view from my iphone: emily and colin's wedding

yesterday i was so overwhelmed with all the amazing pictures we got from our weekend away i had to take an extra day off blogging just to keep my head on straight.  steve and i are still grinning back and forth at each other with how much fun we had.  we can't believe how lucky we are to know such incredible people and how fortunate we are to be able to spend such a fun weekend with friends and a little bit of sight seeing!  the long drive was definitely more than worth it.  mr. and mrs. b, can you please get married again every year?

it sure is exciting to think that steve and i will be the ones getting married next september!  i didn't think it was possible to be more pumped to marry steve, but after this weekend we can barely stand to wait!  i'll be posting our photos in spurts as time permits.  for now, here's a look at the wedding festivities.

me and steve with my sister sarah and her fiance dave.  a snazzy crew ready for the rehearsal dinner!

^^ rehearsal dinner fun! ^^

steve gettin' ready!!

me and the beautiful bride!!

first dance

toasting the bride and groom!

omg bubbles!!  omg glowsticks!!

if you follow me on instagram you've probably already seen a lot of these pictures.  don't worry there will be more!  i got some great ones of the ceremony with my macro lens!  woohoo aisle seat!

weddings are also like college reunions when you are in your early twenties.  in case you can't tell how awesome that is from this picture, you'll just have to take my word for it.

sarah and the best man, russell!

arriving in style!

mom and dad of the bride's toast!

cupcakes!!!!!!!!

mazel tov mr. and mrs. b!!

:)

if you can believe it, that's not even all the fun we had over the weekend!  thanks to both families for showing everyone such a great time!  have fun in new zealand em and cobra!  we're already green with honeymoon envy!

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chicago saturday

on saturday steve and i got up early and drove to chicago for an adventure at the field museum and a walk through millennium park.  we ended up doing a lot more trucking around than we planned on, but the weather was beautiful and we had an absolutely amazing time.  expect more photos (i was a crazy camera lady), but for now here's a little iphonery:

omg narwhals!!

steve in egypt.

rawr!!!

there was a whole ton of taxidermy at the field museum.

seriously though, lots of taxidermy.

the happiest dead bear.

taking pictures in the bean!

thanks for being fun chicago!

hope everybody had as great a weekend as we did!

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vsco grid

if you love mobile photography like i do (wait you didn't know that yet?) you should probably already be familiar with vsco cam.  it is an app with some of the easiest and most essential editing tools:  everyone digs it because it is awesome.  there is a good chance you've seen some of my vsco edited pictures on instagram.  the app allows seamless sharing with a lot of other social networks.  it's really just tops if you love snapping iphone photos as much as i do.

previously a $0.99 app, vsco is now free and recently announced their new visual portfolio platform vsco grid.  it is less focused on social networking than instagram and provides a simple, clean mobile photography portfolio for vsco users.  right now, your vsco grid can only be created by request to promote "long term sustainability" of the function.  this morning, my grid request was confirmed by vsco and i feel very lucky to be one of the early users of the new function!

i'm having an absolute blast with it so far and i would love to check out your vsco grid if you're already a part of it.  if not i highly recommend checking it out!

view my grid at:

becky.vsco.co