re: A Morning in SLC

We were in Salt Lake for the weekend for a wedding, and on Saturday morning decided to visit the SLC Farmer's Market to get our picture taken by my dear friend Alisha Stamper. She specializes in portraits, and she brings her large format camera to the market to take lovely black and white photos on instant film:

We had a lot of fun posing for our photos, and celebrated by going to Bruges immediately afterwords and gorging ourselves on hot waffles and sausages. It was a perfect morning activity.

If you're in SLC, the market lasts another few weeks. $15 will get you your own 4x5 print (and if you love your pic, you can have larger prints made from the negative).

I Love You To the Moon

Derek and I are headed north for the weekend on our annual Valentines adventure trip (see 2010 and 2011), this time in search of yurts and hot springs. And one day, if all goes as planned, the moon.



Vintage Tintype made at Photobooth SF
Photo credit: Michael Shindler/Photobooth

Personal Portraits: Paper Dolls

I love the idea of non-traditional portraits, and I have a fun collection of images of Derek and I.

Most recently I commissioned these personalized paper dolls by jordan grace owens:



And ... maybe I got a little carried away and commissioned one for everybody in my family for Christmas too. It is pretty uncanny how much each of the dolls looks like the real life people they were modeled after.

My parents (my dad really does love polo shirts with rocket emblems on them):


Dave, Tatum and the weiner dogs (including a very accurate 3-legged Owen):


Jake and Kathryn (who were pretty much wearing these exact outfits when they opened the dolls):


And of course, Derek and I, as perfectly little segmented selves.



I think these make great personalized gifts (Valentines Day, anyone?)