We celebrated Jayden’s 2nd birthday yesterday.
This is what we gave them for their wall. It is an 11×14 with a mat inside a 16×20 and a beautiful brown wood frame. I just love that photo. He was actually laying his head on our doggie Josie. He loves playing with the dogs when he is here.
Here is Mark in action, and those who attended the class. What a great bunch of people! We look forward to the next class. It looks like we will be doing 3 more to round out the seasons at DGV.
Spring promises to be beautiful! But for this class we captured “winter at the vineyard”…
We just some exciting news, our sweet bride Emily Ferarri was chosen by Real Weddings published by Sierra Styles Magazine to be one of 3 brides chosen that get to dress up for a photoshoot. which will don the cover of their summer fall 2009 issue (the same issue that Ben and Amanda will be in as well!) as an editorial feature on each of them. After that one of the 3 girls will be chosen to be on the cover of the following issue. We are so excited for both Ben and Amanda and Emily!!! Too bad they dont have an issue for grooms because TJ would be AWESOME too! This is the same magazine that featured our couples Dane and Stephanie as well as Paco and Jenae, last year.
Ben and Amanda …
will be featured inside of the Real Weddings magazine
Summer/Fall 2009 issue
A post about Brian our son who turns 21 in a couple of months. We are are extremely proud of him. Like most kids he has had his challenges with being shy. Something he has really worked through this past year 2008-09. even though that has been a challenge for him he continued to make excellent grades in school and has an amazing mind for language and writing. He loves to cook and has started his own sideline of photography from weddings to seniors and fashion/funky. He has a very creative side which we have begun to really see come forth.. He has been learning more of the business end of things to round out his own business. His passion for photography has grown the last 3 years to a place where if he wanted to make photography his profession he certainly has the foundation, passion, skill and drive for it.
These are older pictures of him taken almost 3 years ago.He will hate that I posted them but I love them. It captures his sweetness and as his mother this is how I see him. I’ll post some more recent ones of him later…these were taken with an old rebel camera SOOC (straight out of the camera) without any processing…so they arent up to our normal standards for a job. Just a day out with our old cameras and just having fun…I ran across them tonight and decided to share them and get a little personal with our blog this week.
If you are local and want a senior session or just a photosession done give him a shout…he’d love to hear from you. brian@lydellphoto.com
This is Luke who played his guitar and sang.
I am finding that many of our friends have gone over to Facebook and Twitter. I finally checked it out and wow it is a quick and easy way to communicate. I love the spontaneity, the pace, and the quirky fun to just throw stuff out there when you only have 5 minutes. It sure works when you are busy…lol I also like how it grabs my Xanga posts and posts them on there too! That is really cool because it does it automatically. Another timesaver! In this day and age anything that is a timesaver is a thing to treasure! I’ve been checking both of them out for the last couple of months and I have to say I am hooked. I still love and will continue to nurture our Xanga because it is a place to really come and kick the tires while looking for a photographer that fits your style or just come and say Hi and make a friend.
So onto some news…
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We are booking 2010 weddings so if you are looking, we are booking…
We have some pics in edit of our niece singing at the local new coffee shop “Bloom“.
We will be attending a workshop in Seattle this spring and a we have a couple of out of town jobs.
We are super duper excited about a wedding coming up in May in the Santa Cruz area for our dear friends George and Nancy’s daughter Barbara and her fiance…details to follow!
Some other fun stuff in the works but nothing nailed down yet.
Still working on our genealogy and waiting to hear if Mark and his brother are Melis or Lydells. A DNA test will tell us in about a week. We are on pins and needles here. Once we know then we can spend more time on Marks side of the family. We’ve already uncovered a ton of stuff on my side and on my oldest daughter’s biological dad’s side. Its just soooo fascinating!
We are teaching a photography class in a few weeks at David Girard Vineyards which should be fun!!
We will be a vendor at a workshop for brides at The Sacramento Marriott in Rancho Cordova on Feb 22….come out and see us and say hello!
We have another wedding coming up in the Spring/Summer issue of Real Weddings...our 3rd published wedding!
Update on Albums:
3 album orders have shipped from Italy today so they should be here within the week.
1. Vanderpost
2. Featherston
3. Gregory
2 Albums have been uploaded to Italy for processing 2/5-2/6
1.Miller
2.Ferrari
If you just have to have more…you can find us on Facebook….LOL! Mark and I each have our own and I have a Twitter under KerriAnnLydell come by and check out what we are up to. Once those pesky taxes are done we shall be moving back into creative mode…thank God!
Emily & T.J.
What can we say but what a fabulous evening from the venue (Avio Winery) to the flowers (FlowerWorks to the excellent food (Beth Sogaard Catering) to the beautiful sky (guess who!), and of course to TJ and Emily and their friends and family who made it all happen so we could document their amazing celebration.
I love it!
What do you wish someone would have told you when you started out?
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