D+K Buckmaster

Super Big News!

2010-09-20T08:45:00.000-04:00

I'm so excited to announce that Kallie Brynn Photography has undergone a huge transformation! Since last October (yes, a year ago), all new branding for KBP has been in the works.

A huge thanks to Anna Bond at Rifle Paper Co for her hard work. I am in LOVE with the final product and hope you will be, too!

With that, an all new WEBSITE has launched.

And an all new BLOG, including the url (that's the website address, to be clear for my momma). ;)

Yes, dkbuckmaster is being put to rest and http://kalliebrynn.blogspot.com is now the official home of Kallie Brynn Photography's blog. Go look - there's a new post or two waiting for you!

Please be sure to update your subscriptions, rss feeds, email notifications, bookmarks, etc.

I appreciate you all so very much and am looking forward to more big things to come! See you at the other blog!

Much love and thanks,
Kallie

Tova in August - Film

2010-09-03T12:35:00.000-04:00

Love this girl.

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Tova meets Big Papa - on Film

2010-08-30T16:00:00.001-04:00

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!

View more HERE.

Much love for my family,
Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

David's 25th Birthday Fiesta on Film

2010-08-23T17:31:00.005-04:00

** This blog post is located on the new blog, here: http://kalliebrynn.blogspot.com/ **

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.

We had our favorite local Mexican food van, Taco Xpress (we call it Magic Taco), cater.

Photo booth!

A Feliz Cumpleanos burlap banner above the funfetti cupcakes and Mexican tiles below.

At David's request - an oreo ice cream cake.

Tova wore a dress bought by one of David's coworkers in Guatemala.

View all of the photos, larger HERE. Available to download with password (message me).

Much love,
Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Our Wedding

2010-08-18T14:40:00.000-04:00

I'm going through our wedding photos, taken by Bryan Johnson and Caleb Chancey of A Bryan Photo, and I absolutely love this one. I need to get a big print for the living room.

A big blog post coming soon of our wedding, in case you're interested. I thought it'd be neat to share photos from our big day.

Love, K

TnT

2010-08-15T22:50:00.001-04:00

Today we had a Going Away slip n slide/individual pool party for our wonderful friends, Tosh and Tina. It was a fantastic party. We had a great time and are so glad we were able to spend one last special day with them before they leave for Ireland this week. We'll miss you!

See them all larger HERE.

Much love!
Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Cascarones - on Film

2010-08-10T13:31:00.001-04:00

Since David's 25th Birthday Fiesta had to be moved inside after planning for an outdoor party, all of the cascarones went untouched. (Cascarones are used during Cinco de Mayo and other holidays - you crack a hollowed-out egg shell over people's heads and confetti pours out.) Over the next week, I brought T some of the eggs to play with outside. She loved them and was, naturally, very curious and studied them closely. Cute confetti-covered girl.

You can view them all HERE.

David's Fiesta photos are delayed. I sadly neglected to send off a roll of film to the lab, so I'm waiting on those files.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Cypress Album Fabric and Ribbon

2010-08-09T19:37:00.001-04:00

These are the beautiful Japanese bookbinding fabrics and Swiss ribbons available for Cypress Albums' products. I offer the 10x10" Iris Book as standard for my weddings.

I think Platinum fabric (second from the left) is my favorite, but they're all gorgeous.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Fiesta Instax

2010-08-04T14:11:00.002-04:00

A sneak peak of David's 25th birthday fiesta! Film to come.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Gatlinburg on Film - 4th of July

2010-07-30T11:51:00.001-04:00

For the 4th of July weekend, we braved T's first two flights on an airplane and headed up into the mountains. T was a trooper, but didn't care for the long drives up and down the mountains. We had some great hikes and loved the vacation. My favorite part is always showing Tova new things, like waterfalls. She really loves hiking and getting dirty! Love it!

Taken with my Nikon FM3a and Contax 645. I may narrate these photos a bit!

Day 1 - Tova's first plane ride. Lots of Curious George books. And then checking out the view from the back porch.

Day 2 - Hike

T passed out in the car on the drive down the mountain to eat lunch. She NEVER stays asleep when she gets out of the car unless it's in her crib. We were in shock. And lucky that the restaurant had a cozy bench.

Yes, the house is pink.

Three generations.

Day 3 - Hike to a waterfall.

Determination.

David and I climbed down while the rest of the fam stayed up top - in the top left corner:

How we got back up (maybe I'm a little proud of myself and wish I could do this all the time - stupid flat Florida):

The Ripley's Aquarium - in a tunnel under the penguins, and watching intently.

Day 4 - Ober Gatlinburg

T wouldn't get off the Carousel. But she was very serious about it. Luckily we had unlimited rides.

Day 5 - before we left for home.

Rock. Stick.

I loved the massive hydrangeas everywhere. To me, these only end up in bouquets from distant lands. Hi, bee.

You can see more photos HERE.

Love, Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Green Family - Part 2

2010-07-29T08:44:00.001-04:00

A few weeks after the newborn photos, we took family photos. This was the first time I used my Contax 645, and I love how the images came out! I'm going to specify the Contax photos below, because I think there's such a drastic difference in quality between those and the digital images. Love film!

The Greens are such a beautiful family.

Contax:

Digital:

Contax:

Digital:

All of the photos from the session can be seen HERE.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Green Family - Part 1

2010-07-28T15:33:00.002-04:00

Sweet Harper, who has been on the blog for her first birthday HERE and for portraits a year ago HERE, welcomed a baby brother in March of this year. I was so excited to go to Harper's bright white room to photograph the handsome new bundle. These are some of my favorite pictures. I love taking newborn photos!

All of the photos from the session can be seen HERE.

