Congratulations to Megan and Tony, who won our drawing for the free engagement session and 8×8 Art Album!
Looking forward to shooting their session and posting it here… Sounds like they have some great ideas!
Thanks to all who participated. We’ll be doing more giveaways as the weather warms up, so keep watching the blog for updates!
Chris
So, we kinda wanted to do a recap from 2009 and show a couple of our favorite images from each of the weddings we shot last year. I say we, but I guess in actuality these are Chris’s favorites, as I picked them all. 
We were thinking about doing something fun, like having our readers vote, and then doing a fun prize for the couple who’s picture got the most votes. Still debating what that prize could be… So, I will try and get them numbered, so vote in the comments section for your fave! (NOTE: This is all done in the spirit of fun, so please one vote per person. We can see IP addresses and the like when you leave comments, so please play fair. Ok, thanks!)
So, without further ado, here are some of our favorite images from 2009!
Chris
EDIT: Use the #’s listed on the post, not the ones on the images themselves… They don’t quite match!
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February 7, 2010 - 9:22 pm - #21 is my pic! Classy, colorful, Montana!
February 7, 2010 - 9:22 pm - I vote for #21.
February 7, 2010 - 8:22 pm - I vote for #21, All 4 of us brothers in this pic.
February 7, 2010 - 8:09 pm - I vote for #21 boys in the field.
February 7, 2010 - 7:27 pm - I'm going against the flow, because I just love #16 :)
February 7, 2010 - 6:43 pm - I would vote for my son in #21 and I like my daughter in law in #22!!!!
February 7, 2010 - 6:29 pm - Wow, the guys look great in #21.....but I like 22 too!
February 7, 2010 - 6:26 pm - I vote for #21! I make it look good, just kidding Ryan!
February 6, 2010 - 8:18 am - My vote is for #7!
February 4, 2010 - 1:52 pm - I wanted the cowgirl boots too, but I'll vote for #7!
February 2, 2010 - 11:22 am - #7 picture of my son and beautiful new daughter-in-law
January 31, 2010 - 7:06 pm - Has to be #3. Is that not the emotion that every girl has bottled up inside since kindergarten and now it is expressed in this photo as she puts on her wedding dress?!? Amazing!!
January 30, 2010 - 4:26 pm - I vote for #7!
January 30, 2010 - 4:24 pm - Our favorite one was not on there...the cowgirl boots. But I vote for #7!!!
January 29, 2010 - 12:22 pm - Bill and I both like #21 because it is of our Grandson and his 3 brothers are in the picture too. #22 is second as the young lady in the picture is our new Granddaughter.
January 29, 2010 - 11:26 am - I like #21 (the guys in the field)
January 28, 2010 - 9:45 pm - All of these are beautiful, but I have to go with #1. Jensen's baby!!
January 28, 2010 - 10:02 am - Oh, I take that back: #26 is on our wall and #7 is my next favorite (misread the numbering).
January 28, 2010 - 9:58 am - #27 is my all time favorite (it's on our wall), but if I have to pick another it's #8
January 28, 2010 - 9:02 am - I'm gonna have to pick #21!!
January 28, 2010 - 8:50 am - I love #23.
January 27, 2010 - 7:18 pm - You are missing my hands-down favorite: the one of all the gals showing off their Western/cowboy boots.
January 27, 2010 - 7:10 pm - We really like #21. Actually WE count as two votes. My Wife and I. Well done, good recap!!
January 27, 2010 - 4:53 pm - i could choose so many and they are all awesome but i think i like #7 the best... beautiful work Chris!
So, I got a call from Katie the other day. They needed an engagement session done while her and her man Casey were both still here in Helena. We found a time the next day to make it happen, and make it happen we did, despite the subzero temps. We stopped a lot in random places to thaw out, but we made it work. :) Props to you guys for braving it!
Anyhow, we got some fun stuff, and I thought I would just share a few… Hope you enjoy them, and leave some love in the comments box!
Chris
January 15, 2010 - 8:43 am - I love the first picture throwing the snow and the last ring shot!
Wow! Had a wonderful, busy, (exhausting?) holiday season, and now it’s time to get back to work! Lots of stuff going on that I’d like to share, so here we go… (in no particular order…)
Janna had the opportunity to go to a 1-on-1 workshop with the wonderful Jessica Kettle, of Jessica Kettle Photography, who’s work Janna and I both love. She learned a ton, and I got to learn a little too, secondhand.
I’ve got some new pictures to post up here soon, and some old ones as well. Sometime in the next week or so we will be doing at least one best of 2009 post, and I’m thinking we may even have a little fun with it! Maybe a vote, and the couple in the winning image gets a prize? What do you think of that? Not 100% sure on the idea, so I’m open to hear others.
Sometime in the not to distant future we will be starting what will (hopefully) become a regular feature: Guest Authors. We will have posts (and I think maybe even some video posts!) from some people with good info to share for both brides-to-be and photographers alike. Keep a watch for the first installment sometime in the next few weeks, hopefully.
We are going to be at the Helena Bridal Fair again this year, and we are super excited to meet you all! Please don’t be shy - we are going to have a great giveaway, and we would love to just chat with you.
