I had to break the rules to get this shot of Charlie, the church rules that is. I think he’ll appreciate the memory more than the church lady appreciates me!

Just to be fair to Charlie, he’s not the weepy type - that was just his wedding after all! Apples were a part of their wedding theme and so I put a few in Charlie’s hands to help show their active and humorous side.

So that’s a quick look at a relationship within a few photos, I always try to grasp the multiple facets of your wedding and relationship in the photos.

BLUE - blue is the hardest color for a camera sensor, or film, to capture.

You can browse any photo in my Flickr stream with a blue tag, even if it’s more recent than this post.

You can read about the technical steps I take to achieve blue at www.Make Light Real.com. It’s very easy to control the saturation and luminosity of blue using the B* channel in L*A*B* color mode.

Some say blue is a color of sadness, but to me - the blue of a sky is electric, energizing, full of potential and the promise of tomorrow - of crossing the horizon and the joy of the next moment.

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Most often, blue is a great background color and it can really make both red and yellow (and everything in between) sing, so it’s a great color to accent the design of any photo with.

Well hopefully you as my client will love blue too!

Planning a wedding is a huge undertaking and most brides just dive right into it without a set plan hoping to figure it out along the way. I’m sure you’ve:

• Bought a planner from the bookstore: (it’s become a mobile dumping ground for all the wedding stuff you’ve collected but now don’t feel like going through)
• Attended a couple of wedding fairs: (and been completely overwhelmed by all the options and you’re not sure what criteria to base your decision on)
• Stocked up on wedding magazines: (sure the pictures are great for ideas but how can you pull off these ideas on your budget?)
• Talked with your friends who’ve gotten married: (and talked and talked about how amazing their wedding was but they’re really not giving you any answers to help you with your wedding)

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And so Scott & Beth are cajoled by the audience into showing the gift to everyone

So amid rolling guffaws, cheers and jeers - dad brings his point home!


Since you’re probably wanting to see more from their reception here’s the quick overview:

Now, I don’t generally try to focus completely on the bride and groom, when I get a free moment I like to try and do character portraits of all the guests I can.


And family moments are important and interesting aspects of the reception as well.



One last gentle portrait of the couple kissing in Hershey (ouch I know, but it’s too tempting), but I really want to point out how much Beth’s wisps accentuated her face throughout the day as you can see in the earlier images too.

Enjoy each day like this one, and life will be sweet and seem short.

Creative Blessings!

…for the Hershey girl’s kisses to start.

Scott’s wardrobe malfunctioned, and Beth was quick to right the situation.

We were fortunate enough for this April wedding to have blossoms on the trees.

Moments of beauty surrounded us, and we succumbed to enjoying them.

You can view Beth & Scott’s full wedding photos at www.MakeLoveReal.com, and wish them well in the comments below.  If you’d like to see more photos from their wedding, and hear a recap of the toast, read on to this post.

Blessings in your new life together, stay grateful!

The first reason is that I like to work from personal referrals. I asked a friend with good taste and style who she thought was the best at cutting hair in the area, and she knew Scott and recommended him right away. Personal referrals are key to any business, so this is how our relationship started.

The second key to keeping my business? Style. Scott listens to me and understands what I want. Which must be quite a task, because all I ever say is, “My hair is long. It bothers me, I want it short and I don’t want to ever have to touch it.” He patiently smiles at me and proceeds to give me a rocking haircut EVERY time. One that I never have to touch or style, it just looks effortlessly good! Now that is worth every penny, and more. (And truth be told, his cuts last longer than any other I have ever had, adding even more value to his outstanding service).

The last key to sticking with Scott was relationship. Over four years we have not once talked about shoes or handbags. I like successful business owners, I like to hang out with them and talk with them about real life issues. We talk about business, photography, art, investments, our families and other significant topics. And yes, sometimes we talk about parties and music, too.

Isn’t he cute?!

Personal referrals, service with style and relationship. The same 3 keys that I wish to fuel my own business will keep me coming back to Scott, every time.

So the next task of the day was to work on these 3 keys. Me and my new haircut took a trip to visit a client who needs an album cover refinished. Yes, I could ask them to ship it to me. That would save time, right? But in the long run I believe service and relationships are worth my time! Besides, my hair enjoyed the drive.

(Warning, this stunt was performed by a professional photographer using a Canon 1D MarkII while driving 65MPH on a major highway. Do NOT attempt at home. I repeat, this was done by a professional)

Now look at this beautiful scene that my hair was able to enjoy!!!

After some refreshing scenes with my client my hair knew it was time to get to work. This is my new hair working. Yes, I took this myself. I am a jedi.

More hair at work.

If you would like to see the entire adventures of my AWESOME HAIR DAY check out my facebook hair day album!  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41687&l=3e82f&id=1217253778

And if you need a recommendation for a great place for a cut, check out www.Scott Miller Style.comI love you Scott, thank you for taming the masses! I will see you soon!

-Liesl

I thought I’d just play with your screen a bit here and show you the exaggerated perspective in high resolution - more like we all saw it in Founder’s Hall at the Hershey School in Pennsylvania at this destination for me wedding.

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Rebecca’s preparation

I tie Joel’s necktie for him.

Joel awaits takeoff for his mountainside wedding.

Just one more teaser post before the full set of images are available at www.MakeLoveReal.com

Here’s a quick preview of Joel and Rebecca’s wedding photos, all my new Kiwi inlaws drop your e-mail in the comments and I’ll notify you when all the pictures are available on www.MakeLoveReal.com