happy new year!

Wishing you lots of luck in the new year from Blackbird Film Company!

Photo by Prima Luce Studio.

batman & friends

This weekend was pretty intense. All my family was in town, including my cousin from Arizona, to see  Paul McCartney's "Out There" concert, which was the best moment in life for everyone there. Disney was right, dreams really do come true when you wish upon a star. That and catching the announcement on the radio one day on your way to work, almost crashing your car because you realize that you found out in time to buy tickets the day they go on sale. And to top it all off you live down the street from the box office, so internet fees and waiting forever online only to timeout, refresh the page, and losing your place in line can go to hell. After years of skipping over Austin, Sir Paul finally decided to grace this great town with his presence and we got to go. Here is the culmination of the weekend at our parents best-friends-from-the-military son's wedding. Photos from Texas Photo Party.

young love

People always ask what love is. What is love? This is one of those questions that doesn't have a definite answer. I'm not one to answer this question either. But I think most of us can agree on what love isn't, and it isn't easy. It can lift you up and it can ground you in the same second. It can be good, bad, and ugly courtesy of Mr. Leone. Why do we always strive to find this thing that no one can define, something that these days we are either falling in or out of? The real question is if it were easier would it then be worth our efforts?

Bertha & Stephen - Somerville, Texas - 2012

mom & dad

I love going back and looking at old photos. Actual photographs that were developed and printed and stuck in a box somewhere in the storage closet and also digital photos that you find in the hidden corners of your hard drive. Ones that you forgot about. I love it when you find a great photo that you passed over the first time and rediscover it on second glance. These are my favorite type of photos. This is one I found of my mom and dad not too long ago. I took the picture just last year at my cousin's wedding. I love the way they are looking at each other, after all these years it's exactly the same as photos found in the box from when I was a kid.

Mom & Dad - Vashon Island, Washington - 2011