The Launch of Date Nights

Since the very beginning of our marriage, Vitaliy and I have kept date nights as a priority in our relationship. At certain times, we had a specific day set aside each week for a date night. But most importantly, it was a mental reminder to continue to invest in our relationship on a consistent basis. As we continue to strive towards this for ourselves, we thought it’d be fun to share our ideas with you. We need the inspiration too! I won’t lie, a simple dinner and a movie is still our go-to option for date night and this can sometimes leave us in a romance rut.

Basically, we’ve got all kinds of fun little ideas roaming around just waiting to be enjoyed ourselves and shared with you.

Our most recent date was actually a breakfast date. With the launch of our new site and a few other projects in the works, we’ve been pretty short on time. So we fit in some down time on Saturday morning and cooked a breakfast pizza together. It was the perfect way to get the weekend started. Together. Not to mention, I now have a new favorite breakfast recipe.

You can find the recipe here that I actually discovered via Cupcakes and Cashmere.

Our Secondary Role: Portrait Photographer

I can’t tell you the amount of couples I’ve talked to that haven’t been photographed since their wedding day. But this is what seems to happen. We do everything we can to impress one another while we’re dating. Then we get engaged and the euphoria glides us right into a state of wedded bliss. And then, feeling that we’ve arrived, our relationship can end up sitting like a stagnant puddle.

Whether you’re dating, engaged or married – relationships need to be nurtured. And love deserves to be celebrated!

Our portrait sessions are exclusively for couples, at any stage in their relationship, to do just that – take some time away from the everyday and celebrate their love through photos. We like to call it a photo date.

You can see Dan and Sara’s full gallery of images on our website here. But I’ll be doing a separate blog post on this cute couple in the coming weeks.

Our Primary Role: Wedding Photographer

Choosing content for your website is a difficult task. I remember when we were just starting out and we had to pick images for our website. We had no idea who we were as photographers so to try and define it through pictures felt impossible. However, after three years of defining our style, and more specifically, our brand, I felt like picking the images for this website was so much easier. And a whole lot more fun!

Our primary role at Pictilio is that of wedding photographer. Weddings will therefore be a featured category here on the blog. If I had to pick one wedding photograph to define Pictilio, it would be the following.

Bride pulling the groom's tie in a romantic embrace.

You can see Brady and Callie’s full gallery of images on our website here.