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Hello friend, 

It's warming up, summer is just a month away, but it's already in the air, just above the surface, just waiting. Since I'm not in school anymore, summertime isn't what it used to be. As a wedding photographer, my days are often filled with lens flare and loving couples, and the hot summer nights are cooled by open windows as I edit into the night, face blue with the glow of my computer. 

I've been traveling a bit lately (London for the first time and 
Vancouver to talk at the Canada Photo Convention a few weeks ago) and am actually currently writing this this a few hours before shooting a wedding in Hawaii. But with all the moving around, I've been finding myself day dreaming more than usual. 



Like, I wonder if ghosts have nightmares they're alive again. If they're haunted by their memories of feelings, like hair being pulled, paper cuts, and heartache. If they're scared of stuck in a place of life again, where their bodies could still feel pain and the sun burns your skin; bound by the walls and gravity. 

I wonder if acorns know their own potential. If they sit on the ground feeling powerful until they become trees or if they feel very little and unimportant. 

I wonder the weather is good where you are. If your afternoons are filled with daydreams, and if you are feeling happy. 

I hope you are.


 x x x
 Nessa

THINGS I'VE FOUND AROUND THE INTERNET

FOR YOUR EYES

This collection of photos by Alison Scarpulla has me reeling. Surreal analog photography that feels mystical and dark and other times, fantastical and free. There's a nod to the occult, the incorporation of crystals, skulls, and smoke, and most photos feel like the subject is waiting for their own morbid inevitability.

FOR YOUR MOUTH

Can I get TMI for a minute? Oh, but I'm going to. I've had issues with my stomach for over 5 years. It's caused me to take on a ton of different diets, but 5+ years of elimination diets not cutting it, I'm finally being tested for Celiac in June. Did you know you had to be eating gluten to be tested for Celiac? I was gluten-free for 6 months and now it's back with a vengeance. 

So this recipe for homemade pretzels came to me an an awesome time. Not only do they 100% make me think of summertime baseball games, but I actually get to eat them (with some painful, bittersweet contentment) while I wait for June to roll around. 

FOR YOUR EARS

I wanted to share some songs I've been loving since the weather's warming up. 
  1. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
  2. Emmylou - First Aid Kit
  3. Pretty Eve in the Tub - God Help The Girl
  4. We Will Become Sillhouettes - The Shins (cover)
  5. I'll Have to Dance with Cassie - God Help The Girl
  6. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
  7. The Light is You - Said the Whale
  8. Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

FOR THE BOOKSHELF

I want to move into one of those homes featured in Mary Randolph Carter's books. I want to shoot weddings in them and drink coffee in front of a wall of collected paintings and postcard collections. Carter put together the homes and various treasures of 17 collectors in a book called "Never Stop to Think... Do I Have a Place for This?" and I'm swooning over them all. 
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AND LATELY ON THE BLOG

- MICHELE & DUSTIN - 

I love Wes Anderson. And I love people who love Wes Anderson. And I love people who love that I love Wes Anderson. This session is lighthouses, maps, and perfection.

- WEDDING LIGHTING - 

An article for anyone planning a wedding about how to plan for great lighting on your wedding day. From getting ready to portraits to ceremony to reception.

GO TO NESSAK.COM FOR MORE GOODNESS

My name is Nessa K and I'm DC wedding photographer. I wanted to share a few things I love; thank you for reading along! If you would like to reach out to me, please do drop me a line at info@nessakphotography.com. 

And darling, let's be friends: 
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