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Sick Day

April 20, 2012/1 Comment/in Photos, Tate /by Megan

I am spending ANOTHER day at home with this little guy, who isn’t feeling very well. On one hand, I’m glad the kid is in daycare developing super-immunity…on the other hand, his poor body is just done. I took him to the doctor today and they were basically like, “Sorry, dude’s crabby.” Thanks for the tip, Doc, here’s $75!

In case you’re wondering (or are living under a rock) I’m still loving Instagram. I think the combo of two of my favorite digital mediums, photography and social media, has me slightly obsessed. It could be worse, I could be obsessed with cats or coupons or little porcelain dolls. So basically, I’m looking at this as a positive development.

Random editors note: I am working on some big changes around here (and around everywhere, actually) so if you notice some wonkiness on the site, please bear with me, as I’m not actually a web or graphic designer and sometimes I accidentally delete important code and freak out and random things disappear, like my sanity. But when it’s done, it will be magical. Hooray!

Dad and Lulu

April 19, 2012/0 Comments/in Family, Photos /by Megan

They walked through the garden, spotting eggs and snatching them up. She explained to him how the eggs were hidden, the best way to find them, and that the jumbo ones were dinosaur eggs.

She was dressed in her Easter finest, a dress from the stash left behind by girls who had spent years in dance and theater, along with a necklace of Grammy’s and sandals. He was also dressed to the nines, in the polo he’s worn since I was about ten years old, cargo shorts and sneakers. They were quite a pair.

I wonder if when he looks in her face, he sees me there, rolling my eyes and telling him he’s “just so lame.” I wonder if she can see the years of love on his face.

I think the answer is yes.

It’s Here! NYC + KC, The Book!

April 13, 2012/1 Comment/in Happiness, Kansas City, Photos /by Megan

Do you all remember waaaayyyy back in 2009? Back before Tate was even an idea in my head? Back when we had just moved to the suburbs? Back when doing the “put a ring on it” dance was considered so rad and totally new? Yeah, well, way back then my friend Theresa and I did a photo project called NYC + KC. A little reminder of the project:

We post pictures of whatever we happen to come upon each day, from street vendors to murals, from school papers to long commutes, from ski trips to morning coffee. Each day is a surprise to us and Iâ€™m so happy weâ€™ve decided to do this. Our plan is to post one picture every day for a year, although who knows how long this will last. On some days, pictures donâ€™t get posted until late at night, other days theyâ€™re posted by 8 a.m., just depends on the bob and weave of life.

Well, we did make it through an entire year. And though there were days (weeks…months) where we wanted to quit, we just kept right on shooting. Ever since we completed the project, we knew we wanted to put together a book of our experiences, but as things like this often do, it got away from us. We both had jobs and then we each decided to have a baby, and before we knew it, two years had passed and our book still wasn’t made.

No longer, people. May I present NYC + KC: A Year of Photos Between Friends:

You guys, I can’t even begin to describe how proud I am of this book. The whole journey of this project was so wonderful and enlightening, but to see it replayed several years later and look back on it with new eyes was such an amazing thing. I can’t speak for Theresa, but I was in tears as I opened it for the first time.

What’s that? You want one of these for yourself? An NYC + KC book of your very own? Well, I can help you with that! You can buy your own copy of NYC + KC: A Year of Photos Between Friends at Blurb dot com. You can also preview a selection from the book on Blurb, just in case you need a little more convincing (and if you do check out the preview, you need to look at the back cover…it’s one of my favorite parts of the book).

Please click here to purchase NYC + KC: A Year of Photos Between Friends.

Lastly, thank you. If you’re reading this you’re probably someone who supported either Theresa or I in this process, and that makes you awesome. High fives all around!

P.S. Please note, the eBook is now available for purchase as well, for only $5! Hooray for technology!

My New Boyfriend

April 9, 2012/1 Comment/in Fun, Gimme, Photos /by Megan

Did you all hear I have a new boyfriend? Yup, you know it. It’s an iPhone! Tangible proof that prolonged nagging works, people!

(P.S. Thanks husband!)

My cute little iPhone has already simplified my life in so many ways, but the biggest advantage is it’s made me excited to create again, now that I always have a tool to capture a moment or video and then tweak it to my heart’s content…le sigh. I love it so.

This weekend I messed around with Instagram and a video app called iSuper8, which takes video and grains it up. I didn’t capture as much as I planned (or wanted to), but I put together a little movie with what I did get. It think it bodes well for some future storytelling.