Much love and blessings to the Green family.
K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Philip and Jessica - Released

2010-07-26T23:36:00.001-04:00

I neglected to post my favorite film shots from Philip and Jessica's wedding. All on Baby Rollei.

This first image is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken:

If you would like to view all of the images and purchase prints from Philip and Jessica's wedding, you can do so HERE.

Best wishes to Philip and Jessica!

Love, Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Alex and Emily - Released

2010-07-26T23:21:00.001-04:00

If you would like to view all of the images and purchase prints from Alex and Emily's wedding, you can do so HERE.

Much love to Alex and Emily!

(They told us about Circle B Reserve here in Polk County and we had a great time going out there to hike with T yesterday afternoon. We saw a snake and an armadillo. The snake freaked us out as it slithered off right as T walked toward it. The armadillo's back was neat to watch.)

Lowry Park Zoo - June - on Film

2010-07-21T08:41:00.001-04:00

One of our favorite places to spend Saturday mornings.

T was a bit nervous about the Giraffe being so close, but she loved it!

You can see more photos HERE.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Tarpon Springs - June - on Film

2010-07-20T14:14:00.002-04:00

We took a weekend vacation to visit my parents in Tarpon Springs. David's mom and step-dad came and joined us for dinner. Great times.

You can see more photos HERE.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Sidewalk Chalk - June - on Film

2010-07-20T14:05:00.002-04:00

In the back yard. This is very typical T. Sticks, rocks, palm tree seeds, dirt.

You can see more photos HERE.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Philip and Jessica - Album and Folio

2010-07-15T11:31:00.001-04:00

My absolutely favorite album to date. An Iris Book, hand crafted by Cypress Albums.

Platinum fabric with ivory ribbon. So beautiful and classic for weddings.

Love it!

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Alex and Emily - DVD Folio

2010-07-15T11:13:00.001-04:00

I'm very excited about using Cypress Albums' Folios for wedding disc cases now.

Yellow fabric with navy ribbon to suit their beautiful wedding:

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

More Family on Film - May - Part 2

2010-07-09T09:26:00.001-04:00

On my Nikon FM3a -

Barnett Park in Lakeland and our first ride on our new bikes - mid-May

Love, K!

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

More Family on Film - May - Part 1

2010-07-09T09:11:00.001-04:00

I forgot to post these from the beginning of May -

Holga - Lowry Park Zoo and visiting our good friends, Keith, Savannah, and Ansley

hahaha:

Stingrays:

Much love.

PS- the parents are going to flip! I'm starting to upload these new photos to my proofing site again - HERE. It's password protected for downloads - don't hesitate to ask for the code! Now if only I could snap my fingers and have ALL of our family pics edited since last October...

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Our fam - Film - May

2010-07-08T22:37:00.001-04:00

At home:

David's dad's back yard:

She will always find the best stick. Or two. Or three.

Home from the mountains as of sunset last night. Lost our keys who-knows-when on vacation. Had to call the locksmith. T fell asleep on me right before he arrived. Sweet, sweet T. She was such a champ for her first two plane rides and adventures in-between. (Though she's definitely not a fan of being in the car seat for.ev.er up and down mountains.) Photos of our vacation to come!

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Oh So Beautiful Paper

2010-07-02T14:19:00.001-04:00

Tova's birthday invitation was featured on one of my favorite blogs, Oh So Beautiful Paper! I've been following that blog for years and definitely jumped up and down a bit when I got the email from Nole. I photographed the invite that day. It's an honor!

The screen shot from the Kids Party Invitations Post:

Thank you for your support!
Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

The Bozich Family on Film

2010-07-02T14:07:00.001-04:00

We were able to meet up with some of our best friends from college, Tommie and Alisa, in Gainesville in May. We had the best time and love seeing our little ones interact. Alisa was my first friend to have a baby, so I've learned a lot from her experiences and we always have a great time watching each other be a mom. It's a lovely thing to keep in touch with wonderful friends and watch each other grow up, even from a distance! I always look forward to our yearly visits.

All on Fuji 400H 35mm with my Nikon FM3a.

Their visit last year: http://dkbuckmaster.blogspot.com/2009/10/film-personal.html

Much love!

And happy 4th of July! Have a wonderful weekend!

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Alex and Emily

2010-06-16T11:39:00.001-04:00

The sweetest wedding of a friend from college. Both Emily and Alex were glowing. And the birdcage veil makes me so happy!

Much love,
Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Alex and Katie - Wedding Day on Film

2010-06-08T13:28:00.002-04:00

First, I must state I was not the wedding photographer. That would be Tec Petaja. I was SO excited to actually be a part of a wedding, not work, and celebrate with friends, so I sent Katie a short list of my tops wedding photographers. It was such a pleasure to meet Tec and watch him work. His images are fantastic, and I'll be sure to send you his way when they're online.

These are my shots to remember the day and be able to capture my dear Katie as a bride. I am in love with these photos. All taken at the Crescent in Valdosta, Georgia, where we got ready and where the reception was held. I don't have any photos from the ceremony at the quaint little church where Katie's ancestor was the first pastor, but it was beautiful. Also, poor T was a mess. You can tell.

Shot with my Nikon FM3a. (This is a long post...)

You can view all of the photos I took from the wedding weekend HERE.

Much love, Kallie

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Alex and Katie - Rehearsal Dinner on Film

2010-06-06T11:59:00.003-04:00

As many of you know, our best friend from college, Katie, got married last month! We had THE best time taking her engagement photos with another good friend from college, Alex. You can see those again HERE.

