…yes. It has indeed been a while.  It had just become more important with the busy wedding season followed by the busiest portrait time of year to keep turning projects out versus blogging.  I have so much to blog and share.  Hoping to to that, as well as get this site’s branding updated.  It desperately needs attention!

It’s cold out, but hopefully these little ones warm you right up. I swear I know some of the most BEAUTIFUL kids out there!

xo

dani

Lucky shots, I say.

xo

dani

you may recognize miss reagan from the first image on the blog header slideshow – i can hardly believe she is a whole year old. she’s a teeny little peanut and full of cute! i was glad the weather cooperated for us to get these, being mom was only in town from columbus for the weekend!

sorry for the crazy lack of blogging since summer, just too much going on here with work! i suppose ive got all winter to head up some major wedding blogging,eh?

xo

dani

I haven’t spent many saturdays (or weekends at all) for that matter with my kids since before school let out last spring.  Yesterday (saturday) I spent the morning with the Brown’s (see abby and greg’s wedding below) at the Alexa Brown Memorial 5K in Clyde.  I love when I get to spend time with them and their family and friends – they make me feel good about who I am and lift me up.  They are a great example of why we are on this earth.  I came home and spent the afternoon with my kiddos – Domino Rally was on tap for a few hours (and now that they are all over the house, I suppose today, too). 

Talking with a photographer friend of mine the other day about some frustrations and she directed me to a project she and others have been working on and I kind of had a “duh” moment – when was the last time I just took photographs of my kids being kids? Just playing, and “doing” and “being”?  So I did. I used to, and got caught up in all the other stuff I’m doing and I havent in forever.  I will treasure these and vow to do it more often.  These are how I remember my saturday afternoons as a kid.

I was trying to build a lengthly domino trail for Evan and I kept knocking it down (they don’t put lens IS in dominos, so my lack of steadiness did not get the job done!) and the conversation was as follows:

Me: Evan, I’m sorry. I just cannot get it to balance.

Evan: Mom, here. Read the directions.

Well, that’s the answer when you’re four.

Cant get life to balance? Read the directions. 

Not the paper directions, but listen to a friend, your instincts, get back to basics.  Keep the dominoes up in every aspect – work, home, family, personal time.  When one falls down, it kinda’ makes everything else lose it’s stability.

xo

dani

the moyer family :: 09.02.11

strength in friends.

strength in family.

strength in self.

 (love you jen)

xo

dani

Carrie and Brandon were married in the back yard of her childhood home, with the reception just steps away in a pretty white tent full of their closest friends and family.

The Ceremony wasn’t until 7:30 pm so lucky us, we hit golden hour for portraits after the ceremony finished.  The home resides on the outside of a golfcourse, so there was plentyof pretty landscape for us to tackle… and that we did   It’s not often I get the chance to use the best light of the day for a wedding, so Christi and I kind of had a blast with it!

Very Best Wishes to Carrie and Brandon as they start their married lives together, may your amazing friendship continue to grow and may you cherish all of the new memories that will lie ahead of you. A special thanks to Aunt Beth for her hospitality while we spent the early afternoon at her house where the bride and her bridesmaides got ready for the day!  We appreciate it!

Side note, I am running extremly on time for everything right now - in order to accomodate all of these weddings in a short time this year it has taken me some extra time to pay close attention to all of the images. While nothing is going out late or past deadline, I want to express how much your continued patience means to me – I promise that as soon as your galleries are availble, I will contact you.  I know that it is hard to wait, and if you do have questions, please feel free to reach me during normal business hours via email or phone call and I would be happy to help you out!  There are a lot of beautiful couples being photographed and I look forward to sharing them all and releasing galleries as they become ready <3

xo

dani

Abby and Greg were married on the beach in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks in North Carolina at the Hilton.  The Brown Family hosted my husband and I in a beautiful beach house in Nags Head for five (!!!) days while we got to know the extended family and friends of the Brown/Reynold’s crew and enjoy the beach and simple relaxation… this really wasn’t easy – by the time I’d figured out how to just let go and enjoy myself, it was time to hop on a plane

The Brown family is close to my heart and if you have seen them on the news, they are probably a bit close to yours, too.  I have enjoyed getting to know them over the last few years and count my blessings that I ever met them. 

