We just ran into our wedding photographer!

We just returned from a convention of wedding photographers in Las Vegas called WPPI. It's great fun and we get to catch up with old friends. This year we saw our good friend Mark Adams and made this fun photograph of the three of us. A funny story: Walking by a photo shoot in the lobby of the MGM, I asked a photographer in the class what the shoot was for. She didn't know I was attending the same convention and explained to me that this was a gathering of some of the best wedding photographers in the country and odds were good that the photographer who shot my wedding was attending. Too true:) Based in Atlanta, Mark is a partner in a studio called LaCour and was named by American Photo magazine among the top ten wedding photographers in the world. Mark is also a founder of ShootQ, a company that specializes in studio management software. It was great to see you there Mark and it was reassuring to know that we commissioned one of the best in the world (although we already knew that:) — Sean

Diaper Change

It's just as much a part of a photographer's life as anything else I guess:) Have a great weekend! — Sean

Oh thank heaven for Thanksmas!

We got to spend a rare Saturday night celebrating Thanksmas with friends. It's the holiday between Thanksgiving and Christmas where we all gather for dinner at Jen and Mike Rivers and then pawn off our unwanted Christmas gifts from past years in a rousing gift exchange. The newest members of the gang, Greg and Carolye, above, show off their loot:) And in case you're interested, Mike operates his own investment management firm. Check out his smartly written blog here. — Sean

Our wedding album arrived!

Our wedding album arrived from Italy and we are stoked! It's a really cool book made by a company called Graphis Studio. Check out our album slideshow. One of the best things about this album is that it's sold as a set. It comes with two 8x12 hardcover parent albums and a bunch of 4x5 hardcovers which we can gift to our families.
The photos were done by our close friend Mark Adams of LaCour Photography. We are starting to show this album to interested couples even though the pictures weren't done by us. We always find ourselves talking about our wedding because it had a lot of creative personal touches and we needed the pictures to show them off. The photographs that Mark shoots are in the same style as our own photography and by showing our album it's a great way for people to get to know us better.
If you're looking at wedding photographers right now here's an idea: See if they will show you their own wedding album. (They need to be married of course.) Our advice about wedding photography: Don't let a set of proofs or a CD gather dust in the closet.
Cathy and I had a September wedding in her father's apple orchard in Whitefield, New Hampshire We had about 130 guests. Some traveled from as far away as Germany to attend.Here are some of our own personal touches:
• We recruited most of the musicians in our family to sing and to perform (including my cousin the bagpiper)
• Ceremony readings included Dr. Seuss and Henry David Thoreau
• Cathy invited everyone to help bake pies for our wedding
• Instead of a cake cutting, we served pie to our guests in matching bride and groom aprons
• We provided Polaroid cameras for our guests to use and had a place to display the photos during the reception
• Cathy ordered boutonnieres for our families, but she picked her bouquet on site a few minutes before the ceremony started
• We had an extended cocktail hour (closer to 2 hours) before dinner and had lawn games including croquet, golf and horseshoes
• A friend who brews beer set up a beer tent for the reception
• Our caterer served dinner family-style
• We had a local group of dancers give contra dancing lessons after dinner
• A bonfire was started and we danced and played music into the evening
• A pancake breakfast was held for everyone the next morning