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Brian + Shayla: Engaged

Told that there’d be cute guys at church, Shayla came to see if the rumors were true. Not one to get lost in the crowd, Brian noticed her right away. His mind immediately began churning ways that he could approach her.

As luck would have it, one day they found themselves having sat side by side each other. While Brian chatted with friends on one side, he was well aware of Shayla’s presence. He quickly finished his conversation and mustered up the courage to introduce himself. Just as he turned around to say hello, Shayla turned in the opposite direction to chat with friends. Strike one! He gave it another shot on a different day only to find his words stumble out of his mouth. With nowhere for the conversation to go, they simply fell to the ground. Strike two!

The old saying still rings true, third times a charm. Running into each other at another church event, Brian’s determination gave him just the confidence he needed to give it one last shot at talking with Shayla. Who knows if it really would have been his last try, but it doesn’t really matter. Shayla was equally as interested in Brian. They made up for all the conversations they missed out on and from that day forward they were inseparable.

He finally got her and wasn’t ever going to let her go.

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A Christmas Card Adventure

We are in the process of taking down our Christmas decorations. I say, in the process, because we were supposed to complete the project last night, but the furthest I got was baking one last batch of “Christmas” cookies. As long as it’s seasonal, the calories don’t count, right?

I can’t think about Christmas this year and not think of our epic Christmas card. Our entire goal for this card was to make people laugh. I laughed so hard during the process of mailing these out that I burned enough calories for another cookie. Every time I picked up a card to address it, I’d look at the picture and just start falling over with laughter. Needless to say, it took awhile to get all of them addressed.

These pictures were all taken with a tripod and a self-timer. I’m happy to say that we, and when I say we I mean V, has perfected the tripod picture taking method. And just like our own portrait sessions, I do the majority of the directing. Although I’ve gotta hand it to Vitaliy on this one, he did direct us in the “serious running” photograph that we chose for our Christmas card. I also must add that this is a real orchard behind us, there was no photoshop involved in the making of this picture.

We loved them all so much that we decided to include them in the About Us section on our website. If you’d like to see more and hear how we met, you can click here.

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ukrainian kiss on the cheek
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Glancing Back

Starting out a new year is always very exciting. With the launch of Pictilio, this year is already expected to be an unforgettable one. Before we look too far ahead, we decided to take a glance back and remember.

As photographers, we like to look back and see how we’ve grown and then take note of what we want to work on for the coming year.

As we browsed through the images of the past year, the following collection really stood out to us. They represent the kind of images we love to create. And they are a reminder to us that we are beyond blessed to be able to document the sincere love and emotion that exists within each of the couples we photograph.

Cheers to an adventurous 2012! I’m expecting a wild and exciting ride.

P.S. We added a new feature to the blog. You can now click on the images to scroll through each one in a larger format. Enjoy!









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