it’s finally here! with etiquette has launched! but what is it?
with etiquette is a music licensing house designed for independent artists and smaller labels to license their original music to wedding photography and cinematography studios!
for more info, visit www.withetiquette.com, and www.madewithetiquette.com.
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-the sm family
the screen canvas allows artists to diminish the boundaries between the real and the artificial…
amazing, isn’t it?
Konrad
last night we drove up to midland, the small town up north where P grew up. after dinner, we went over to his grandma’s (gram’s) house to visit and to show her some of our wedding photos for the first time. after the show, she asked if we’d like to see her wedding album. here’s what she showed us.
every photo was in black and white with the exception of one (the fourth in this series). but it didn’t look like a normal colour photograph either. since colour photos were hard to come by back then, this was taken in black and white and manually “converted” to colour. in other words, someone painted in the colour.
the last photo i just had to share. for those who think patrick is pretty cute now, just look at him when he was 10!
-amina
yesterday marked the first day of holidays for P and i. although we had to stop in the studio today for a few hours, yesterday we started sharing some traditions.
as my first official christmas as a moreau, i thought it prudent to share some of my own historical christmas traditions with my new family – one of which is the fish jello.
in polish tradition, a carp is prepared with vegetables and set overnight to produce a dish that is eaten cold. so, two days ago i started cooking. except instead of carp, i used salmon. i thought, “these people are scared enough of this dish as it is. i might as well use a fish that they’re accustomed to.”
our garage is a mild 4 degrees – perfect for chilling a wobbly fish dish. the shelf i cooled it on was a little slanted which meant that my creation was leaning a touch in its final stage.
i have to hand it to P’s family. they were brave. maybe they even enjoyed it a little? regardless, there are lots of leftovers, and out of everyone, i love it the most. so they’re being generous and letting me have the rest.
-amina
One of our grooms, Michael, sent this over to me. Pretty incredible…
For those interested in the history of the christmas tree, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree.
one of the most frequent comments we get is related to our eye for things. how we see things differently and seem to go the extra mile to discover things that others would normally disregard.
the other day i was at the fedex station with patrick as he was filling out paper work to send out a package. i was waiting, tinkering around on my iphone, when i thought “we should really go and get our christmas tree soon”.
i grew up in a home where every year we had christmas traditions – the fish jello, the caviar, the smoked mussels (yes, i’m polish). but most exciting of all was the christmas tree. every year we’d decorate it together and i would cherish it as a symbol of our family life together. last year our tree stayed up until april – i was that attached to it…
so when i was at fedex, it would have been more natural for me to think what i thought and go about my business normally. but i didn’t. i realized how strange a concept it is to…
cut down a tree outside
bring it inside
hang a bunch of glittery stuff on it
put boxes under it
let it die
dispose of it
…and so i started reading. and i was intrigued.
and it got me thinking about what we do as artists. for us, it’s not just “thinking outside the box”. these days, “thinking outside the box” is such a trendy term that it’s been shoved into a new box altogether.
what we’re about is finding extraordinary things. but this takes work. this takes commitment. this takes a shift in everyday thought processes that may have come to be a comfortable way of living.
because photography and cinematography are difficult things to master, when something is obviously extraordinary, it’s hard enough to capture that. but then there’s capturing the extraordinary ordinary…
-amina
in brief, nail polish originated in several places, among others in ancient egypt, in native american cultures, as well as several chinese dynasties. over its history, many different types of compounds have been used such as egg whites, alum, gold, and beeswax. in ancient egypt, women with a lower rank were only allowed to wear pale hues.
to read more about the origins of nail polish visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_polish.
i have another question. have you ever wondered where the christmas tree came from?
last question. why do i care?
ever wondered where nail polish comes from?
we decided to expand our education offerings to the youngest. our little Zuzanna went through a storytelling presentation while we were in jamaica and she proved that the age of six months is the time to start learning about cinematography. although she still struggles with keyboard shortcuts, she’s learning fast.
stay tuned for more…
oh, btw, only tigers allowed!
Konrad
as most of you were wondering and asking where the real, the random, the rant disappeared to, i am so glad to finally get this off my chest…our new blog has arrived!!!
that felt good.
i won’t be continuing to write the real, the random, the rant, but will be often posting on my page about real and random things that happen in studio life and also my own.
cool, eh?
Is it a branch of Still Motion, or something unrelated to you?