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Our Honeyversary Shoot

Mer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:26:18 +0000

Tim and I got married just over a year ago and since we moved to New York right after we tied the knot, we didn’t really get a chance to have a nice relaxing honeymoon. Sure, we took the train across country to the east coast, but with our wedding and the move right after it was just so hectic! Dreaming of a getaway where we could lounge in the sun all day, we decided that we would celebrate a honeyversary! We went to the oh-so-popular and oh-so-awesome Ace Hotel and Swim Club in the wonderfully hot Palm Springs and we had the best time ever. We love the mid century feel that Palm Springs has. All of the houses look so cool and the decorations are so retro-cool! While we were there we swam in the pool for hours on end, bought out all the records at the thrift stores, and of course, we did a photo shoot!

We loved our engagement photos so much that we wanted to have a similar vibe with our latest shoot. We shot our honeyversary photos with a tripod and wireless trigger, just like before, and of course we had to keep our retro flare! We incorporated our love of the 50s 60s and 70s and took inspiration from movies such as Gidget, Beach Party, and of course Palm Springs Weekend. We found a really great vintage movie projector at a thrift store so we had to use that somehow…and I think it turned out to be so special. I’m thinking this might be an annual tradition :) We hope you love the photos as much as we do.

Isn’t She LOVELY!

Mer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:24:50 +0000

Remember when you were a little girl and you imagined your dream wedding? You thought about who you would ask to be your bridesmaids (every girl in your fifth-grade class of course), who you would be marrying (Leonardo DiCaprio…duh!), what colors and flowers and flavor of cake you wanted…but most importantly you pictured the perfect dream dress. Last weekend we did an amazing shoot for Lovely, a new bridal shop in the West Village, and I was asked to model the beautiful dresses. Thanks to designers like Sarah Seven, Badgley Mischka, and Elizabeth Dye, I was able to live out my childhood fantasy! I went from wearing a fairytale princess ball gown to a gorgeous bohemian sheath dress to a sweet fifties inspired tea-length dress, imagining the wedding that would go with each dress (for some reason Leo was still standing at the end of the aisle!) It was truly an extraordinary experience!

Thanks from the bottom of our hearts go out to Lanie, the beautiful owner of the shop and an incredibly amazing person! She asked Tim to be the photographer and me to be the model and we could not have had a better team for this wonderful shoot. If you are in the New York area you MUST check out her shop! It is located on the sweetest little street in the West Village and you will feel like you are walking into a wonderland filled with whimsical gowns and ethereal hair accessories. I guarantee you won’t ever want to leave.

Lovely Bridal Shoot Teaser

Tim — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:02:47 +0000

We did a shoot for Lovely, a new bridal shop opening in the West Village, this past weekend. Here is a little teaser for you all!

Aubrey Marie is a Sweet Little Pinup!

Mer — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:21:53 +0000

One of our dear friends came into town last week for a visit, but when you have a friend visiting who is a vintage beauty queen and also happens to be a fantastic hair stylist and makeup artist, you just HAVE to rock out a few photo shoots (like the one we posted of her and her boyfriend gallivanting around New York)! Aubrey Marie is a swing-dancing, retro-loving pinup girl so of course a boudoir shoot was an obvious UHHH YAAAAAA!!! She did her own hair and makeup and the wardrobe was provided by Sugar Darling Vintage, and the result was pure Vargas! We truly are her biggest fans (she did my hair and makeup for our wedding!) so if you are in the Southern California area and are in need of an amazing hair stylist or makeup artist for weddings, theatre, movies, ANYTHING then please check out her website here! Her sassy pinup pictures are a present for her boyfriend, and with Valentine’s Day just around the corner you can’t give a better present than a sexy boudoir shoot with us!

A New York Winter Love Story

Mer — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:59:18 +0000

Two of our darling friends from Los Angeles came out to Manhattan to celebrate the New Year with us and to have a great time in the city. Aubrey and Kendrick have been together for almost a year, and they are just so darn cute it would knock your socks off! They met at a swing dancing club and their love for vintage culture and fashion brought them together. Their retro vibe made it so much fun to shoot them because they fit perfectly with our style! It was Kendrick’s first time in Manhattan so we wanted to make sure he was able to see everything important. They bought candied almonds in Central Park, had cupcakes in the Lower East Side, and ate amazing cheap pizza…ya I think we covered all of the important stuff! This is a mega picture post because we just HAD to post ALL OF THESE!!! We also shot some amazing boudoir photos of Aubrey that we’ll post in a couple of days. Enjoy :)

Autumn Bridal Shoot in Connecticut

Tim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:23:28 +0000

So when you have a beautiful wife like I do it is hard not to take pictures of her all the time! This past weekend was no exception. We made a drive out to Connecticut because we had never been and we want to visit as many places on the east coast as we can before we move back to the west. The trees are almost all naked by now, but that meant lots of leaves on the ground! It was awesome. Mer put on a cute little teacup wedding dress and a giant bow and we shot some really fun photos! We hope you enjoy them.

Kelli & Mark

Mer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:05:17 +0000

We had such a blast shooting Mark and Kelli, who just moved to the big city from North Carolina. Maybe it was so much fun because Mark is a comedian and Kelli is an actress, so they knew exactly what to do once the cameras were on them. Or maybe it was because they are one of the most adorable couples on the planet! They kept each other laughing through the whole shoot, giving it a laid-back, casual feel that never felt forced. It was amazing to see just how well they complemented each other, and we feel so lucky to give them these photos to treasure.

Charity & Adam

Mer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:40:51 +0000

So we were really excited when Charity DeMeer contacted us to shoot her and her boyfriend Adam. Charity is also a photographer, and it is always awesome when a fellow photographer loves your work. They were flying in from Florida to do a shoot in the Hamptons, but they were able to fit in a fun little photo session with us! We went out to DUMBO, which is SUCH a rad place to shoot! The buildings are all brick and most of the streets are cobblestone, it just looks so cool and screams “New York!” It was such a pleasure to shoot Adam and Charity because they were very sweet with each other, making each frame an instant keeper!