Charissa & Erik’s day started at the The Davenport Hotel where the girls got ready. Then the party moved to Trezzi Farm for the wedding & reception. The day was calm & full of sweet moments shared between friends & family celebrating the wedding of two amazing people.

You might remember that I took some engagement photos of Nikki & Clayton during our last visit to Hawaii. You might also remember that we missed the light on the beach by about a half hour & we ended up playing a round of mini-golf. I figured it would be a good idea to brave the wind and looming storms & give it another go. I’m so glad we did!

More wedding & engagement photos coming up soon, but first I have a more personal post. Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing around with some film cameras. It’s been fun seeing what they can (& can’t) do. It brings back a little of what I used to enjoy about shooting film before digital was even around—ok, it was around, but not very good. I still miss the darkroom, but I do have a great local lab so I can let that go—for now. Fortunately I have a few willing models at my disposal & enough of a back yard that I can change things up a bit.

The black & white photos were shot on a Hasselblad 501cm camera with C-41 b&w film (mmmmm square). Processing & scanning was done at R&R Custom Color. The color photos were shot with my Diana F+ toy camera with a Polaroid back on Fuji Instax film. Those were processed in camera & scanned by me. The only post processing on all of these photos were curves adjustments in LR & sizing for the web. There’s also a reason why you’re not seeing any regular 35mm film photos. It’s because they suck. Well, maybe not suck, but they don’t add anything different or better than my digital super-camera. My files from my Nikon D3 are far superior (& less expensive) to regular 35mm film.

I don’t know if I’m quite ready to introduce these in to my wedding workflow, but I definitely see myself shooting more of both cameras in the future.

In keeping with the theme of change, regular visitors might recognize a change to the looks of the blog. No more black. A new logo. A wider blog. Teal! While all the previous posts will use the same style of image viewer, the new posts will have all the photos in a line (no more clicking to view big photos!)

It’s all a part of the changes I’m making to my visual identity. In addition to the new blog look, I have new business cards, new deliverables, new brochures—more like booklets, a new bridal booth, & stickers! I’m trying to make my visuals represent what I do a little more clearly.

In addition to the new blog & other stuff, I’m working on a completely redesigned portfolio website. That’s next up to change, probably next week (after the wedding expo).

So please, if you see something not working properly, please let me know.

I have a new blog post coming next week that will feature my new identity completely, but if you want a sneak peak, come check out our booth at the Spokane Bridal Festival this weekend!

This was all designed by…me! I’m my own worst client, for sure. But I do still enjoy design even though photography has completely taken over. In fact, I’m interested in taking on some interesting design projects. If you think I might be able to help, shoot me an email!