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Every week, while the beautiful new couple is chowing down on their elegantly scrumptious dinner, we sneak in and steal the rings. And every week we get to watch the new Mr. & Mrs. wiggle, moan, twist, struggle and pull with all their might…. just to get that new shiny goodness off of their fingers.

It’s so stinkin’ cute.

I don’t even remember capturing these images. But they are priceless.

Congrats Justin+Sarah! Soak up all that sun in the Carribean for us while we jealously deal with the return of the Seattle rain.

At least it’s how we rolled at tonights off-the-hizzy wedding.

So every Friday for the past few months I’ve developed this little routine. And for being a person with very little rhythm to my life, I’ve been loving the regularity to which I prepare for our Saturday weddings. I could give you a step by step process, but that would be boring, and quite frankly…. I’m guessing you don’t care. (I wouldn’t.)

But the cliff notes version looks like this: drag all the gear out of the office. lay it all out. lens check. lens clean. battery check. charge low batteries. organize memory cards. check camera time stamps. put gear in bag. format memory cards. pack them into card holders. hit the sack.

And just in case you are wondering how many memory cards a few wedding photographers use…. well about this many:

Yep. That’s 60GB. In 2 & 4GB cards. That way if a card takes a dive, there isn’t much at risk. Yet to happen. Yet.

So there you have it… the cliff notes version to our wedding day prep. We try to get everything checked out the night before so that if any gear is acting funny, we can swing by Glazers in the morning.

So about that hitting the sack step….

Today is my little brothers 21st birthday and I wanted to send him some internet love! His name is actually Aaron, but has long been called Merlin by our nieces and it stuck with the rest of the world. Merlin is currently living in Florida, and it has been way too long since we’ve seen his cute little face.

So here’s to the best little brother I could ever ask for! We love you bro! Happy Birthday!

(merlin atop Whistler mountain)

Hey all. A big thanks to both Laura and Marjan who recently kicked off some reviews of us at a few spots on the web. Your words were oh’ so kind and we were pleasently surprised to find your reviews!

So we thought we would spread the word and let you know that we are now both on Yelp! and WeddingWire. So if you would like to leave us some love and spread the Brighten goodness, feel free to drop on by and leave a little review. We’d be oh’ so grateful!

Today is sunny. And that is marvelous. Happy Friday.