I mentioned the other day how crazy my travel schedule is shaping up to be through this month and next. I’ve noticed that I’m doing a lot of Facebook posting and not necessarily blogging, mostly because I can do it quickly (or at least quicker than blogging). Because of that I just realized that I never posted up my Colorado trips on here, but did only did on Facebook. Let this act as a little motivator to like Anna Lynch McClary Photography’s Facebook Page so you’re in the know when I go through these phases. The trips have booked up pretty quickly, my June 9-15 trip only has two morning (we’re talking crack of dawn, during the beautiful morning light right after sunrise) sessions on the 11th and 14th open. My July trip of July 24-Aug 1 only has morning or evening sessions available on the 28th and 30th. If you want in, I recommend not waiting and contacting me through the “Contact ALM” button up above.

Now, this sneak peek was posted up already, on the Facebook Page, where else?! But, I figured that I should share the love over here on the old bloggity blog. Matt and Leslie were my first wedding of the year back in the beginning of May. They had a beautiful outdoor wedding up in Lafayette, Colorado at the Lionsgate Event Center’s Gatehouse. You’ll get more of a story on Matt and Leslie when I do their full post, but for now this will just have to do!

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My season kicks into full swing this week with seniors and engagement sessions and my wedding season starts next week. I’m so looking forward to getting back into the groove of things and hustle and bustle, but I was not expecting to start it off in the hole. Last week, out of nowhere (after spending the previous week out of the office) the flu got a hold of me. So that to do list that wasn’t all that intimidating is now looking a little scarier. I’m behind on emails right now, so if you’re waiting on one, know that I’m not ignoring you. Now, let’s not let this blog sit empty and unrefreshed for another day.

Brady took me fishing in his friend’s pond and out around the farm last fall.

Honking his horn of course!

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If I had a dollar for every time I’ve had someone say, “I wish I had known about you when we got married,” I’d probably be out shopping right now, trying to figure out where I’m going to spend all of this money at. Instead I usually stand there and want to scream back, “But you know me NOW!”

Most couples, at least the couples that I photograph, get how important wedding photography is. After all, when the day has come and gone, the flowers are dead and your food is gone, you’re only going to have your wedding images. However, you really can be photographed professionally again in your life. You don’t even have to wait until you have kids or hit that next milestone. So many couples are fantastic about making sure that they have beautiful wedding images that they can pass down for decades to come, but then they don’t have any beautiful images of themselves again for years until they have kids and decide to get their family photo done, and then there are some who don’t even do that.

Then there are those other couples who either tried to save a buck on their wedding photographer and got back images that they were less than happy about, or in Fort Wayne I’ve heard of quite a few couples, who to this day haven’t received ANY images from their wedding (I’m talking years later). Those two situations are a real bummer, and while you aren’t ever going to be able to have a redo on the moments of your wedding day, you can at least still get some awesome images of you and your husband or wife.

My point though, you really don’t have to have a reason to have a session! I know that’s just crazy talk to some people, but I promise you that in 60 years when you, your spouse, or your kids are going back through photos and they come across these images of just you two, that you and they will be sooooo incredibly happy that you didn’t wait around for a reason. Oh, and p.s. I also have a payment plan available, so you can get rid of that excuse.

Email me at anna@annalynchmcclary.com today! No more excuses, don’t wait until tomorrow, I love shooting couples and we always have fun during those fun and relaxed sessions. Here are just a few of my favorite non-wedding day couples shots.

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Just a reminder for everyone that the HUGE canvas sale ends tonight at midnight! If you’re on the fence about a canvas, it is time to jump in. These prices are marked down tons. Not only that, but when you get a canvas you don’t have to worry about another thing. There isn’t a need to take the print to someone and have it framed, it comes ready to hang. Pound that nail into the wall and put it up there!

I have to have your email or order in by midnight tonight if you want in!

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Three posts in one week is nothing to some bloggers. However, to this one, who is trying to get back on the blogging horse, three posts in one week is a rather fantastic moment for me. So, to keep this streak alive I’m going to have to post up one without a lot of back story. The images are always better than my words anyhow. Let’s suffice it to say that Sarah is one of my awesome seniors from Sterling. I asked her more than once during the session where she got whatever cute accessory or shirt she had on. Her family came along on the session and they had scouted out some great locations!

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I’ve finally figured out why I let myself get so behind on blogging images. It has major perks… well sort of. So, maybe it has more like one perk. You see Heather and Freddy have long since been married, but hey I couldn’t just ignore their engagement session. That perk I was talking about, well getting to show off one of the cool products they picked out to show off these photographs.

