Meet : Megan + Ajay

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Megan and Ajay, on her birthday! After light-hearted stories of how they met, a sneaky engagement, and the details of their July wedding, we ran around the block with camera in hand. It was a fun, impromptu way of getting to know each other on a more personal, and visual level.

Their wedding will be held outside at the ever so lovely, Hobbs Building in the West Bottoms. Although Hindu weddings are traditionally quite elaborate and lengthy, their wedding will be a less traditional mix of Western and Indian cultures. (I was kinda bummed to hear Ajay will not be riding in on an elephant. ;-) Here are a few images from our five-minute-walk-about.

(This was a fun find: Free stuff set out on the curb! Something that isn’t normally requested as a portrait destination, but it was a great place to play.)

 

Ben Schmidt : A Fellow Blue Window Photographer

Yes, it’s true. We’re biased and only have photographers who’s last names starts with “Sch”. Too bad we’re not named Schtudio. ;-)

Say hello to Ben! { more pictures here }He recently moved here from Fresno, California and is the latest addition to Blue Window Creative. This will probably be the only time you actually see him in any pictures, as he’ll be the talented eye behind them.

A few points of interest:

An common thread we all share, is that we were led into photography, but never went to school for it.

We also, sadly, had uninspired wedding photographers at our own weddings, which gives us a common drive. We are always pushing ourselves to provide unique, genuine, and honest documentary photography we wish we’d known we wanted back when we got married.

The lovely ladies with him are his wife, Alisa, and their daughter, June. (They are the kind of family that makes me think it’d be fun to be parents someday….although several years from now…;-)

He’s got some sweet white sunglasses.

Ben also has a great sense of humor, and a laid back personality that’s quite comfortable to be around. And he likes long walks on the beach, and nights on a bear skin rug in front of a crackling fire. Okay; just had to break it up a bit as I’m just going on about how great he is.

Most importantly, he’s got a natural sense of composition, light, and connection with his subjects that can’t be taught.

Be on the look out for more work from Ben, as he’s going to be a big part of the new and improved (with more cleaning power) Blue Window Photography team. We are truly honored to work beside him, and even more excited about the quality of photography we know he will bring.

Welcome Ben!

 

E : Tanya + Alex

Well, if anyone is sweating on their wedding, it’ll either be from nervousness, or some intense dancing! Tanya and Alex will be getting married on December 26th (Christmas Post Eve) this year. Their wedding and reception will be at the Mission Theatre, with a Moulin Rouge themed wedding featuring plum and copper. (She didn’t have to know too many decor details, as they’re leaving a lot of it up to Bridget’s creative flair.)

Here are a few photos from a quick portrait session after our meeting. Alex will be relieved to know that he didn’t blink in all the images, like he’d promised would happen.

We also loved the font and placement of his tattoos, but forgot to ask about them. So we played CSI with the photos and thought they were this: “We are the music-makers, we are the dreamers of dreams.” from Arthur O’Shaughnessy. (Also heard in Willy Wonka.) If we’re wrong, we’ll come back and correct, but we thought they were quite nifty…although nifty is not quite a very tattoo-esk adjective…;-) Enjoy!

(p.s. You’ll also notice little initials on some of the images. This is our way of letting you know the author of the photo, every so often. “m” is for Mary, “j” is for Joel, and more on who the “b” is soon!)