We're featured!

Wow, 2012 is going out with a bang for us! We woke up today to find we are being featured on one of the leading DC area wedding blogs. Cue air high fives and terrible happy dancing! United With Love has always been a favorite of ours, and we are beyond thrilled to have our work from Juliana and Joe's recent wedding featured on their blog today. Look for not one, but two different posts over at UWL today showcasing this beautiful Christmas wedding.

And while you're at it, become a fan and regular follower of Untied With Love. Their real weddings, tips, advice, and inspiration for DC area Brides is not something you should be missing out on.

Here's a link to our first feature post of the day!

Wedding Books :: New for 2013

There are a lot of new things coming to Birds of a Feather clients in 2013 and beyond. One of our favorite new additions to the brand, are these fine art wedding books (that's what we call them, to most people they're "albums"). They're so good. So... so good. The level of our excitement when they arrived was kind of silly, but warranted. These books exceeded our expectations. After a year of researching album providers and searching for the right fit for us, we landed on KISS wedding books and are beyond thrilled with their product.

In the new year we'll include albums into what we offer our couples. The idea is to create new, Complete Collections, that bring your photography experience full circle, and give your photos a place to live.  These new options, that include wedding books, will allow you to sit back and let us do the design work, while KISS provides the highest quality printing and binding. 

What's not changing? Everything we already do now. We will never eliminate Coverage Only options, and we will always provide your final images in high resolution form with rights to print. You will never have to buy one of these super amazing albums, but now we offer them and if you want one... we've got 'em. So no panicking. For couples who just want really good wedding photography without hefty album prices included into "packages", we understand and we've got you covered. Our way of thinking has not changed in terms of rights to photos, and the ability to create your own affordable coffee table books through companies like My Publisher will always remain. But we ran into more and more couples this year who understand the importance of fine craftsmanship and wanted albums that will withstand the years to come. These albums are meant to become family heirlooms, which is something those coffee table books just can't do. So now, we offer the best of both worlds. Buy an album if you want one, don't if you don't. Simple as that :)

So back to these wedding books. They come in two styles, Leather or Linen. Leather books are best for weddings as they have thick, sturdy pages with layflat hinges which allow photos to span across the seamless center. Linen books are much more affordable with thinner pages, but still have seamless binding and printing. Linen books are perfect for engagement albums and parent albums. These albums are square coming in sizes 8x8, 10x10, and 12x12. They are the perfect simplistic design, made with the highest quality materials, allowing your photos to become the focus. Isn't that the point? Yes. There are many colors to choose from. We went with some sample albums in muted, neutral colors that could fit into any home's decor. But if you want a hot pink wedding book, we can do that too ;)

These two are just our first delivery from KISS. We're waiting on 4 more books in brighter colors and different sizes. We'll make sure to post a few more photos when they arrive. Check back often for more updates to the look and feel of the Birds of a Feather Photography brand... there's lots more to come!

Tracy and John :: Southern Maryland Engagement Photography

Two terribly good looking people. An apple orchard with sunlight to die for. A mint dress and a red barn... these could all be to blame for this super long post.

Have a good Wednesday ya'll

Tracy and John :: Sneak Peek

We're swooning over here... more to come later this week!

Happy Monday!

Trash the Dress :: County Fair

We are farm girls at heart. The county fair is equal to Christmas for us. Every year, we make sure we give ourselves at least one day free that weekend so we can enjoy some classic Charles County fair time with our family. This year, we had the thought to do a fun Trash the Dress session on the last day. And why not? Pink and blue cotton candy, ferris wheels, tacky carnival rides, dust and dirt? It's perfect! So we enlisted the help of our good friend Monique Melton of Favia's Artistry and I Do Wedding Connection. She did some fun and beautiful makeup for our model. The perfect up do was done by Tamara White of Hair It Is Salon and Spa. Our gorgeous model, LaToya, was up for anything and pretended to really love cotton candy for us. We all had a blast and think we got some fun photos out of it. Enjoy!

Thanks everyone who helped us live out this little county fair trash the dress idea!

Have a great weekend!