Last year was the first year that I offered guest books to my clients. While it is a no brainer product for wedding guest books, it doesn’t stop there. Seniors, these are perfect for your graduation receptions, moms to be could use the images from your maternity sessions for your guest book at your baby shower and even in those first weeks as your new baby’s first visitors stop by.

Now, I think I’ve already held these pictures up long enough, so without further ado…

You may notice a theme…

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I’ve been editing through Ryder and Bobbie’s destination wedding pictures from Cancun, Mexico. It seems like it had to have been at least a decade ago that it was warm enough for a bride to wear a strapless dress outside and not get frostbite. That’s one of many definite perks to the whole destination wedding thing! Check back tomorrow for more proof of the awesomeness that is getting married in Mexico in the middle of winter.

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It may be 2010 in the real world, but in my little blog world I still have lots to post from 2009. I find it so crazy that it has been 10 years since all of the Y2K worry, and even more how much has changed in a short 10 years. 10 years ago I was just discovering the freedom that being 16 and having a driver’s license could bring. I thought that life was incredibly hard and full of stress, if only I had known how easy it was. It is hard to believe that over the last decade I met some of my best friends, graduated from high school and college, moved enough times to make me never want to do it again, had my heart broken a couple times, went through some rough patches, met and married the man of my dreams, started my own business and found so much happiness. It really feels like all at once 2000 was a lifetime ago and a minute ago. I’m sure in 2020 I’ll have a million new memories to add to the list, and feel the exact same way.

A little note to anyone waiting on an email or call back from me, today is my first day back after about three weeks off. I’m slowly working my way through my inboxes so keep an eye out!

Now, to kick off 2010 right, with a blue eyed little boy who has grown an absolute TON since we shot these!

These eyes will break many girls’ hearts.

This could quite possibly be one of my favorite images ever. There is something just so timeless about Hudson and his mommy.

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I can safely say that I never thought that I’d be reaching back to memories from my senior homecoming for this blog. However, that’s pretty much where I remember this one starting. We were on one of our many long bus rides headed to a softball game. Us softball girls knew how to make those never ending rides fun though. As hard as it is to believe, talk of boys didn’t really dominate our conversation. This one day however, the hot topic was who everyone was going to the homecoming dance with.

The conversation had almost worked its way around the bus when someone volunteered that Amanda was being awfully quiet (if I remember right this was probably Katie), which was pretty rare. She eventually volunteered that there was this one guy she thought was cute, but she wasn’t sure if she was going to ask him to homecoming. At that point I think she really thought she was going to get away with not telling us a name. I can promise you that it never crossed any of our minds to let that happen though.

After a little prodding she volunteered a little more information and admitted that he was a freshman and finally threw Brandon’s name out there. In her head I think she expected all of our jaws to drop and talk her out of doing any such thing. Instead we did just the opposite and wholeheartedly endorsed him as the best candidate for her homecoming date.

At the wedding, Brandon’s best man, Tommy gave a speech essentially giving the he said version of this. It was hilarious to hear the shock that any senior girl, much less Amanda would want anything to do with a freshman guy. I think they probably had the jaw dropping reactions that Amanda expected out of us.

Eight years later it was astounding to see how beautifully their relationship had grown and completely changed and stayed the same, all at the same time.

They chose to see each other before the ceremony. These first sight images are always my favorites because they are just so honest.

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I think we’re all guilty of saying, “When this ___________ happens, I’ll be happy.” I can go way back with the phrases that I have forced into that blank; when this guy likes me, when I graduate high school, when this semester is over, when we get married, when I move out of here, when we move back to Colorado, or any of the other million phrases. There came a point this year though, that it stopped. I don’t have any idea what happened or why, but I clearly remember one road trip by myself that I just couldn’t believe how happy and lucky I am. It has stuck since that moment. Sure, there are things I’d love to change and things I wish could happen. However, the big things that truly matter, I already have. There is no point in wishing time away, because no matter what this is my life and even when it is hard, it is still good.

I have a job that pulls me into some of the best moments in people’s lives. I can’t tell you how many weddings I find myself with a lump crawling up in my throat or how many days I sit at my computer editing and get choked up. One of the best parts of this however, is that I get to shoot back around my hometown of Sterling, Colorado quite a bit. That means that so many of these couples were my friends back when we were all still trying to fill in that blank. As I sat editing through Amanda and Brandon’s pictures I couldn’t help but just smile. It was very clear that they were simply happy.

We started out their wedding weekend at the rehearsal with their families. Check back tomorrow for wedding images.

Brandon, Amanda, and their beautiful little girl Addison.

Addison led the dinner blessing and definitely rocked it!

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