Happy Birthday, Nathan!

I love you.
I'm proud of you.
I can't wait to see what this year will bring.



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In case you haven't seen this, Nathan has decided to embark on a year-long photo challenge he's calling Project 35. You won't want to miss it.

Friday Favorites, vol. 51

1. wild flowers







2. cross timbers
By far the most beautiful cross timbers I've ever seen are in Germany. The ones in France aren't bad, either. As a certified Francophile, I normally think everything in France is superior, but not in this case. Germans have the French beat when it comes to beer, sausage, and cross timbers.





3. fabric napkins







4. floppy hats







5. lens flares

This weekend Nathan and I photographed the first-ever Texas Style Council Conference,

and may I just say, it was amazing?! We had a photobooth at the party on Saturday night at BoConcept. Plus, I provided event coverage for the entire weekend. It was fabulous to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.

I'll post soon (either here or on our photoblog) and tell you all about the weekend, but in the meantime, here's a shot I grabbed on Sunday afternoon, in between panels.



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Other things that are new with us:


1. We started working with a fantastic trainer on Monday, to begin what I'd like to call our 12-week Plan to Slammin. More on that later, too. I promise. In related news: I miss carbs, which is weird because apparently they're the devil?

2. I'm taking street style photos during SXSW for a NY company that does trendwatching. It's my first solo paid gig and I'm kind of loving it.

3. I have to take defensive driving, for a red light I ran because I was mesmerized by the car ahead of me, whose driver gave a loaf of bread to a homeless man. See? Carbs = my mortal enemy.

"And now here is my secret,

a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Friday Favorites, vol. 41

Instead of listing my favorite things (like I normally do), I decided to celebrate the launch of our new really, really ridiculously good-looking website by posting a few of my favorite photos that Nathan and I have taken. See them all bigger and prettier (along with lots more!) here.












Stop by our new website and let me know what you think!

dreamy diana

For my birthday last month, Nathan surprised me with this fun lens! I absolutely love the lo-fi look of this plastic lens. So vintage-looking, don't you think?