Tim Tab's Blog

I met Timothée the summer I was 19. I was a counselor at a camp in the French Alps and he was a camper.  Flash forward seven years and I was surprised to find an email from him asking us to shoot his wedding this summer in Provence, France! There was much whooping and hollering, followed by a happy dance.  And then, more good news! We found out Timothée and Hélène would be in Paris at the same time Bethany and I were there and they had time for an engagement shoot! Timothée’s favorite Parisian landmark is the Notre Dame Cathedral, so we had to start there.

As you can tell by the photos, Timothée is completely captured by Hélène. Their university studies and new jobs have forced them to be long-distance for the last few years, so they couldn’t be more excited to get married and be close to one another again. We are so happy for them.

Josh and Alison’s wedding at the County Line Orchard was marked by its warmth, love, ingenuity, hilarity, whimsical style, and mold-breaking mantra. Their ceremony was personally crafted just for them and officiated by one of their dearest friends. They chose their wedding parties based upon closeness in friendship rather than gender. Alison spent months lovingly crafting her wedding decor, making every single flower used in the ceremony and reception by hand. She and her mom wore matching shoes. Josh was hilarious all day long, his energy infectious. The dance party lasted for four non-stop hours as their friends seriously broke it down to arguably the best playlist we’ve heard in a very long time.

We drove away from this wedding feeling incredibly lucky and grateful to have been chosen to capture it in photos. Alison and Josh, we can’t thank you enough for including us in your wedding day.

Bethany and I are thrilled to be an aunt and uncle for the first time. We were all so sure it was going to be a boy, but after 36 hours of agonizing labor Zaylee was born a girl and she proved us wrong. We can’t wait to watch her grow and thrive, and we’re so proud of Paul and Amanda for already being amazing parents to her.

Here are some stills from the day she was born:

Welcome to life on earth, sweet Zaylee. We’re so glad you are here.

Ever since I moved to the United States for college when I was 18, I’ve never missed a Christmas back at home in Grenoble, France with my family.  This time, after the holidays, Bethany and I took the high speed TGV train up to Paris for a little lover’s getaway. Here are the pictures:

Even though we brought one of our Canon 5D Mark II’s with us to the city, we found it was much more fun shooting with our iPhones instead. We found that our big camera was too bulky to use for street photography and so expensive-looking that it made us immediate targets for thieves, which are very common in Paris.

We edited all of these in our iPhones using a combination of Camera+, Cameramatic, CrossProcess and Instagram.

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Anthony and Alex are kind. They are genuine and happy and their eyes get soft when they look at each other. They are handsome and beautiful, they have great style and better dance moves. They laugh easily and have a light that comes from the inside. If you can’t tell yet, we really, really like Anthony and Alex. We like them so much that it’s killing us that we can’t shoot their wedding this coming June because we were already booked for their day when they found us. Instead of calling off the whole deal, they asked if we could just do their engagement pictures instead, which we were thrilled to do. They picked Salvage One in Chicago for their indoor engagement session, which worked out beautifully.

Anthony and Alex; we wish you all the best for your wedding and new life together. Please, PLEASE call us again when you have babies or anniversaries or something. We loved being your photographers.