From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Wedding decoration lights

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Today, I’m taking a step away from my regular early week wedding blog posts, or even my random garden blog post, to talk about wedding reception lighting.
Whenever I walk into a room the first thing I see is the light. You probably too, but don’t pay as much attention to it as I do. But [...]

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Freedom

Stock photography of a dog running over cobblestones wearing a jacket.

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Weddings at The Vista on Seward Hill – From a Photographer’s perspective

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Today’s post is going to be a bit different a lot longer but worth it, as the wedding pictures are at the end.
As my regular readers know, I usually mix wedding photos with stuff from my real life (growing plants in my Austin garden, taking pictures of food, stuff I find on the internet, and [...]

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Easy Fresh Pesto Recipe

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Only a few weeks after beginning my garden I’m able to reap the benefits. Last night I was hungry for a fresh, light dinner, and there wasn’t much in the fridge. Too tired to even call for takeout, I decided to see what was on hand in my pantry – I had the usual stuff [...]

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Austin Wedding Extravaganza

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There were tons of deals to be had – especially among the wedding photographers in Austin. They must have outnumbered every other vendor at the Bridal Extravaganza almost 3 to 1. The only other group who had numbers even close were florists slash event designers. It was fun roaming among the masses – everyone [...]

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Austin Wedding and Event Coordinators – AWEC- yearly vendor meeting

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Last night I had the privilege to attend one of the most desired wedding networking events in all of Central Texas. There is a group of wedding planners in and around Austin that have formed a little group called AWEC – the Austin wedding and event coordinators.
If you are getting married in Austin, you should [...]

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The top 10 wedding searches on Google

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Google has a neat new feature where you can get automatic suggestions for popular search phrases. It’s a sort of auto-complete in the Google Search Box. I first discovered this when I upgraded to Safari 4.0 on my Mac, but you can also enable it from your google homepage preferences, if you want.
I found it [...]

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Weddings at Old Glory Ranch

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So the other day, I get a great email from a previous bride – It’s been a little bit since her wedding, and now that she and her husband are settling into a more normal routine, they want to get a wedding album made. So I began to go through her photo gallery again, and [...]

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15 unusual tips for visiting the Austin Bridal Extravaganza, or any other bridal show

Attending a bridal show

Today’s post is a little different than my usual wedding blog posts – instead of showing wedding pics from a recent wedding I’ve photographed, I’m going to talk about wedding shows. In a couple of days, there is going to be Austin’s largest bridal show but these tips apply to any bridal show anywhere [...]

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ArtDeco Metropolitan Sign in Paris, France

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How to repair a broken sprinkler valve

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“Binks, you need to mow the lawn.”
I’ve been hearing this for the past few days now, but have been putting it off because I’m in the heat of the austin wedding season and people want their proofs, prints, and albums. It’s not like we have the worst yard in the neighborhood, but Sam had [...]

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After going hot and heavy for the first 6 weeks…

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and tearing out the cottage cheese ceiling, ripping up old 1970’s carpet and padding, pulling down old wallpaper, painting every flat and curved surface, laying new brazillian cherry floors and remodeling the master bath in 30 days I was burnt out. All while the spring Austin Wedding season was in full swing.
The move out [...]

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SquareSpace iPhone Giveaway

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I’m probably going to ruin my chances for winning a new iPhone by posting this, but since I’m such a nice guy, I thought I’d tell everyone about it.
Squarespace is a great company that “powers tens of thousands of sophisticated websites for businesses, bloggers, and professionals worldwide”. What’s so amazing is that without any knowledge of [...]

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Vernazza in the Cinque Terre

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NEAWP meeting @ The Vineyard at Florence

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This is a super long post. I probably should have broken it up into two days, but I’ve got something else planned for tomorrow. So if you are on Dial-up I’m sorry (but you really should join the 21st century and get DSL, Cable, or some other kind of speedy internet service).
A few months [...]

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weddings at the four seasons in Austin

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It’s one of the fanciest wedding combo in Austin. A duo that is repeated over and over – Ceremony at St. Mary’s Cathederal, and a reception at the Four Season’s. But I’ve never seen it done quite like this before. Even the WeTV wedding wasn’t this fancy.
Late last year, I had the honor [...]

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