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Clary, these are so pretty! LOVE the pop of red with the truck! :)
(07.18.11 @ 09:16 AM)LOVE the setting and her outfit!!! That gingham dress is perfect.
PS if Seth Meyers and Ben Affleck had a baby, it'd be Joey.
in love with this session! so darling with that vintage sensibility I love!! :) :)
(07.18.11 @ 09:47 AM)Clary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's my favorite engagement session I have seen in here!!!!!
Love the red (my favorite color), love her eyes, her dress, the location, the light and of course the way you captured these! Each image is gorgeous!!!
Amazing!!!!!
I love the old truck and all of the orchard pictures. Especially the black and white ones.
(07.21.11 @ 04:12 PM)Cool session! Especially I like that where the couple in the truck!
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BEE. YOU. TEA. FULL. She is stunning. The wedding is stunning. And your steadfast ability to making the stunning look even more stunning is...quite frankly...stunning. ;)
(07.07.11 @ 01:40 PM)You made my day!! Thank you Clary - you are so talented!!
(07.07.11 @ 01:52 PM)Clary, this is beautiful work! Your eye for details is outstanding. What a sweet couple . . . and Brit did an awesome job too! :)
(07.07.11 @ 03:23 PM)When Stephanie said we had to have you as Kim's wedding photographer, I knew you must be good. I was wrong. You are great. Thank you. Your work is the absolute best.
(07.07.11 @ 06:36 PM)Clary, I've been looking for the right words to comment with and all I can say is thank you. Thank you so much for letting Kim and Andrew's beauty and love shine through and thank you for so perfectly documenting all of those special memories for my family. I know we will treasure them all forever. xx, xxxx, and xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
(07.08.11 @ 09:02 AM)What an amazing wedding, so natural and beautiful...the couple look happy too :) Job well done!
(07.08.11 @ 11:49 AM)GORGEOUS!
and Pippa! i LOVE how you used your iphone to store your speech- great idea! ;) (you must have seen someone super cool do that before!)
I love how the head table was set. The pictures are beautiful like always =)
(07.10.11 @ 09:17 PM)Exquisite--both the wedding and the photos! And the bride--wowza!
(07.11.11 @ 09:52 AM)what great pictures! love every one!
(07.13.11 @ 02:10 PM)Exquisite job, Clary! It's so beautiful, simple and sweet! The couple must be thrilled with each and every one of these photos!
(07.20.11 @ 07:08 PM)
But the best part of the day is when they exchanged vows in front of their loved ones. Silently, where just the two of them could hear. The way the laughed, smiled, shared their perfect chemistry was so beautiful to see.
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Clary - You are the best! We are so lucky to have you capture this day. And you are such a sweet person to work with! Lovely all around!
Could you be any more talented? Seriously, these are amazing Clary! Simply gorgeous. I really wish I had the guts to shoot film. I miss it. Really miss it.
(07.01.11 @ 10:15 AM)WOW! It was a beautiful wedding. You certainly did an amazing job capturing the day!
(07.01.11 @ 12:30 PM)I love these pictures! Dottie's bouquet definitely inspired me, and I was so excited to see photos of the City Cottage as it's a potential rehersal dinner venue for us!
(07.05.11 @ 04:18 PM)I love these pictures! Dottie's bouquet definitely inspired me, and I was so excited to see photos of the City Cottage as it's a potential rehersal dinner venue for us!
(07.05.11 @ 04:18 PM)
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free
-Tom Petty
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These are simply stunning! Love every one of them. Where were they taken?
(06.29.11 @ 10:14 AM)The quilt, the prairie, that chandelier, the chemistry==ALLL of it is SO amazing! Well done Clary!
(06.29.11 @ 10:21 AM)So beautiful and intimate. I love the locket and chandelier details. Gorgeous work.
(06.29.11 @ 10:36 AM)Thank you! You're comments really mean so much. This is one of my favorite sessions. Andrea-half are on private property (gah!! the chandelier!! which I still think about your bracelets you made with crystals) and the other is on our property...in the middle of nowhere Illinois.
(06.29.11 @ 10:39 AM)This location is beautiful and seriously looks perfect for this couple. Love!
(06.29.11 @ 11:18 AM)I'm her mama and I can barely catch my breath!
(06.29.11 @ 12:54 PM)That is love in a picture(s). I'm the father of the bride so a bit biased but wow!
(06.29.11 @ 05:17 PM)It must have been an exhausting shoot. They seem to be taking lots of naps. (I'm her brother, and just kidding.) These are really great!
(06.29.11 @ 06:48 PM)You look as happy and in love as I always knew you deserved!!!
(06.29.11 @ 06:49 PM)These are incredible!! There is so much love radiating from these two, and I love how very sweet and carefree the tone of the shoot is. The details like the locket, chandelier, and Tom Petty quote are perfect! Fantastic job!
