D & L's Wedding Photos!!

The day has come! Our wonderful photographer, Sharalee Prang of Sharalee Prang Photography has finished editing our AMAZING wedding photos and posted them on her blog! Sharalee is fantastic... before the wedding, during the wedding, and after the wedding. The photos are better than I could have imagined, and I think they are going to bring me back to that day every time I look at them! She totally captured the excitement and the vibe of the day, which I think should be the purpose of wedding photos!! I am so grateful that wedding photography has evolved from the posed studio photos they used to be. And grateful beyond words to Sharalee for doing such an amazing job. I can't wait to get the photos and start creating our wedding album!

laura & dwayne: married:

 

laura & dwayne: the reception:  

 

Published Ad

Since its going to be a while before I get around to blogging about my wedding (which was everything I've ever dreamed of by the way!!) I thought I'd get back into blogging slowly with some photos of an Ad that was recently published. We submitted it over half a year ago and then I forgot all about it. Its nothing mind-blowing, but it did come out really nice! The only slightly weird part is that its a publication for funeral homes, full of ads of recipients worthy of donations and estates. We have a program called "Lifegifts" that allows those who support our ministry to name us in their Will.

Sweet or Sour?

A shot from a magazine spread I'm working on...

(it is inexplicably fun to doodle on lemons).

Working on this shoot today put some things into perspective...Dwayne and I are facing the probability of his truck kicking the bucket, which, well really really sucks since he depends on it for work. Not what you want to be worrying about the week before your wedding! (or the week after while in Mexico...). But its hard not to evaluate your own reaction to bad news when you spend the first few hours of your morning carefully etching the fruits of the spirit onto bright yellow lemons with a sharpie.

As the author of the article points out, grace has been given and our salvation is assured. All of the issues that really matter were taken care of at the cross. The fruits of the spirit are the tools we've been given to cope when life happens, when we decide to deny our sinful nature and embrace our savior.

There's always something to laugh about. In this case, lets start with the irony of it all...lol!