We met Crystal and Ron for the very first time in Starbucks the day of their engagement session. They were referred to us by our dear friends and past clients, Rebecca and Kenny. Thank you R&K... we love you so much!

I talked to Crystal over the phone and she booked us for their upcoming wedding at the Westin in Maui, Hawaii in August. They are one of the sweetest, most fun couples on earth! Look at them. They were just a blast to spend the afternoon with. Crystal was up for anything and wanted some fun and crazy photos. And Ron, well you can just see how much he loves her. You just know he would follow her anywhere! I fell in love with you both this day and I can't wait for Bob to photograph your wedding so that I can design a fine art book that you can treasure a lifetime!!!

To see their wedding photography at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa in Hawaii, click here.

Our daughter, Alli, came with us and helped us photograph Crystal and Ron throughout the very quaint river town of Naperville, IL. This was one of her shots (below). It's one of my favorites!

Ron showing his bride how macho he is! I was impressed. Those things are heavy!

EDIT: 07/21/09 WE ARE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE COMING. WE'RE EXCITED TO MEET YOU!

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Yes, we are at it again. Or should I say Bob is at it again? I said "no workshop". He said "OK, no workshop". Phewwwww... they are a lot of work! Then we had a tremendous response to our last workshop and all kinds of love spilling all over the place. Next, a dear friend of ours, Kristie Hancock, called Bob and together they collaborated and said "yes to a workshop... and Dawn won't have to do a thing. We'll do it all." Dawn happily agreed and violà... we're having a workshop. Except how could I not be involved. I love meeting new people, I love sharing our knowledge and passion for photography and design, I love being inspired by others... I love when we have workshops!

We're headed to the Baltimore area, to be exact... Bel Air, MD, close to DC, NYC, Philly, conveniently located off the corridor of Interstate 95.

July 29-30, 2009 with a meet and greet on the 28th. Only a few seats left! Don't wait too long to sign up!

xoxoxxo

~ Dawn


To find out more about our workshop, click HERE

Bob and I have so many dreams and aspirations for ourselves and we're so busy with family life, work, home, our kiddos and their sports activities, etc... there is not enough time in the day to devote to it all. This year, Bob and I thought it would be a good idea to look into working with a publicist. Yes, we have done alright for ourselves and we owe a lot of gratitude to a business partner of ours George Burns, who has blessed us with many, many, many amazing opportunities.

There is only so much in a day we can accomplish on our own so we hired, who we feel is one of the best Wedding PR girls in the industry, Leila Khalil. She has an amazing spirit and is well connected in the industry and we love her energy! She is sweet and lovable and she just started a new blog, which you have to check out, Inspired By This. She did a fabulous write up about us and we are so thankful to her. You can also Follow Leila on Twitter. We gave her a long list of what we want to accomplish. If anyone can do it, she can! Leila, you inspire us. LET'S DO THIS!

To quote one of our upcoming workshop attendees, Fola Adewole, we are "superdeliciously awesomely, amazingly excited" to share a glimpse of our last DAVIS LOVE STORY WORKSHOP with this AMAZING, beyond words, promo video created by the talented Anton Lorimer of Lorimer Works. Thank you Anton, you never cease to amaze us! And thank you to all of our fabulous new friends who attended our last workshop and for the love you gave to us in this video! You guys rock!

WE'RE HEADED TO BALTIMORE, DC, METRO AREA FOR A 2 DAY INTIMATE WORKSHOP JULY 29-30, 2009. 3 SEATS LEFT! WILL YOU BE THERE? WE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU!!! FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR DAVIS LOVE STORY WORKSHOPS CLICK HERE

Over the Fourth of July holiday my Mom and Dad, well really my Step Dad, but he's like a real Dad to me, flew in from Florida to spend the week with us. We had such a blast with them! And we are always so sad to see them leave. Sometimes I wish I could could freeze time and live hopelessly in love and happiness forever... I'm a sucker for a fairytale! While they were in town, Bob decided we needed a family portrait at the last minute. He comes rushing through the door saying, we have to leave right now... right now! The sun is going down and I want to get a photo all of us. Follow me! We rushed to a nearby wheat field, Bob set up a huge Bruce Dorn Select 54x72 Wescott softbox with a Quantum Qflash triggered it with a Canon 580EXII strobe as the master, ETTL. Well, the wind took a great big hold of his set up and there went the family photo with all of us in it. But we did get a few good ones! Here are some of my favorites!

I took this one while Alli kept the softbox in place.

And Bobby took this fabulous photo of us... I really love it.... especially with the magical photoshop tricks I performed on myself... LOL!