While we were on our vacation to the Pacific Northwest, we decided to do a mini maternity shoot for our good friends Ryan and Keira. We are so happy for them and their new adventures as parents in the near future and honored that we could be apart of capturing those memories for them on this truly beautiful trip. Enjoy!
Check out this awesome couple's fantastic wedding day!!
Wedding Day Vendors:
Photography: The Mullers
Wedding Planner: Occasion Designed
Venue: Willow Creek Glass Chapel
Cakes: Cake Gallery
It's always a pleasure to shoot a wedding out at Country Pines. Zach and Kristen's wedding day out there made it one of the best experiences we've had shooting a wedding at that venue. There was so much talent that brought it all together and it was just an honor to be apart of such a fun-filled day with so many amazing people. Enjoy!
Wedding Day Vendors:
Wedding Planner and Floral - Petals to Platinum
Photographers - The Leekers
Wedding Treats - Goldenrod Pastries
Venue - Country Pines
This was a very emotional day for everyone at Sam and Anna's wedding. During the toasts there wasn't a dry eye in the building. It was also a day that was filled with lots of joy, laughter and love. We love capturing special memories that the couple will forever be able to look back on. Thank you Sam and Anna for allowing us into your lives to capture such an amazing day. Enjoy!
Wedding Vendors:
Photography- Kaylie Sirek Photography
Floral- Petals to Platinum
Wedding Planner and Design- RSVP Event Planning+Style
Venue- Chez Hay
Cake: Le Cupcake
DJ: DJ JAB
My wife Amanda had a really cool vision for a mid century style shoot that she put together a while back with some friends and it all came together wonderfully. The first part of the day was shot at our home. Then we ventured out to a laundromat that's in our neighborhood and also to Elmwood Park. Here's a short behind the scenes video from the day. Enjoy!
Photos by Elayne Woods Photography
Hair by Brandi Bentley
Floral design by I Bloom
Makeup and styled by Amanda Lee Artistry
LIVING ROOM PROCESS:
LOL
We tore up the carpet, hoping to reveal beautiful hardwood floors and we did!
But there was fake brick plaster stuff on the floor next to the front door.
So I spent a while scraping that all up with a putty knife and Windex. Worked pretty well actually.
See. They got it all sanded up when they refinished the floors.
Floors all sanded.
Testing the color. We loved it.
So shiny and glossy.
Texturing the ceiling because you could see waves and lines on the ceiling, but the texturing covered it up nicely.
Amanda picked everything out, I just went and picked it all up.
LOVE this room.
OFFICE PROCESS:
Had to put our stuff somewhere...
Love the way this all turned out.
KITCHEN PROCESS:
BASEMENT PROCESS:
My aunt Mary came to help and painted the whole basement's first coat by herself. Thanks Mary!
We had to sleep in the basement for several months while we finished the closet and our bedroom upstairs.
We finally got all the surround sound hooked up, thanks to the people before us for getting it all put together, and finally got a real TV!
MAKEUP ROOM PROCESS:
Tore up the carpet in this room also to get those nice wood floors to show!
So nice and shiny!
Hottie painting. Thanks for doing it so I didn't have to do much!
CLOSET PROCESS:
As you can tell, this was definitely the room that went through the most change. It was only half drywalled, so my dad and Phil Connatser helped do most of it. Wouldn't have been able to do get it done without those two!
Thanks Phil!
This was another thing I was horrible at and hated. I am not good at perfecting things on the house that are supposed to look neat and nice. That's why I like tearing up the carpet, and ripping out staples, not finessing drywall lines. Thanks dad!
I am very happy with how this turned out.
MASTER BEDROOM PROCESS:
I love the cabin-feel to our master bedroom. Even though in the winter it gets freezing cold up there and in the summer it gets sauna-hot. PTL for window AC's.
Refinished the floors by myself, this room and the closet. Pretty happy with the way the floors turned out.
But after I got it done. It didn't look that good, so I had to do it over again, unfortunately.
GUEST BEDROOM PROCESS:
Again, carpet is a no-no.
"Let me try this."
Jk, you're better, you just do it.
See ya carpet.
Looks good so far...
Oh no...
Yikes.
Lemme scrub it.
Not too bad.
Got it sanded up really well.
Can't even tell!
I love the natural light this room gets!
I've had the honor of being involved with several different projects throughout the last year or so outside of all the weddings we shoot throughout the year. It has been a privilege to work on such a variety of different projects and to have the opportunity to have different roles with each one. I know I have a lot of learning to do, but I am privileged to be able to go to the places I've gone and to have access to some really nice equipment to try out new techniques and gear. I hope you all enjoy the short clip I put together of some of the examples of work that I've done. Thank you.
Back in August, we decided to take a trip with our friends Mal and Vince to somewhere tropical while it was freezing cold here in Omaha. It was a perfectly timed trip, we left in the middle of December and got back just a few days before Christmas. The trip was non-stop fun! We rented scooters, drove to the edge of the island and went up into a lighthouse, ate at some amazing restaurants off the resort, went snorkeling, visited local bars and even got to capture the happiness after Vince proposed to Mal while they were scuba diving! All in all, I say we had a blast! Enjoy!
Being apart of a wedding day celebration is ALWAYS special to us, but being apart of a family member's wedding day and being able to capture those memories for loved ones is something that we hold very dear to us. John and Jerusha let us have a lot of creative freedom on their wedding day, and in return got some really unique shots. Thank you and enjoy!
This was a fun side project I put together from when my brother, some friends and I did our own version of a strongman competition. We brought along a Sony FS7 to shoot the footage and got some nice slow motion footage and put James Miller's LUTS over the top of it for a nice looking color grade.
