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carolyn & brian’s flushmount album AND parent album!

Bend the Light — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:46:16 +0000

Sooo excited! Carolyn & Brian’s flushmount album just arrived (along with the parent album they ordered for Carolyn’s mom)!

The leather on the flushmount album is called “Komodo Dragon” and is quickly becoming our most popular flushmount leather option. Carolyn & Brian also added a photo cutout to the front cover and TA-DA! …A custom album cover that fits their personal style. :-)

But who can forget about Carolyn’s MOM’S personal style? :-) She now has her very own duplicate album. A parent album is a smaller version of a flushmount wedding album. Even though the photos and page designs are the same, the outside cover (and cover photo) can be customized to match your parents (or grandparents!) personal style. Red is Carolyn’s mom’s favorite color…so naturally, they chose the leather called “Candyland.”

For more info about our flushmount albums, check out this link:
www.bendthelightblog.com/albums-books-2/flushmount-albums

For more info about our parent albums, check out this link:
http://www.bendthelightblog.com/albums-books-2/parent-albums/

We custom-design each and every layout in our flushmount albums. This layout includes 3 gigantic photos of Brian & Carolyn together (3 of their favorite shots) To view aflushmount album layout (from start to finish), click here.

We design flushmount albums to tell the story of the entire day. From getting ready to the grand exit. This layout features Carolyn’s bridesmaids. The beauty of the custom-designed pages is that some pages have lots of photos (above), and others have one big photo that spreads all the way across (below).
My favorite favorite FAVORITE page! A huge panoramic shot of Brian & Carolyn’s amazing sunset ceremony. And as you can see below, flushmount albums lay completely flat, so there’s no seam in the middle. Yep. Pretty awesome. :-)

will + lauren are married!

Bend the Light — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:33:29 +0000

Oh, how we love Will & Lauren. :-) You may remember them from their fantabulous engagement session a few months back. Lauren has been a long-time blog reader of ours… even before she was engaged, she decided that WE would be her wedding photogs (sooo honored, btw!) As soon as Will proposed, they gave us a call and the rest is history! We are absolutely completely totally in LOVE with their wedding images, so get ready to see LOTS of them! Here are our favorites from their big day. Enjoy. :-)
-Jenn & Kaylinn

Figuring out how to tie a bow-tie was quite the ordeal. The guys spent about 45 minutes (and watched at least 5 videos on YouTube) trying to figure it out… :-)
Trying out what they’d learned on YouTube…
….annnnnnnd success!! Finally! Will enjoying a quick drink to celebrate. ;-)
(Above) Jenn’s view of Kaylinn and Will prepping for the first look….
Will & Lauren got married at sunset, so it was dark when their ceremony was over. They wanted lots of natural-light photos, so they saw each other before the ceremony. Here are a few shots from their first look (above and below). We love first looks!! To read why, click here.
Happy brides make us happy!! Lauren, you are gorgeous. :-)
Above: Jenn’s view
Below: Kaylinn’s view of the same moment
Love this!
The wedding knocked Will’s socks off. Literally. :-)
Ceremony time!
Three lights and three rings. Get it? :-)
(Below) Two of our favorite “dancing” photos of all time. ALL TIME.
Guests tossing fresh lavender during the exit SEEMED like such a great idea. In this moment, though… Will wasn’t so sure? :-) I can’t get over the priceless look on his face!
Congrats, Lauren & Will! We had a blast with you guys! :-D

buky & wale’s flushmount album!

Bend the Light — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:57:48 +0000

YAY! Buky & Wale’s album is here! I heart this album cover (called “Suspicion”). It’s the perfect mix of classic and modern… classic black with a modern/fun texture! Buky & Wale chose their favorite wedding photo for the cover… oh, how I love how this turned out. :-)

My FAVORITE thing about the album-design process is customizing each album to match each wedding. The options are endless… there are over 40 leather options, and if you aren’t able to choose just one, you can mix-and-match leathers to create a one-of-a-kind cover (check them out here).

PS – For even more info about our flushmount albums, click here!

Now, for the inside! We custom-design each and every layout (with your input). This layout has a huge shot of Buky & Wale’s wedding party next to a couple close-up shots of the wedding party details. And as you can see below, flushmount albums lay completely flat so there’s no seam in the middle. L-O-V-E!
Flushmount pages are THICK (1/8″). Yep, made to last for generations. :-)

{featured} the knot magazine!

Bend the Light — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:16:17 +0000

This is our third time to be featured in The Knot Texas, and each time we are even MORE excited than the last! If you haven’t picked up the latest issue (on stands now), you’ve gotta get a copy! Jessica & Will’s gorgeous wedding is featured inside, along with several of our other photos that were used for editorial stories. Wheeeee! And the excitement doesn’t stop there, Jessica & Will’s wedding is also featured on TheKnot.com and Real San Antonio Weddings!

kate & rick’s engagement guest book!

Bend the Light — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:14:32 +0000

You may remember Kate & Rick’s country engagement session last year… well, now that they have officially tied the knot we can share photos of their engagement guest book! Our guest books are modern and fun – forget those old-school books with the feather pens! :-) Kate and Rick chose their favorite engagement images and we designed a custom guestbook with plenty of space for their guests to write messages. Such a fun keepsake! For more info about ordering an engagement guest book of your own, click here.

Every detail of our guest books can be customized. Since red was one of Kate’s wedding colors, so she chose the rich red “Candyland” cover to match (to see all 25 cover options, click here)
We custom-design each guest book (with the couple’s input). In this layout, we took one of Kate & Rick’s favorite images and spread it across 2 pages. Our guest books feature hinge-paper styling (they lay flat when opened), so we are able to create a panoramic effect with one large photo. LOVE this!