Kallie Brynn Photography: August 2010

8.30.2010

Tova meets Big Papa - on Film

Somehow it took a year and a half to introduce the Tovanator to my maternal grandfather. We decided to name him "Big Papa" for T. She calls all of her Grandpas "papa," can say "big," and, well, it fits his stature, so we thought it was great! Grandpa and GranJean drove down to my parents' house in Tallahassee from Jackson, Mississippi, and we headed up for a fast weekend visit. We had a lovely time - the best part was seeing how T reacted to Grandpa. She took right to GranJean, but just wasn't so sure about her Big Papa. In the end, she gave kisses all around. Such a sweetie.

I LOVE this picture. I feel like T is actually me and this is a picture from my childhood. And the one below is such a great reaction to Big Papa messing with T!

Trying out my new lens (above).

Favorite.

Me and my Grandpa.

I have to be honest. Before I grabbed the roll of black and white Neopan film, Tova had unrolled part of the new roll I grabbed and I was flustered. I did not mean to grab Neopan. I meant to grab 400H (color). Oops. Oh well. I still love them!

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Much love for my family,
Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

8.23.2010

David's 25th Birthday Fiesta on Film

I'm super excited to share these photos with you! I loved designing this fiesta-themed party for my hubs. We had such a great time!

For the invitation, I printed out the lettering and then drew the "papel picado" design around the words. I went over everything with a carbon pen, burned a screen with my Gocco machine, and made prints.

I used air plants, bougainvillea blooms, beautiful cacti, mangos, and limes as centerpieces.

The "25" papel picado (Mexican banner) took about two months to complete. I drew out the design like the invitation. Then I cut it out with an X-acto over heavy cardstock to make a template. I then folded each color of tissue paper to make 8 layers and cut each color separately. I had calluses on my fingers from the knife.