Written by Candace on April 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Baby Got Back

It is quite possible that I’m going to regret posting this image, but it’s just too funny not to.

This is what happens when your photographers are a husband and wife team. Every time I go to cull the images, I find pictures that Vitaliy has taken of me, or more specifically, my gluteus maximus. Here I am, just trying to do my job and totally getting taken advantage of.

Side note: Please disregard my pale skin (I made it to the beach two days later!) and my grandma comfort shoes I wear to make it through the long wedding day.

Now that we’re done talking about me, can we take a look at the wedding party? This perfectly represents the differences between bridesmaids and groomsmen on a wedding day. But let me just say, Jamie and RJ had the best wedding party EVER. Fun and sweet – absolutely a treat!

Let me hit publish before I change my mind. But feel free to leave your own caption in the comments! But please play nice. Happy Friday!

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Written by Candace on April 24, 2013 | 7 Comments

Beach Day

For the past 6 years, every time the weather was warm enough to go to the beach, it would happen to fall on a weekday. I worked an office job at the time and was unable to take the day off on such short notice. I hated seeing the disappointment on Vitaliy’s face.

When I quit my job to join Vitaliy doing Pictilio full-time, I promised him that we would have many beach days in our future. In Northern California, there are very few days warm enough to lay in the sun on the coast. So I promised him that as long as we weren’t photographing a wedding, we would drop anything to head to the beach when those days came.

Over the weekend I heard that the weather was going to be beach worthy on Monday. But our to-do-list hung over my head and I was tempted not to mention the idea. My promise lingered in my thoughts. And that’s when the question came.

Was I going to be Vitaliy’s business partner or his wife?

When I was preparing to join Vitaliy, I made an agreement with myself in order to protect my marriage. I promised myself to be Vitaliy’s wife first and his business-partner second. It’s a daily decision and I don’t always choose the right one but I’m happy to say that Monday I did. We closed our computers and spent the day at the beach. As husband and wife.

So I thought I’d ask…

Is there an area in your life that needs some re-prioritizing?

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Written by Candace on April 22, 2013 | 2 Comments

Wedding Season Begins

I woke up this morning full of aches and pains that shouldn’t be present in a 29 year old body. But they are my little reminders that the wedding season has officially begun.

Saturday we photographed RJ and Jamie’s beautiful wedding at Rios-Lovell Winery. It was the official start to our fifth wedding season and I couldn’t have been happier. The way that I feel now compared to our first wedding season is so drastically different. I remember not being able to sleep the night before our first wedding. Though each season has been unique in it’s own way, I’m thankful for each one. What they taught me. How they changed me. And most importantly, the couples they’ve brought into our lives.

For each one of them, I am forever grateful for.

Happy Monday everyone! What are you grateful for today?

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