OFF THE PAGE photography blog: Going Green All The Way

Going Green is a big deal for me.

It's hard to go COMPLETELY Green in this day and age, but I feel I need to do as much as I can, as often as possible. So with that in mind, I have been making changes in the way I do business, to decrease my carbon footprint: I've changed all my packaging, proofing methods and several other things in order to make a positive impact on the environment.

So when Monika & Mike contacted me and asked me to photograph the Very Green wedding, I was ecstatic! This is before I even found out that we're related. Far removed cousins, but cousins nonetheless...

Monika & Mike have traveled the globe together and have planted trees together and are very actively seeking greener options in their lives. So a green wedding was the only way to tie the knot!

So green in fact that they'll be growing their own flowers, making their own food (yum!), getting gold bands made of recycled gold (no diamonds) and Monika's dress will be made of Fair Trade Silk!

Aren't you so excited about that? I certainly AM!!!

So I will be documenting their progress here and there, and I ask you to join me on this little adventure! I think we can all learn a little from these two!

I went over to Monika's parent's house yesterday as they were preparing to plant some of their flowers. This is how I knew that I had arrived at the right place. Monika's bumper sticker:

This is what their flowers will look like next year! They will be varieties of Echinacea.

Here Mike starts getting the ground ready. (Note: I am all thumbs, but none of them are green as far as gardening goes, so I won't even try to get the gardening terms right!)

Being from Brazil originally, and seeing flowers blooming year round, never ever dying, I am always amazed at how nature can die like this and then resuscitate in the Spring.