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Kristen + Rob : Wedding Part II

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Continued from Kristen and Rob’s Wedding Part I.

I know they say it’s good luck if it rains on your wedding day, but I’m gonna just throw it out here that a random Carrot Top sighting on your wedding day must be REALLY good luck. :)

One thing I loved about working with these guys is how much they trusted us. From our vendor suggestion in the beginning to photos on the wedding day, they were amazing about making us feel heard! :)

Favorite! :)

Kristen and Rob’s reception was held at the Winter Park Farmer’s Market. I couldn’t believe in 6+ years of doing this business, this was our first Winter Park Farmer’s Market wedding! Lucky for us, Tracy Marini of Eventfully Yours was on hand to make the evening a success. And by that I mean she brought us juice boxes… Again. :)

The set up at the Farmer’s Market was absolutely gorgeous. This venue is sooooo dark, so their added lighting made all the difference!

Kristen and Rob’s first dance was one of those sneaky slow-dance-turned-fast-dance dances.

Rob’s dance with his mom was just another one of those sneaky slow-dance-turned-flash-mob dances.

Yes, I said FLASH MOB!

I have to add in here that our pal Maria Shafer did an amazing job keeping the dance floor packed! If you’re looking for a dj for your big day, check out Maria’s site and tell her we sent you! :) My only complaint working with Maria is she makes me wanna stop working and dance!

Last dance love!

Kristen and Rob, thank y’all for everything!!!! Let us know when you’re back in Nashville! :)

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Kristen + Rob : Wedding Part I

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It was just your average girl meets boy story : Kristen saw Rob in her one-armed-bass-player-friend’s YouTube video and she thought he was totally cute and subscribed to Rob’s channel. It didn’t take long before Rob saw Kristen was from Orlando and shot her a message about how much he loved Disney, and the rest was history. But you know, we hear that one all the time. *Yawn!*

We’ve been looking forward to Kristen and Rob’s wedding since our first meeting with them in Nashville a year and a half ago. We all clicked so well and shared a love for Arrested Development- What more could a photographer ask for? :)

We began their wedding day in Kristen’s parents’ home. :)

Usually one of the first things we do the morning of a wedding is meet the bridesmaids and family members in the room. We loved that Rob’s sister needed no introduction! :)

I loved Kristen’s silly cousin. :)

Kristen and Rob were actually sent to us by Rob’s “best lady,” who randomly found us online. Heather, you’re awesome. :)

Kristen and Rob were married at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park, Florida.

Rob’s sister, Jen, was one of the best vocalists we’ve ever heard at a ceremony!!

“Just married” faces. :)

Their wedding day had over an 80% chance of rain, but it stayed clear until the reception! Their wedding locations were about a 10 minute walk from each other, but Kristen and Rob gave us tons of photo time on the way. :) It was so fun to walk with the bridal party down Park Avenue on a busy Saturday afternoon!

Kristen had her grandmother’s prayer books tied to her bouquet- So sweet. :)

Face snuggling time!

Why don’t all wedding gowns have pockets?! Check back for part two of this wonderful wedding, including a celebrity sighting on Park Avenue! :)

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9th with Nathan : Your Image Disc

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9th with Nathan

When you get a disc of images from your photographer, you immediately download the files onto your harddrive, right? And then you make sure they’re being backed up by a service like Mozy, Backblaze or Carbonite? Shortly after that you probably burn a second copy for safe keeping and keep it in a different location?

If you do all of those things, you can stop reading now and move onto something more interesting. Thanks for stopping by!

If you don’t do all of (or any of) those things, please read on. This post is going to outline the simple steps you should be taking to protect your wedding photos.

I touched on some of these ideas in a past 9th with Nathan post, but it could always use repeating. Your computer harddrive will crash. It’s not a matter of if, but when. It happens in our server once a year or so, but isn’t a big deal thanks to redundancies we have built in. But you probably don’t keep your images on a 10TB server. (If you do, let’s geek out sometime!) :)

Step 1 : Download the photos
Hooray, you got your shiny Root Photography disc in the mail! Do us a favor, though, and take a few minutes to download those photos to a folder (somewhere memorable) on your computer. This serves two purposes; reading images off your computer is a lot faster than a DVD. Oh, and you’ve created your first backup! So if that disc gets smashed, lost, or thrown in a microwave, you’ll still have access to them.

Step 2 : Create a duplicate
Let’s say your disc gets lost and your computer crashes. If you don’t have a third backup, you’d be screwed! So let’s do that… create a second copy of the initial DVD and send it to a friend’s for safekeeping. (Preferably not next door in case of natural disaster.) Make sure you put it in a case and have it labeled properly. Rummaging through boxes of unlabeled discs isn’t a fun way to find your backup.

Step 3 : Setup online backup
At this point, you should have your wedding photos on the original DVD, your computer harddrive, and a backup DVD stored off-site. Good for you! Let’s throw one more layer of security into the mix; sign up for an online backup service. The three services that come to mind are Mozy, Carbonite, and Backblaze. While Backblaze isn’t free, it’s only $5 a month and allows for unlimited backups. In addition to your wedding photos being safe online, the rest of your computer is too! Both Mozy and Carbonite have free options, but if you want to back up more than a few gigabytes, you’ll need to shell out a few bucks a month. (Do it!)

Jensey and I plan to be doing this for a long time and hope to have your images available if you lose them years down the road. However, in a fit of lunacy on my 75th birthday, I might go delete everything. We want you to be prepared for that day. ;)

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