the first contest image will go up in two days.  ARE YOU READY?  don't be intimidated.  you can do it.  the prize is worth more than a little uncertainty, isn't it?

why didn't we have you write an essay, you may wonder?  it's a test, you see.  if you're just crazy enough to gallivant around the city on a mission for a prize, we already know we're a great match for your big day.  we're super fans of the 'lou, so this is a killer way to share our favorite haunts.  it's a win-win-win!

and to keep the images flowing, here's a quiet and simple image i love from courtney and chasity's rockstar wedding i second shot with stephen in may.  i dig the juxtaposition of the beautiful shoes, well-manicured toes and gorgeous dress with the well-worn, wooden floor.

i'm going to go off on a tangent now.  (the image above got my gears grinding.)  adam and i met in grad school at mizzou. we were both studying photojournalism.  the single most important thing i took away from my experience there is the ability to wait.  i learned to be patient in how i make images.  i constantly look around me and absorb the scene-- waiting for the right moment, emotion, interaction-- waiting for whoever/whatever i am interested in to be in exactly the right place.  that means looking up, down, around, behind me (i have eyes in the back of my head, you know!)  that means climbing up, laying down, moving around...we are not rapid fire photographers- shooting off a gazillion frames a second in hopes of capturing just one keeper.  we wait.

i'm a very visceral shooter while adam is more methodical.  it's a good balance.

keep those emails coming!

start sending those emails to let us know you're participating and check availability of your date!  in nine days we'll begin posting mystery locations.  if you start late, no worries.  you just need to have all ten by the last day (saturday, july 12).   fun fun fun!!

UPDATE: see this latest post for new dates in 2009.

you're engaged.  you feel like you should plan an elaborate and ginormous local affair, but all you really want to do is run away to mexico to tie the knot.

if you're just wild and crazy enough to plan a destination wedding in four weeks, meet me in san miguel de allende, mexico, sometime between august 2nd and august 12th to get hitched.  no travel fees required as i'll already be there celebrating my mom's retirement.  i'd love to create an out-of-this-world custom collection for you.  come on.  it's fun.  be daring in a way that you always wanted to.  find your moxie. 

find the best flight  and get the scoop. 

this ain't no chiste (joke).