Welcome to our Site! Welcome to our new blog & website, the one and only home of all things Ella Blue!  We're so excited to share this amazing collaboration with you all.  After many long hours of mind-melting over hot mugs of coffee, our ideas and inner voices have finally materialized into an amazing website & blog combination that truly represents who we are as a boutique photography company.  Our hope is that this won't simply be a place for people to come and look at photos, but a place where you can experience the things that drive us to create.  So please, enjoy some of our favorite songs, get to know us, and share in some of the most impressionable moments in people's lives. 
Once Wed: Amanda & Justin Featured
August 3, Miscellaneous
We were so flattered when Emily from Once Wed asked us if she could feature Amanda & Justin's wedding on her blog.  Emily has featured some really great photographers in the past, and we're truly honored to be among them.  Head on over to her blog when you get a moment and check it out...we're pretty sure you'll love her stuff!

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Heather says:

I saw this on Once Wed before I saw it here. I did a happy dance for you! So cool, I hope it spreads like wild fire through blogland! I am quite certain it will!

 (08.12.09 @ 01:25 AM)
the road to Coeur d'Alene
July 30, Miscellaneous
We pulled off the road on the way back from Coeur d'Alene a couple weeks ago, and I couldn't resist squeezing through the barbed-wire fence to photograph this scene.  Our week-long trip was one of most amazing vacations we've ever taken as a family.  The simplicity of it all just seemed perfect.  No wake-up time.  No daily schedule.  No expectations.  We spent the week just "being", and it was like breathing fresh mountain air for the first time.  We shared a house with our close friends Andre & Christine, and their three amazing kids.  We swam in the lake, had burgers from a place that's been there since 1907, and sipped coffee in the morning sunlight on a covered front porch.  It was truly an illustration of what it all comes down to: Friends, family, and life's most basic offerings.  Those are the things that sustain us all; whether we take the time to realize them or not.

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Jenny says:

canvas. a huge one. love it.

 (07.31.09 @ 12:41 AM)
Megan Welker says:

seriously! this is so simply beautiful!

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a boy & his dog
July 23, Miscellaneous

"Someone to face the day with, make it through all the mess with, someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you."  
-Author unknown

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Sarah Rhoads says:

oh man... this post really gets me a little teared up.. ;) my childhood pup is getting old and we just got news isn't doing too well and it makes me think of how true that quote is. thanks for sharin guys

 (07.23.09 @ 09:51 PM)
Jenny says:

so sweet...love these.

 (07.24.09 @ 12:02 AM)
Road Trip snapshots
July 20, Miscellaneous
Here are a few shots from a recent road trip. I think what I love most about these is their modesty. It's always humbling and refreshing to see things that often go overlooked.

 



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Adam Moore says:

Man I love these!!! Go making every-day life into art! And go film!!

 (07.20.09 @ 03:32 PM)
Jenny J says:

Yay - that's my camera! These images are incredible. Love the new song, btw.

(07.21.09 @ 06:59 PM)
Heather says:

Hi, I was thinking about you this week hoping you were enjoying your time off! Nice shots, what is that medium format I see? I want to have a film pow-wow with you.... my wheels are turning. I love how this just look like film, soft and pretty regular good old color film. Much Love, Heather

 (07.21.09 @ 08:41 PM)
Martha Louise says:

I love them all! Hope you guys are well.

 (07.22.09 @ 02:34 PM)
shannon leith says:

hey! yay for ITDR!! :) i LOVE THAT WATERMELLON SHOT! lovely.

 (07.23.09 @ 09:34 PM)
Us.
June 29, Miscellaneous
Sarah & Chris Rhoads just posted some photographs of us on their blog and they are pretty amazing! View the full post here: http://www.sarahrhoads.com/blog/


This image is one of my favorites...the lighting and composition are absolutely perfect. I was reading "All About Home Baking", it was passed on to me after my great grandmother died. I love flipping through the pages to find slips of paper with beautiful handwriting and old coupons good for cake flour and molasses. 

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Thank you Sarah and Chris for these incredible images, we will truly cherish them!
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Nicole Monique Photography says:

YAY! I found you through Sarah and I am so inspired reading through your blog! Love your style, the colors, the blog design...LOVE EVERYTHING!

(06.29.09 @ 11:17 PM)
Sarah Rhoads says:

It was soo fun to shoot you two love birds! Thanks for all of your trust and your continued friendship! xoxox

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Becka @Studio222 Photography says:

Yay for books!

(07.02.09 @ 12:47 PM)
Lydia says:

I saw these pictures on Sarah's site and loved them! Your new blogsite is awesome too!

 (07.05.09 @ 01:44 AM)
Heather says:

Loving your B&W images, so classic and timeless. Great job on this wedding you guys!

 (07.05.09 @ 11:39 PM)