These are some of the most beautiful photos of pure love I have ever seen. My darling niece Elizabeth has met the love of her life, and her family out here on the "left coast" are thrilled!
(06.30.11 @ 03:12 PM)You had me at the Tom Petty song. Sigh :) Fabulous as always!
You had me at the Tom Petty song. Sigh :) Fabulous as always!
You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day & in opening your heart,
you experience a love & joy that you never dreamed possible.
You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that's so real it scares you.
You find strength in knowing you have a true friend & possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end.
-Bob Marley
Happy 3 year anniversary Lynsey and Tommy. Here's to many more blue skies & years of joy!
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These are beyond perfect. Love the quote and love the handsome boy! Cannot begin to thank you enough for all the beautiful pictures you've taken for us over the years. Much love to you!
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The dancing bridal party shot-- love! One of my favorite weddings! I love these colors and of course you are amazing!
(06.20.11 @ 01:42 PM)BEAUTIFUL... love how luscious the colors are... brilliantly done, Clareball.
Clary, how could I not leave a comment on this amazing wedding! Fabulous work and love the colors!
(06.20.11 @ 02:25 PM)WOW! The pictures are stunning! Clary = brilliance. Thanks for all the compliments on the dress -- it really was a good one. As for the dancing wedding party, we lucked into some bizarre drum circle playing outside of Wash U, and they lent us the dancing beat. :)
(06.20.11 @ 04:35 PM)Thank you!! The wedding was lush. Erin-that steal drum band was so perfect. Your friends and you two made one great bridal party...I'm mean look at that dancing.
(06.20.11 @ 05:41 PM)Gorgeous! Love that they both wore their glasses, too!
(06.20.11 @ 08:59 PM)Erin, the day was perfect and such EPIC FUN. Clary, thanks for capturing the happy, sparkly vibe of the day. Can't wait to see more!
(06.21.11 @ 08:53 AM)Epic awesomeness, as usual! Beautiful!
(06.21.11 @ 10:05 AM)oh my! im not sure ive seen a cooler wedding. adorable couple- every little detail is superb.
I'm totally in love with this wedding.
Film rocks!!!! You rock!!!
Gorgeous - Erin, Eric, and the photos! It was such an honor to be a part of this wedding party and meet the fabulous Clary!
(06.21.11 @ 08:32 PM)Gorgeous - Erin, Eric, and the photos! It was such an honor to be a part of this wedding party and meet the fabulous Clary!
(06.21.11 @ 08:33 PM)Gorgeous - Erin, Eric, and the photos! It was such an honor to be a part of this wedding party and meet the fabulous Clary!
(06.21.11 @ 08:34 PM)Wow, wow and wow. Her dress, green bridesmaid dresses, Where the Wild Things Are, groomsmen in vests? This wedding is full of amazing style and beauty. Gorgeous job Mrs. Clary!
(06.23.11 @ 09:43 AM)Amazing pictures! What a fun and beautiful wedding. Loved the captured moments...very touching.
(06.29.11 @ 06:10 AM)I absolutely adore all the love and closeness that you captured in these pictures. You can feel it in the images.
(07.10.11 @ 09:23 PM)
"Please make this your profession girl!"
Now for even more fun.This session is featured on "Let The Kid's Dress Themselves" today. If you haven't checked it out before, go now!!
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These are awesome! What a beautiful family and you captured the essense of just that - family! Love your work!
(06.10.11 @ 10:52 AM)These are so cute, Clary! What a beautiful family! And I love that shot of the dad and son walking away into the distance. WOW! :)
(06.10.11 @ 11:31 AM)SO darling! What a beautiful and fun family. And I always love links back to clary.typepad.com- sometimes I really miss that old blog (but of course, this new-er one is quite lovely itself!) Just brings back memmories :) :)
(06.10.11 @ 05:37 PM)I absolutely love these! I love the pic in the woods and the one with Emmett wearing Jason's glasses. Tara you have a beautiful family!
(06.10.11 @ 10:33 PM)Beautiful photos (as always)! Although I have to say that it is your fault that I am now craving a charco cheesburger and some orange sherbert from Northside!!
(06.10.11 @ 10:42 PM)There is no doubt that you are a phenomenal wedding photographer. However, your family sessions hold some much emotion they bring tears to my eyes and I don't even know these people. I think it's just the fact that you are insanely talented at capturing love. Whether it's new, growing love at a wedding or the beautiful, mature love of a family. You just have a way of seizing that love and putting it on film. So very talented, my friend. :)
(06.11.11 @ 06:47 AM)Thanks all! MelMac-xo, Michelle-their orange ice cream is the best, Nicki-your words mean so much, thank you!!
