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03.12.13

A giveaway!

Truth is, I won this mani/pedi set at a wedding show that I really had no business being at. And it’s awesome to win things, regardless of what they are. But the other truth is that I won’t even do a mani/pedi for free – it’s so not my thing. But I realize that almost everyone else is really jazzed about this kind of thing and want pretty toenails and all that girly stuff that I somehow never learned how to do. Thus, a giveaway!

I made it really easy because I sat on this mani/pedi gift certificate for a good two months and couldn’t think of anything better. So to enter!

1. Like my Facebook page.
2. Comment on the giveaway post on said Facebook page.

I’ll draw winners from the comments on the post and verify that the winner in fact did “like” my page. That’s all! Enjoy!

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03.09.13

Mardi Gras

There is a distinct nostalgia among those who spend any significant period of time in New Orleans. And though for some of us, those years were college years and therefore imbued with all the nostalgia of any college experience, we know that it is a very special place. And now, living in buttoned-up Washington, we find ourselves frequently wishing for those carefree years of public binge drinking, potholes the size of refrigerators, astoundingly ineffective local government and the ever-looming threat of “the big one.” I jest! New Orleans will always be, in some strange way, home. Thus, my friends and I found ourselves trying to bring the “real” Mardi Gras spirit to Clarendon’s family-friendly “parade” last month.

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03.07.13

Jude & Mark | Danby Castle wedding | North Yorkshire, England

Before I start gushing, let me say a huge thank you to the amazing Kari Bellamy, who let me tag along at Jude and Mark’s wedding. If you’re a long-time follower of the blog, you might recall that I spent a good month in England and Belgium last year. As luck would have it, Kari needed a second photographer in that timeframe for a wedding in Yorkshire. In a castle. With an incredible couple. With a vintage tea party theme. Are you excited yet? Oh my god, this wedding. Also, it was in the English countryside and the heather was in bloom. Seriously, guys, this wedding.

bride and groom portraits in the heather

These are the kinds of venues wedding photographers get to work in England. This is Danby Castle, in North Yorkshire. It’s the place where Catherine Parr moved after Henry VIII died. No, really.

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Serena SevertsonMarch 7, 2013 - 12:33 pm

This looks so amazing and incredible and fun. :D You did an awesome job capturing this!

Kari BellamyMarch 7, 2013 - 12:45 pm

It was so awesome to have you along Amber!

PorterMarch 7, 2013 - 12:54 pm

freakin LOVE that first shot, that place is gorgeous!

Robert SwaniganMarch 7, 2013 - 1:35 pm

What an amazing wedding location!! You absolutely nailed these!! Great work!

MaggieMarch 7, 2013 - 1:42 pm

There is so much awesome in these photos I don’t even know what to say!

Dale LempaMarch 7, 2013 - 2:19 pm

Great work. Any of these are contest winners, hands down.

MicaMarch 8, 2013 - 5:20 pm

Ah, Amber, Amber! I love everything about this! You had me at the blooming heather. Did they say “plight thee my troth”?

Thank you so much for sharing!

AlbertMarch 12, 2013 - 4:37 pm

Stunning work!!