The big wedding weekend was a bit chaotic for the Buckmaster fam. T got a stomach virus on Tuesday, Kallie got it Thursday, and we left for Georgia on Friday. Kallie was finally feeling better for the wedding on Saturday, but Tova never fully recovered with the lack of solid sleep from traveling. Then as we were leaving the hotel to drop T off at Kallie's parents' house on our way to the cruise, David got the bug (literally in the parking lot as we were leaving) and couldn't taste food on the ship until the last couple of days. Those two weeks were crazy.

Here are photos from Katie and Alex's rehearsal dinner at Covington's Dining in Valdosta, Georgia. Wedding day photos to come (you can see a teaser here: http://twitter.com/kalliebrynn/status/15270325392)...

Shot with my Nikon FM3a.

It was so wonderful. Much love to Alex and Katie!

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Cruise on Film

2010-06-01T23:00:00.003-04:00

We've had family bugging us that they haven't seen any pictures from the cruise we took a few weeks ago. We didn't take a single digital photo, so we were waiting to get the film back from the lab. It's always so exciting to wait and see how everything turned out. The Holga had some issues, losing some pieces of foam into the rolls. And I've since fixed the light leak. But still, lots of fun and really exciting!

Taken on Holga and Nikon FM3a.

On the boat:

Roatan, Honduras - catamaran, snorkeling (no pics), Gumbalimba National Park:

You can see a Macaw in this photo:

Cozumel, Mexico - rent Jeep, drive island, walk streets:

This is almost all of them, but for some more and to download prints (family - email me for the password), click HERE.

More film to come....

Love, K!

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Philip and Jessica

2010-05-28T15:09:00.001-04:00

A sneak peak of some of my favorites from Philip and Jessica's wedding at Golden Eagle Country Club in Tallahassee. You can revisit their engagement photos HERE and HERE.

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

New Cypress Albums

2010-05-27T10:00:00.001-04:00

A beautiful Cypress Album is included with every wedding I do. In the past, I had been hand-mounting images onto Cypress' C Album. I am very happy to say that though those albums are lovely, they're in the past and I'm proud to announce that I now offer Cypress' stunning Iris Book!

Keith and Sarah were the first to receive an Iris Book. Here are the images of my first one:

(right image: that is a single page!)

View more photos of the album HERE.

If you would like more information on my albums, don't hesitate to send me an email.

So excited!
Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Poker and Julie

2010-05-27T08:10:00.000-04:00

While shooting some photos for Women of Purpose Speak, we took some of Julie and her husband, Poker. Poker's stance reminds me so much of my dad. Love it!

View them all HERE.

Best! K

Keith and Sarah II

2010-05-26T08:10:00.003-04:00

Feel free to view all of Keith and Sarah's photos now online HERE.

More on their gorgeous Cypress Albums' Iris Book next!

Love, K

Women of Purpose Speak

2010-05-25T12:20:00.003-04:00

In January, I had to pleasure of taking promotional portraits for a wonderful group of ladies. They are all connected to the company David works for, The Florida Baptist Children's Homes, in some way (coworker, board members, president's wife). We took the photos under the big gazebo on the Children's Homes' Lakeland campus, which was quite appropriate and pretty. Their new speaker's bureau is named Women of Purpose Speak and their website just launched with photos from our session.

You can check out all of the photos HERE.

I'm so excited to be involved with such and amazing group of women and can't wait to see where God takes them on this journey.

Love, K

Keith and Sarah

2010-04-30T15:07:00.000-04:00

I am so happy to share this gorgeous St. Petersburg wedding!

Keith and Sarah will be my first new Iris Book clients. I can't wait to take tons of photos of this stunning album when it's completed. In the meantime, I'll leave you with some favorite images of the incredibly beautiful couple:

More to come when the proofs are released!

Love, K

ps: Can I just say how shocked I am that most of these are horizontal photos!? Sometimes I feel like I only take vertical images, and then this happens and I get excited!

Alex and Katie

2010-04-19T23:42:00.003-04:00

I think this is the most excited I've been to share photos with you! Not only is the location gorgeous, the beautiful bride-to-be is my best friend - aside from David, of course! ;)

Katie and I met our freshman year of college. We met David and friends, including Alex!, at the same time and she was my maid of honor in our wedding. She and Alex lost touch a bit after college until he drove from Jupiter to Tampa to celebrate Katie's last birthday. We all went, "wait, what!?" It has been so fun to see another amazing match from our incredible group of college friends. We are so blessed.

I can't wait for their wedding next month. Since I'll be in the wedding and having a blast, I recommended some of my favorite photographers to Katie and Alex and they chose Tec Petaja! I'm so excited to meet him and see him work and I know that their wedding images will be absolutely stunning.

The first day of Spring, March 20, 2010, Jupiter, Florida.

You can see the entire session HERE.

Much love,
k

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Vann Family Portraits

2010-04-08T13:36:00.001-04:00

I had the honor of photographing the beautiful Vann family for the third time since I started my photography business. Little Louise was my first ever model and it has been such a pleasure to capture her growth along with watching my photography grow. We are so blessed to have met this family in our brief residence in Winter Park!

You can view the entire March 2010 session HERE.
October 27, 2008 HERE.
May 5, 2007 HERE.

This was my first visit to Kraft Azalea Gardens. Quite beautiful, even if it was packed with spectators for a regatta!

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Family Portrait

2010-03-28T20:18:00.000-04:00

Amazing, isn't it!? A month ago I sent artist Nan Lawson an email about having a family portrait done. When I found out it was actually affordable, I had my mom take a picture of our little family together the next day. (Surprisingly, we have very few photos of the three of us together.) I liked her "busts" portraits, but knew that with Tova's big walking milestone being relatively new, having T stand between us would mean so much!

