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February 3, 2017August 28, 2025Celebrations, Family Legacy, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

How to Choose the Right Photographer and Videographer for Your Wedding

It’s wedding season in the Kessler family! Our daughter Molly is getting married this July, and our son Sam’s wedding is in May 2018, so our family is in full wedding mode right now as we plan these two big events. Finding good vendors for your wedding (like caterers, DJs, etc.) can be a challenge. For both of our upcoming family weddings, we are utilizing the services of wedding planners to make the process go more smoothly and keep our sanity. I’m not an expert on event planning, so I’m happy to release control to those who are – but […]

September 10, 2016August 28, 2025Celebrations, Family Legacy, Photo Albums, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

The 4-Step Process for Creating a Meaningful Photo Guest Book

Our daughter Molly recently got engaged to her boyfriend Michael. We are thrilled for both of them, and can’t wait to officially welcome Michael to the family! As we start to plan the wedding, I started thinking about different ways to create a guest book for their wedding. I’ve focused my business on telling stories with photos (and it’s one of my favorite things to do), so I’d like to design a book that focuses on Molly and Michael’s relationship, and on their guests. After all, their guests are the people who are most important to them, and they will […]

August 29, 2016November 14, 2025Celebrations, Memories and Tributes, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

6 Creative Ways to Incorporate Photos Into Your Wedding

Congratulations! You’re getting married! You and your fiancé will be gathering all your closest friends and family members together in one place for the day. Very few people at your ceremony and reception will know everyone else in the room, so using photos in your wedding can be a fun way to let your guests get to know one another. You can also snag photos of informal magical moments from the day that won’t necessarily be captured by your professional photographer. Here are some ideas for incorporating photos into your ceremony and reception: 1. Include older photos to showcase your families’ […]

August 8, 2016August 26, 2026Family Legacy, Photo Albums, Storytelling, VacationsBy Julie Kessler

How to Organize Your Vacation Photos (While You’re Still on Vacation)

You’ve just returned home from your vacation to Mexico. You’ve shaken the sand out of your shoes, unpacked all your travel clothes, and you’re just starting to think about going back to work tomorrow. Before you head back to your office, you sit down at your computer to share some of your trip images with your sister – and that’s when you realize that your vacation photos are a bit of a mess. Some of the photos are in your phone, and some in your kids’ phones. The rest are in your digital SLR camera – and you’re not even […]

November 20, 2015August 29, 2026Celebrations, Memories and Tributes, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

Writing the Holiday Card Letter

So you’ve decided the write a letter to include with your holiday card. Every year you’ve read the letters from your friends and thought to yourself “I’ll do that next year.” Well this is it! If you’re like me, you have a favorite style that you look forward to reading. And it’s likely not the 3-page version that chronicles each and every event that occurred in the family’s past 12 months! In the final part of this series, I’ll share some pitfalls to holiday letter writing and some suggestions for sharing the best of your year! Guidelines for Writing a […]

November 18, 2015August 29, 2026Celebrations, Family Legacy, Memories and Tributes, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

Choosing the Right Photos for your Holiday Card

This is the year. You’re determined to send a holiday card and you want to include photos. If this is our first time down this road, there are a three considerations: timeline, people, and style. What’s your Timeline? Do you want this to arrive before the holidays? Or are you content with having it arrive sometime before the New Year chimes in? The timing can affect whether you can involve a professional photographer. You need to allow enough time for scheduling the photo shoot, ordering the card, processing (1-2 weeks) and then sending it. Some card companies offer a mail […]

November 17, 2015August 26, 2026Celebrations, Family Legacy, StorytellingBy Julie Kessler

How to Create a Personal Holiday Card and Letter

It’s the holiday season – that time of year when holiday cards and letters arrive – in the mail! This tradition can be a rare opportunity to reconnect with loved ones from our lives. The card we choose, the photos we use and the message we send are telling indicators of our relationships and the things we value the most. We live in an age when we share more about our ideal selves and less about our true selves. Between trying to measure up to that standard and thinking about sending a holiday card, the whole process could feel […]