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We're still not home! Can you believe it?

Briton and Carlos were married in the LDS D.C. Temple last weekend. Here's just a little something to hold you over until we get home from our vacation!

Dreamboats.

We can't wait for their wedding in May!

Dave and Diane are two of the most legit people we know. It's the truth!

Also, two of the best looking.

Michael and Nora are sweethearts. We can't wait for their wedding in June! It will be beautiful. And warm.

Anyone else tired of winter?

Just a taste, There's more to come later this week!

35mm fuji color. Yo Gabba Gabba kite, $1!!!

We just had a film scanning blitz after our new epson scanner got here. So. Deal with it. haha.

35mm fuji color. Canon FTb.

Some janky b&w chad had which made the dreamiest shots of all time!

Beau and Victoria. Fuji instax instant film.

San Francisco. 1970's Canon FTb.

Juli has an infectious smile. Mike is genuinely kind. We like them :)

We stayed with my grandma in Salt Lake this weekend. These are the things I think of when I think of my grandma's house.

There's plenty more where this came from...

I was re-exporting some pictures for a print order and found these. I love them. I love Kellen and Erin too! They're our brother and sister-in-law who live in Seattle and we don't get to see very often. It was so nice to see them back in the fall. Hopefully they'll come visit us in Massachusetts? Please?

Keep the formspring questions coming! Also, would someone send me a question or email if the comment box is being wonky on their computer?
ASK US A QUESTION!

Turkey. Cheddar. Avocados. Tomatoes. and Mustard. Perfection. I love sandwiches.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. We'll be out shooting a wedding :)

I forgot to post about this last week, I don't know how. We found out what our baby is! It's a BOY! We couldn't believe it. We were sure it was a girl. I'm pretty sure mother's intuition is made up haha. We're so happy to finally know what the baby is, it makes it more real, he can have a name now and we can buy him clothes and other ridiculous things he doesn't need. Meet baby christopher! So cute and so good at getting his picture taken already!

This is sort of an old frame, but I just wanted to post it, because i love it so much. I'm going to try and blog at least one image every day. I'm going to try my hardest I sweeeaaaar. Wedding  season is here! We can't wait to get out there and shoot like crazy before our move to Mass in what was that? Yes, 10 weeks! CRAZY! We're really excited to get to meet a bunch of new brides when we go out to house hunt in a few weeks. I love our clients. They feel more like friends to me by the time we're done. It's really important to us to get to know our clients really well and have good relationships with them. I want there to be trust between us and a lot of laughs. I don't want to just be the person who shows up with a camera on your wedding day. On another note! We got a formspring account, all the hipsters are doing it. If you want to ask us questions, any question, you can! Click HERE!

As you may have noticed our blog and website have undergone some drastic changes! We couldn't be happier with the way things have turned out. We feel much more at home with our new branding, it's much more "us". It's so important to have branding that reflects you as a business, and as people. With these new visual changes come some business changes! We are now Rebecca Hansen Weddings!! We will no longer be accepting family or children commissions, we will be happy to refer you on to some of our amazing friends :)  We hope you all love our new look as much as we do. We're looking forward to our busy spring/summer schedule. So come back often for new weddings and engagements!

{I apologize to those of you who are trying to access mulitple pages on our site, we're having some text color issues, but they should be resolved soon. If you're looking for our pricing information email me.}

I love the colors in these images. There's just something perfect to me about a nice yellow and red together. That's probably why I wear those colors together so often, people probably think I look like a kindergartener. Oh well, I don't care, I am who I am. I love color. I think that's why I don't like winter very much. The snow is beautiful to me at first, because it's different and I've forgotten about how cold and miserable it is, but I eventually remember. Spring and summer are full of color, and I love that. I'm so glad it's march. Bring on spring!

I have been meaning to write about this for quite some time but just haven't had the chance to. In November (yeah. that long ago) we went to Seattle to have a mentor session with Sarah Rhoads. It was amazing. We spent the whole day with her and Chris talking about every aspect of our business, from our branding, to editing, workflow, shooting, working with clients, everything. It was so good to sit down with someone who (we think) is extremely successful and pick their brains. We feel so much more confident about the direction our business is going now and we can't thank them enough! I can say we genuinely love Sarah and Chris and we hope to see them again in the future. We were super thrilled to be able to have a short session with them also and get some amazing pictures taken. If any of you have been considering taking a workshop or have a mentor session with someone you admire and respect, do it! You won't regret it. It will help your business immensely.

This post is mostly for our friends the Binghams, who love typewriters.

We had the opportunity to visit the SFMOMA while we were in San Francisco a few weeks ago, it was amazing! It was just the thing Chad and I needed. It was really inspiring to see so much wonderful modern art and design in the same place. I wish I could write more, but my brain hurts too much to think of anything else to say today.

A lot of people have been bugging me for "baby bump" pictures, so here you go! I'm finally showing enough for it to be worthy of a picture :) 11 days til we found out what the bean is!

While we were in California we went to the beach in Santa Cruz for some funtivities. We chased seagulls. Found some seashells.

Today I was thinking about some of the things I think make us successful in life and in our business, and I wanted to share one of those with you. I have always felt that being a positive, upbeat person is important. It wasn't until just recently that I realized how important that is.