The portrait is done in pen and ink with digital painting. Check out Nan's Etsy Site to see her work. She's great!

Happy Palm Sunday!

dk&t

Tova's Party Update

2010-03-24T10:19:00.005-04:00

Thank you everyone for the overwhelming love for Tova's party! It has been so exciting to see the responses the past week or so!

Tova's party was featured on one of the big inspirational party blogs I used while planning, Party Perfect. See that post HERE.

I wrote a post on another big inspirational blog, Tangled and True, as a guest blogger!
*Update: It's up! See the post HERE.

Rebecca at lilsugar.com used some of the photos for her Smash Cakes article!

Lauren Makes had a lovely post HERE.

Another mom used my cake topper as inspiration for a topper at her baby shower. See that post HERE.

The Sweetest Occasion was so sweet to start the post with "My oh my." Love it! See that post HERE.

That lead to a post on Wiley Valentine. See that HERE.

Then Tanya at Save the Date for Cupcakes asked if they could do a feature. See that HERE.

Another feature on Kinser Event Company's blog HERE.

The Sweetest Occasion's post was reposted on Weddinic! See that HERE.

A photo was posted on the beautiful blog Creative Odds 'n Ends HERE with some of my favorite photos that have been floating around the Webs. Quite honored.

Pinata love at Double-Sided Tape HERE and You Are My Fave HERE.

So wonderful! If you're visiting from one of these blogs, welcome and thank you for stopping by! Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you.

Like I said, the response has been wonderful! Thank you all so much!

All of the photos from Tova's party have now been posted online HERE. If you would like to download the originals to print (mostly talking to family), send me an email and I'll give you the password.

Much love,
dk&t!

Cypress Albums

2010-03-11T08:00:00.003-05:00

First, some C Album photos:

Jayme and Brock
Wedding posts HERE and HERE.

Melanie and Matthew
Wedding post HERE.

Michelle and Seth
Wedding post HERE.

The Albums page on my website has been updated - click here.

Now, some exciting news!

I have switched albums! I am elated to announce the introduction of Cypress Albums' Iris Book. No more worrying about the human error inherent in the process of my hand-mounting the prints onto the pages. Now, the talented artisans at Cypress Albums will build the book, beginning to end. The Iris Book is stunning, with the beautiful Japanese fabrics and beautifully thick pages. The page design is now digitally designed on my computer, printed, and mounted into the album. I should have images of my first Iris Book next month and can't wait to show you!

Love,
k

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Tova's First Birthday Party!!

2010-03-08T22:11:00.005-05:00

** This blog post is located on the new blog, here: http://kalliebrynn.blogspot.com/2010/03/tova-first-birthday-party.html **

A few days ago, as another 2010 month began, I realized that if I put off editing Tova's birthday party photos any longer, it would be nearly 2011 before I would end up showing them to you. So I put aside a few projects and had such a great time reliving Tova's fantastic party and appreciating the fact that it is well over! It was hard work, but definitely worth it.

Tova turned 14 months old yesterday, which is always so hard to believe. It was well over a year ago that David and I sat in the hospital room wondering what in the world we were supposed to do. I have never learned so much so quickly. Now, as Tova is daily learning how to take care of herself, I am in awe of every single accomplishment. Watching Tova grow has been the biggest blessing in life. She is so sweet and so much fun, beyond anything we had ever imagined. She is such a little character. Every day is better than the last, even with mean molars showing their spikes.

In case you don't keep up with our tweets, Tova is walking. She says uh oh, O's (cereal), hi, buh bye, dada, rarely mama, da? (What's that?), and a few other things. She absolutely loves socks and shoes, always trying to put them on her own feet, or ours. Dr. Seuss' The Foot Book is, needless to say, a favorite. We love Sandra Boynton books. Tova says something like "bee-bo" when we read the Belly Button Book. And she has always (from a remarkably young age) made a growl noise when asked "What do you say?" in Moo, Baa, La, La, La!

Back to the party. We were so blessed by everyone who was able to come and celebrate Tova's first year of life with us. We love you all.

I started planning the party several months in advance. I absolutely love event design and really took this opportunity to dive in and see what I could do. Unfortunately, I was swamped with work at the same time and bit off more than I could chew. But it all seemed to work out in the end. :)

I had wanted so badly to have the party outside. I planned to string lanterns and poms across our lawn from our big oak tree to our porch. The natural light and crisp winter air were supposed to be perfect. And then it was freezing. And gloomy. In central Florida. Two days before the party, I just knew it wasn't going to happen outside, so it was time to accept that fact and work to make the best possible adjustments for indoors.

We moved all of the furniture out of the front of our house and into our garage and back rooms. Then we tacked massive sheets of white fabric to the ceiling to cover the main walls. It was quite a nice transformation.

I started with a color scheme and added owls for fun. The peaches and pinks were quite pretty. The bamboo plates, platters, and sporks were from www.greenfeet.com.

I made the cake topper - painted the wooden girl and put one of the tablecloth fabrics on her as a dress. The bow is made from the twine I used on the owl lollipops and balloons. The little girl and "t" are affixed and I set the rose bud and owl on top. The owl was from my Grandmother, who passed away in November.

The cupcakes were made from recipes in the book Organic and Chic. The icings were amazing, the cakes were okay. The two chocolates together were way too intense. Maybe had the icings been swapped, they would have been better. Baking supplies were from Bake It Pretty and Ultimate Baker.

Owl lollipops made from scratch. The cow milk glasses are from shopterrain.com. We love them and use them every day now. Owl shortbread butter cookies from Organic and Chic that melted in your mouth. Love that recipe! And a bunch of peaches.

IBC cream soda and root beer. The mason jars with floral cut-out lids had white paper straws and tags that said "_________ is using this cup."

