I'm married!

It is official. We are married! I can safely say it was the best day of my life. I'll post more when we return from our honeymoon. Some of the photos are already on David Hill's blog.

ACL

I'm photographing ACL for Rolling Stone and having the time of my life! Festivals usually get me down because of the excessive walking, heat and rude security guards, but this festival has been going surprisingly well. I can't share any images yet, but my wonderful wedding photographer (and friend) David Hill sent me these today. I never realized just how large my cameras look until I see them in a photo or have someone else pointing one at me. :)

Zach Plague - Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring

My dear college friends Zach and Ryan are on a book tour with Zach's new book Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring. They had a great reading at Book People on Monday night. It was fun to hear all of the readings by guest readers as well. Particularly Ryan's story about vampires. I highly recommend checking out Zach's publishing company Feather Proof Books. It's fun to see how successful my old friends are becoming. Oh... also of note the photo on the front of the Boring boring boring boring boring book is by yours truly. :)

News Flash

Mary and Scott are getting married! He asked me last night. I could not be any happier. I am marrying the sweetest most wonderful person I have ever met. We are going to (already do) have an AMAZING life together. To answer the questions everyone has asked - we do not have a date set and the proposal was very romantic. :)

Just another day on the job...

I had a fun adventure yesterday. I flew to Marion Ohio with only a few hours notice to photograph a steel mill. The photos from the shoot are amazing, but I can't share them on the blog. I can however share this one I had taken for my mom. :)

Sydney's first day at work.

AWWW!!! No big deal. Just a portrait with a newborn and dog all looking awesome! Can you believe how great Skyler looks? She is already back to her pre-baby weight. WOW!!! I'd be happy if I could loose my freshman 15... or my post college 30. Anyways. I know y'all are probobly getting sick of Sydney photos but this one was just too sweet not to share.

Jingle Ball

The famed Jingle Ball was this weekend. This annual event is always a Who's Who of Austin movers and shakers. Our politicking friend Andy Brown is on "The Committee" so we got an invite. :) It was great to be a guest and not "the photographer". The Nash Hernandez Orchestra kept the crowd entertained. Notable guests included style avatar Stephen Moser, lobbyist extraordinair Lawrence Collins, Do512 founders Jimmy Stewart and Scott Owens, and MANY MANY others.

Chumby!!!

Yea! Scott surprised me with a very cool birthday gift... a Chumby. I'd never scene or heard of the Chumby before today. Here is the description from the Chumby site...

The chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows — nonstop — what's online that matters to you.

I've already downloaded a few fun widgets - I have icanhascheezburger , Chumby 9000 and The Daily Puppy. (remember when Disco was on the Daily Puppy?)

The Chumby software is still in beta, but it will auto update. Yea! I'm going to try and add my Do512 widget and see if it will load on my toy. This is REALLY nerdy -- My user name is Mary on the Chumby site. :) I love getting to be Mary on websites/social networking services.

Marfa - To go or not to go??

Chinapi Fest 2008 is this week in Marfa. I reserved a hotel room a year ago for the event. It's a long drive. Scott won't go with me. I've been the last few years and it is getting old, but it is always a great picturing taking weekend for me. Hopefully I'll make up my mind today. If I decide not to go does anyone want my room?

Costa Rica!

Yea. We are going to Costa Rica in February. So... if you are want me to photograph your wedding between Feb 3-14 you will have to reschedule your nuptials. If you've been to Costa Rica please pass travel advice along! We are still looking for great places to stay and trying to decide if we want to rent a car or take computer flights.

Uncles Paradise Rolling Roadshow

Last night was a very special treat! As part of the Alamo Drafthouse's Fantastic Fest Uncles Paradise was screened in Tim's front yard. The movie was projected onto a mini version of the Rolling Roadshow screen. The food was amazing and featured seared Ahi tuna and an assortment of other TASTY treats. The champagne bottles were opened with a saber! And my old friend Mike Curtis was in attendance! I didn't even know he is currently residing in the USA.

Oct 26 - Save the Date!

Sledd Photo and Do512 are having a HUGE studio opening party Oct 26. RSVP info is coming soon. There will be lots of Titos, Sweatleaf, Redbull and Fattire. The talent is TBA, but with Do512 doing the booking it is guaranteed to be good! Party starts at 9pm. Wear a costume. The photos are from last years Do512 Halloween launch party.

Party for Satya

I love this photo of my mom holding her first grandchild! The pearls are my favorite part. I love wearing pearls. My mom gave me my first set when I was in Jr. High. :) I wanted to give Satya pearls at the baby shower, but I couldn't find a set I was in love with so I settled on a very cute spoon with a giraffe handle. I'll post more shower photos soon.

Faith Gay art opening...

Austin artist Faith Gay is having an art opening at D Berman gallery this Thursday night. Her work is colorful and fun. Not sure I understand what it means, but I like looking at it. :) Also this week is the Texas Prize Show at Arthouse on Friday night.

Christmas Cards

It is time to schedule your Christmas Card sittings. This is going to be my card this year. Extra special thanks go to David Hill for his lovely photography and mad Photoshop skills.

Goldie was STOLEN

Goldie my friend Lawrence's truck has been STOLEN!
Plate # - 94D DK2

UPDATE - GOLDIE HAS BEEN FOUND. SHE WAS VACATIONING IN AN AVIS PARKING LOT DOWNTOWN. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR TIPS. :)

The look I want...

Today has been sort of rough. My laptop died and the lovely Dell tech who came by the house was unable to fix it because it is a "software" problem and she only fixes hardware. Alas. I'm going to try just erasing everything and starting over.

Disco is sick. :( I took him the vet yesterday and he seems to be doing a bit better. Unfortanately I think the entire bedroom carpet will need to be replaced, OR we can take this as an opportunity to get rid of the yucky carpet and fix up the wood floors underneath. (BTW giant home project is the last thing my BF wants to read about this morning I'm sure.) The only upside to having a sick pup is that he is being SOOOO sweet. I'm sure it is just because he isn't feeling well, but wow is he much easier to take care of this way.

Veeta and Andy (my lovely aunt and uncle) who usually take care of my grandmother are out of town this week so I'm g-ma-sitting. It has been fun to spend hours talking to Ma about life and her history. Ma lives in a great old house in Tarrytown, but it makes some SCARY sounds at night. I felt like such a little kid, but the creaking and bumping kept waking me up. :)

Oh. Yet another photo of what I want my future studio furniture to look like. :) I'm sure y'all are tried of seeing samples, but I just can't help myself.

Skyler and Jimmy

My friends Skyler and Jimmy got married this Saturday at Green Pastures! We had a great time at the wedding. We were having SO much fun I only took a few pictures. Luckily the lovely and talented Jake Holt was on hand as the "official" photographer.