(06.11.11 @ 09:53 AM)I remember being blown away by the magic you captured of our family 5 years ago and to this day am still amazed at that same magic u create for every person u photograph...I could get lost for days gazing at your beautiful work :-)
(06.11.11 @ 12:49 PM)I remember being blown away by the magic you captured of our family 5 years ago and to this day am still amazed at that same magic u create for every person u photograph...I could get lost for days gazing at your beautiful work :-)
(06.11.11 @ 12:50 PM)So awesome to see a family session of yours shot in film, gorgeous color..gorgeous images :)
(06.12.11 @ 10:00 PM)utterly and completely gorgeous. I am so inspired by your work and must tell you that this family session is one of my most favorite family sessions of all time by any photographer anywhere!
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Her dress is so beautiful! And I love how you photographed the snow and the mood. Love the shots!
(04.14.11 @ 12:52 PM)Gorgeous!!!!
(04.14.11 @ 01:28 PM)Clary, these are beautiful. I especially love the last one with the girls expression while they admire Amy, precious!
(04.14.11 @ 01:44 PM)Clary, these winter wedding images are gorgeous. Love the ones with the car in the snow - they feel so romantic! :)
(04.14.11 @ 02:01 PM)Makes me want a hot pink wedding. So Elegant!
(04.14.11 @ 04:59 PM)Clary, these pictures are spectacular! You captured gorgeous moments on this beautiful, if not unusual, day. Amazing. That shot up the aisle, through the chairs and the glass vases with the starburst of light by the altar is just... magical.
(04.16.11 @ 11:44 AM)I just love when you include photos of our lovely city :) Sets the mood so beautifully with "snow ball" blooming trees and thunder snow for a very elegant wedding :) And wow! That pink is off the hook! ;)
(04.17.11 @ 09:28 PM)Absolutely stunning photo's. Loved this wedding. The cake was absolutely stunning. Bride looked stunning and her dress was beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
(04.26.11 @ 08:30 PM)Beautiful! Photos are wonderful. It was a pleasure doing the hair for Amy and her wedding party. :)
(05.07.11 @ 05:22 PM)
He wants to be a 'chef' or 'build art galleries' when he grows up.
And he can make a batch of the best chocolate chip cookies you will ever eat.
No really, he's about to share are the best cookies, people have offered their first born while eating their 4th cookie. They are that amazing.And when our CSA has mint, they get even better. Oh, yes, mint* in chocolate chip cookies=heaven.
Tips for the best CCC ever, if you don't follow these there are no guaranties.1-the best ingredients you can find, the most important is the chocolate
2-kosher salt
3-make sure your oven actually is 350 degrees, we have one of these that sits inside the oven
4-bake the cookies a bit shorter than you think and let them finish on the cookie sheet when they come out of the oven
5-butter and egg needs to be room temperature
Recipe
This makes around 15-18 cookies, the perfect amount for treats and breakfast the next day. What can I say, we have cookies for breakfast. We live on the edge.
Preheat oven to 350
Dry ingredients:
1cup and 2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 kosher salt
Wet ingredients:
1/2 cup butter room temperature
1/3 dark brown sugar (light will work but dark is best)
1/3 granulated sugar
1 large egg room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla (no artificial stuff here)
8 oz chocolate chips (we like half milk chocolate, half dark chocolate chips)
1 tablespoon mint leaves, cut into ribbons (optional)
Measure all of the dry ingredients and place in a bowl to the side.
Put butter and sugars to medium mixing bowl and stir until creamy. Add egg and vanilla until combined. Take dry mixture and put half into the wet ingredients, stir, stir, then add other half, stir stir. Lastly add the chocolate chips and the optional mint, stir, stir.
Ta-ta! Now it's time to put them on a ungreased baking sheet. We do a large tablespoons for each cookie. Place in oven and wait for them to turn golden brown on the edges, make sure to follow number 4 of the "no guaranties". This step is critical. Take the cookies out of the oven and sit on the cookie sheet until cool to the touch. Remove and put on cooling rack or plate.
Enjoy sweet success!!
* mint credit goes to my father-in-law or technically my great-aunt-in-law. See one time while eating the 4th cookie from a batch of the best CCC ever, right after he offered his first born (lucky for him, I married his first born), he talked about how these cookies reminded him of his aunt, who made the best cookies. During the summer months she would go out to the garden and pick a few mint leaves and add them to a batch. She's a genius.
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Who is that little boy? That is NOT Hughes! He is so big with that big kid haircut...oh lord you make cute babies! We have our first pickup at our new CSA next week and I'm over the top excited! Love this post...I will definitely be adding these cookies to my weekend to do list. And fresh mint? Who would have known! I thought it was only good for mojitos! Thanks for sharing!
(04.06.11 @ 09:53 AM)I love these posts of yours! I can't wait to make these cookies! I loved your breakfast cookies, so I am sure I will love these too!!! Thanks for sharing!
