April 16th, 2013:

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(Yes, that IS the Milky Way!)

Blog post by Felicia:

Chris & Christina contacted us right before we left for our trip to the Philippines, so our interactions with them had been solely through phone and email. Chris & Christina had initially planned for a beach shoot, but then, several weeks ago, we got an email from them asking for the “omakase of photography” instead.

Now, if you’ve been to omakase sushi, it means that you allow the chef to decide what to serve you. Or, as Wikipedia explains, “… a Japanese phrase that means “I’ll leave it to you” (from Japanese makasu (任す, “to entrust”)

I don’t really know how to put into the words the elation, honor, and excitement that Rob and I felt when that email appeared in our inbox. Trust is the best gift anyone can give to us, and Chris & Christina essentially gave us free reign and full artistic liberty. They even showed up in Death Valley with what looked like the wardrobe department of a small movie production, so that we could pick what we wanted them to wear. How much more awesome can these people get?!

[Brides- and grooms-to-be out there: once you’ve done your research, completed consultations and selected your photographer (or any other wedding vendor, for that matter), trust them to do what they do best: it takes the stress off of you, and off of them!]

So anyway, despite the additional time and cost investment to take us up on an astro photography shoot, Chris & Christina gave us a hearty YES. Bear in mind, they’ve never met us before, but they made the long drive out to Death Valley and headed out into the vast nothingness of the desert in the middle of the night with us.

Thank you, Chris & Christina, for representing why we love what we do.

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Death, Valley, California, Astro, Astronomy, Photography, Photographer, National, Park, Night, Skies, Unique, Portraits, Alternative, Engagement, Session, Stars, Milky, Way, Stovepipe, Wells, Furnace, Creek, Zabriskie, Point, Harmony, Borax, Works, rhyolite, ghost, town, nevadaAs the sun rose and the stars faded from sight, we headed to the ghost town of Rhyolite in Nevada. I don’t know how these two remain looking so fabulous despite barely getting any sleep the night before.
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Chris demonstrates his version of Le Tigre.
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