If you love pretty things, there’rs a good chance you remember jessie + mark’s gorgeous wedding that we shot back in june. I’m happy to report that it was published today by Rock n’ Roll Bride.

Rock n, Roll Bride is one of our personal favorite wedding blogs.  I love the philosophy that kat is putting out in the world:  Do your wedding your own way.  It’s how amy and I did our wedding, and it’s how we think weddings should be done.  Be as traditional or non-traditional as you want, as long as you’re doing exactly what you want to do, and not something you feel like you have to do.  Not to mention her blog is stuffed full of amazing photography from all over the world.

So we’re deeply honored that she featured a wedding we photographed.  Deeply honored and maybe a little giddy.  We’ll be having champagne with our editing today.

Head on over to Rock n, Roll Bride and check it out!  Then have a glass of champagne with us.

happy wednesday, indeed.

In April, Luke Jerram‘s amazing international art project Play Me I’m Yours came through Austin. 14 pianos were placed all around the downtown Austin area, out in parks, streets, and public squares for anyone to play, at any time. It was a wonderful, wonderful project. I can’t tell you how many times in April I walked by one of these pianos, and every time there someone playing. Everything from a Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, to jazz, to small children tapping out Chopsticks and Heart and Soul.

The project was just too good to pass up. So our good friends Carla and Joel of Revel didn’t. On the last weekend of the installation, Revel and some of their buddies performed a concert on the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Austin. I was lucky enough to be there for it, cammy in hand.

So we get wind in Austin almost never. A breeze here and there, and you know, tornadoes now and again. But just wind for the sake of wind, it’s a rare occurrence. But it occurred on this day. Music, music stands, hair. It was all blown to smithereens. So After a few numbers up on the bridge, the guys relocated to one of the other pianos just down the trail, in an area a bit more protected from the elements. The audience they picked up came along. We were treated to a little Brahms, a little Bohemian Rhapsody. It was pretty much perfect.

As a photographer, I spend several hours a week behind a camera, and about a bazillion hours a week behind a computer. whatever it is, whether it’s sending emails, or preparing contracts, or doing the books, or processing photos, all of it gets done from the same chair. A lot of it gets done to the sound of Bravo reality television, i’m not going to lie. Bravo is a great station to have on when you can’t actually watch what is happening. Because it’s all the same.

But I also spend a ton of time listening to music. Lots and lots of music. Amy and I have a real fondness for mix tapes, or playlists as the cool kids call them. We make them all the time. On road trips we’re each responsible for at least 3 80-minute mix CDs, each in contrasting tone. And Amy’s been making summer mixes for years now, many of which have become legendary among our friends (amy is a little bit brilliant with the mixes). So this year we decided to make it a seasonal tradition, and we both made not only summer mixes, but fall mixes as well.

I’ve been listening to this mix for about a month and I’m not trying to brag or anything, but it’s the best mix ever heard by human ears. As you can see, it was so good, Amy put on a cape and went dancing in the forest.

I thought I’d share it here, so you guys know what I’m listening to while I’m working on your photos. So here it is, my fall mix tape, 2010

1. I was Married Tegan and Sara
2. Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap
3. So Much Trouble Matt Pond PA
4. Shine a Light Wolf Parade
5. Cathedrals Jump Little Children
6. Cataracts Andrew Bird
7. Rootless Tree (Live At Fingertips) Damien Rice
8. The Sun Melpo Mene
9. Perfect Speed 13 & God
10. Sleepyhead Passion Pit
11. I’m Gonna Hate You When You Go Slow Runner
12. Blindsided Bon Iver
13. Stable Song Death Cab For Cutie
14. White Trash Heros Archers of Loaf
15. We Did It When We Were Young The Gaslight Anthem
16. Forever Young Youth Group
17. Spiralling Keane
18. MoneyGrabber Fitz & The Tantrums
19. Sleepyhead (Stripped Down Version) Passion Pit

Gentle Readers, the mix is so good, It would be a crime for you not to hear it. So, I created a play list for it on Grooveshark, so you can hear the whole thing for free, here.

And if you love it so much you have to have it on your ipod, I’ve also created an iTunes iMix for you.

Give it a listen, and let me know what you think. And hey, while you’re on Gooveshark, why don’t you make a fall mix tape of your own, and send it our way. You’ll need a free Grooveshark account to create a playlist, but it’s free. Be kind, share the love. Once you have your perfect fall mix ready to go, Just share your playlist and send me the link. I’ll post links to anyone who sends one along so we can all get in on the fall music goodness.

Back in June I was approached by a classical music group in town called Revel about doing some photography for their upcoming season. Revel is made up of cellist Joe Becktell and pianist Carla MCElhaney, and they have a unique, and if you ask me, pretty cool vision for classical music; to strip away a bunch of the protocol that has been attached to the performance of classical music over the years, and just get back to the pure beauty of the music. If you’ve sat in a symphony hall anytime in your life you probably know exactly what they’re talking about. Everyone sitting stiffly in their chairs, perfectly still, clapping only at certain times, and otherwise staying as still and quiet as possible. For those of us who grew up in that culture it seems pretty normal, but if you’re someone new to classical music, it’s confusing, formal, and stuffy. Three things that music really shouldn’t be.

The audience for classical music around the world isn’t exactly growing. It’s just getting older. That’s a real shame because there is so much amazing music from the past, and music still being written today that doesn’t fit into the mainstream pop culture.

So Revel’s goal is to play classical music without any of unnecessary formalities attached. I really like their vision for exceptional classical music devoid of pretension. They play small intimate chamber concerts in people’s homes and other informal venues. The banner on their website really sums up their intentions: Come as you are, clap when you feel like it, laugh when the music is funny, cry when it’s sad, go barefoot, dance, listen with abandon, get carried away, make up your own story, forget the rules.