new blog and website!

Thank you to all of my blog readers who visits, comments and has book marked this Blog! I have a new blog with bigger images and categories to search for posts under. I have lots of new and exciting things happening this coming year and can't wait to share it all with you! Please visit my Destination Wedding photography Blog to check out the latest and greatest! I look forward to seeing you there!

Check out the Chicago Wedding Photographer also!

Not MIA, just really busy...

after many sleepless nights (and i'm afraid there will be a few more up ahead), we have crafted a new blog and website! it will be up VERY soon... Launch date:

Monday, April 7th, 2008.
12:00 a.m.

till then, this good ol' blog will be retiring... will post one last time re-directing you to the new one... stay tuned!

here's a sneak peek =) i'm super excited!!!!

catching up...

i've been so lagging on my blog... :( we've been sooo busy designing albums that i've neglected this part of the website... so sorry to my regular blog readers... i promise i will update more good stuff soon enough...

... to be continued ...


:: michele ::

get your monitors cleaned!

don't you hate it when your computer monitor gets dirty?

i found this awesome site that cleans it for you through the internet...
it's amazing! check it out here
=)

misha media

mugglefests galore!

Have you ever wanted to go to Diagon Alley and visit Honeyduke's Sweetshop, Flourish & Blott's, Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, Olivander's, The Hogg's Head, and the Three Broomsticks?

"The Party That Shall Not Be Named" will be held in Naperville where many stores will temporarily change their names to stores found on Diagon Alley and many merchants dressed up in costumes! Experience the last Harry Potter Gala at the release of Book 7, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on July 20th at 12:01am!

Be a part of the last mugglefest in your town! Just Google it!

I'm so excited! We actually have a wedding to shoot that same day and shortly after the shoot, we'll be heading down to Naperville where they will be hosting one of the biggest parties here in the Midwest!

Have never read a Harry Potter book before?? Just try it! You might like it! Read this!

adam, i'm sure you'll be one of the first people in line :)

vegas baby 7.7.7

i missed out on my sister's 21'st birthday last year, so this year, i had promised her a trip to vegas for her birthday... which was 7-7-7! happy birthday stine! we also celebrated our 4th year wedding anniversary on the 4th of july!

good times, good times...

it was super hot in vegas when we were there... the thermostat hit 115 degrees! yikes! it was very dry but surprisingly tolerable because there was no humidity... but we still stayed indoors as much as we can...

one of the many 7-7-7 brides walking around in vegas... had to get this shot! there were 777 couples that got married at venetian alone!

chocolate heaven! this chocolate fountain was shot at the bellagio... yummy!

doesn't it just make your mouth water? :)

poker craze! while we were there, the World Series of Poker was going on at the Rio... they had a celebrity poker tournament and was lucky enough to capture Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth, and other poker gurus... other celebs that i saw but not lucky enough to shoot were Charles Barkley, Adam Sandler, and Jason Alexander...

if you're ever in vegas, i highly recommend visiting the Red Rock Canyon which is approximately 15 miles away from the strip... unfortunately a fire just broke out several days before we visited and i was able to capture these images... it affected about 400 acres of the beautiful Red Rock Canyon...

high on life... literally...
it's so funny how we both jumped the exact same way...
not planned at all...

now back to work... i'll be posting on the 'business' side of our trip soon... :)

she got her first ears! oOo

ok so i haven't blogged for awhile and this is why... we just got back from a business/family vacation in california... these photos were shot w/ my handy dandy point and shoot :) just wanted to share...

oOo disney fan in the making oOo

it's the year of a million dreams and we were randomly chosen by a disney cast member to be 'honorary citizens of disneyland'... shortly thereafter, he made a phone call and mickey came out to meet little misha mouse :)

gotta meet the mouse!

it's so different going on vacation with a little one! it was still so much fun and i'm glad that we had a little break for the summer :)

something different, unique, and one-of-a-kind...

I'd like to feature Ela Kaya, a local artist who specializes in wedding painting! Ela creates original, one-of-a-kind paintings and drawings of your wedding day! Due to the great response that I've had during my meetings, I've decided to blog and let you know about Ela's fine art paintings... as an artist of photography, I appreciate the work that Ela does and her contribution to making your wedding special and unique! This is definitely something to consider as this is not only a painting, but an art work of you on one of the most special days of your lives!

Ela can create the artwork at your wedding (as an added 'entertainment' aspect to your wedding), or even create a painting of your favorite wedding photo if your wedding has past already... Why not surprise your husband/wife with an exclusive wedding anniversary present?

Ela creates both abstract and realistic paintings with many different styles... she can also imitate your favorite artist styles as well (ie. Van Gogh). Ela uses the following mediums to paint or draw your artwork - oil, acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil, and watercolor.

Pricing starts at $295. If you are currently a Misha Media client, she's offering a special discount on her artwork :)

Ela does great work... here are a few of her sample artwork... how I wish I had something like this for my wedding!

please emailme@mishamedia.com
for more information on Ela Kaya's artwork!

medium: charcoal

medium: charcoal

medium: charcoal

medium: charcoal

medium: acrylic

medium: acrylic

medium: acrylic

medium: prisma colored pencil

medium: prisma colored pencil

'forever' stamps

just a thought... there's going to be a postage increase (again!) on may 14th and the rate will increase from 39 cents to 41 cents!

the USPS have what they call 'forever' stamps... this will sell for 41 cents and will remain valid for first-class postage regardless of future rate increases. who knows when the next postage increase will be... it just seems like it's always going up nowadays... :(

so with that in mind, this might be a good investment for brides and grooms... possibly for save-the-date's, wedding invites, shower thank you cards, and wedding thank you cards... or if you're really into snail mailing greeting cards, this will definitely be an advantage for you!

although they are selling for 41 cents currently, at least you'll be guaranteed this rate for your future mailers!

photo courtesy of msnbc

just my 2 cents... no pun intended

happy spring!

nothing says 'spring' like a garden of tulips! tulips are so pretty... thank God for winters because spring wouldn't be the same... so get out of the house and enjoy the weather and the beautiful colors of the flowers blooming!

a taste of spring in the city of Chicago...

... Aaron serenading the passerbys on michigan avenue with his jazzy tunes on his sax ...

attention all muggles!

special announcement coming from
platform 9 & 3/4!

if you haven't heard already, JK Rowlings has announced the release of her 7th book of Harry Potter "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" on July 21st, 2007. They have announced that this last book will contain 784 pages! Pre-order you copy now so you're not scrambling around finding this most sought after book!

And to make it even more exciting! Movie 5 "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
is coming out to a theater near you on July 13th, 2007!

i'm so excited... i'm such a harry potter fan! i can't wait to read the harry potter series with my daughter (age appropriate, of course)... it really gets your imagination into over drive! this is of course, bitter-sweet... i'm excited to see how she will end the 7 book adventures of Harry Potter and friends... sad because it will end... but no matter what, i'll always be an HP fan...

just my 2 cents