Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:17 AM
Jessica & Matt are a husband and wife photo team out of Sacramento, CA. Chris and I had the pleasure of spending a day with them last week on an all day mentor session here in Seattle! I think these two brought the sun up with them from California the day of their session... it was a gem of a day! We also discovered that it was Jessica's Birthday and it meant so much to know that that is how she chose to spend her special day. :)

These two asked lots of great questions and wanted to focus on how we work with our couples on a shoot, managing expectations, building a powerful brand experience, getting published and pushing their business overall to the next level. The shoot we arranged for Jess and Matt will be in a post to follow and it was SOOO much fun! We are so excited because these two are in the process of finessing and refreshing their overall brand experience and launching an updated site so their visit to us was timely. We really wanted to encourage Matt and Jessica to leverage their strengths as individuals and as a husband wife shooting team. I am a firm believer that you should exhaust more effort working on making your strengths even stronger than trying to fight with your weaknesses. And our experience has been that as a hubby wife team each of us should be empowered to do jobs that play to our strengths. That way each of us feels empowered, used and needed. 

We wish these two all the best in their journey together as photographers. They are such beautiful people.

Thoughts
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Feuza says: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 08:38 PM

I heart blue skies

Napa and Sonoma Wedding Photographer Shannon Stellmacher says: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 12:07 PM

The last image is just mind blowing.

Lesley says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 05:12 PM

That last photo is just stellar! Thanks for sharing! :)

Jessica says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 02:35 PM

Sarah!! You and Chris are amazing and I know our time spent with you is a significant turning point in our journey. We are super excited and thank you so much for your guidance and for inspiring us! Oh, and the pics, are of course amazing. Ya'll ROCK!

Jessica says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 02:35 PM

Sarah!! You and Chris are amazing and I know our time spent with you is a significant turning point in our journey. We are super excited and thank you so much for your guidance and for inspiring us! Oh, and the pics, are of course amazing. Ya'll ROCK!

Kisha of Sahara Blue says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 02:12 PM

love her red hair (especially combined with that yellow shirt). LOVE the last image. insanity! awesome work as always.

Tracy Carolyn says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 12:14 PM

The last shot is amazing!

Lydia says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 11:59 AM

I met Jessica back in June. She's such a nice person with great photography skills! Love these pictures of her and her hubby!

Aaron Shintaku says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 11:02 AM

that last shot is BANANAS!!!

sebastian says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 08:44 AM

wonderful last image marvelous

AmyPunky Photography says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 08:13 AM

The last pic is just WOW!!

eadwine says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 08:12 AM

the last shot is spectacular!

Melina Wallisch says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:58 AM

again, i sOOoo LOVE your style, gets me excited :-)

Millie says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:51 AM

I love all of these, but that last shot just blew me away.
I instantly put myself in their shoes and imagined having that art piece hanging as a HUGE canvas in my home.
Well done Rhoads, well done.

Jane Hasty says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:43 AM

Just gorgeous!

wrecklessgirl says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:38 AM

that last one. GASP.

Jennifer V. says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:33 AM

The last one is brilliant!

Lisa Gilbert says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:30 AM

I love these Sarah! The last one, in particular, is so lovely. I dig the B&W toning. So cool!

erika verginelli says: Monday, March 1, 2010, 07:22 AM

love the last one!