Remember the adorable Harper from her First Birthday Party?? Her mother, Shelley, and I have been trying to get a portrait session set up for her for a long time, and it finally happened! I loved hanging out with my oldest Lakeland friend - Shelley's husband works with David and is the first person I met here! And taking photos of Harper was a hoot! I just need to start remembering to wear shorts in this hot Florida weather when I'm going to be chasing after toddlers!!
One of the many great things that came out of Bryan's workshop was getting to meet Dena Robertson of Cypress Albums. I have been searching for a new photo book option for a while and had written off Cypress as being unattainable. I knew Bryan has used Cypress Albums for a long time and have literally pined after them. You HAVE to watch this video and see the time put into every handmade album. It's amazing:
After meeting with Dena and digging into their offerings a bit further, I realized that there are some possibilities for Kallie Brynn Photography! Yay! The photo books I now offer will be Cypress' C Albums. To continue the personal care and handmade touch, I will be hand mounting beautifully printed photographs onto the pages of the albums. I just finished my first one for Melanie and Matt and am very excited about how it turned out.
The cover is made with Japanese bookbinding fabrics. They use beautiful Swiss ribbons on each book or presentation box. The pages are made in a mill on the east coast from cotton that is a by-product of the fashion industry. They are all acid-free archival. The pages are separated with beautifully textured vellum sheets.
These truly are gorgeous albums that will last for ages to come. Thanks to Dena and her staff for all of their help! I'm so excited!!
Remember Melanie and Matt's engagement portraits from over a month ago? Well, shortly after taking their photos, Melanie's oldest sister, Valerie, contacted me to take photos of her super cute and smart 22 month old, Owen. I had such a great time chasing after the adorable toddler. The second I thought he was going to stand still so I could get a face shot, he'd shoot off in the other direction! It's just practice for when Tova starts crawling, which could really be any day now (or at least it seems so)!