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Announcing the new us: The Goodness!

LisaWelge — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:14:09 +0000

We are SO happy to announce our new brand and business name — The Goodness! In 2008, Geoff and I started Lisa Welge Photography shortly after we got engaged. So, with my impending new last name, we knew a business name change was on the way too. Needless to say our re-launch has been in the works for QUITE some time now. Hey, good things take time! We wanted something that sounded unique, yet classic, with just a touch of rad. Believe it or not, I was inspired by a pizza place in San Francisco! We dreamt up “The Goodness” last year, finally purchased our fancy new domain, thegoodness.com, and with that the design wheels were rolling! I designed the website myself and the awesome guys over at Treeline Interactive coded my design into reality. I also designed all of our marketing materials: the logo, business cards, our new pricing guide and more! I’d love to share some of them — take a look!

The first thing to do when designing our brand was to come up with the logo. We wanted something with a classic, fun look, with a kind of retro quality, but not too far off from the feel of our Lisa Welge Photography brand.

With the popularity (and just plain cuteness) of our previous elephant, we knew they HAD to stay. Our new elephants were born, this time as a couple in love. I think these guys are my favorite part! So cute. And of course, trunks up for good luck!

These are our new business cards. The photos don’t do them justice. They are a silk laminate with spot UV coating and feel great. You must see them in person! Business cards printed through DPI Perfect.

These are our new consultation folders for our initial meeting with potential clients. I SO cannot wait to start presenting these at our upcoming consults! Folders printed through 48Hour Print.

Folder front.

Ellie’s on the inside!

Slipped inside the folder is our brand-spanking new, full-color pricing guide. I put a ton of work into these and am so in love with how they turned out! Inside are lots of photos and descriptions of all of our products and services. Pricing guide printed at Next Day Flyers.

I also designed some thank you cards and anniversary cards which turned out super cute! Cards printed at Catprint. Envelopes from Paper Source.

We also got some awesome pens with our logo!

Another one of my favorite things are these rubber stamps with our logo and elephants. They are great for stamping shipping boxes and envelopes or whatever fun use we find for them! Stamps from RubberStamps.net.

The full identity suite. I love the colors, the cohesiveness, and had so much fun designing everything. So much heart and soul went into creating this and it makes me overjoyed to finally share it with the world.

Overall, we are SO HAPPY with how everything has turned out so far and could not be more excited to be The Goodness. As a husband and wife team, it has been amazing to watch our business grow (while working our butts off!) and having a blast meeting so many amazing couples. We thank our clients from the bottom of our hearts for supporting us and choosing us to be a part of one of the most special times in their lives. Geoff and I feel so lucky everyday for the wonderful life we share and we can’t wait for all the goodness the future holds for us.

All right, enough jibba-jabba! Head on over to www.thegoodness.com to check out the new site!

While we will leave lisawelge.com/blog up and running, it is no longer being updated and all new posts will be on thegoodness.com. Update your bookmarks! My new twitter is twitter.com/LisaBardot and Geoff’s remainstwitter.com/GeoffBardot. Our new Facebook page can be found by clicking here.

Zac and Brenda got hitched! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:36:51 +0000

I could not imagine a more beautiful setting for Zac and Brenda’s wedding. The two were wed last weekend in Ashland, Oregon and Geoff and I feel so grateful to have been a part of it! Here is a little teaser image from their wedding day. Stay tuned for the full wedding!

Matt and Caitlin are engaged! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:19:38 +0000

We soaked up the warm glowing sunshine at Matt and Caitlin’s engagement session at Folsom Lake last week. Warm? Okay, it was HOT, but hey, this is the Sacramento Valley and Matt and Caitlin were troopers! Together, we created some awesome photos and I can’t wait to show off the rest!

Cory and Wendy are married! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:50:45 +0000

Wendy and Cory’s wedding was simply fantastic. From the fun group of guests, to the adorable DIY details, to the glamorous newlyweds, it was an amazing day. I SO can’t wait to post the whole wedding! Please enjoy this teaser until then!

