J & K {3.10. 2015}

someone please teach me how to only make small collections of photographs for blogposts. it seems to be impossible when I get to capture as beautiful weddings as this one. 

I don't really have the right words to describe this day and hopefully the pictures will do a better job. but let me tell you, my heart is full when I can photograph something like this. a wedding of dear friends where the bride happens to be a designer so every little detail is perfect and it takes place in the beautiful north of czech with the hills all around, on the last warm and sunny day of fall. I'm also working on a video so it was a very busy day, but so worth it. I had a second photographer shoot with me for the ceremony (Hana Polanska Photography) which was a great experience and she was so helpful since I had to take videos!

I hope these little memories tell you a story of a wonderful day and a beautiful couple surrounded by their loved ones. it surely was a special event to be a part of!

Belgium {fall 2015}

just like a year ago I made a trip to Belgium this year, to see my favorite Drabek. because I simply didn't know what to give her for her birthday, and realized that the best option was a proper Danek visit. so after a day trip to Amsterdam I took a train to Liege where I tried to take care of a very sick Drabek. we watched Downton Abbey, listened to good music, drank tea, made schnitzel, occasionaly went outside when Drabek's school demanded it, drank tea again, watched movie trailers, talked, laughed, cried. then I got sick too, of course. and we did all of that over again.
I failed to make a blogpost last year (maybe I still will one day), so I'm proud to say that this time it only took me a month.
<3 I miss this gem of a girl already!

Kristi&Pavel

I can't even tell you how hard it was to try to make a smaller selection from this beautiful wedding. because there are simply so many wonderful moments captured. easily described, this day was just so much fun. what can be better than a bride who doesn't stress out at all but with a smile runs around to help with last-minute details instead of getting dressed. ceremony outside, with the sun showing up, even in the end of september. an awesome first dance the couple prepared for their day, with the dad joining in. absolutely amazing photoshoot where the bride and groom do nothing but have fun and enjoy it to the fullest, and so do you as a photographer. or late night fireworks that totally exceed any expectation. here are memories to be cherished, and I am thankful I could capture them for these two.

Amsterdam

I think I'm more of a nature person, but there certainly are cities I enjoy visiting. Amsterdam just became my new favorite. it was the perfect place to reunite with my sister after three months apart. and it seemed like a dream to walk these streets with one house cuter than the other. one day was enough for me to fall in love with a city full of bikes, and canals, and houseboats, and design stores. and my favorite part was how it didn't feel touristy at all, people passing us by were simply living their everyday life. Amsterdam, you have a special place in my heart now. I'll be back.

the cabin {summer 2015}

the special place that holds so many memories. of my dad helping to build this cabin when he was just a boy. of my parents and their honeymoon and first summers of marriage. of our childhood. of breakfasts by the lake. of bonfires each night. of mushroom hunting. of scary rain storms. of silly games. visiting my dad's side of family. of moments in our lives when everything stopped. yes, that's what coming here always feels like. as if the time stopped. and no matter what exciting things I do all summer, coming here is always the best part. I don't think anything can replace the feeling I get as we turn left from the main road, and drive through the woods and then turn again and drive between the trees and then the little cabin suddenly stands before us. and we enter another world, the world of quietness. coming here feels different now than it did when I was little. still special though, maybe even more so now than back then. this summer it was playing guitar on the front porch as it rained, telling Josh stories of what my summers looked like, laughing by the fire, going on walks, taking cold swims in the lake, watching the sky change within seconds, taking special pictures of my parents for their 30th anniversary.

my words are not enough in trying to describe this place. I'll let the pictures speak. perhaps they'll do a better job.

M&V {22.8. 2015}

as I traveled from a week of sleeping in a tent and bunch of kids I wondered if it was a good idea to go shoot a wedding in my exhaustion. but as soon as I arrived to the place in the morning I knew it was going to be an amazing event to capture. and I was right. an old barn that was perfectly decorated with antique furtiture, little thought-through diy details wherever you looked, a bride with adjustable dress to look stunning for the ceremony but be able to dance away the night in a short skirt, a couple that explores abandon houses to take pictures in. and of course, the smiles and tears and love that will always bring my heart joy. and that I will forever be thankful to capture. 

thank you for letting me document you memories !

down in the valley, up at the mountaintops.

our summer adventures began with a trip deep into the beauty of a small village in Tirol, Austria. I've never had a view such as this from my window for a week.

my parents climbed every mountain in sight, it least it felt like it. me and Josh climbed a couple of them and simply rested and explored and enjoyed the beauty all around us the rest of the time. evenings were spent watching the sun set behind the mountaintops and sky turn dark blue color as we played music or talked at the balcony. the very few rainy days were spent sipping warm tea and watching the clouds roll over the mountains and cover the trees and fill the valley with mist.

as I sit here now two monts later and I think of how wonderful it was to be disconnected from the world for a bit. from the world that's fast, and busy, and computer screen, and to do lists. how wonderful it was to enjoy the life we've been given. I need to make more of my days worthwhile like this. 

pictures taken by either me or Joshua. 

naive dreams turning into a beautiful life.

it took me a long time to finally blog these, but I'm finally getting to it. this is Veronika. she is beautiful inside&out. she is very dear to my heart and even though life takes us in different directions and we don't always manage to stay in touch, I still think she is one of my closest friends. we are always able to connect as if no time has passed between seeing each other. these pictures are from a few special days this summer when she visited us. before we both got busy. and before she got married! phew, I remember the fifteen year old girls we were, talking about boys and wondering what our future husbands would be like. I remember our naive dreams. so much has changed and the naive dreams are suddenly becoming a beautiful messy reality. now she's married and I think back and look at how much we've both grown during our friendship. how much work God has done in our hearts, and continues to do so. I feel as if this visit was an end of one chapter, but it doesn't sadden me. I am excited for all the chapters ahead of us. 

by the way, she used to hate being infront of a camera at the beginning of our frienship. I'm happy to say that I changed that completely ;) and she proved to be really good behind the camera as well.