This IS the Life!!

Posted by Liana at 2:02 PM

Have I mentioned ever I *HEART* my back deck?? I feel so blessed to have this space and am excited it's cooling down now so I can get out there and enjoy it. I'm even bringing work/breakfast out there during the shade-hours :)

Cardboard Testimonies

Posted by Liana at 6:56 PM

My friend forwarded this to me today and WOW is this powerful. It's set to a song "He Loves Us" by John Mark McMillan (played at Hillside) that I heard earlier this year for the first time and my friend Tony plays for us often on the guitar. LOVE this song :)

Live the Question

Posted by Liana at 12:39 PM

I happened upon this quote for the first time sometime last year and thought of it today for some reason...

...I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903
in Letters to a Young Poet



Cadiz, Spain - March 2008

The Kitten and the Crow

Posted by Liana at 10:29 AM

My mom sent me the link to this story (below on video).... sooooo cool!! It's a story of unlikely friends: a kitten and a crow. They learn to trust each other and are friends before humans even come across them... the crow feeds the kitten and protects it and they play together! The video is a bit longer than most online ones (7 min) but the footage of them is a must-see!

The Story of Stuff

Posted by Liana at 1:13 PM

A few weeks ago, I somehow got an email introducing a new 20-minute video that explains the lifecycle of STUFF. Hmmm....



20 minutes later I sat in awe at the new tid-bits of knowledge and insights into the topics covered in this video and couldn't help but research more.

It would be in vain to describe here the research and things described in the video so ***CLICK HERE*** to visit the website and watch it yourself and/or check out the mini-clips below.

Next up... find out what I'm going to be doing about it next year!!!

The STUFF Rat Race


Planned Obsolescence


We Don't Actually Pay for What We Buy!

27 Dresses

Posted by Liana at 10:23 PM

Sara and I took a day off work a few months ago and went to see a movie... and saw the preview for 27 Dresses and just looked at each other and said "We've GOT to see this!"

I mean, what fun, juicy visual inspiration material for us as wedding photographers, right? Actually, it's a chick flick and we're chicks in the industry so we've been on the lookout for the release of this movie for a while now.

Tonight Kim and I cashed in those AMC-gift-certificates for a chick-flick delight (sneak preview already here in ATL!!)... and it was just that.

BOY do I WISH my clients had such eclectic dresses! (okay, so 90% of them were out of this world tacky but it was fun to watch so hey!)





Some fun factoids:

1. I've only been a bridesmaid ONCE!
2. I was a flower girl for my sisters God Parents when I was about 3 years old. I was REAL cute in a velvet-y deep wine dress with white trim.
3. Most of my friends ask me to photograph their wedding now instead of asking to BE in it. Hmmm... not sure how I feel about that....
4. Most brides don't realize it but we (the wedding photographer) is often with them even more than the groom or bridesmaids or anyone else. So WE are the ones that get to take care of helping out when things go amuck... unless of course they have a VERY excellent wedding planner (which I highly recommend!!)

Anyways... wonder if anyone has the 27-dresses beat??