Experimenting....

Okay so I'm terrified of Photoshop and do most of my processing in Lightroom, but I'm realizing that this is becoming rather limiting...I'm switching over to a new lab so I will not have the convenience of the Pictage album designer, which means I'm going to have to make friends with Photoshop, if for no other reason than to be able to make album layouts.  I was messing around the other night and put this lil baby together:

I'm not trying to save lives with my compositions here--I want to do some basic, minimalist layouts that showcase the images.  It's intimidating with all this talk of album contests and "professional album designers".  I want to concentrate on making designs that really show off the images as much as possible, not on having the cleverest album layout. I figure if people are paying as much as they are for their books--I want to make the pictures fill the pages as much as possible.  Ya think?

Give me a shake and shout Hooray!!

Hey All! As promised, here's a few more highlights from Adam and Stephanie's charming, rustic, detail-oriented, rainy day affair in Peabody, from last weekend. So fun!

Stephanie's lovely, minimalist 30's inspired sheath gown perfectly fit in with the minimalist, understated feel for the day.
Not to mention her long blong hair, which she wore down, clean and straight for the day. Lovely...
Since it was rainy, I had to get creative in finding a good spot to do the reveal between Adam and Stephanie. I found this funny little room in the back of the carriage house full of old antique hunting equipment. There was this steep, rickety landing up above that I crawled into to get some birds-eye shots of these two seeing each other for the first time. I had never done an angle like this before, so I was a little nervous, but I thought it would be fun to try something different. I think it worked out!

I was obsessed with this little girl's face. There's just something classic about her dark eyes and round cheeks...I felt like this was the face of children in old photographs or something.





In lieu of confetti, rice or bubbles, Stephanie found this charming little tamborines which were distributed to each of the guests, to coax them down the aisle...
Each table cloth was different--Adam and Stephanie's table had this fabulous, brightly colored retro-floral little number. Love love love.
To serve as both table numbers and favors, Adam and Stephanie made homemade candied citrus peel, and gave each guest their own jar, complete with colorful fabric covers and hand-typed name tags!
Because of the rain, the ceremony was moved into the reception area at the last second--I was a bit worried about the light as the barn has very high, dark ceilings. But as you can see here--the light was more beautiful than any photographer could hope for...ahhhh....cloudy window light...

Love these little details--Adam's tie in this old fashioned plaid print, and the bright yellow dahlia boutonniere was just perfectly punctuate Stephanie's vision for her rustic wedding.





(More portraits of Adam and Stephanie below...)
Squee!! Little wooden cake toppers dressed up like Adam and Stephanie!








It happens to the best of us...

Adam and Stephanie in Peabody--quick preview!

Call me Crazy Pants...but I really think rainy days are just lovely..






More to come from Adam and Stephanie's charming, rustic wedding in Peabody!