Kyle Hepp

December 22, 2010

So a little backstory here. I love these Leah and Nils. That’s the first and most important part of the backstory. The second part, is that during our session we were talking about traveling and crazy international weddings. They mentioned that their wedding would have people from around the world. To this day, I think it’s one of the most international weddings we’ve ever photographed — and that’s saying a lot. Anyway, somewhere during this conversation we mentioned that Seba is obsessed with Scotland and we were planning a trip for next year to the country of kilts and lovers.

Then during the toasts, Leah’s mom mentioned that her daughter has always had a way of bringing people together. She said that even though they’d always lived a multi-cultural lifestyle and moved between countries that Leah would bring people together no matter where she was. And judging by the amount of people from almost every continent who attended the wedding, Nils shares the same characteristic of being a connector of people.

So those are the backstories. Here is the frontstory.

Leah and Nils sat us at a table with Nils’ brother, so we could chat with him, because he lives in Scotland and they remembered our conversation about our trip there.

WHO DOES THAT?! Who in the world remembers that their silly little photographers are taking a silly little trip to a silly little country while they’re planning a wedding?! Only one of the nicest bride and grooms in the whole entire universe. It absolutely touched my silly little heart that they thought to do that.

So here goes some of my favorite pictures of people who bring people together. Hope you like.

That is Leah’s grandma’s garter, a real five pence, and the four leaf clover that her grandmother wore in her shoe when she got married. Isn’t it cool that she thought to keep them for Leah all these years later?

The broach on the bouquet was also Leah’s grandma’s.

Also, I should mention that the cool artwork you see in this post all belongs to Casona Canaveral, which was Allende’s vacation house/love shack where he’d take his mistress back in the day. The house has so much history. I believe that someone at the wedding mentioned that when Fidel Castro visited Chile, he stayed there. Correct me if I’m wrong. I was more focused on taking pictures than getting my history lessons right.

Love.

Adore this one of Nils and his dad getting ready together.

7 circles.

So cute!

One of my favorite shots ever. I am obsessed with Leah’s laugh, it’s contagious!

There were lots of pretty details from the day. The vintage Cachantun bottles were my favorite!

AHHHH, everything about these next four that Seba captured of Leah and her dad, is so wonderful. They make me tear up!

Nils’ mom was so excited too, her face lit up when it was time for her to dance!

Haha, Nils!

You have to look the picture on the left for a minute to see what’s going on, but we all know I like that kind of abstract photo that makes you stare. That’s when they’re being lifted up in chairs and thrown around. Such a fun wedding!

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December 21, 2010

At everyone wedding we go to someone invariably asks, “Do you do this full time?” Yes. “Both of you full time?” Yes. “Is he really your husband?”

Ok, so that last question was only from our last wedding. But from there we will sometimes get to talking about travel and spouses  and working together and someone will inevitably say, “You have the best life.”

It’s true.

This?

This is the good life.

I’m so grateful that this good life, is my life.

PS. If you enjoy these kinds of silly random photos from our day to day, I just got an iPhone, which means I have been going nuts on Twitter posting pictures. You can follow me on Twitter here or check out my Twitpics here.

PSS. I told Seba he looked like a Chilean Aladdin with that turban on his head. He asked me what the difference was between a Chilean Aladdin and a regular Aladdin. And I said, “The Chilean version is Aladdin Po.” HA. I thought that was way funnier than Seba did.

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December 19, 2010

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Gift giving around Christmas time is hard for me. I’m not one of those people who is fantastic at picking out the perfect present from that tiny little vintage bookstore or finding just the right thing for a special someone on my list. I’m not a scrooge by any means, it’s just that I’m more of a give when the mood strikes kind of a girl, rather than wait for Christmas. Most of the people I know have everything they will ever need, materially speaking anyways.

But, a few years ago, I was hit with a moment of inspiration — not for Christmas obviously. I wanted to go hard or go home. I was ready to go all out for my mom. I bought her a plane ticket to Chile for her to come and visit me for a week.

I think this was the best gift I ever gave because my mom has always worked so hard and put everybody else first and I just wanted her to be able to put herself first, for once. So she did. She took the time off from work and came down and we had ourselves a might nice little staycation. Of course, we both had our computers and couldn’t disconnect completely from real life. But when my mom came down we got to spend so much quality time with each other. I think that time is the best gift you can give someone. Even better than an expensive plane ticket or anything else you could ever buy at a store. You really never know what could happen tomorrow so taking advantage of every second that you have with your loved ones is so important.

What’s the best gift you ever gave?

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