Dylan & Katey are engaged! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:25:18 +0000

What a sweet couple Dylan and Katey are! They are laid-back, so nice, and terribly in love. Their engagement session in San Francisco was nothing short of wonderful and there are so many great photos to share. But for now I just tease!

Wendy and Cory’s Shot Spot!

LisaWelge — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:47:18 +0000

I am sooooooo excited to announce a new addition to our repertoire here at Lisa Welge Photography — The Shot Spot! The Shot Spot is our version of a photo booth, only way better! We bring the background, the lights, the camera, the photographer, the printer, and the props — all you need is a group of wedding guests ready to let down their inhibitions and get crazy for the camera! And at Wendy and Cory’s wedding on Saturday, (which was AMAZING!) they went nuts! It was sooo much fun! Wendy supplied the pink sofa, which she DYED herself. I love this girl. These first shots of Wendy and Cory are just perfect! So glamourous.

Of course we had to jump in for some shots too!We can’t wait to start bringing the Shot Spot to more weddings! It is seriously WAY too much fun! And we can’t wait to share the rest of Wendy and Cory’s wedding photos. Keep your eyes peeled!

Click here for full, password protected gallery. How might one access this gallery you say? Click here to find out how!

Alex and Catherine are wed! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:27:09 +0000

Alex and Catherine both looked absolutely gorgeous on their equally beautiful and personal wedding day last week. We had an amazing time spending the day with their friends and family as we photographed the festivities. I can’t wait to share the rest!

Mike and Lauren are engaged! (teaser)

LisaWelge — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:25:17 +0000

Mike and Lauren are so much fun to hang out with! We did their engagement session last week eaaaaarly in the morning and it was awesome! More to come soon!

Shannan and Eduardo’s engagement session

LisaWelge — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:05:41 +0000

I couldn’t be more happy that Shannan and Eduardo found us and we get to be their wedding photographer. I love these two! Anyone that is a self-proclaimed nerd is all right in my book! Seriously though, Shannan and Eduardo are so much fun, such great people and their engagement session was beyond amazing! We started things off at a really rad construction site in Sacramento. They brought their adorable doggy Tuley along with them — we loved photographing their little family!

Tuley tended to steal the show!

I love that Shannan and Eduardo were totally willing to climb a huge pile of rubble for photos.

Tuley looks like such a protector in this one!

After that, we found an amazing field not too far away where the light was LOVING us! I am sooo in love with these photos!

Yummy…

Shannan & Eduardo, THANK YOU! You guys are so totally wonderful and fun and we cannot wait for your wedding in September! We know it will be a blast!

Click here to see all of Shannan & Eduardo’s engagement photos

Zac and Brenda’s engagement session

LisaWelge — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:11:08 +0000

Zac and Brenda’s wedding is coming up in just two short weeks and we cannot wait! They are getting married up in Ashland, Oregon and we just know it is going to rock our socks off because Zac and Brenda are pretty darn awesome people. They were co-valedictorians together at their high school (how cute is that!?) stayed in touch throughout college, reunited, fell in love and now are getting married! We had SO much fun at their engagement session in Davis. Zac and Brenda had the brilliant idea of taking their engagement photos at the Davis Farmers Market. We LOVED shooting there. The colors and texture were just so amazing and Geoff and I can never turn down a good farmers market.

After the Famers Market, we headed a couple blocks over to the UC Davis campus. Zac and Brenda requested some photos with the famed egghead sculptures.

Zac and Brenda are big readers and frequenters of their local library so they brought some books along to the session.

LOVE this one!

We went to the arboretum on campus and stopped by the wonderful little patch of foliage that looked super dreamy…aaahhhh…

Quick side note — as we were shooting, out of NOWHERE this duck flew out of the bushes, literally inches from my face, scaring me half to death! Well, I looked down just a couple feet from where I was standing this nest. Poor little mama duck. I’m sure she made it back to her babies, though.

Brenda had a request for some photos with the poppies and we were happy to oblige.

Zac and Brenda, we had so much fun with you and we are so super excited for your wedding in Oregon in two weeks!