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17 Years

April 20th, 2012

Tomorrow we celebrate 17 yrs together as one. Funny thing about that is that we spent the first 15.5 years figuring out what exactly that meant.   We spent so many years just going through the motions; working, paying bills, and raising kids, that we really forgot about the two people who were the foundation [...]
 

Tomorrow we celebrate 17 yrs together as one. Funny thing about that is that we spent the first 15.5 years figuring out what exactly that meant.

 

We spent so many years just going through the motions; working, paying bills, and raising kids, that we really forgot about the two people who were the foundation of that family.

The best gift Aric bought me was a book called The 5 Love Languages. When we were at our bottom of the bottom, he gave me this book and let me tell you; how I thought I was showing him love was the complete opposite way he was receiving it. I was loving him the way I wanted to be loved. When I could see the words on the paper, I could then look in the mirror and say what can I do to save this marriage and the same was true for him.

 

When we both stopped thinking about ourselves and started thinking about each other that is when our marriage really began. We fought through the tough times and with God’s help proved to everyone, our children, and ourselves that when you say I Do, it is for a lifetime. You can’t give up and call it quits just because the other person doesn’t see things your way or you get hurt along the way. It takes two people to ruin a relationship and it takes three to keep it together; God has to be included or you will never know true happiness.

 

Here is to many more happier years together, just enjoying life and our time together! ~ Angie



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Olympia WA Wedding | Mike & Sara

October 21st, 2011

Mike and Sara’s wedding day was not only beautiful, but unique. The ceremony was held at Olympia Golf and Country Club, in Olympia, WA. With it’s gorgeous views of Mt Rainer and the Puget Sound at it’s backdoor, who could ask for more! The bridal party got ready for the day at The Phenix Inn [...]
 

Mike and Sara’s wedding day was not only beautiful, but unique.

The ceremony was held at Olympia Golf and Country Club, in Olympia, WA. With it’s gorgeous views of Mt Rainer and the Puget Sound at it’s backdoor, who could ask for more!

The bridal party got ready for the day at The Phenix Inn , downtown Olympia. From there it was off to what we like to think is our “secret” location; a small dock tucked away on Capital Lake. This is where we did Mike and Sara’s first look. Then a skip over to Heritage Park for some fun pics with the bridal party.

There were some very cool things incorporated into their wedding like; have you ever seen a unity box? Well I hadn’t, it’s a box filled with things that the couple puts in, then locked up like a treasure box, to be opened again on a future anniversary. So cool!! Also, the officiant asked the guests to give advice during the actual ceremony, love that, as we need all the advice we can get in this adventure.

A few remaining shots at the end of the evening, on the golf course, it’s self, with a fabulous sunset against Mt Rainier, it really doesn’t get much better than that!!

 

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Centralia WA Wedding | Andy & Erin

September 22nd, 2011

Andy and Erin’s wedding, which was held at The Aerie Ballroom, in Centrailia, was full of some things that we have never experienced before; your dog as your ring bearer, some wedding party photos on motorcycles (thanks to Powersports Northwest), and lots of Swiss music!! This being said, all of that equals some great photos and [...]
 

Andy and Erin’s wedding, which was held at The Aerie Ballroom, in Centrailia, was full of some things that we have never experienced before; your dog as your ring bearer, some wedding party photos on motorcycles (thanks to Powersports Northwest), and lots of Swiss music!! This being said, all of that equals some great photos and so much fun, we could hardly stand it.

Their wedding was super simple, yet really fun and relaxed. The wedding party were troopers too, we walked around downtown Centrailia to get some really cool shots!

For a few last shots; we stole Andy and Erin away from the party, and went to a corn field about 10 minutes away, and in our driving realized that we had lived right next to Andy’s parents for several years and didn’t even know it!! Yet another example of how small the world is and how people cross paths in life not by chance, but by design.

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Road Trip Day 4

August 25th, 2011

Finally got some rest in today. Visited what Dannielle calls her new home, San Diego State University. Had lunch at a great Mexican restaurant called Las Pinatas. Visited a mission in Old Town, checked out the downtown area, and went to Qualcomm Stadium, where the Chargers were practicing. Derrick would have loved this, got some [...]
 

