Big NEWS....... Grace Ormonde of Wedding Style Magazine has just launched her new book: "being in love never goes out of style." It's beautiful and we are so excited to have a signed copy. Grace and her husband, Yanni, are so sweet and wonderfully in love! It makes my heart smile!

This week we were honored to attend Grace's book launch party at the Trump Tower in Chicago. A big thank you to my sister Cheri who watched our kids for us so that we could attend this event. I need to thank my family more, without them, Bob and I would not be able to maintain a successful business.

Congratulations Grace!!!

xoxoxox

~ Dawn & Bob

To see more photos from this event, check out our Facebook Page.

We are excited to be featured on the JuneBug Weddings website as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in Chicago. We feel so blessed to be part of this amazing team of photographers. The girls, Kim Bamberg, Blair deLaubenfels, and Christy Weber, at JuneBug are beyond incredible and have created this amazing website to help couples plan their wedding. It's one of the Top Wedding Websites in the world... at least in my opinion!!! I just adore these girls and I'm so proud of all of their accomplishments. They are long time girlfriends who bond over a mutual love for fashion, beauty, and all things wedding related. I LOVE it....!!!

Thank you girls for all you do to make this industry SHINE!

xoxoxo

~ Dawn & Bob

UPDATE 04/08/10: We're getting more and more excited about the release of Bob's new book: LIGHTS, CAMERA, CAPTURE. I think the official release date is April 20, 2010 but it's changed a couple of times. I know it's very soon!!!!

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When Barry Pruett from Wiley Publishing approached Bob about writing a book, I have to be honest... he was a little nervous. He's never written a book before and he wasn't sure if he could. Well, with much trepidation he accepted the challenge. While writing the book, there were many moments where he was feeling pretty weak and he was beginning to doubt himself. But I knew that God had much bigger plans for him than he could see for himself.

I am so proud of him as he's in the final stages of preparing for the release of his 1st book. It's pretty exciting as I know he poured his heart and soul into this book. He's received some great feedback on the sample chapter we have shared with our friends.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CAPTURE
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Anyway, it's listed on Amazon available for pre-order. I'm sure once it's release, the price will go up some so order it soon! We're excited to hear your thoughts!!!

We just can't thank Barry Pruett, Sandy Smith, Courtney Allen and the entire team at Wiley for supporting Bob and I in all our endeavors! You all are the very best!!!

We are SO EXCITED to introduce our very first Operations Manager, Michele Gonzalez. She will be our main "point of contact" person for our business and help us out with many of the emails we receive. She will also be handing our schedule and keeping us on track. I know she is overwhelmed but I also know that she will do a fantastic job! So please help Bob and I with a nice welcome!

Michele's email is michele@bobanddawndavis.com. Please feel free to email with any questions you may have!

Thank you, BIG TIME, Michele! You are so LOVED...!!! xoxox ~ Dawn & Bob

You can follow us on Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/MicheleG_1
http://www.twitter.com/Dawn_Davis
http://www.twitter.com/BobDavis_1

In November of 2009, 4 people, Bob Davis, Anton Lorimer, Kenny Kim and Jim Davis-Hicks, the President of Thirst Relief International journeyed to the East African country of Tanzania. The goal of the trip was to document and create a compelling film that captured the clean water needs of the region and the efforts of Thirst Relief International. Cinematographers Anton Lorimer and Bob Davis shot the project in a documentary style that attempts to capture the real struggles and efforts of the people in Africa. Kenny Kim was the designated photographer and blogger that relayed the day to day progress to the rest of the world. Jim Davis-Hicks acted as guide and spokesperson of Thirst Relief. Post production/editing was performed by Lorimerworks. We are so excited to share the final version of the documentary video.

To make A Donation to Thirst Relief International. $5.00 goes a long way, $10.00 goes even further, etc... For the price of a Starbucks latte, you can make a huge difference in the lives of many people.

To see all versions of the video at Thirst Relief's SmugMug site, click HERE

xoxoxo

~ Dawn & Bob

While at a fundraising event, Kim's best friend pretended to know Greg just so she could introduce her to the "cute" guy. The plan worked...! After dating over a year, one morning Greg woke Kim early to watch the sun rise. Little did she know that he would propose to her on the beach!

We love Kim & Greg and we're super excited to see their wedding featured in THE KNOT Spring/Summer 2010 issue. Click HERE to see images from their wedding from our original blog post. Or HERE to see their amazing engagement session!

Thank you to the incredible team at THE KNOT for featuring Kim & Greg's wedding! And thank you Kenny Kim for 2nd shooting this wedding with Bob. You rock!

xoxoxo

~ Dawn & Bob

A huge thank you to Junebug Weddings for selecting us to be part of their very prestigious list of wedding photography "Best Of" list for 2009. We are so excited to be amongst so many wonderful photographers. Thank you!!!

To see all the photographers and photographs chose: Check it out here! JuneBug Weddings www.junebugweddings.com

I know, call me silly for being excited about spending advertising dollars but I cannot be more happy to be advertising with Grace Ormonde in their Platinum Listing for 2009 & 2010. We've never advertised before and we have decided this year to give it a try and see the goodness that comes from it. And what better magazine than Grace Ormonde Wedding Style. Thank you to our sweet and super funny friend, Ray Santana for hooking us up! You are the best and we love you! If you are a photographer reading this, check out Ray's Pro Photo Hub. It's a great resource to find all the newest and best tools!

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.

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!