The day of the wedding storms rolled in back in Nags Head but politely passed us by in Kitty Hawk, with the skies opening to a beautiful burst of sun right after the ceremony.  The intense heat let up a bit and the breeze came swiftly, along with amazing waves and a gorgeous sunset.   “Little Sis” Alexa was clearly with us all that day – I do not know that there was a dry eye on the beach for both beauty and pain and celebration. Such a mixture of emotions, such a family of strength. 

Greg is no doubt the perfect person to join their family,  he supports and carries Abby and lifts her up and is clearly her very best friend.   Getting to know Greg was a treat and I look forward to getting to (hopefully) know him more as time goes on.   I’m trying to not make this post about me, per se, but for Ken and I to be welcomed in such a way that we were and to be made to feel like family was incredible!  Such gracious, wonderful people!

Abby + Greg, may the wedding you had on the beach, your favorite place to be, be blessed forever with nothing but happiness (and lots of kids!).  Thank you for sharing this special event in your lives with me.  This was a huge honor to be there and I hope the images you receive reflect the feelings in your hearts that day.

xo

dani

 Probably not the largest sneak peek in the history of the blog, but that’s busy season for you!  So, the computer issues have been resolved and I am JUST now nearly being able to say that I am caught up. 

Jenny is a family/childhood friend of mine.  Our parents were all best friends when we were little and we would spend a lot of nights at eachothers houses playing while our parents ate chicken wings and drank beer.  We spent many fridays at Fremont Ross basketball or football games and lots of time just being kids.  Of course we all grew up and times changed, but that’s life.  It was a LOT of fun to spend the day with Jenny, Mitch, and their families and seeing my parents enjoying some old friendships that we all treasure so much.

Many, many thanks for your hospitality to Christi and I on your wedding day and many, many blessings to you and your families as you begin married life!

(ps, we were worried about rain this day, and it was nice and hot and fairly humid instead – aaaaaaaaaaaand it monsooned for hours the next day – we win! )

I have two weddings to finish up, and I am off this weekend! Super excited about that… because starting the 23rd, Christi and I have 3 weekends in a row.  Nice knowing you guys!

xo

dani

I officially hit the two week mark with this one I try to have newborns hosted within seven days.  I now have time, space, and quiet – and my pc that my hubbster had built for me two years ago just took a royal dump on my celebration.  It’s been acting slow and funky for the last two weeks or so and finally yesterday it really went “wrong” – all the diagnostics in the world can’t seem to fix it – so I have a new one being built that I should have no later than the end of the week :-/  Adding more hours to my work week I can do, but without the tools, I have no options other than to apologize and wait patiently.  I suppose the timing is never good, however the week before a wedding when I prefer to have all of my editing and ordering and emailing documents all caught up isn’t really my first choice of “when”.

I think I have to be gently reminded that I am not always in control here, and I’m not the only photographer this has happened to and certainly not the last.  I never keep images on my computer so that has never been a worry for me, however it stinks anyway.  Not just for me, but for those who are waiting. I’m going with a 6 core over my current 4 core processor and going to a newer OS so I can support more RAM than the two sticks I have – so I suppose, as one of my computer boys said, the only upside is I get an even faster machine out of the deal (and a bit less in my bank account, teehee).

I also wanted to share a few from an engagement session from back in May – Meet Sarah + Josh!  Their wedding is at the end of August of this year.  They both have such a neat chemistry and a level of comfort around eachother that is so sweet, I just love it when couples can be themselves and let who they are together really shine <3 Their wedding portraits, I have a feeling, will be very telling because their connection is so obvoius and rich.

Upward and onward, I thank you in advance for your patience and know that I will be here dilligently upon the arrival of my new machine, getting your items requested/ordered/expected, to you as promptly as possible!

xo

dani

Just two of baby Max at one week, who came to see me the other day… he slept over an hour on the way here and another two hours when he got here. How about that?!

Happy Friday <3

xo

dani