Finally got some rest in today. Visited what Dannielle calls her new home, San Diego State University.

Had lunch at a great Mexican restaurant called Las Pinatas.

Visited a mission in Old Town, checked out the downtown area, and went to Qualcomm Stadium, where the Chargers were practicing. Derrick would have loved this, got some good pics for him though.

Also got some beach time in at Ocean Beach, where Taylor found some great shells and dug up a clam with her bare hands. She was pretty proud of herself.

Highlight of the day had to be Pinkberry though. Salted carmel…yum!!

These were taken with my iPhone and Processed with Instagram

This was taken with my iPhone and processed with DerManDar

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Sumner WA Wedding | Jason & Tara

August 9th, 2011

We met Jason and Tara about a year ago, and they knew exactly what they wanted in a wedding photographer, they already had a plan in mind and we just helped them implement it. They were married at The Attic, in Sumner, WA, on July 2 of this year, and it was truly a beautiful [...]
 

We met Jason and Tara about a year ago, and they knew exactly what they wanted in a wedding photographer, they already had a plan in mind and we just helped them implement it.

They were married at The Attic, in Sumner, WA, on July 2 of this year, and it was truly a beautiful day! From the table decorations, which included actual fish, and different shades of green with some ivory flowers, to a mirrored cake table. It was just fantastic all the way around.

Sumner, WA is a small town, that has that small town feel. We were able to get lots of cool pictures at the train station and outside some of the shops.

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Road Trip | Day 3

August 2nd, 2011

Day 3 of the college road trip Today brought us some fun at Pismo Beach, where the girls played in the water a bit and we grabbed some crepes. Then we were off to another long drive, only 7 hours this time (could have used a local tip about a better time to drive), but [...]
 

Day 3 of the college road trip

Today brought us some fun at Pismo Beach, where the girls played in the water a bit and we grabbed some crepes.

Then we were off to another long drive, only 7 hours this time (could have used a local tip about a better time to drive), but are glad to be able to relax for a couple of days now in San Diego.

 

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Road Trip | Day 1-2

August 2nd, 2011

  Day 1 & 2 of the college road trip Day 1: Way too many hours of driving!! Left WA at 5:30 am and reached Oakland, CA at 8:30pm. Stopped for lunch at In and Out Burgers, Aric’s favorite, and not to be the last stop at one on our journeys. By the time we [...]
 

 

Day 1 & 2 of the college road trip

Day 1: Way too many hours of driving!! Left WA at 5:30 am and reached Oakland, CA at 8:30pm. Stopped for lunch at In and Out Burgers, Aric’s favorite, and not to be the last stop at one on our journeys. By the time we reached Oakland we were so tired, we ordered some Dominos and crashed!!

Day 2 was a a lot more eventful; spent what turned out to be the whole day in San Francisco. We saw the AT&T Center home of the Giants. Then parked and walked 3 miles down to Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39. Found the coolest shop called Season’s, they had everything for every holiday. The absolute best Christmas decorations ever! I feel in love with all the great Winnie The Pooh stuff!
Grabbed some lunch on the pier and headed out to Pebble Beach, Aric was able to grab a few sunset pics, and they gave him a bag tag.

Our final destination of the day was San Luis Obispo, where it was late and again we crashed!! Plenty of pics posted tomorrow from here…we can’t wait to show off this cute little town to the girls, and hang out at Pismo Beach!

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Products That Help Us Rock Our Clients World

July 27th, 2011

These are the products that we believe help us deliver the best to our clients. First and foremost Madera wedding books are by far our best friend, these books bring the whole wedding day together in one beautifully bound book, that can be viewed for generations to come. We did a whole blog post on [...]
 

These are the products that we believe help us deliver the best to our clients.

First and foremost Madera wedding books are by far our best friend, these books bring the whole wedding day together in one beautifully bound book, that can be viewed for generations to come. We did a whole blog post on Madera Books Here.

