today when i photographed this couple, i felt happy.
one to twentynine . six / utah wedding photographer
dear yan,
i got a call today. they wanted us to do a reality show. something about documenting the perfect life and half a million dollars. then i explained how every morning i make the bed and dump the basket of (unfolded) clean laundry on the bed so i'll have to fold it before i can go to sleep. then just before crawling into bed i shove the clothes back into the basket.
for fear of being too personal (oh the irony! works on at least 3 levels here) i didn't tell them how last night we fell asleep hand in hand taking turns saying, "i love you." they said they're looking at one other couple (who's ryan seacrest?) and that they'll get back to us.
love you,
marty
one to twentynine . five / utah wedding photographer
we went to a photographers' convention in las vegas. it's called wppi. we took very few pictures but here's one i set up in the hotel. some of us look better than others, but then this project is about yan.
new and lovely things | utah wedding photographer
i love looking around this time of year and seeing the way everybody's souls seem to come alive after winter. its these first, bright warm days of the season that wake us up with their newness, and inspire the beginnings of things. around yan land, we have been making changes that we are excited to share. the new website is only a day or so away from launching, and with it a giveaway bigger than we've ever attempted before. though i wish i could share all of it with you right now, its not quite done cooking. but it smells really really good.
however, there is one element of the new site i can show. and it has all the prettiness and fresh feelings of spring. i have a talented friend who seems to exhale loveliness. she is a giver and a maker, and just wonderful all around. i've really been wanting to incorporate other types of art into my art. i asked for her to make a painting of a bride, and she presented me with this:
isn't she perfect? the artist is named ashmae, please go see more of her work here:
http://birdsofashmae.blogspot.com/
i promise it will be a nice way to kick off your weekend.
edited to add:
after consulting with uncle marty, he encouraged me to put up some of our favorite photos that will be appearing on the new site. oh alright. walk down memory lane, starting with the artist mentioned above:
one to twentynine . four / utah wedding photographer
martin: when i was younger i would insist my eyes were grey. it never went on my driver's license or anything, but occasionally someone would squint at me and lean a little closer and ask, "what color are your eyes?" at first i wasn't sure why people kept asking me that, but i took a good look in the mirror and decided they really were strange. almost grey.
in the beginning of diana and martin, during one of our all-important discussions about life, the universe, and volvos the subject of eye color was brought up. by that point i was over the "my eyes are grey" thing, but i still felt a special connection when diana said her eyes were "watery brown." it's the color of our daugthers' eyes. yes, watery brown. let's get that on your driver's license.