Hawes Photography Blog

Jason & Andrea: The Polaroids

ahawes — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:13:48 +0000

The rumors are true, while in Mexico for Jason & Andrea’s wedding I was toting around an old Polaroid Alpha with SX-70 film. I have to admit that I’m slightly addicted to it, so much more fun than a point-and-shoot digital. If you want a whole wedding shot on Polaroids than you should call me now because I’m game.

Enjoy these samplings, the best is yet to come.

Garrett & Melanie: Kansas City, KS

ahawes — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:03:16 +0000

We met with Garrett and Melanie for some casual and COLD engagement pics in January. Llywelyn’s Pub in Overland Park was a great place to start. Garrett is big beer fan (even brewing some of his own at home) and, as you probably know, we like locations with personal ties. The second half of the session was in the mostly snow-covered Black Bob Park, where we battled fading light and frozen toes. We’re looking forward to another session with them this spring, which should be much, much warmer!

Josh & Safire’s Wedding: Kansas City, MO

ahawes — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:15:57 +0000

We celebrated our last wedding of 2009 at Josh and Safire’s vintage inspired event. The Airline History Museum was a perfect venue for the intimate ceremony and some drooly worthy detail shots. Enjoy!

We’re back

ahawes — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:34:51 +0000

We just got back from Mexico and plenty of awesome is coming. Stay tuned!

Best of the Best 2009: Couples (and the end)

ahawes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:37:52 +0000

Our couples are at the heart of our photography. We love capturing the dynamic between two people. This year did not disappoint.

Aaron’s Picks:

I can’t believe we’ve reached the end but here it goes. All of our couples are amazingly special to us and choosing these ten was extremely difficult because of that. Thanks everyone for a great 2009 and here’s to an even better 2010!

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Heather’s Picks:

This is what it all comes down to ladies and gentlemen. We do what we do because we love the couples we work with. They’re all different and all awesome. Choosing just 10 images to sum up an entire year of work is painfully difficult.

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Best of the Best 2009: Wedding Party

ahawes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:55:18 +0000

The people you love the most… besides each other

Aaron’s Picks:

I made the mistake of reading what Heather wrote about wedding parties before doing it myself. So now you get this. Wedding Parties are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. Okay, I apologize for that. I really have a blast with the groups because by the wedding day, our couples know we’re crazy, know that we’re likely to put you someplace strange, ect. By the end you’ll either love us or hate us, but at least you’ll be in a couple cool images. Like these. Enjoy.

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Heather’s Picks:

There’s no good way to sum up wedding parties. They’re always a mixed bag and you never know what you’re going to get until the day of the wedding. We’re lucky because most of our laid back clients have equally laid back friends. And that means we can ask them to do sometimes strange things to get some great images.

I do have to say that I love, love my top pick. If we were narrowing the entire year to 10 images total, this would be high on my list.

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Best of the Best 2009: Reception

ahawes — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:02:27 +0000

Everybody get down tonight … get down tonight!

Aaron’s Picks:

We had, by far, some of the best parties ever this year! That made choosing much harder than in past years. Enjoy.

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Heather’s Picks:

This year’s reception picks were all about fun, activity and atmosphere. We witnessed some great parties and here’s a peak.

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Best of the Best 2009: Details

ahawes — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:42:48 +0000

They say the devil is in the details. When you’re planning a wedding, sometimes it feels that way.

Aaron’s Picks:

After about three attempts to write what I think about shooting detail images I’ve realized that I’m incapable of writing today. So this is what you get: Shooting details is kind of like shooting fine art. Creative takes of inanimate objects that spell the mood for a scene. That kinda reads like bacon wrapped vomit. I hope Heather did a better job. Enjoy.

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Heather’s Picks:

The detail category is unusually difficult to narrow down. It’s hard to separate what I LOVE as a detail and what I LOVE as a picture of a detail.

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Best of the Best 2009: Ceremony

ahawes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:14:58 +0000

And now for the main event!

Aaron’s Picks:

It’s a little funny that our biggest staple as wedding photographers is the most difficult for me personally. If you’ve ever been shot by me you know that structure isn’t exactly the driving force so working with the most structured part of a wedding day can be a creative challenge. It was one of my biggest things that I worked on this year and love the results. Enjoy.

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Heather’s Picks:

I love the ceremony images from this year. I’m glad we raised the allowable number to 10 for the year because I couldn’t cut any of these images. They’re so true to each couple – explosive laughter from Katie, relief in the hug between Jenny and Kristian, anticipation as Andy awaits Laura. These images sum up each event in one shot.

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Best of the Best 2009: Getting Ready

ahawes — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:36:22 +0000

Get your hair did … then get married.

Aaron’s Picks:

I’ll be honest, this is really Heather’s category. Guys just don’t take that much prep time so I’m usually off doing other things that get me in trouble. It’s also fun b/c this is where our picks really start to differ. I guess marriage is no account for taste. J/K

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Heather’s Picks:

The getting ready part of any wedding day can range from extremely serene to extremely hectic. No matter what, I love capturing it.

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