm

SO GOOD! So very good!

Best of 2012: Engagement Sessions

Engagement sessions are usually only the first or second times we get to meet with our couples face to face. We spend a few hours walking around, taking pictures, and getting to know each other so by the time the wedding comes around we feel like old friends. We love seeing the different dynamics between our couples and their personalities and being able to photograph what makes them them. One of the best perks of our job is having such lovely people share these exciting and happy times in their lives with us. It makes all of our hard work worth it – more than we could ever put into words.

Here are our favorite engagement pictures from the past year.

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Best of 2012: Families

As the year winds down, we like to reflect over our last 12 months that were filled with awesome clients and friends. We’re going to take the next two weeks to recap some of our favorite moments and to just send off 2012 in a big way and get ready for 2013!

We want to start with families. When people ask what we do, we automatically answer that we are wedding photographers. But really, we’ll photograph anybody that’s happy, in love, and wanting to share. We love when our wedding clients reconnect when they are expecting a little one but we also love to meet new families at any stage, to photograph them in their environment and celebrate what makes them unique. Doesn’t matter if it’s a maternity portrait, newborn session, family photographs, or just an in love pair.. we love you all!

Here are our favorite family pictures from the past year.

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Skippy - December 17, 2012 - 5:06 pm

These are incredible! Can’t wait to see the next ones in the 2012 countdown!

Magan - December 17, 2012 - 8:58 am

Heyyyyy! So … yeah… your work is so lovely! Both of you do such an incredible job. So thankful to call you friends and D and I are so thankful we were able to be photographed by you Leah! We’re plastering the photos everywhere! xoxo

Robin - December 17, 2012 - 7:37 am

These are all so great!!! I am definitely going to put it in our budget to get family pics made by you guys next year! So proud of you ladies for such a wonderful year. Hope 2013 is even better!

Kimbery and Clark’s Engagements in Austin, TX

Kimberly is fun to be around, so easy to joke with, and constantly makes me laugh. Lucky for me, she was one of my closest friends in middle school and made those sometimes awkward years a little bit more enjoyable. We drifted in our later years and reunited at her engagements after maybe 8 years of not seeing each other? Doesn’t even seem possible with how easy it was to pick back up. One thing that my job does is allow me to become friends, real friends, with my clients. I’m so happy that in this case, it brought an old friend back to me. And I’m extra happy because as soon as I met Kimberly’s fiance, Clark, I immediately felt like I won the friend jackpot. I absolutely can’t wait to celebrate them at their January wedding and maybe, just maybe, do some wobbling on the dance floor.

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Celia - December 17, 2012 - 12:33 pm

Pretty girl and nice looking young man. I wish I knew them.

Jon Morgan - December 17, 2012 - 1:30 am

Lovely set of photographs, beautiful location too!

Jessica Schilling - December 16, 2012 - 9:40 pm

Gorgeous! Love the light on the dock and the intimacy of the at home images.

Nora - December 16, 2012 - 8:18 pm

Love the ones on the couch with the dogs!!

Mario Colli - December 16, 2012 - 7:16 pm

I love the expression on her face on the second B&W picture where she is hugging him.

Alicia Adamopoulos - December 16, 2012 - 4:44 pm

Such a pretty session… and they included their dogs so they automatically win at being awesome.

sachin khona - December 15, 2012 - 6:11 pm

Beautiful location! Love the moments you captured!

PJ - December 15, 2012 - 3:35 pm

First picture is awesome!

shyann - December 14, 2012 - 6:58 pm

Beautiful session. So sweet and seems like your really captured who they are! I love her dress and necklace too. :)

Mariana Maya - December 14, 2012 - 4:54 pm

What a beautiful post! You have nicely captured their emotions!

I love the squishy nose picture the best!!! Super fun!