To all you friends and family out there, I’m sorry if you didn’t know this already!  We recently passed the “it’s safe to tell everyone” phase and so we’re telling you all now – We’re pregnant!

Man, only God could have timed it so perfect: We’re due right around Christmas – which coincidentally is the slowest time of year for us wedding photographers. Yeya! We can’t wait to be a family of four!

We won’t find out if the baby is a girl or boy for a few more weeks, but we’ll know soon enough!  Good stuff, eh?! This pic was taken when we were up in Canada a few months back.  Dara is actually pregnant in this picture, but we didn’t know yet Chee hee!

Love ya,

A&D

I (Austin) met up with about 5 other photographers out in the desert recently to shoot a music video for a rap that my friends Edmund and Geoff laid down called “Professionals.”  Haha – it was a blast!

Basically, we dressed up dooshy style, made fun of ourselves, and threw lyrics, cameras, and kicks around until the sun went down.

Check out a few behind-the-scene shots I took and stay tuned to see the video… which will most likely be an entertaining mix of awesomeness and embarrassment!  HAHAHAH!

Side note: every photo below links to the respective photographer’s website or blog.  Check them out and leave them some comment love!

Thanks Michael Gaddie for directing!

Okay, now back to some actual work

*** Update ***

A couple weeks ago, Austin mentioned making a rap video out in the desert with a bunch of other photographers – well, it’s finally done! Check it out

Nice work boys! This is hilarious… Did you see Austin in the background? That’s my man!

Video Credits:
Starring: Edmund Prieto, Geoff Duncan, Morgan Taylor, Danny Cruz, Austin Curtis, Miriam
Directed by: Michael Gaddie, Edmund Prieto
Filmed by: Michael Gaddie, Austin Curtis

xoxo,

Dara

We’ve photographed a lot of weddings, but we’ve never seen a ceremony like this before. If you want a wedding entrance like this, we need to meet up!

Thank you to Jill & Kevin Kheinz for putting this on youtube! Make sure you give them some comment love here. Oh – and thanks Kenny for the link!

I was just telling Dara that even though we’ve got SOOO many engagements and weddings to blog about (going back about 6 months), all I want to do is post the random photos we’ve been taking in between.  Yes, all those client photos are done – but narrowing them down for a blog entry is somehow such a mighty task!  We’ve got to start doing that while editing them…

So, in the spirit of posting whatever I feel like (haHA!), here are a few photos I took the other night of my homie Roy on the drums:

As you may have heard, there is a pretty big fire here in Santa Barbara.  It’s a bit scary – especially since a lot of people have lost their homes, but as of now we’re still out of harm’s way.

This may be hard to believe, but this was not a setup!  It was nearing the end of the wedding and just as we were taking a couple shots of the bride and groom, this guy Mitch comes out of nowhere and jumps right over the bride and groom.

I guess I should mention that the pictures of the original stunt didn’t come out as well as I wanted – the above shots were taken in the spirit of the classic fauxtojournalistic do-over.

Introducing, my newest favorite image ever!  Paul Nicklen is such a committed photographer and his work always stands out, but this is just out of control.

PS: I saw a tagline under this photo somewhere and it read “Don’t mess with this guy” – classic!

This site is cool – upload your photo and it spits out decent looking superimposed image! Thanks to my buddy Erick for showing me!

http://www.photofunia.com/

WPPI was a great conference and couldn’t have been planned in a more crucial time for our business! We learned a lot about ourselves, our style, and most importantly: our clients. We want to take better care of the brides and grooms we work with and we’re reworking a few things to ensure not only great images, but the best experience getting them as well. ROCK ON!

PS: For those of you with Internet Explorer, I’m really sorry this blog sucks for you guys The Audio player doesn’t show up, and the Navigation is messed up – but we’re working on it!

Thought this blog post was awesome!  One of the best ones was from a kid at a wedding!