Wow, my site is finally really finished!  (Well, with the exception of this blog’s design, but that’s in the works, too!)  The final section of the website that needed some TLC was the design section.  Dennis (my web developer) and I had this idea of an additional set of thumbnails (like sub-thumbnails) for the design gallery, in order to show alterenate views of certain projects.  I wanted to be able to display internal pages of annual reports, and both front and back views of invitations without sacrificing the overall size of my “main” images.  Sounds easy enough, but it was actually pretty complicated!  Dennis worked really hard to find a solution, and he finally did it!  It’s not exactly like we envisioned it—it’s waaaaaaaaay better!  Go to my main site and visit the design section to see what we finally came up with.

And once again, BIG BIG BIG “thank you” goes out to Dennis for working so hard for me on my website!  If any of you reading this ever need a Flash designer/developer, I can’t recommend Dennis highly enough!  Check out his website to see some of his other work, and hire him for your next Flash project—I certainly will be!

For all you environmentally-friendly brides out there, take a look at this awesome idea for a green wedding favor! Tree seedlings that your guests can take home and plant after the wedding. How cool is that?

Check out more at Evergreen Memories. (Originally seen on Junebug’s blog.)

I was looking through some of my photos from last year, and came across these two of my friend Ari. I took these last summer, shortly after I met his mom through FreeCycle. I’m pretty sure these two images never saw the light of day, probably because they got lost among the 3,256 I’ve taken of this family in the last year…

One of my favorite photographers, Anne Ruthmann, makes a point to post a new desktop background each month that people can download. I think this is a fabulous idea, so I’m going to start doing the same! Look for a new on next week, since there’s only one week left in August. Click below for the large version of this month’s image:

See more from this set on Flickr

Since I was transitioning the blog and website during the time this happened, I didn’t get a chance to blog about the awesome recognition that one of my projects received recently…

I just finished a 4-month contract with PayScale, and one of the projects I worked on in that time was the GigZig. GigZig is an awesome tool that you can play with to think about the direction your career is taking. You simply type in your current job title, and the GigZig will show you two things: what people with that job title were doing five years ago, and what people who had your job title five years ago are doing now! It’s a really awesome tool, so check it out!

…and I’m not the only one who thinks it’s a great tool! The GigZig was recognized by three prominent business technology sites: TechCrunch, the O’Reilly Radar, and Business Week (scroll down to “Where you are headed”).

And by the way, while you’re over at the PayScale site take a moment to register and take the salary survey. Make sure you fill in the question “what were you doing five years ago?” so there’s even more data for the GigZig to use!

One more thing, before I go home for today…

A BIG BIG BIG “thank you” to Dennis at DCK Design for helping me get my new website up! We’ve been working on it since last fall, and started the “big push” in January…because I scrapped the original re-design in favor of what you see on the site now. Dennis was a total trooper, forging through my many changes and iterations. I really couldn’t have done this with anyone else. If you ever, ever need a flash developer, Dennis is your guy!

I’m sure some of you are wondering, “Molly…you ARE a web designer…why were you working with someone to get a new website?” Well, the answer is in the question: I’m a web designer, not a web developer…and I also had a very strong aversion to Flash for a very long time. So when it came time to upgrade the website and I realized that I needed to use Flash to keep up with the times…I had to admit that I needed help to get the site I wanted. I did all of the design and branding work, and Dennis built it according to my specifications. We’re still ironing out some kinks, but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

Looks like I might have competition!

The back of Katy’s dress…

The poem Katy wrote for Jason…

The woman who performed the ceremony (the couple’s friend, Angel) was hilarious, and opened up by making everyone present comfortable…

Jason wasn’t quite as tall as his groomsmen…

Favorite!

Some of you may remember this image from Katy and Jason’s engagement photos…we did a replay at the wedding! I’m totally obsessed with classic cars, so I was thrilled that Katy and Jason were using Katy’s 1962 Buick Skylark convertible as their getaway car! I have to say, though, I think I like the one from the engagement session better!
Cupcakes

Wedding (cup)cakes, complete with vegan options!

Looks like Jason liked them!

Katy and her bridesmaids, looking oh-so-flattering!

July 7, 2007—Well, I’m finally back to blogging! Whew, I’ve had so many things on my plate this summer (not the least of which has been getting this new website up and running!) that I haven’t been able to keep up with blogging. But that’s all about to change, starting with this wedding from early July!

Katy and Jason got married on what was probably the most popular wedding day this decade! I was thrilled to photograph their wedding for so many reasons. I’ve known Katy casually for many years, through our mutual friend Kathleen, and when she found out that I had finally made the move to full-time freelance photography, we started talking about wedding photographs! I knew Katy would be fun to photograph…I love having brides/grooms with tattoos and funky style, and Katy’s got style in SPADES. She’s one of the owners of Cafe Venus, one of Seattle’s best hang-outs. Adding to the funky style is Katy’s car: a 1962 Buick Skylark convertible! Anyone who knows me knows that I LOOOOOOOOVE old cars! I was thrilled when I found out that Katy and Jason were going to make their “getaway” in her awesome car.

Thank you, Katy and Jason, for including me in your “lucky” day!

Click here to order photos from this event online.

So, hi! Welcome to my brand spankin’ new blog! Right now it’s just a basic WordPress template, so bear with me as changes happen in the coming weeks while we get things customized around here.

I’m really excited to be finally getting a new site and new blog up to share my work with the web. It’s been a long time coming, and I feel like my little baby website is finally growing up. ::sniff!::