Monthly Archives: November 2009

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2009 Holiday Sale

Gosh…I think it’s the 3rd annual…..crazy!

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Check out our flipbook album from the most recent blog posting.

Sexy new album

To say we are proud to be offering these new albums is an understatement.  Our new 8×20 flipbook albums are absolutely to die for!

Closed, the book sits on your lap measuring 8×20 inches.  The spine is alligned along the top of the book, allowing the viewer to flip the book open to whopping 16×20 spreads.  Add brilliant craftsmanship and dozens of cover options including leathers, silks, glass and metal, this ultra-sexy book is dying for your customization.

Photos can only do this book so much justice.  We welcome our clients to come into the studio to put your hands on this delicious album.  It truly is the kind of book that will make your friends and family go gaga over your wedding photos!

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Several (hundred) photos from Husker Senior day.

Some time-lapse play from the 2009 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game in Lincoln, Nebraska. If I thought this was any better, I’d maybe edit the sequence of it, lengthen some parts, shorten some others.

But as it is, it is chronological and mostly unedited. Likely not going to do anything more with it–as I’ve already put more time into than I should–but I thought I would share it all the same.

Technical: 1220 still frame images shot with a Canon 5d.  Lenses: EF 16-35 2.8 and EF 70-200 2.8 IS.  Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (image editing)  and MemoriesOnTV (slideshow).

Husker Senior Day 2009 from Lane Hickenbottom on Vimeo.

Angela + Lincoln: Good times!

I usually get along with all my clients pretty well, but every once in a while there is a client whose interactions with me make my job especially fun.  Angela is that kind of person.  She was a riot on her wedding day, constantly flipping me sh%t, laughing, and having herself a great day.  And she couldn’t have married a better guy.  Lincoln is just a very well-meaning, all-around nice guy.  On top of that, I really enjoyed both of their mothers, who both made me feel right at home.

And Angela, if you see this, maybe you’ll leave a comment below as to who your florist was.  Very cool, non-conventional stuff.

Thanks for such a great wedding!

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Feeding the ego….

…as if it needed it.

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Ivy + James: Swan Song

What might be my last engagement session of the season was with a very cool couple, James and Ivy.  We spent a recent evening in downtown, making a nice collection of images.  While shooting at the Leahy Mall, Ivy warned me that swans can be vicious.  I shrugged off her warning a little bit; afterall, I had photographed in this same spot near the same swans maybe a dozen other times without problem.

Sure enough, this would be the time the swans decided to take issue with my invasion of their space.  More than once I had to stand my ground.  Okay…more than once I had to retreat.  It really wasn’t such an issue except for images where I was shooting low to the ground with my back turned towards them.

Pesky backstabbin’ birds!

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Coming or Going?

Which do y’all like better of Levi and Avery?

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Lindsey + Ryan: Rockin’ the Nebraska City scene

How could anybody not love Nebraska City in autumn?  When Ryan and Lindsey said they wanted to shoot their engagement session in Nebraska City, I gave them two enthusiastic thumbs up!  We really couldn’t have been there on a better day as far as the colors were concerned.  Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

And now I have to just sit and eagerly wait for June, because when a member of the Lempka clan gets married, they really know how to party!

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Laura + Andrew: FAC

I don’t shoot a whole lot of Friday weddings, but Laura and Andrew put good use to a Friday afternoon last month.  I already blogged an image of St. John’s at dusk from that wedding, but also promised to blog more once I started working on the images.

I love this first image.  Anybody who’s familiar with my work knows I love shooting wide when I can get away with it.  I love grand visual spaces where I can incorporate my subject as small part of their environment.  This was shot at Creighton University when Laura and Andrew first saw each other.  Afterward we shot in several beautiful portraits in the same general location before moving into the church.

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