OOOH, will have to try these!!!! And Hughes is so stylin... I heart your fam.
(04.06.11 @ 10:17 AM)Love this post Clary and I never thought of using mint in CCC, genius :)
(04.06.11 @ 10:17 AM)I want to be you when I grow up. Never get enough of your dreamy food posts. I do have a recipe I was planning on making tonight for Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies, but my recipe involves a package of Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix and mint extract. I'm pretty sure Hughes wins!
(04.06.11 @ 10:35 AM)WHAT? Fresh mint in cookies? Oh. My. Gosh...that is genius, brilliant and diabolical because now I want to make a double batch of those cookies and eat them all myself. I love it! Super cute kids and what looks like a fabulous cookie recipe. Thank you! You made my day!
(04.06.11 @ 10:46 AM)Delicious! These pictures are amazing. I just keep thinking about how these photos of wonderful ordinary moments will be such a treasure to your children. They will share them with their kids and tell stories of their amazing childhood. Doesn't that just make you want to cry and thank God for everything in your life? :) Love you, Clary. And I love your mad baking skills!
(04.06.11 @ 10:49 AM)Love!! And if you can stand it, refrigerate the dough covered for at least a day before you bake (and up to 3 days!). A must for all my CCCs! Can't wait to try these. :)
(04.06.11 @ 10:55 AM)Wow, I would have never thought of putting fresh mint in chocolate chip cookies! I'll have to try it out! :)
(04.06.11 @ 11:18 AM)LOVE your "personal" blog posts. And I LOVE me some CCC, going to have to try this recipe for sure. I love the added photos of your gorgeous kitchen, made me a bit jealous :)
(04.06.11 @ 11:26 AM)so SO cute. can't get enough of these types of posts.
(04.06.11 @ 11:52 AM)Hughes!! You are SO BIG! And adult!!! And have a sharp new haircut that makes you look so old!!! Ugh- we are all getting old, when Hughes is a big kid! Time sure does fly- :) Hughes can cook for me any day :) :) :)
(04.06.11 @ 05:34 PM)Awe, these are just lovely! mint + ccc = genius! Your kiddos are so stinkin adorable and your photographs are just flipping amazing!
(04.06.11 @ 09:10 PM)Yum--those look delicious! Thanks for sharing the tips. The photos are awesome and your kitchen is BEAUTIFUL!!! :)
(04.07.11 @ 11:20 AM)When did he get so big?!? Makes me old.
I feel like he is going to have his own show one day.
(04.07.11 @ 11:37 AM)I can't believe you gave out your recipe!!! ;)
(04.07.11 @ 07:08 PM)Thanks everyone!! I agree with all of you-I can't believe he's getting so big with a big boy haircut and all!
Mel Mac-I know! This is a priceless recipe:)
(04.07.11 @ 07:14 PM)1. Love and want your kitchen. The natural light is amazing! 2. Trying this recipe for sure!!! Now you have me craving cookies in the morning. :)
(04.13.11 @ 08:00 AM)1) I love the face in that first photo
2) I love the kid's photo on the wall
3) I'm absolutely jealous of your kitchen
4) I love when kids have more than one thing they want to be when they grow up and they are completely different. It shows they are not afraid to dream!
5) Real mint in cookies=genius. That blew my mind.
Oh my goodness these look SOOOO yummy! Cannot wait to try your recipe! And how BIG is your boy getting?! OH MY GOODNESS!
(04.25.11 @ 06:45 PM)I am so trying this recipe! Your memories captured are always perfect. Your kids are really going to appreciate these photos someday.
(04.27.11 @ 10:42 PM)OK, maybe I missed it, but HOW much kosher salt? It says 1/2...but 1/2 teaspoon, 1/2 tablespoon? Which one?
(05.11.11 @ 01:41 PM)Clary, this post is so beautiful! I love that your son wants to be a chef. I had to try this recipe and it was amazing! I had to share it on my blog http://blog.josiekay.com/ .... tell Hughes Thank you for the recipe! :)
(06.27.11 @ 07:51 PM)
the reception shots are so sparkly!
(07.20.11 @ 04:40 PM)Love the bridesmaids' bouquets! :-)
(07.20.11 @ 07:03 PM)=) Lucky number 13. Amazing!
(07.21.11 @ 04:11 PM)Amazing! You have such talent to capture the moment...that is pure. ...and you make my flower designs look even better than I do! LOVE!! Thank you for sharing! kb
(07.21.11 @ 07:34 PM)Awesome!
(07.26.11 @ 06:30 PM)Beautiful Couple. Great work by Clary.
(07.26.11 @ 07:27 PM)Beautiful Couple. Great work by Clary.
(07.26.11 @ 07:27 PM)Every shoot is defining it's beauty. So beautiful!
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