Something most people wouldn’t know about us is that we love automobiles, chrome, shiny paint jobs, rusted bumpers, and even big bulky beaters. Vehicles with history, stories, musty and rawhide leather smells draw us in and tempt us to spend hours getting to know every detail. It’s an uncommon passion among people our age. This day and time people rarely keep a car long enough for it to become a part of their family. Fortunately that’s not the case for us. Misty still has her very first car, a now pristine 1974 VW Superbeetle, that became a family hobby and in her opinion is priceless. Ryan treasures the memories made in his 1982 light blue Chevy Chevette and at every sighting recollects a story that always draws a smile.
Early on when dating, car shows became a part of our lives and free time. We have countless photos of cool cars, hood ornaments, and chrome reflections of cars that we have no idea who they belong to and in a few cases no clue of their make and model. We love hot rods, old trucks with sexy curves, lead sleds, and engines that will always have an oil leak leaving their mark on the carports and garages that protect them. Recently when looking at stacks of family photos dating back to the 1930s a friend noticed that 25 percent included their cars in the background. We had a revelation that this natural appreciation was breed in us. Even our wedding photos and exit were in Misty’s Grandfather’s 1949 dark green convertible Jeepster.
For a recent portrait session another of her Grandfather’s cars was pulled out of the garage and cleaned up. This time a beautiful one-owner 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood, a car that carried a family of seven and still had room to spare in the back seat and the trunk. Like always the temptation was evoked to spend more time with a car, capturing the details, listening to the stories, and visualizing a period before our time. We hope this opportunity to share a little known fact about ourselves gives friends and fans further insight to who we are. Even more we hope that sharing these images of the Caddy stir your imagination in the way that it does ours.
Our first wedding of 2011 belongs to Kristen and Dustin. After some fear over the weather and devastating tornadoes in other parts of North Carolina it turned out to be beautiful April weather in Wilkes County for these two to say “I Do”. It was a simple country wedding church ceremony and reception with lots of attention and time spent on the details. We will let this sample of their wedding pictures tell the story. Congratulations to Kristen and Dustin!
As we mentioned in our earlier sneak peek blog post, Dustin loves his job as a Fireman at the Wilkesboro station and we were more than happy to incorporate that into our photos.
Be sure to view more of their wedding photos as well as many others on the Pixels On Paper website.
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Here is just a sneak peek of the wedding pictures we are currently working on from a high country NC wedding in Wilkes County this past weekend. Keep watching the blog for the full post next week! In the meantime check out our other wedding pictures on our website at www.pixelsonpaper.net.
Dustin is a fireman with the Wilkesboro fire department. It is a part of what makes him who he is and who they are. It was no coincidence that he had his helmet with him on the wedding day and we were thrilled to incorporate it into their photos.
Kristen, those eyes and that smile say it all! Congratulations to the newlyweds!
“Laugh as much as you Breathe and Love as long as you Live!”
Wishing all our friends, family, and fans a very Happy Valentines Day. Our gift to you… these images of romance and sweet treats.
There is no way after posting the best of 2010 wedding photographs that we could NOT post the best of our 2010 portrait photographs.
We’re passionate about everything we do when there is a camera in our hands but especially about portrait sessions. It’s a rare opportunity to get to know who is in front of our camera when everything is calm (relatively speaking), a schedule isn’t dictating how long we have, and the creative possibilities are unlimited.
The best moments are when we know we got it, that one shot that captures an overwhelming emotion, a moment in time that will never be repeated, a scene that happened all on its own with absolutely no effort. It always happens. We don’t know when or where but it makes us giddy and forever grateful that God entrusted us with this gift. Oh yes, we really do have the best jobs imaginable!
We’ll soon be announcing our new referral program that will keep these and others coming back from more. In the meantime enjoy taking a look back through this journey with our amazing 2010 clients.
ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS
SENIOR PORTRAITS
FAMILY PORTRAITS
MATERNITY PORTRAITS
NEWBORN & KID PORTRAITS