sneak peak: michelle + john

I'm beyond excited to be welcoming photographer David Mielcarek of CINEMATICbyDavidM to Perfect Bound. David attended the first B List wedding blogger event with by far, the coolest business cards I've ever seen. (They kind of ripped apart, were almost like post cards, were way too cool to be called "business cards... you get the picture.) Anyway, when I asked David if he had a particularly fashionable wedding to be featured on Perfect Bound he once again amazed me with his creative talent and ingenuity. I can't wait to share Michelle and John's wedding with you next week. In the meantime, I'll let David do his thing and describe what it was like working with the couple whose engagement session took place at Ikea! (I thought my husband and I got a thrill out of Ikea but we ain't got nothing on these two...)

"After working with Michelle and John on their two-part engagement session shoot I knew they were far away from ordinary wedding couples (in the best possible of ways). What I mean by that is brave, authentic, genuine, spontaneous, willing to break rules and go far beyond the common expectations. Their IKEA session is hands down my favorite shoot of the year. I mean… who else would just run through a furniture store and pose for photographs including jumping on the display beds?! But the results were fantastic! The photos from that shoot already received wonderful feedback and I have plans for more! Completing an ‘achievement’ like that makes you a bit scared… in a way, because the bar has been raised high and now comes the wedding day. You simply CAN’T fail to deliver a material that’s at least as good as the engagement session. I decided to turn this fear into creative power and not let it take over me. Instead use it as an adrenaline kick to produce even more focused and inspired images."

Thanks David and see you all back here on Monday!

{photo credits: CINEMATICbyDavidM}