Story Time

Feels good to see our name in print!  Thanks to our brides for talking about us on The Knot!

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    If you missed out on yesterday’s event at the University Club, you missed a great show! Armando, from Alegria by Design, totally transformed the property and successfully raised the bar for bridal shows with his Santa Barbara Wedding Coutureshow.  Every room had it’s own look and feel and it was an honor to be among such quality wedding vendors!

    We had a rad booth furnished by Fusion Event Rentals (thanks Nick!), and most importantly – we had tons of fun.  Thanks everyone for showing up!  It was especially cool to meet some of the couples we had been emailing back and forth :)

    We will definitely be there next year, and we hope you will too.

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      My brother Garret and I went out the other night with our cameras – man, that was fun! It felt good to experiment and play. I believe it was Craig Swan who told me that “R&R = R&D” and it’s so true. Playing around IS growing. Rest is reflection. Time off is time well spent. Etcetera, etcetera.

      Anyway, here are a few of my favorites from the night:

      Exciting: Garret and I had a really great idea and spent most of the night talking about it… but you’ll have to wait to hear more about that :)

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        Wow. Sometimes, when editing a photo, the perfect song comes on…

        [mp3player width=130 height=20 config=one-song.xml file=http://austindara.com/audio/jamaisvu.mp3]

        Never Let Go
        The song, btw is called “Jamais Vu” by Dredg. Dredg is one of those bands that inspires your heart to keep loving.

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          We got this an email a few days ago:

          Best of Santa Barbara

          “Congrats! Austin and Dara Photography will be listed as one of the BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS in the Santa Barbara/Los Angeles area for Best of Weddings 2010! WAY TO GO! Our “knotties” think you’re one of the BEST and we will be spreading the word online and we will be emailing our brides about all of the prestigious winners the beginning of January right in the peak of engagement season!”

          “One of the best wedding photographers in Santa Barbara”?  Haha – Well, there really is a lot of us I’m sure!  :) Especially since this award covers Santa Barbara County all the way down to L.A.  Thanks to anyone who might of voted for us – this came as a complete surprise!

          I know that we used theknot.com to plan our wedding back in the day – anyone else using it?  If so, let us know if you voted for us.  We should have you over to celebrate!  Also, let us know how you went into the future to make us “best of” in 2010 – I’m still baffled by that part.

          Love, A&D

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