"Whoo wants a snack?"

Poms from www.pom-love.com.

The amazing ceramic owl from Fruitflypie on Etsy.

Liz and my cousin, Devon, with T in her tutu I made with pretty pastel tulle.

I won the hats by babydarling from a giveaway on martawrites blog. So very cute!

We set up a little table for the kids to make their own paper owls. "Owl make an owl!"

Our good friends Ben and Amanda holding the Tove.

Our good friend, Matt Hires, came and sang "You are my Sunshine" and "Happy Birthday" for Tova.

EDIT: Don't forget about the birthday song video HERE with Mr. Matt Hires!

Tova First Birthday Song from Kallie Brynn on Vimeo.

I had my friend and fellow photographer, Tina Sargeant, take some photos with my camera while I attended to the smash cake.

"What is going on?"

She wasn't so sure about this thing called sugar.

You should really go check out Matt Hires' music! (Now we're back to my photos.)

Ok, it's fun.

Who couldn't fall in love with these faces!?

And those teeth!?

A complete mess.

The perfectly amazing owl pinata from Birchangel Pinatas.

Mike stealing candy from babies.

It was such a blast! I wish I had more pictures of the lovely people who came (and T in her tutu), but I was completely scatter brained. I'm so glad I have these photos, especially to remember Tova eating cake for the first time. Her faces are priceless.

Much love, d+k+t

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

More on Cloth Diapers

2010-02-24T11:57:00.004-05:00

Over the past two months, an unfortunate thing started happening with our bumGenius diapers. We started to notice that they were leaking between the legs, not just occasionally around the thigh. This meant that the fabric was no longer leak proof. What!? Quickly, almost all of our diapers leaked all the way through after just one pee.

Knowing we were going to have to replace the whole batch, I started looking into new offerings. After doing some research for other moms in the past months, I noticed that the makers of bumGenius at www.cottonbabies.com had come out with the new Flip and Econobum diapering systems. All of the reviews are great for all of these diapers, so it was just deciding which key elements we wanted to keep and change.

Mostly, the velcro on the bumGenius diapers is a pain in the butt. The velcro curls, makes diaper snakes in the laundry, catches every piece of lint, and T can easily undo it. I'd say that was my main decision to find an alternative to bumGenius. Now that I can usually control T to not have fits on the changing table, I'm pretty confident that snaps won't be too difficult. I also didn't want to have to fold an insert. And I wanted T to be comfortable.

So we bought the Flip system with Stay-Dry inserts. They arrived yesterday and at first glance, I was skeptical. I hadn't realized that they aren't lined with cloth, so I was wondering how comfortable that would be for T. Then I realized, though, there's no need for the cloth lining since the diapers aren't stuffed. And when I put an insert into the diaper, under the flaps, I felt good about it not moving around and the stay-dry suede being super soft on T's skin. So far, I like them. T is on her third one today. She had a messy poo in the first one, and the cover got dirty. It was no big deal. I just dumped the poo into the toilet like normal and threw it all into the diaper pail. That's a big thing I love - not having to take out the insert. You just toss it all in with less hassle.

These diaper covers are meant to be reused, but after getting used to having 20 diapers to rotate, I didn't want to have to hand wash any covers or worry about wiping pee off of them. So we got 20 covers with 24 inserts (4 day packs and 12 covers (more colors that way)). I like the ability to reuse them if I need to, though. And with our purchase, we got a free package of the disposable inserts, so I'm saving those for a day trip to try.

A big bonus: the diapers are a bit smaller! T's butt looks a little less bootylicious, which I think is a good thing for a one year old. :) Cute!

TIPS! 1. While going through this process, I asked a cottonbabies.com representative what probably made the diapers leak. She said it's usually heat. Apparently a year ago when we bought our diapers, they didn't know that you should only air dry the covers, so we had been drying them with the laundry. Now we know to hang dry them and bought a drying rack at Ikea.
2. There is a year warranty on the diapers. If you feel, at any time up to a year after purchase, that your diapers need to be replaced, fill out THIS form and they'll be happy to make you a happier customer.

Hope this helps you cloth diapering mommas! Feel free to ask me any questions!

Love, K

Valentine's Day

2010-02-05T15:33:00.003-05:00

So excited about these gems!

Matt and Melanie

2010-01-29T15:49:00.007-05:00

I'm so excited to show you this absolutely beautiful wedding held at Lange Farm in Dade City, Florida.

Flowers - The Arrangement Florist
Photo Booth - ShutterBooth
Videographer - VH Video
DJ - Classic Entertainment

Matt and Melanie's wedding was really a celebration of family. Melanie is the youngest of five siblings. It was her oldest brother's 34th birthday and she was the last of the brothers and sisters to get married. Also a fun note, Melanie's parents are now grandparents to 8 beautiful children, four of which were born within a few months of each other in the latter half of 2009! I had a lovely conversation with Melanie's father about it on that big day, and he was absolutely glowing with love and pride.

Matt has since gone to Iraq for a year with the US Army. Please keep this wonderful couple in your prayers.

Congratulations, Matt and Melanie!!

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Brock and Jayme II

2010-01-18T21:54:00.002-05:00

The proofs are now online HERE.

You're going to love the new lettering on the Cypress Album from this wedding. I'll get photos up...eventually! For now, enjoy more of my favorite shots!

Love, K

all images © Kallie Brynn Photography

Horizon Bay Christmas Party

2010-01-18T10:08:00.007-05:00

Over the holidays, I was hired to photograph my first corporate party for Horizon Bay Retirement Living. It was a blast! Having come from a small business-owner family, I really had no idea that corporations partied it up like this! Of course we did the formal shots in front of the Christmas tree as everyone arrived. Then a beautiful dinner. But then there was a choreographed dance-off between different departments, which blew my mind!! What a fun way to end the year! Oh, and the decorations were stunning!