Moo Cards are the cutest little cards, and different too. We use these for our business cards while we are playing the slide show during the wedding reception. Their packaging is fantastic too, cute little boxes each with a different color inside.

We use H-B Photo Packaging exclusively for our packaging to deliver their custom prints. They have the greatest colors to choose from and the possibilities are endless with these guys. We even have our logo imprinted right on to them! H-B has given us a discount code to share with all of our great readers. You can use the code: aricbecker on everything on their site for 10% off, the code is good till August 1st so act fast. Just add the code when checking out.

For our business cards we use Plasma Design, we can’t say enough about these guys, and how many compliments we get on our cards. They just add another element to our value. Their customer service is top notch, and they will even help with your design for free.

Last, but certainly not least, White House Custom Colour. We use these guys for all of our DVD Cases(for now, DVD’s might become a thing of the past. More on this coming later), they allow you to customize the cases with a photo. This has been a WOW factor every time we hand one to a client. We also use them for all of our printing needs, their customer service and quality of products are out of this world! You can check out White House for free and they will send 5 8×10 prints so you can see the awesome quality.

These pictures are from their site.

 

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Cool Wedding Vendors

July 22nd, 2011

Vendors we can’t get enough of! Shooting a wedding is sort of like being a parent, in that you have eyes and ears everywhere throughout the day, you over hear conversations, you see the behind the scenes stuff, you are watching how the whole day is coming together and how all the vendors are making [...]
 

Vendors we can’t get enough of!

Shooting a wedding is sort of like being a parent, in that you have eyes and ears everywhere throughout the day, you over hear conversations, you see the behind the scenes stuff, you are watching how the whole day is coming together and how all the vendors are making that possible for the bride and groom.

We have some favorite vendors that we have worked with, that are particularly wonderful, not only in the product they deliver, but also in the relationship they put forth with the client and other vendors.

Venues:

We love, love, love Chambers Bay Golf Course, in University Place, WA,  not only are they a fabulous venue, but also provide some mighty great food too!


Of course our favorite has to be Lanikuhonua, on Oahu in Hawaii. Translated it means “where Heaven meets the Earth”, and they are not kidding!  A beautiful place for a wedding, party, or really any occasion.

Cakes/cupcakes/desserts:  Burning Cupcakes, out of Tacoma, WA, is the best by far. Not only are the displays fantastic, but the desserts are out of this world!

Music/DJ services: Music De-lite, out of Olympia, WA, are not only very professional, but also super fun, and keep the party rolling!


Officiant: If you are looking for the non traditional, knows how to crack a joke and loosen people up kind of person to perform your ceremony, Jeremy is your guy!

We look forward to working with these vendors and other equally great ones in the future.

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Tacoma Engagement Session | Emily + Jim

July 18th, 2011

Oh the places you’ll go and the people you’ll meet…. We always say you never know who you will come across when you are out and this is exactly the case with Emily and Jim. We were out at Chambers Bay, shooting one of our senior models for this year, and we see from behind [...]
 

Oh the places you’ll go and the people you’ll meet….

We always say you never know who you will come across when you are out and this is exactly the case with Emily and Jim.

We were out at Chambers Bay, shooting one of our senior models for this year, and we see from behind some umbrellas a camera poking out, well little did we know that Jim’s parents had set up a little spying area to catch Jim’s proposal to Emily on film!! It was the cutest thing we have ever seen, they had chairs set up, a camera, and champagne for after. So when Emily said yes, Aric went over and asked if he could take a picture for them, of course they were thrilled, we sent them the photo, they loved it, and booked us for their engagement shoot!!

We found the cutest little apple orchard in University Place, and ended up at their favorite spot and Aric’s Chambers Bay. We had a blast talking about all the stuff we had in common, like golf, church, working in middle schools, etc.

We are bummed that we won’t be able to shoot their actual wedding, as we were already booked. Just a crazy example of how we are never put in a place by chance, we just need to keep our eyes opened to the possibilities!

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