When we were in Vegas for WPPI we had the pleasure of 'traveling with' our good friends and fellow wedding photographers Brad and Chyla. We first got better acquainted with these two last year when they came to Texas for a mentorship with us. So that might be the beginning, but as time went on, these two have come to be some of our best friends.

We were so excited about WPPI and all of the fun times we would have with our long-distance (you see, B&C live in Nebraska, but are about to relocate to Des Moines) friends. One day, Brad and Chyla got all gussied up and we walked around Las Vegas shooting their pictures on film. It was a blast!

As they relocate their family and their business to Des Moines, they now have a brand new set of photos to decorate their home with.Yippee!

Our hotel, Aria, has this incredible waterfall wall. it was our first choice for their pictures and we love the way they turned out.

One of our faves for sure! These guys and their smiles, it tells the story of their lives!

Hottie!

Just two lovebirds walking down the sidewalk.

This was our second time to photograph these two, and it's safe to say, Brad and Chyla are a dream to photograph. I am pretty sure we are getting an album of these for our own house just because we love them so much.

Fuji 400H and Kodak Porta 400 on Contax 645 with Zeiss Planar 80mm f2 lens, developed and scanned by Indie Film Lab

A few weeks ago we met up with Heather and Justin to hang out and shoot some engagement photos. I've known Heather for many years as she was really good friends in high school with my older sister. It was so fun to see Heather again and hang out, and we are really looking forward to her wedding this coming weekend!

Heather's dress is just about the cutest thing I've seen lately.

How cute are they?

We headed over to Heather's family's place where this awesome old red barn was in the process of being restored.

We're obsessed with chickens. If we weren't so scared of chicken snakes, we would have chickens. These chickens were wandering around while we were taking their pictures and we just couldn't resist.

Heather and Justin, you two are a perfect couple! We can't wait to see you both this weekend!

A few weeks ago we were incredibly honored when fellow wedding photographers, Payton and Samantha of Ruddock Photography in The Woodlands asked us to take their branding photos.

We first met Payton and Sam this past fall at our friends Zach and Jody Gray's Houston stop of their In Camera Workshop. During the introductions part of the day, we all clicked when we found out we were all Aggies. They both have engineering degrees (read: smarty pants) so I do sometimes feel like a country bumpkin around them with our Animal Science degrees.

At the In-Camera workshop Z&J taught both natural light and off-camera light. We helped them out (read: carried the lights) with this stop of the tour and were their hosts for Houston. We met so many fun local photographers and it was a great experience.

Payton came to my rescue towards the end of Day 2. We were doing the shooting portion of the off-camera lighting workshop, and we were walking all around the Discovery Green area of downtown Houston. The lights weren't that heavy, but they were large and awkward. Luke had a light to carry and I had a light to carry. At each stop we made, I'd put the light down and the workshop attendees would shoot their pictures, then we'd pack up and head to the next stop. As we ventured further and further away from the hotel where the workshop was being held, I kept thinking it was going to be a loooooong walk back with the big light. Payton saved my LIFE when he said he would carry the light back. He now has a fan forever!

You can imagine how excited we were to hear that these two were going to rebrand their business and needed some images to use on their website. They wanted some images with their camera and without. We had an amazing time with these fellow photographers and are so glad to count them as friends!

Natural light is our favorite and we almost always shoot exclusively in natural light. Like most photographers, we have the equipment we would need to get us out of a jam if we needed to, and we do know what we're doing. However, we just love the warm and glowy feel of natural light so we stick to that.

That being said... Payton and Sam are off-camera light enthusiasts. They said that the wanted a couple of pictures with the off camera lighting to use in their branding as well. So they brought all their gear and all 4 of us put our heads together to get a few shots that made sure to reflect their off-camera lighting skills as well!

We'll always be natural light fans, but it sure was fun to get that dramatic sky that you get with the off-camera light!

Payton and Sam - THANK YOU for a super fun evening of geeky photographer stuff! Can't wait to hang out again! :)