View the proofs HERE.

Cheers!
Kallie

Tova's First Birthday Song

2010-01-13T22:26:00.003-05:00

Tova First Birthday Song from Kallie Brynn on Vimeo.

Happy first birthday, Tova!

She turned ONE on January 7th and we threw a big extravaganza party for her birthday on the 9th. A HUGE thanks to our good friend, Matt Hires, who sang to T. Matt and his wife, Rachel, made Tova a mix CD when she was born that included Matt singing 'You Are My Sunshine;' and when T would have trouble going to sleep when she was a tiny thing, David would sing to Matt's albums and she would drift to sleep quite easily. So it was befitting to have Matt's familiar voice be a part of the party! Usually T dances when she hears music, but with about 50 people in our house, she wasn't quite comfortable with what was happening!

Photos from Tova's big first party to come, eventually. Unfortunately, it's not incredibly high on the list of things that need to get done right now!

Much love, dk&t

Happy 2010!

2010-01-01T14:29:00.003-05:00

We are so excited about what is in store for 2010!

David has a new project at work and Kallie is working to take KBP to a new level.

The past year has been absolutely incredible and life-changing. It exceeded expectations. Having a baby girl has been the most rewarding thing we've done with our lives, by far. We can't believe she turns a year old next week! Kallie has been working hard to design a fantastic party for T, so check back for photos (hopefully sooner than my usual turnaround!)

We believe 2010 will be even better than 2009. We love our little family, love watching T grow, and love our marriage.

Cheers to 2010!
love, dk&t

Brock and Jayme

2009-12-16T17:10:00.004-05:00

Brock and Jayme had a gorgeous wedding at the Embassy Suites in downtown Tampa. Jayme was stunning and the whole day had such a fun-loving energy. Here's a quick teaser! More to come!

Congrats, Jayme and Brock! David and I are so excited for you!! We had such a lovely time!

Love, Kallie

The Time has Flown

2009-12-16T14:38:00.004-05:00

Sorry I've been so MIA lately! November was an intense month.

I had two absolutely gorgeous weddings to shoot. I'm working on those photos now and am, unfortunately, behind in my progress. I was also hired to shoot a corporate Christmas party, which was so much fun! Lots of photos, lots of editing, never enough time!

The end of the month brought tons of ups and downs. First, David threw me an amazing surprise 25th birthday party! It was so much fun and friends from college as well as church here in Lakeland came over and made my week! Best of all was Anisha, who came while on vacation from school in South Carolina.

The Gainesville peeps, after the party:

The next day was one of the November weddings. My parents drove down from Tallahassee to watch Tova, but my Grandmother was having medical issues, so David's parents came over so they could drive back. Grandma went into ICU that day and passed away on Tuesday. It was more abrupt than we had expected. She was supposed to have her back fixed and her pain was supposed to be relieved and she would be walking pain free again. But it ended up that Grandma's weak heart wasn't pumping enough blood to her body and that what was thought to be complications with surgeries was actually dead organs. Her siblings died in a similar manner. She was a good, strong woman of God and will be missed greatly. Please continue to pray for my mother, as she was Grandma's primary caregiver. This is a difficult change for her. But overall, we rejoice in knowing that Grandma Jo is now complete and knows fully the joy, love, and health that come from her Lord. We love you, Grandma.

Well, David got off of work that morning and we packed up and headed to Tallahassee a day early. That day and the next weren't the best, but Thanksgiving (and my real birthday) helped the mood get a little lighter. We had a nice time and had (have) much to be thankful for. David drove back home for the new work week and I stayed a full week. Being away from home for so long started stressing me out because I have so much work to get done! Though...being home hasn't made the stress dissipate much! :/

While in Tallahassee, I found out that my best friend from college and maid of honor in my wedding, KATIE, got ENGAGED to ALEX! I am still so giddy about this!!! We knew Alex in college, but they didn't start dating until, well, not too many months ago! They are SO perfect for each other and I couldn't be happier about two wonderful friends getting MARRIED!!! I am incredibly honored and excited to be a bridesmaid in the wedding and to completely enjoy their big day! It will be so lovely to be engaged in their wedding and not working - a first in a long time! So I have recommended my FAVE photographers to Katie. We will see...! :)

UF lost their first game since T was born. Thankfully we were with family and friends and had a nice night anyway.

This past weekend, we had the best time at our good friends, the Kelso's, ugly Christmas sweater party. The pictures are amazing and hilarious - and stolen from facebook, so the quality is pretty rough!

Lastly, we sent out our Christmas cards (limited funds = limited supply). They are based off of this photo, taken in 1985:

This is Kallie with her parents.

And here is our version in Christmas card format (Kallie's design):

Merry Christmas!

Yes, that's the same dress. :)
And some hilarious take-outs:

Wedding teaser photos to come!

Thank you so much for your support. We greatly appreciate our friends, family, and friendly internet strangers. Hopefully you're enjoying the holidays!

Love, K

The way it used to be.

2009-11-20T14:47:00.004-05:00

I miss blogging the random little things of every day life.

Alas, life has changed and it's hard to find time to do my actual paid job, much less write random paragraphs for fun. I shouldn't even be doing this right now. I am so behind.

I'll forget I just wrote that.

Tova is sick. She's been really lucky and hasn't been ill much during her first almost-year of life. Can you believe she's over 10 and a half months old? Ridiculous! She hates having her snotty nose wiped clean. She's a mess.

