We have finally decided on the new Wedding Belles logo to keep up with our ever evolving sense of aesthetic :) I think when I first started with wedding photography, we were young and fresh and our logo reflected that, as I got further along and moved to Kansas City, the feel became more fun and vibrant so our logo changed to the pink/green/white flowers one that you all know.
Now, however, as I am getting older and have settled in to KC over the last 3 years, I find my personal aesthetic is more sophisticated and modern, with clean lines and a mix of warm and cool colors. SO ... I am pleased to reveal the new logo for our wedding division, Wedding Belles Photography. I hope you all love it as much as we do!
I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to join the Speaker's Team for one of the best labs in the country, and the lab we use exclusively for our top of the line prints, canvasses, acrylics, press products and of course albums. I am thrilled to be included in this grouping of top professional photographers from across the country. I'll keep you all updated on my upcoming speaking engagements.
I went to Oklahoma this past weekend to shoot the reception of my mom's long time best friend, Kathy and her new husband Mike. When we arrived in OKC on Friday, Jeff (my bf) and I had some time before we met up with family so I took him to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial at the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Building.
I was in high school when the bomb went off, April 19, 1995 and they had tv's playing the news in every classroom within 20 minutes of the bomb going off. My mom had several friends who were in the journal records building just across the street, who were severely injured. Much like the baby boomer generation with the assassination of JFK, every Oklahoman will remember where they were when they heard about the explosion.
If you look at the perspective, you can see that some of the chairs are smaller and some larger, the small chairs represent the children who died, most of them in the daycare. All in all 168 men, women and children were killed. Their names are etched in the lucite of their chair. There are 9 rows, each representing one floor of the building, and 5 chairs around the edges for those killed on the street outside. It's a sobering realization to see those empty chairs, and it hits me every time I go there.
It was really special to share something this sacred with Jeff, so I wanted to share some of my favorite images I took with you.
