Matthew: Columbia Falls High School Senior

So, I just need to have a big sister moment. This is my baby brother Matthew and ahhhhh isn't he just the cutest?! I CAN'T believe my little brother old enough to be a senior!!!! I'll never forget the first day he rode the bus, I think he was in 1st grade and I sat with him cause that's what big sisters do. The bus made a weird noise and Matthew looked at me and said "is the bus going to blow up?" Hahaha! Such a boy! I'll also never forget the day he came home from kindergarten with his school pictures, held them up to my mom and said "is dis my smile?!" He had the silliest little grin across his face in the pictures and was definitely NOT his normal smile, but it was pretty stinking cute. He still his. So here we go. Matthew's Senior pictures. I guess I'll have to get used to saying "Matthew's Senior" anything now....sad, and exciting.

Samantha and Reid Super 8 film, Wales.

This may be the most beautiful wedding I've ever witnessed. We are a bit biased though, seeing as Samantha and Reid are both great friends and photographers themselves. When we first started talking about going to Wales with them, it seemed like a far off dream that for some reason or another would never actually work out. Well, we did it, and I've never fallen in love with a place, or the people so quickly. It almost hurts to watch this video and think of all the amazing people and places we experienced.

Samantha and Reid, you are both such beautiful souls, and we couldn't ask for better friends. Lets make a habit of going on adventures together ok? ok.

Also, HUGE thanks to Kate Murphy Photography, she photographed this wedding. The pictures have no words, so beautiful. We just got a few of the prints that she captured at the wedding. Love them! Check her our here: www.katemurphyphotography.com

A reason to Drive all night.

Its been one of those weeks. I am finally wrapping my head around the idea that its a New Year. This is a fact widely accepted, but for me its different. This is not just a new year in the since of the calendar, or the date. Its a new everything, a reckoning time. Some of the readers here might not realize that I have for the past few years I worked at a Bagel shop. I got the job just when Photography was barely on my radar. It was a great job, while I spent the rest of my waking hours pouring over everything and anything photography related. It helped me buy lenses I didn't need, try things I shouldn't, and otherwise walk in circles trying to figure out who I was as an artist. I got up for work each morning at 3am, and got off before noon each day, giving me alot of time to waste. I quit at the end of last month. Told my boss that if all worked out, he would be the last "Boss" I ever have.

The other big change was moving, Bozeman has been my home in Montana, and in truth I never felt at home there. Don't get me wrong, Bozeman is awesome, but since I wasn't going to collage, and didn't love sking or showboarding, I always felt a bit out of sorts there. Those feelings intensified since last fall, when I started traveling alot, it seemed like every month, and it continues. Vegas, Laguna Beach, Vegas again, Denver, Portland, Cannon Beach, Bosie, Seattle, and now Sacramento in a week. The feeling of restlessness grows each day. God has shown me just how limited I was in my small world. Which is why I finally moved to the Flathead valley... more on that later.

Long story short, I quit my "day job" moved to a new town, and said goodbye to alot of things. If you've read this blog for long you know that Jon and I are always talking about how much our lives are like a good TV show. Last week Jons wedding was the stage for a awesome season finale, probably the best, and biggest we've had yet. We are just getting into a new season, new sets, cast members and changes. This will be my first year as a full time Photographer, and honestly I've never been more scared, but God is faithful, and I'm a blessed man.

Photos taken on portra 160, Bronica Etrsi, and a Yashica fx-3

I ain't lookin' for a free ride home, back to the middle, I need a new locale, I need a girl that calls me baby, I need to know if she can save me.

I need somewhere I can drive all night, out into the darkness, Follow the headlights down, I've got know if they can take me, Ive gotta know if they can save me.

-Drive All Night by Need to Breathe