I turn 25 on Thanksgiving day. This is the first birthday where I feel any sort of emotion toward it. I'm actually growing up. Forget that I'm a college graduate, a wife, and a mother. No, the number twenty-five is what has smacked me up side the head (wow, that expression writes weird, hah!) I have to say, I'm pleased with what I've accomplish in a quarter of a century. If I can keep going at this pace, I'll have a very fulfilled and adventurous life. And I have the best partner and little munchkin to take along for the ride. Quite looking forward to it. Oh, and David is up to something for tomorrow. Not sure what's going on....

No more wasting time.

Mid-August through September (7-8 months old) are posted HERE now. A few favorites:

This one didn't end well. I was too busy taking photos to catch her. Those bruises lasted a while...

Love, K

Absurd.

2009-11-19T10:24:00.000-05:00

Seth and Michelle - Film and Upload!

2009-11-17T20:20:00.002-05:00

I'm still working on getting additional film photos to become part of my routine - and figuring out what that new routine will be. That said, it took a while, but I finally got the film back from Seth and Michelle's wedding. Here are my favorites!

Congratulations, Seth and Michelle!

The entire album is now available on my proofing website HERE for viewing! I hope you enjoy!!

Love, Kallie

Seth and Michelle - Teaser

2009-11-03T14:40:00.005-05:00

I was so excited to book my first out-of-state wedding this year! Granted, it was just over the border in St. Marys, Georgia, north of Jacksonville. But it was fun to be in a beautiful waterfront town with so much history.

The First Presbyterian Church, where the wedding was held, is the oldest Presbyterian church building in the state of Georgia. It also has the distinction of being the oldest building in Georgia that has been in continuous use as a church since its erection in 1808. St. Marys is the second oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States. And they had a rock shrimp festival while we were there!

The wedding was beautiful and easy-going, which is always a treat! We had a lovely time getting to know the family (the bride's parents knew David's family when they lived in Tampa a long time ago) and having the opportunity to be a part of such a lovely day. Enjoy!

Love, K!

Film - Asher and Jennifer

2009-10-20T18:06:00.002-04:00

Photographing Asher and Jennifer was so much fun. They were excited that I was playing around with different cameras, and I couldn't have asked for a more "do whatever you want" photo shoot! Here is the film I took that day, all on my Holga with Kodak Portra 400NC 120 film.

All of the photos are now available online HERE, with a great selection on my website HERE.

Much love!
Kallie

Film - Courtney and Drew Revisited

2009-10-16T10:35:00.001-04:00

My favorite!:

On Baby Rollei with Efke R100 BW 127 film

I plan on the film I take at a shoot/wedding to no longer be an afterthought in the editing process. This is an interesting process, so it will take time to iron out all of the details!

My website has been updated, as has their proofing page.

Love!

Film - Personal

2009-10-15T17:40:00.002-04:00

I've been really excited about getting back into film a little bit here and there lately. It has been wonderful to play around with different cameras and relearn the basics of my art! I've done very little with film since high school, and back then it was all I did! I loved working in the dark room and find what I learned from hands-on developing invaluable to my photography today.

So here are the photos of us and some friends. So excited!

Taken on my Baby Rollei with Efke R100 BW 127 film:

(David took those first two.)

Our lovely friends, Tommie and Alisa, and their beautiful little girl, Liliana. They have since welcomed baby Truett to the family.

Our garden on my Holga with Kodak Portra 400NC 120 film.

The rest were taken on a disposable underwater camera. They're from our trip to Sanibel and then a trip to Tallahassee a couple weeks later.
Sanibel:

(for whatever reason, Flickr is keeping my original sized vertical photos as horizontals, but the smaller ones are flipped, so I'm using those. Not liking the inconsistent sizing, so sorry!)

Tally:

Summer 2009 Video

2009-10-12T08:40:00.003-04:00

We (mostly David) worked on a video this past week. It's from July and August of this year. Since the beginning of the video, Tova has learned to crawl, sit, stand, take a few steps while holding onto furniture, gotten two bottom teeth, and been to Georgia. She's an amazing little girl and her personality is too cute and silly for words.

Enjoy!

Tova Summer 2009 from Kallie Brynn on Vimeo.

Learned to crawl, sit, and be an overall amazing kid!
About 6-7 months old.

Tova is nine months old.

2009-10-07T20:41:00.001-04:00

Tova was born nine months ago. She was conceived nine months before that. It is a big day.

Month One from Kallie Brynn on Vimeo.

posted at 8:41pm, the moment she was born.

2009-09-30T21:51:00.004-04:00

Here's a peek into where I work:

Please consider joining us through your prayers, volunteer efforts, and/or financial support. More information about our trips can be found here. For information about our domestic programs, visit our home page.

David

Book Reviews

2009-09-29T09:00:00.007-04:00

Thomas Nelson Publishers has a program where they send you free books, often before they release, as long you review them online. It's a sweet deal, and you can sign up here. Here are my first two reviews:

Donald Miller — A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

A follow-up of sorts to Blue Like Jazz, the 2003 hit that made Miller an icon to a generation of young Christians, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is Miller’s most focused and satisfying release yet.

The book is birthed out of his experience with two filmmakers who decide to make a movie about Blue Like Jazz. When they sit down to write the screenplay however, they tell Don that no one would watch a movie about his life because he lacks the memorable scenes and ambition that makes a story great. Miller’s response then, and the focus of Million Miles, is to examine how the elements of an engaging story apply to someone who has lived an otherwise dull story and is looking for something more.

