Lane Weddings – the blog. – Omaha Wedding Photographer

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The turkey isn’t fully digested yet, and the Christmas season is already in full-stride.

This mother-and-son duo are riding in the back seat of their family car, gazing at the annual Grand Island Community Festival of Lights.

I do love the lights.

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Nebraska is full of beauty if you are willing to look.

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My friend Travis Heying (right) just got back from a couple months of photographing in Baghdad for Knight Ridder newspapers. A group of us went down to Wichita to throw him a “glad-your-not-dead party”. The weekend was spent with this strange dichotomy of listening to him play very American guitar chords (think “Sweet Home Alabama”) and telling stories of the hellish city where he just came back from. It pained me to hear about the children whose young bodies were pierced by American bullets. It all left me with this strangeness where I am glad to be in the United States, where I am safe and largely free; but it’s hard to be proud of my citizenship.

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I’ve been a customer relations associate for Cabela’s lately. It makes me feel disconnected to the photo world that I used to be a part of.