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Carriatrick : Part 1

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How is it almost Christmas already?! I suppose there’s no better time to share some holiday photo love. :)

The next two posts are full of photos we took during a play week we had last December with some of our most favorite people. :)

Our friends Carrie and Patrick stayed at the fancy new Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort which  I was dying to see, and we did a mini-shoot with them around the hotel. :)

Loved all the details…

Carpet angels!

The sweetest anniversary/ wedding gift ever- Since Nate and I eloped, we never got to have a wedding cake. Carrie and Patrick, being the amazing friends they are, surprised us one night at dinner with a Disney anniversary cake. Sweetest gift ever, ever. I totally cried. :) Note Carrie’s note to detail- She knows my love of all things Christmas and Tiffany boxes. ;)

JULU!!!!!!! Justin and Lu, two more of my favorite people on the planet. I’m so sad we’re not seeing you guys this month! :(

The cast members of the Germany Pavilion in Epcot had fun setting this one up, I’m sure! ;)

After dinner, Carrie, Nathan, and I went over to my most favorite holiday tradition ever- The Candlelight Processional! I was excited to see my friend Marshall (in the glasses) was singing in the show. :) Some of you guys may remember him from Return 2 Zero or Four for a Dollar. :)

Abigail Breslin (Or, “Abbie Bressie,” as we dubbed her after this night) was the celebrity narrator. It was amazing- I’ve never heard the story of Christmas told in such a nonchalant fashion.

Throughout the reading, she gave the audience the feeling that we were keeping her from something more important. I know she wasn’t doing any of this, but the whole time I felt like she was smacking her bubblegum, twirling her hair, and waiting for Billy to call and ask her to the prom.

When the singers were doing their thing, she had this complete zoned-out look on her face.

Don’t let this photo fool you- She’s only smiling ’cause she’s DONE! ;)

At one point, Nathan and I were guests at a wedding for the first time ever!!! See?

Our friends Rebecca and Joe got married. :)

Their reception was absolutely gorgeous in the American Adventure Rotunda at Epcot- Nate was itching to shoot the first dance, so I let him sneak in one photo. :)

One night we met up with Carrie and Patrick at a Disboards party in Hollywood Studios.

Santa was there, too!

Can you spot the hidden Mickey?

How ’bout now? It’s in the eye of the chicken. :)

They mean business. ;)

We bumped into my old friend, Tim! When we met, he was just starting work at WDW and I was just starting the 5th grade. *Tear.*

Woohoo! More to come tomorrow. :)

US Virgin Islands : Travel

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We’ve been fortunate enough to shoot not one, but two weddings in the US Virgin Islands in the past two years. Since our first trip for a wedding was before my blogging days, I’ve combined my favorite photos from both trips for this blog post. Enjoy! :)

Nate and I at Trunk Bay. :)

St. John was gorgeous.

Nate and I in St. Thomas for Julie and Christopher’s wedding. :)

Obligatory tripod + sunset shot. :)

I thought Florida lizards were bad- Over there, iguanas run the place! These things were as big as our dog! ;)

The St. Thomas airport is my favorite (location wise.) It’s always terrifying to land (it looks like you’re landing in the ocean, with the runway popping up at the last second!), but somehow getting out of the plane and seeing this makes it all ok. :)

Next up: Julie and Christopher’s St. Thomas USVI wedding! <3

Q&A with the Roots!

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A few weeks ago on the Root Photography Facebook page, we asked you all to ask us anything. The answers to our favorite questions are as follows:

I guess this being my first year as a photographer, I’d love to know about the “early years.” how you did it at first, what you learned, and what you changed.

Oh, Nick, there should be a whole blog post devoted to this! The most important things we learned were to always bring enough batteries and memory cards (ha!), but the biggest thing we changed was our editing style. It’s common for photographers when they’re first starting out to over-process images. Like, over-the-top saturation bumps, blurs, selective coloring, etc. That’s fine if that’s a photographer’s personal style, but it wasn’t ours. For us, the biggest lesson we learned was to develop a signature “pop” to consistently apply to our photos, and it’s taken us way too long to learn less is more. We’re still learning and evolving our style, but I’m finally happy with our consistent photo processing, and proud of the work it’s taken us to get here.

When will we see more pictures of your trip to Africa? ;-)

Not any time soon, sadly enough! It’s my goal to blog about our trip before next April, but we’ll continue to share more favorites in our Photo of the Week selections!

Dream locations to photograph?

Jensey’s : The Salzkammergut Lake District in Austria (where the opening scene from The Sound of Music was filmed.)

Nathan’s : What she said? Honestly, I don’t have one right now. Anywhere with exciting backdrops and clean air. I’m open to suggestions!

After an all night editing binge, how do you get amped for a shoot?

We get amped for a shoot by not having all-night editing binges. ;)

What has been your favorite place you’ve traveled?

Jensey’s : A big clearing surrounded by mountains that my Dad flew us to outside of Anchorage, Alaska. I dream of having a vow renewal there. :)

Nathan’s : No doubt about it… Kisima Ngeda in Tanzania, Africa. The most serene, remote, and relaxing location I’ve ever been to. (Minus the nearby hyena den, of course.)

Favorite Movies? Top 5 list from each of you!

Jensey’s : Singin’ in the Rain, Ramona and Beezus, Big Fish, Enchanted, and Funny Face.

Nathan’s :  Eternal Sunshine, Lars and the Real Girl, Punch Drunk Love, Gattaca, and Singin’ in the Rain (made me fall in love with Jensey!)

If you weren’t photographers, what would you be?

If we’d kept on the path we were headed before wedding photography found us, Jensey would be an ASL interpreter and Nathan would be a web developer.

What’s your favorite thing about wedding photography?

We both agree that our favorite thing is having a career that allows us to work side-by-side all day, every day. :)

‎If you could shoot any person or event…living/dead/present/future/past…what would it be and why?

Jensey : I would have wanted to photograph the shooting of Singin’ in the Rain, my favorite movie of all time. :)

Nathan : The Last Supper. First thing that popped into my head.

Which do you like better: day weddings or night weddings?

Outside day weddings, hands down. You absolutely cannot beat natural light in its finest. :)

Which Disney character couple would you most like to shoot the wedding of?

Giselle and Robert from Enchanted. :)

Do you have any more questions for us? If there are enough left in the comments, we’ll post another Q+A sometime next month! :)