What’s great about Million Miles is not that Miller’s words are unique or profound, though his writing often makes you want to put the book down, grab a pipe and a tweed jacket with leather elbow pads, and rent a cabin in the woods. Instead the specialness of Million Miles is in the stories he tells along the way. From seeking out the father who abandoned him as a child to riding a bicycle across the country to raise money for clean wells in Africa, Miller’s emotional examples of lives lived on purpose resonates the soul with a hope that is largely absent from his previous work.

Miller doesn’t offer any formulas on how to live a more fulfilling life, but instead gives the reader, through his own story, a choice to make. To set the book down with no introspection into one’s own story is to have missed his point entirely. But to take his advice and to deliberately look for ways to tell a better story, that is when lives, families, and communities can be changed.

When the book officially releases on September 29, 2009, you should buy at least two copies to give to friends and family, as a story lived with only one character is a dull story indeed.

Elizabeth Pace -- The X and Y of Buy

The premise is basic enough: that men and women are different and as such require different marketing strategies. What’s harder is making specific application of Pace’s research to the design, placement, and pricing of gender specific products across any industry and socioeconomic status.

While Pace’s intention isn’t to write a comprehensive resource for all types of marketers, she leans perhaps too heavily on the scientific differences between the genders. It may have been more useful to provide additional case studies and her thoughts on marketing commodities versus niche products, as well as the need for more targeted segmentation beyond gender.

For experienced marketing pros, this book should serve as a nice reminder to consider the most basic of differences among customers. If new to the marketing profession, or if making a change to a new set of products, X and Y serves as a handy reference guide.

Overall, this is an enjoyable book and a nice addition to any marketer’s bookshelf. The strength of X and Y is in its accessibility, complete with plenty of charts and tables, as well as Pace’s humorous writing style. For a more detailed reading about customer psychology, the reader would be well served by picking up a copy of Paco Underhill’s Why We Buy as well.

-David

Asher and Jennifer

2009-09-28T09:53:00.003-04:00

Asher and Jennifer wanted to do something extra special to celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary. Jennifer wore her wedding gown and brought the dried bouquets and boutonnieres from the wedding day. We all met to take photos at the location of their wedding, San Jose Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a very hot but beautiful day. The golfers had a fun time watching us, sending their congratulations. Some asked if Asher and Jennifer had just gotten married and were surprised with the response. :)

Congratulations on five year, Asher and Jennifer!!

Love, K

Truly Sanctuary

2009-09-14T08:30:00.001-04:00

Our awesome friends, Ron and Bethany (and Truly and Normandy, of course!), have a shop on etsy where they sell onesies and toddler t-shirts with fun designs on them. It's called TrulySanctuary. I was looking through their shop one day and saw their B is for Bike onesie and knew we had to have it! The Buckmasters must have the B.

So Ron and Beth just gave it to us!! Woot! And here is Tova, in all her cuteness, trying it on when we got home from church today. LOVE IT!

Oh, and those last ones make me smile too much to not post. I know you can't see the design. But I don't care. ;)

Love! dk&t.

The Tov

2009-09-13T09:15:00.002-04:00

Tova's proofing site, HERE, is up to date with the blog posts now. Grandparents, enjoy downloading all the photos! ;)

Philip and Jessica live

2009-09-12T15:18:00.003-04:00

Philip and Jessica's entire album is up on my proofing site!

To see their original blog teaser, click HERE.

You can also see a selection on my website, HERE!

Enjoy!

Love, K!

Best of August

2009-09-11T15:36:00.003-04:00

Only the first half of August and there are a ton of photos. You haven't seen these, either! ;)

August:

Sanibel Island vacation

The night I got attacked by sand fleas. I counted 148 bites all over my body. David and Tova had about 5 total. Some of mine are still healing (those are so hard not to scratch!!)

:) Done posting for a little while.

I have a photo shoot or wedding every other weekend for a long while starting, well, last weekend. I'm excited to work some more, though juggling a breastfed baby with a mommy that doesn't like to pump can be interesting!! We'll get through and Tova's first birthday will be here before we know it (when regular milk will take over and I'll be FREE - speaking of, I need to start doing some research about that event!)

Tova turned 8 months old on Labor Day! Time is flying and Tova is growing so much every day. She crawls (still military-style) from one end of the house to the other all the time. Crawling to rolling to sitting and back is no big deal and she's pulling up to sit on her knees often. She's not pulling up to stand yet, but I'm sure I'll go in to pick her up from a nap any day now and she'll be standing, waiting for me. She crawls all over my office, which is interesting - lots of wires, papers, etc! Eick! She kept crawling up onto the shelf of the office coffee table and getting stuck, completely laying on it, so I had to put the shelf in the closet. She's determined and ridiculous and silly. We love her personality and fall in love with our family more every day.

Much love, K.

Best of July

2009-09-10T18:05:00.000-04:00

This is enormous.

July:

:) One more to go...

4th of July

2009-09-10T18:00:00.001-04:00

Two months later. But it was a great day and a great party with our friends at our house. So it's worth sharing, for certain!

Haha!! Ian kept scaring Layla by throwing poppers on the ground. It was actually quite amusing, hence we took a picture. But then we stopped. :)

So fun! We love you guys!

Best of June

2009-09-09T19:26:00.001-04:00

Having difficulties uploading the new photos to my proofing page, so it might be a few days. For now, I'll continue with the blog posts!

June:

First time eating. Now she gets so excited when she sees us getting her bowl out of the cabinet.

The Bozichs came to visit all the way from Denver! This is Liliana playing with Tova. The Bozichs have since had a baby boy, Truett, AND moved back to the east coast (though they're up north now.) That's a busy family! We love them.

First swim in the pool at her Grandpa's house.

She had a nice time, but was very sleepy.

Mucho amor!

Best of May

2009-09-09T19:08:00.002-04:00

Love, dk&t