I awoke to some pretty awesome news today! My dear friend Katie Lemos Brown of Lovewell Celebration Design and her AMAZING blog The Lovewell Post (aka The Post) wrote an atricle for Today’s CNY Woman Magazine! Guess who’s picture made it for the Artistic Bride?! Go figure right? Check out Katie’s article and if you want some more mosey on over to The Post to check out her latest blog post with a more in depth version featuring MORE work from yours truly! I feel extremely spoiled by Katie today! You should all go gush over how fantastical she is! I mean really, between desiging GORGEOUS weddings, being super creative, and a fantastic writer she should have to give up some of her talent right?

If you’re in need of a great wedding designer/coordinator extraordinaire  you gotta check out Katie!

Elaine & Mike’s Love story was the honored feature!

Elaine, Alyse, & Alesha were all featured on The Post!

Wow! 2012 has really started off with a BANG! I’ve been going a little crazy as of late, so I do whole heartedly apologize for neglecting my blogging duties…I know…I’ve missed you too!

I thought i’d share with you a few of the things that have been going on in Mabyn-land!

The New Year was wonderful, I kicked it off with an intimate party at home with some very close & awesome friends! After celebration and some wrap up stuff at the office I headed off to Connetticut for a wedding photography conference called Mystic Seminars. This was my fourth year attending and I still glean something new every year! These seminars consist of some of the most talented and renowned photographers in the industry! They take time from their busy schedules to share nuggets of wisdom and their point of view on business & photography. It’s also a very small conference, only about 250 people attend so you can get to know the speakers as well as other photographers around you. As I am now a vetren, I know a lot of the people coming to Mystic. It’s always a great time to reminisce with old friends, make new ones, and learn more about my passion!

Mystic 2012 by the amazing Switzerfilm guys!

After spending 4 days neck deep in education and inspiration I was revved up to do shoot! Luckily I had 2 shoots booked for my returning week. I got to hang out with the Reyes Family for Tirzah’s 6 month photos AND I got to capture Yolanda & Arel’s GORGEOUS Love Story! Was I ever excited to flex my newly pumped photo muscle! Both days went extremely well and I can’t wait to show you all their stories!

The Reyes Family

Yolanda & Arel’s Love Story

Needless to say I am SO STINKIN’ EXCITED for 2012!!! There are going to be some big changes that I’m hoping to solidify in the next month or two. Stay tuned for some great stories, announcements, and photos! 2012 here we come!!!

So I ment to do this whole vlog on the highs and lows of 2011 and what I’m looking forward to in 2012. Lets just say the cleaning monster got ahold of me and I went uber OCD on my apartment in preparations for my NYE party! The hours whittled away and before I knew it there was no time left. Sometimes I bite off more than I can chew, but I’d rather be overly ambitious than never be able to say “I tried!” Right?
To quickly recap all of the wonderful things I was going to gush about via web cam:
2011 for Mabyn Ludke Photography was FANTASTIC! It was my first year all on my own and I can’t believe how amazing it has been.
I was so fearful of stepping out and doing the whole business woman thing, but with the support of my family, friends, vendors, and clients things have worked out better than I could have imagined!
2012 is looking like it’s going to be a phenominal year! I plan on sharing with you all my upcoming favorites on Monday. Tonight however I will share with you all some of my favorites from this, my first-all on my own-wedding season. Thank you everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

xoxoxo,

Mabyn

2011 was a year of some fantastic couples! Check out my favorites of the year!