My Barn...
Where bare unpainted buildings stand
My farm to me is not just land.
To me, my farm is nothing less
Than all created loveliness.
My farm is not where I must soil
My hands in endless dreary toil
But where through seed and swelling pod
I've learned to walk and talk with God.
My farm to me is not a place
Outmoded by the human race.
For here, I think I just see less
Of evil, greed and selfishness.
My farm's a haven-here dwells rest,
Security and happiness.
What'er befalls the world outside,
Here faith and hope and love abide.
And so my farm is not just land
Where bare unpainted buildings stand.
To me my farm is nothing less
Than all God's hoarded loveliness.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Photography
To kick off my Finley Wedding blogging, I've decided to start with photography!
When Ryan & I got engaged and started our wedding planning, we knew we needed to first focus on finding our venue, caterer, and photographer - being those are 3 aspects of a wedding where the vendors book up far in advance. It took us about 2 minutes to completely fall in love with Rustic Oaks...so with our venue checked off our list, we moved on to finding a caterer and photographer. (I'll save catering for another blogging topic...)
I probably should have first mentioned that we had a relatively tight budget to work with. So before we made any calls or inquiries to any of our wedding vendors, we broke down our budget. Photography was a tough one for us (mostly me, I guess) because I absolutely love photography and love pictures; and I had high expectations for the amount of coverage/number of photos/access to copyrights/etc! And wedding photography expectations like that come with a hefty price tag.
Like all couples, we had to pick and choose what areas were priority and where we needed to focus our funds vs. cut costs. Ryan & I agreed that photography was one of the areas where we needed to cut costs.
So where do you even start to find a photographer to fit your budget and fulfil your coverage expectations? If you google FM photographers, you get about a gazillion results (33,000 to be exact)! Knowing we had a relatively small budget...and knowing we didn't want to sort through and contact 33,000 options...we contacted our friend Josh Stanz - who, at the time, was transitioning from "photography as a passion/hobby" to starting a part time photography business!
And wow did we luck out - catching Josh at just the right time! Back in February, we were one of his first officially booked weddings! And soon after we booked, word about Josh Stanz Photography spread like wildfire...and in my opinion, he got really good, really fast; by the time our Sept. 18th wedding rolled around, he was a pro.
If you're a bride-to-be on a budget and are still hunting for a photographer, I have zero hesitation telling you to put Josh at the top of your list. He and his wife/assistant, Tracy completely exceeded our most optimistic expectations; an engagement session, full day wedding coverage, disk(s) of hand-edited photos, and copyrights to the pictures are all included in his package price. And the fact that he's creative, stylish, modern, & fun (the JSP motto)...makes him, in my opinion, under priced at $1,300-$1,500.
Check out Josh's website: www.joshstanzphotography.com ...and head to the contact page to see if your wedding date is still available!
If you're looking for more photographer recommendations, contact me @ rusticoaks@live.com and I'd be happy to send you contact info. for a variety of super-talented photographers that we've worked with!
Finally, I have to give some quick props to my friend Alyssa Dahl of Lissadee Photography; Alyssa did some candid photos for us at our wedding! You can check out her work on facebook!
When Ryan & I got engaged and started our wedding planning, we knew we needed to first focus on finding our venue, caterer, and photographer - being those are 3 aspects of a wedding where the vendors book up far in advance. It took us about 2 minutes to completely fall in love with Rustic Oaks...so with our venue checked off our list, we moved on to finding a caterer and photographer. (I'll save catering for another blogging topic...)
I probably should have first mentioned that we had a relatively tight budget to work with. So before we made any calls or inquiries to any of our wedding vendors, we broke down our budget. Photography was a tough one for us (mostly me, I guess) because I absolutely love photography and love pictures; and I had high expectations for the amount of coverage/number of photos/access to copyrights/etc! And wedding photography expectations like that come with a hefty price tag.
Like all couples, we had to pick and choose what areas were priority and where we needed to focus our funds vs. cut costs. Ryan & I agreed that photography was one of the areas where we needed to cut costs.
So where do you even start to find a photographer to fit your budget and fulfil your coverage expectations? If you google FM photographers, you get about a gazillion results (33,000 to be exact)! Knowing we had a relatively small budget...and knowing we didn't want to sort through and contact 33,000 options...we contacted our friend Josh Stanz - who, at the time, was transitioning from "photography as a passion/hobby" to starting a part time photography business!
And wow did we luck out - catching Josh at just the right time! Back in February, we were one of his first officially booked weddings! And soon after we booked, word about Josh Stanz Photography spread like wildfire...and in my opinion, he got really good, really fast; by the time our Sept. 18th wedding rolled around, he was a pro.
If you're a bride-to-be on a budget and are still hunting for a photographer, I have zero hesitation telling you to put Josh at the top of your list. He and his wife/assistant, Tracy completely exceeded our most optimistic expectations; an engagement session, full day wedding coverage, disk(s) of hand-edited photos, and copyrights to the pictures are all included in his package price. And the fact that he's creative, stylish, modern, & fun (the JSP motto)...makes him, in my opinion, under priced at $1,300-$1,500.
Check out Josh's website: www.joshstanzphotography.com ...and head to the contact page to see if your wedding date is still available!
If you're looking for more photographer recommendations, contact me @ rusticoaks@live.com and I'd be happy to send you contact info. for a variety of super-talented photographers that we've worked with!
Finally, I have to give some quick props to my friend Alyssa Dahl of Lissadee Photography; Alyssa did some candid photos for us at our wedding! You can check out her work on facebook!
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