Seems like just the other day I was driving through beautiful fall colors to visit Rachel from my home in Bozeman. What a difference a year can make... One of the best parts of being a wedding photographer is seeing a new story every week. Almost every weekend this summer I captured images as stories played out in front of my camera, each one closer to the day I would get to tell my own. One of the main reasons I became a photographer was preservation. The idea of forgotten memories scares me, I want everything to be remembered, savored, and basked in. So much of what we do is fleeting, over before its even a whisper. I think thats why we search so hard for that other half, that best friend to share the journey, because when the day is done it only matters if you had a witness, a person to remember the story with.
A person in that photograph with you....
Below are images of Rachel and I captured by my good friend Chris Rebo, also a amazing photographer. He is being awesome and letting me share a few here:)
In the midst of edit, edit, edit, shoot, edit, drive, edit, edit, Rachel and I took time to cake taste yesterday. It was by far one of my favorite parts of wedding planning. Another one of my favorite parts was our engagement party a few weeks ago. We had a few friends over, and my best friend Jon and his wife Jenni were able to come up from Bozeman. We ate smores, drank, and sat around the bonfire. All these images were taken on Ilford delta 3200 film, and HP5, on my Yashica 124g, and Mamiya 645af.
A year ago today Rachel and I went on our first "date", in honor of that we are watching Cowboys and Aliens, and I'm blogging pictures I took on the 4th this year. Last year it was a fireworks picture that I posted to a facebook group that got Rachel and I talking, so its kinda fitting I got these scans back from the lab today. On a totally different note, I've always found in interesting to look at the 4th pictures I've taken every year since I started taking pictures. Funny how it sorta says alot about me. Last year I was photographing Connect Church in Bozeman's free love event, and they ended it with awesome fireworks. That night was like most, fun, but in many ways empty from anything personal for me. I think the most memorable part of the day was my friend Jon shaving my head. He had begged me to do it, and I relented, it was a mistake, and made me realize the true value of a hat. I had no idea that night as I photographed the explosions of light across the water, that a year later, I'd be engaged to Rachel, that I'd actually have something personal to celebrate about the 4th. Every year Rachel's family puts on a huge fireworks display, and literally hundreds of people come. Rachel and I sat with Tyler and Becky, and watched the lights explode, with Brinkley burrowed down next to us. It was the best 4th I've ever had, by a long shot. Speaking of... the only thing I somehow forgot to take a picture of was Brinkley, and seeing as he is truly the worlds greatest dog that is a tragedy. Oh well... there is always next year:)
On a geeky side note, everything here was taken on my Mamiya 645af, and the Yashica mat124g, on kodak portra 400.
Product placement...
We had good company:) 
Impromptue photoshoot with uncle rons car:) 
Fireworks on film! You have no idea how hard it was not knowing if these came out after I shot them! :)
