icicles.
courtesy of beau:

- rachel
we are enjoying a snowy, peaceful day in alto pass. tyler and i had some fun outside earlier with the new camera and then enjoyed editing the images side by side while drinking hot chocolate. i love snow days!


the brightest cardinal i have ever seen.

trees in the clouds.

warms and colds.


fragile.

tiny bob.


tiny loves frolicking in the snow.
the aftermath: a snowy mustache.

- rachel
sometimes (frequently) we like to (love to) do this stuff for fun (to justify our existence).
to start, a few self portraits:

(from the Canon A-1 film camera as seen above):


one pick from a series of josh (my roommate) on a 1973 film camera:

this one requires an explanation, aka it missed the mark a little but i’ll post it anyway:

split infinitive (the lyrical myrical on the left, along side MC Paul Revere):

and then there’s me being a pest:
(amanda)

(kayla)

(josh)

(random guy who hosted the open mic)

hope you enjoy!
- nelson
hi everyone!
just a heads-up that the amazing andrew hatfield wrote us another song for the portraits website. we’ve put it up and love how it complements the images.
go check it out here.
it doesn’t seem right to have a post without pictures… here are few tyler took recently at sunset. the first two are from hanna city, il, taken on new year’s eve. the last one is from an overlook near our house in alto pass, il. you can see Bald Knob Cross in the distance.



- rachel
me using our early christmas present.

my cute brother-in-law / business partner, nelson.

blessed: the whole family together for christmas.
chase and sha were back from romania for the holidays, clay and renae’s family came from st. louis, tyler and i made the trip from alto pass, nelson from chicago, and trevor from indiana.

one of my favorite moments captured on camera. be sure to look at everyone’s expressions to get the full effect.

lucy, the cowgirl.


eliot definitely loved his new guitar from grandma and grandpa.

the newest addition: kate. she is the absolute best baby i’ve ever seen!


a beatiful christmas table.

one of the many yummy desserts.

- rachel