Thanks for dropping by the all-new Sam and Mary Photography | the blog.
Make yourself at home and feel free to check out the place. It's still a work in progress. As you may know, we love to re-decorate and this blog is no exception. You will notice a few changes one being the location is now at www.samandmaryphotography.com/blog. We've also added some new wallpaper ;). And we now have support for larger photos, slideshows, video which allows us more fun ways to connect with you.
We are really excited for this next year of blogging. We have a lot of neat ideas, so definitely keep checking back. Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS feed and update your bookmarks! If you are dropping in, please leave us a comment and let us know you're here. We'd love to hear from you.
In the theme of re-decorating and to kick off this blog warming party, here's some of our favorite-to-drool-over pieces of furniture... Admittedly, we are furniture junkies and really dig these mid-century designs.
Eames lounge chair and ottoman by Charles and Ray Eames (hooray for another husband-wife team!)
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio
(how could you not love this chair! It's so Hugh Hefner.)
Le Corbusier sofas and chair
and of course, the chaise...
Magino Coffee Table by Karim Rashid
Okay, he's not mid-century, but we totally love his fresh clean designs. He's the man behind some of the great designs such as Umbra, Alessi, to name a few.
p.s. if you want to own your own Karim Rashid piece without breaking the bank, you can pick up one of these!
If you're feeling generous and would like to join in the fun, please
submit to us your favorite must-have pieces of furniture (or one you
already own). Include your name and city/state/country. Send it to info@samandmaryphotography.com and we'd love to feature your ideas in an upcoming post.
Lots'a blog lovin',
Sam and Mary
We've been busy with wedding season picking up. On top of that, getting over colds and enjoying the winter had me taking a break from my usual blogging. Here's a super long post though, so be warned!
For those getting married this year, the Wedding Palace bridal show at the Ottawa Congess Centre was the place to be this past weekend! The place was buzzing with excitement of prospective brides and their friends, vendors, music, fashion shows, food, and all things wedding! It made me want to plan my wedding all over again, well.., almost.
It was, however, a great chance to meet some of the vendors and fellow photographers in this industry and put faces to the names! A couple of our brides this year was even there, so that was a lot of fun! So here is a quick tour for those who missed it.
This is Sue from Weddingbells magazine who personally invited us and gave us tickets to the show. She is super helpful and overall nice person whom we've had the privilege of working with. Thanks, Sue!
We met Madeleine of Chapeaux de Madeleine, whose hats caught my eye! These are super stylish for weddings and I've always wanted to try one on. She was gracious to suit a few on me. Hmmm, so much to choose from...
Okay, we absolutely love this chandelier from Party Time Rentals.
And there was a whole lot of cake! Here's one from The Icing on the Cake:
Vietienne from Sentiment wedding cakes had one of the most unique cake designs. They are more like pieces of art as the cakes, designed with architectural elements, resembled towering buildings with intricate work. For the non-traditional bride of course!
We met the talented folks at Starfish who we got along with really well. They are young, fresh and full of creativity. Here is part of the team with their florist, Minoo of Tulipa
Aaron invited us to take photos of their booth, so here are a few shots that Sam was able to capture of the beautiful details.
Here's one of Sam with Miv from Miv Photography who does amazing work and we are glad to finally meet. We also met Byron Brydges and his wife, Maureen, but too busy chatting to take a photo. Both are great people and we are glad to be a part of this talented group of photographers.
Oh, something I'd love to have for my wedding... doves! Right, so no more wedding for me, but I'd love to shoot a couple releasing these beautiful birds this year! Here, our girls are at their first bridal show... we told them they have 40 years to go till their turn!
Dove by Alain of Les Envoleis Blanches
Well, that's our scoop on the show this year!
On that note, we want to wish all the best to our brides this year who are planning their wedding, we are honoured to be your photographers and can't wait for the big day! We love that each bride and couple is unique and has their own style and we're looking forward to how fun these weddings will be!
If you are a prospective bride and would be interested in booking us as your photographers, we'd love to hear from you and talk more about your wedding! You can visit our website for our portfolio and more information. For pricing and availability, feel free to email us. Hope to connect with some of you soon!
Happy planning!
It's already 2008 and life is already better in that we have decided, as we have the past few years, to not be bound to make the traditional new year's resolutions. No pressure, no guilt. Instead, the new year is a good time to remind ourselves of the lifestyle changes that we choose to live by and work on the rest of the year.
There are a few that come to mind, that being:
* keeping a healthy positive attitude always
* making healthy food choices, but still eating foods we love
* being active and outdoors as much as possible
* having a good balance of work and play
On the topic of being active, Sam and I are starting this year off right and are going to be running with Nike+. In case you haven't heard, and want to join in the fun, the Nike+ experience involves a Nike+ Ipod Sport Kit, a Nike+ shoe, and Apple's Ipod Nano.
There are tons of reviews on this already, but you can read more on these blogs, here, here, and here to name a few. Okay, so there are so many great features that attracted me to this, one being that you can track your progress on your computer through your ipod and that is important if you have goals you want to meet. Another, more obvious reason is that it looks fun, so why not?
You just gotta love the branding that Nike and Apple have and now teamed up they have come up with another great idea. We'll let you know how it goes once we give it a try! What are your goals or things you want to accomplish this year?