To put it simply, if you think bad things are going to happen to you, bad things will happen to you. If you think good things are going to happen, then good things will happen. The bad and the good will always happen, but it's what we choose to make of each that people see and eventually bring more good, or more bad into our lives.

I feel so lucky that we are able to do what we do and work with the amazing people we work with. Too often I  hear photographers complaining about having to deal with this aspect of their business or this one, and I think "wait, aren't you LUCKY you get to do that?". We have an amazingly blessed life and we shouldn't take it for granted. Yes, doing our own taxes is hard, yes, not having dental insurance is a drag, but consider tha alternative...9-5 at a desk. We get to travel the world, meet new, interesting people, and spend more time with our families than most everyone. We should be grateful and positive. We shouldn't be looking over our "neighbor's" fences seeing what they're doing. That's not important. They will run their business their way and we will do things our way. It's not important who's being featured where, and what they're making. I believe if you focus on your business, stay positive, and try your hardest good things will happen to you.

Last week we went to California to see our new nephew Clark, we did some portraits of him while we were there and I wanted so share one frame for all the grandparents who can't wait...

This is how we celebrated. Paper heart mobiles. Flowers {from chad} and chocolate cupcakes dripping in chocolate sauce and white chocolate dipped strawberries. Simple and wonderful. I love Chad a lot.

Matt and Lindsay have been good friends of mine for a few years, we all come from the same area of Massachusetts. Lindsay and I went to church together, which meant going to youth activites every  week and girls camp every summer. I am so happy she's marrying Matt, I couldn't pick a kinder, more perfect guy for her. Matt and I became friends through church too, and we even went on a date once, haha.  The love that they share is so evident. Matt has so much love and respect for Lindsay and you can see it when you're around them. I LOVE THEM!!  I'm super sad we won't be able to be at their wedding in April, but I'm so glad we got to take their engagements.

Just you wait for the rest of these. They will melt your heart. and brain.

I love when chad buys me flowers, it's one of my favorite things. Little things like that make me so happy.

I love our cat, even though I want to throw her out the window half the time for scratching me. jumping on the counters, and puking on the rug. Life would addmittedly be boring without her.

I love chad, and I really love days when we just get to sit around all day together doing nothing.

A few days ago it was our one year anniversary! It's been a really amazing year full of lots of growing, learning, traveling, snuggling, and surprises. We're so excited about life! We are expecting a baby in July, moving to New England, and are just excited with the growth of our business. We love each other so much and just can't imagine life without one another. So in light of our anniversary I thought I'd share some of OUR wedding pictures shot by the amazing Jason McGrew. We love him and his work. All you utah peeps better call him once we're gone!

I had a hard time thinking of things to say in this blog post, mostly because my brain and body are being rocked by pregnancy hormones and a cold right now. BUT...I kept thinking how awesome Heidi and Andrew are. They are our smarty pants couple. Heidi goes to Stanford and is studying engineering and Andrew is studying (please don't hate me if I get this wrong) political science at USU. We had a great time in the snow and wandering around a great used book store in Logan last week. They are super interesting people and we're really looking forward to their backyard wedding in May!

Wow! 2009 was a crazy amazing year for us! It started out with our wedding and the beginning of rebecca hansen photography. In our wildest imaginations, we could not have dreamed of such a wonderful first year of marriage and of business. Photography has taken us all over the country to spend time with the most amazing couples. It has been a great adventure and we are looking forward to an even more amazing 2010 filled with weddings, a graduation, a cross country move, and a baby hansen.

But this is BY FAR our  favorite picture...

Merry Christmas!
I know this post is coming a couple days after christmas, but who cares.
It was our first christmas as a family, and we spent it right here at home. It was wierd not being surrounded by family with soirees to attend, but we loved it. It was our own little christmas.

While we were in Seattle we stayed with Chad's brother Kellen and his family. Kellen is busy in his second year of medical school and Erin is busy keeping up with cole and baby gracie. We had a really great time just sitting around and hanging out with them, but on this particular day, we had a great time exploring a bit of alki beach.
Merry Christmas you guys!

We had a really wonderful time taking them out to the middle of nowhere and covering their poor feet in snow with the promise of hot chocolate afterwards. They are beautiful people who you can't stop smiling and laughing around and have an infectious love for one another. We're really excited for their D.C. wedding in April so stay tuned for those! Meet Briton and Carlos:

During our Thanksgiving trip to Seattle we took a day out to go up to Vancouver, BC to explore. It was nothing at all like we had expected. We had a nice time, but didn't fall in love with it. We did fall in love with Stanley Park, though. Here are a few shots from our exploration of the park.

While we were in Seattle, we had the chance to finally spend time with the shumates. We know them through some mutual friends, but had never sat down with them before. We hit it off and had a really great time shooting some portraits with them. We lost light really fast, but managed to make a few good frames before they took over and worked their lighting magic. Check out what they shot of us HERE.

We spent thanksgiving week in seattle and had the chance to spend time with chad's brother kellen, his wife erin and their kids cole and gracie. Here is one frame from many that we'll hopefully post soon.

A few weeks ago, we made a quick weekend trip to visit chad's parents in Alberta Canada. We love spending time with them and we are always so humbled by their generosity and love.