Issy Schmid Imaging

Yes, I’m blogging. I know its tough to believe because its been so long, but here we are. Christine and Rich are going to be married this May, and after just shooting with them for this e-session we can’t wait for their wedding day. Christine and I have actually been friends since we started playing softball together when we were kids. (If I find one of our old softball photos, I will post it later). Christine is still the same shy girl that she was back then. When I asked Christine where Rich was from, she said he was from the same town as we were, but because he went to different schools they never met growing up. The best part of the story about Christine and Rich meeting was that even though they lived less than 2 miles apart, they actually met out of state while on vacation. Rich really brings out Christine’s personality, and I know that their wedding this spring is going to be a blast.

As most of you know, we don’t shoot many weddings during January and February so I bet you are wondering what we have been up to. Well, I have been spending most of my time working on albums, and new sample products for 2011. My 2011 brides have some great new products to choose from including leather guestbooks with black pages that your guests can sign using gel pens. I am so excited to be getting ready for this year’s weddings. Stay tuned because we have some great stuff coming up including some engagement sessions and portrait shoots. I am also going to try and get some other stuff up from this past year that never made it to the blog.

So, if I am concentrating on editing and albums you might think that Austin has been just hanging out watching football, but anyone who knows us knows that wouldn’t be the case. Austin has been hard at work remodeling our family room. We have wanted to rip down the walls in the family room and start from scratch since we moved in, so its so exciting that we are finally doing it. We ripped everything, and I mean everything out, replaced the windows and doors,tore down the brick fireplace, built new studs, tore out the ceiling, put in recessed lighting, and ran all the electrical so far. Austin’s dad has been over nearly every weekend helping out, and we are getting close to it finally coming together (even though we don’t have walls yet). You can see some of progression below:

November:

Today:

Our plan is to have the room ready for the first Phillies game… wish us luck!

The Wedding Season for 2010 brought Austin and I many great couples and families, and not to mention some really great weddings. One of the best parts of the wedding day for us is when we get to make images of the freestyle dancing of our couples and their friends and family. This year has shown some pretty memorable dance moments that I think need some recognition here on my blog. So, I have put together a little slideshow of some of our favorite moves of 2010. Enjoy…