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and here’s the part where lauren dances and totally steals my heart. i know you’re dying to hear the back story. here it is: we wanted to finish up the session by climbing onto the roof of the super cool historical building lauren and andrew live in, in the north end of boise. lauren had prepped me before our session, “it might be a little tricky, its kind of sketchy getting up there.” i assure her, “oh, i’m pretty sure i can handle it.”

HA. ha. ha. ha. i could not handle it.  after watching the incredibly athletic andrew basically hop up, and the extraordinarily nimble lauren scramble up like a pretty little  cat, i nervously tried to hoist myself on the railings…….and started sweating AND shaking within 1.89 minutes.

i looked down and saw the street, far below us, so very very very far below us, and it was at that moment that i   said, “guys, i don’t think i can do this.” and my pride was busted and bruised. we agreed to shoot the dancing portion of the session the following night in another cool location (yet to be determined), and lauren and andrew were so super nice and gracious about the whole thing. they really really tried to not let me be embarrassed.

but i couldn’t. get. over. it. i knew there had to be away to get up that roof. i went home that night and brainstormed with my mom, who is the master of all resourcefulness, in case you didn’t know. long story short, we devised a plan, i emailed lauren and said, “we ARE getting up on that roof gosh darn it,” and as you will soon see, we did.

it was the bravest thing i have ever done for a client and it was 100% worth it. because, my goodness just look at her….(i kid you not she brought me to tears)

contax 645, fuji 400h. film. lauren.

and i was all like, you bring the awesome, i’ll bring my camera.

well.

mallory and her husband sure do know how to bring the gosh darn freaking awesome. when she emailed me and attached a picture of herself and joshua, i was all, NUH. UH. and then, whaaa? and then, aight’, let’s do dis.

although i had some amazing responses from other folks who i am still sad to this day i did not get to shoot because of timing conflicts, i felt so lucky that such a beautiful and connected couple came a runnin’ for the chance to let me work out my creative vision. i couldn’t stop staring at them.

the best part?  you know the proverbial perfect good looking couple? the  pretty girl and the hip guy that everyone hates because they are so stylish together but have zero personality and the only thing they are actually good at is looking good which doesn’t even qualify as a talent, but more as just a quality that makes the rest of us feel bad?

mallory and josh are soooo not like that!

they were the sweetest, most fun, down to earth people, and i was relieved because i do things like trip when i’m shooting and i um, sweat a lot, but guess what? they do those kind of things too. and together we had a fantastic fantastic time.

p.s. the famous and beloved becky earl tagged along at this shoot and you can catch some of her rad shots, along with some other eye candy here.

contax 645, canon eos 3, fuji 400h, portra 800

i was honored to photograph their wedding this past weekend. but, can i tell you a secret? i only got the gig because lindzee’s BFF, crissie mcdowell who is also a photographer (a VERY gifted one)  and a friend of mine, couldn’t shoot the wedding as she was the fancy maid of honor. so she was kind enough to point lindzee and javier in my direction.  crissie was the girl who shot lindzee and javier’s REAL engagement session, you know, the one with the photo that goes out with the invitations? and you can see crissie’s super rad blog of the session  here.

but because i couldn’t bear to give up my two hours of shooting and getting to know the real javier and lindzee, before the big day, i forced them to go through the whole engagement shooting ordeal yet again with moi. we shot this just two weeks before the big day!  the light shone on us that evening like a gift from up above, and let’s just say we laughed A LOT. i can’t wait to share their wedding with you. and here’s my second secret. you can see a little peak of it on cyndee of ashki photography’s facebook page (why don’t you give it a like while you’re at it), who second shot for me that day.  you’re gonna wanna take a peek as the wedding was incredible.

contax 645, fuji 400h, portra 400, portra 800

and before you ask, YES, there is a meaning behind the salt and pepper shakers. heiden and michelle  go together just like that. they are not the same, not at all the same even, but together is where they belong.  man it makes me happy.

oh, and cool side story, i went to elementary school with heiden. we played basketball together in the fifth grade. these are important things to note. however, because michelle was the one who first contacted me, we didn’t realize we knew each other until we were half way through our over the phone consult. i got to thinking…hmmm….heiden is kind of an unusual name….could it be?…..nahhh…and then,

me: okay wait, heiden, i have to ask, what’s your last name?

heiden: uh….bliss….

me (super professional sounding): dude, i totallly know you. this is diana moore! (my maiden name)

and although i’m super sure you would like me to type out the rest of our conversation just the way i did above, i’ll spare you the intrigue and just let you know that there was a lot of laughter, a little reminiscing, and a mutual feeling that this was meant to be. so they are salt and pepper. can i be a napkin or something? (bad joke, but its my blog and i’ll bad joke if i wanna). =)

contax 645 (with a little eos3). fuji 400h. portra 400. tri-x.

just kidding.

–the truth is i really need to confess to being the queen of blog sucktitude and accept my crown already. so many lovely couples have gone unblogged, and though i keep thinking i’m going to catch up, i’m going to catch up, i still constantly find myself behind. wah wah, complain, complain…

but back to becca and josh. the fun thing about them is that they came to ME with an idea (overachievers). and their idea even made SENSE. because they have a thing for BMW’s. particularly josh. which, by the way did you know they have clubs for people who have things for BMW’s? also, their wedding had an awesome travel theme–which i think means becca and josh will do a fair amount of it in their lives, so look forward to that in the upcoming wedding blog post.

lastly, remember that time i rented a tilt shift lens? tricky, tricky…