We’ve received some wonderful comments and testimonies from our clients in 2009, and some of those will be appearing on the website soon, and we may post them here with a few images tied to them as well. Hopefully it will be something helpful for those of year who like to know you’ll get what you pay for.
I think that’s about it at the moment… I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but that’s ok. Hopefully have another post tonight with some pictures from a recent engagement session! Leave some love in the comment box if you have some to give.
Thanks!
Chris
I know I haven’t been posting much lately, but what can I say… It’s just that time of year. Christmas, New Year’s, the food, the family… Hard to keep up! But, right in the middle of it all this year I had a lovely little winter wedding. The wedding season in Montana generally runs from about May until September, so it’s always a treat to get to do a wedding that is outside of that!
Angela and Rob were married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and had a beautiful reception at Benny’s Bistro. The whole event was small, intimate, elegant and just plain beautiful!
With all of that said, I just have a couple quick photos I want to share. I will post some more as I get them done, but these were a couple of my favorites. Oh, and thanks to my beautiful wife Bridget for coming and shooting some pics as well. One of these below is hers… :) Leave some love in the comments section!
Chris
January 26, 2010 - 9:07 am - Chris (and Bridget) did such a wonderful job on our photos! Rob and I couldn't be more pleased. They were such fun to work with too. Thanks so much!
Well, let me rephrase that.
I LOVE my job.
OK, there is the rare occasion when I am staring at my computer at 3 in the morning that I feel like I don’t love it, or at least that part of it…. But then I wake up in the morning and I love my job again. So it’s all good. :)
I think my favorite thing in the world to photograph is a wedding. I know some people say they are all the same, or that once you’ve done a few you’ve seen it all… I just don’t see it that way at all. While having done plenty of weddings does mean I’ve seen a lot of things, I think that each wedding really is unique. Each couple is unique, and there is an ever changing cast of characters… What more could you want?
I don’t think I’ve ever done another job that is as much work as this one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I’m never more exhausted then at the end of a wedding, but it is always worth it. Janna and I do everything possible to make your experience relaxed, comfortable, and most of all FUN! If you’ve seen any of the pictures that have been snapped of me working on Facebook and the like, you’ll know we like to have fun, and we like to make it fun for you.
All the pictures you see here and on the website wouldn’t be possible without all the amazing clients I’ve had the chance to work with. Working with all of you is what makes this job worthwhile, and I can’t wait to meet all the clients for 2010. Gonna be the best year yet!
So, thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this point, and here’s to all of you who we will meet along the rest of the way!
Chris
Janna and I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, and say that we are truly thankful for all the wonderful people we get to work with every week. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
Chris Rebo & Janna Beecher
Rebo Photography
So, my friend Josh Lockie from Lockie Photography came up to Helena a couple weekends ago just to hang out, and we decided to try and just do a fun model session for kicks and giggles… Posted an update on Facebook that we were looking for someone on short notice, and Sarah stepped up to the plate. And did a great job as well!
I’ve just got a few images I wanted to share from this, and I think Josh may have some soon as well. Hope you enjoy them, and thanks again Sara!
Let us know what you think!
Chris
November 18, 2009 - 6:01 pm - I really like the first one! Good job!
Ok, now I am really catching up… I think I’ve blogged almost everything… Yeah!
Now, back to our previously scheduled blog post… Melissa and Dustin were married on Oct. 24 in Missoula. I met Melissa last year at Laura and Andrew Gundlach’s wedding, where she was doing video. And you all saw their engagement pictures from earlier this year as well. That session was a blast, and their wedding was as well! Great people, fun times, beautiful locations… And no snow, so that’s a bonus.
Janna and I had a great time shooting this wedding, and it was a fun way to pretty much wrap up the wedding season for us. Just a few quick pictures for your enjoyment… Let us know what you think!
Chris
January 26, 2010 - 6:12 pm - Wow! These pics are amazing! very creative!
November 6, 2009 - 4:34 pm - Chris, I can't even put into words how awesome these pictures look! I'm so excited to see the finished product, thanks so much for doing such a wonderful job capturing our day!!!
November 5, 2009 - 5:22 pm - WOW! Brought tears to my eyes...can't wait to see the rest! Not only are the pictures great, but I can feel the different emotions in and through the photos. Amazing! Thanks so much Chris and Janna.
So, still catching up on blogging and post processing… Making headway.
Up today we have the lovely Martin family, along with what little bit of fall “color” we got this year. Nothing like a quick, hard cold snap to take the leaves down before they have time to really get nice and colorful. Oh, well, we made the best of it. I think they still look fab.
Tony and Ashley own Focal Point Graphic Design, who of course by now you’ve heard all about (and checked out their website, right? Right?) Well, this time it was our turn to do some work for them, so we gladly went downtown to rock their family photos. So, check out the results from our session, and leave some love in the comments box if you like!
Chris
November 11, 2009 - 9:54 pm - LOVE LOVE LOVE AND LOVE the one with the fence hearts....it rocks! YOU ROCK.
November 5, 2009 - 10:55 am - Rockin! Thanks Chris and Janna for the awesome photo shoot! Can't wait to see more!
November 5, 2009 - 10:48 am - These are awesome! You guys rock! Can't wait to see more.
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