If you’ve been reading GWS for awhile now, you know I LOVE great photography. There are lots of different styles out there and I try to share lots of them here so you can get a better idea what type of photography you would like to invest in for your wedding and engagement/anniversary photos. One of my most favorite photographers is Clayton Austin. His style is very distinct: artistic, vintage inspired and extremely passionate. His portrait sessions are always amazing. I don’t think I’ve seen one that hasn’t taken my breath away! Clayton is about to embark on a fun adventure, the Hammers & Strings Tour. Beginning on October 13, he will travel with his beloved piano and photograph couples in love in some of the most breathtaking landscapes. The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Salt Flats and more. And I’m so excited to announce that Clayton found an amazing spot in Malibu and has offered to photograph one lucky couple from Green Wedding Shoes on his tour!! So, for all of you that dream of having AMAZING romantic photos of you and your honey, this is your chance.
The details:
You must be available on Sunday, October 24 in Malibu, CA. You must be in love. :) And the fun part…if you read Clayton’s blog you know he is also an amazing writer and storyteller. I love that. I wish I could tell stories like that! Well, we thought it would be fun to play off that idea by having you tell us a song lyric that best describes your relationship as a couple. So, if you are interested in having your photos taken by Clayton and can be in Malibu on Sunday, October 24th, just leave a comment in this post with a single line from a song that best represents your love/relationship. Fun and easy, right? Clayton and I will pick our favorites and then we’ll have you the readers vote for the couple you would like to see Clayton photograph! We will close comments on Sunday Sept 26th at 10pm PST and name the finalists later in the week. Have fun and I can’t wait to read your song lyrics!
Prize will consist of:
• Hammers & Strings session on Sunday, October 24, 2010
• 50 images
• DVD of high resolution images on DVD with limited rights to print
• 1 10×10, 20 side flush mount album
• 1 11×14 print signed and numbered as limited edition.
If you want to see more from the original Hammers & Strings session, click here.
photographer to photographer my wife and I would love to be photographed by Clayton. We never had any type of engagement shoot done and nearly all of our time is spent photographing other people (which we love), but this would be a very special treat.
My husband is leaving a comment too, I am not sure if we are allowed a double entry, but we want this BIG TIME :) And that shot would fall right before our 2 year anniversary!
We played this song at our wedding, so the lyrics are especially special to me, but I love ‘Til Kingdom Come by Coldplay. One of my favorite parts of the song is:
Hold my head inside your hands,
I need someone who understands.
I need someone, someone who hears,
For you, I’ve waited all these years.
For you, I’d wait ’til kingdom come.
Until my day, my day is done.
And say you’ll come, and set me free,
Just say you’ll wait, you’ll wait for me.
“How long do you want to be loved? Is forever enough, is forever enough?”
Dixie Chicks “Lullaby”
Fingers crossed! My husband and I would LOVE this!
forgot the lyrics … She says we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not We got each other and that’s a lot For love we’ll give it a shot! … Bon Jovi “Livin on a prayer” of course.
Because I don’t think that we should ever feel the need to worry, ever get ourselves in a hurry
you know i love you, I know you love me.
Time will go and we may be
far apart I know, but as far as I can see,
this is so good there’s no need for a change
it’s all right with me,
it’s as simple as it should be.
Simple as it should be.
-Tristan Prettyman, Simple as it should be
(I am singing this song at our wedding)
This would be an absolutely amazing experience. The song lyrics that remind me of our love are from the Van Morrison song “I’ll be your lover, too” –
“And when you look at me
With eyes that see
And we’ll melt into each others arms
You’ll be my queen
And I’ll be your king
And I’ll be your lover too”
But why California? Come to the midwest!
When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
-Bruno Mars
(this song was played on our wedding DVD :))
I always think about my fiance when I hear this song…
‘Cause I’m not easy to understand
But you know me like the back of your hand
I’m your girl and you’re my man
And we’re makin’ plans
“Makin’ Plans”, Miranda Lambert
My husband and i have been looking at photographer for a romance shoot. This looks fantastic!
“I bless the day I found you, I want to stay around you.”
-Let it be me, performed by Rosie Thomas
(our first dance at our wedding last summer)
“Just something about the woman makes my heart go haywire
And she’s gonna be my wife…” Zac Brown Band, Got Whatever It Is
I would love to have such gorgeous pics and living in So Cal, we never make it to Malibu enough!
Ooh, pick us, pick us! I moved to California from Georgia for my darling Hollywood stuntman and we’ll be married by Summer of next year. One of our smushy songs: When You Got a Good Thing by Lady Antebellum. “You can make me laugh when I want to cry, this will last forever I just know…”
Or the entirety of Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
You are the sun
You are the rain
That makes my life this foolish game
You need to know
I love you so
And I’d do it all again and again
– “You Are” Lionel Richie
Kinda always pictures this one as our first dance :) The perfect balance of upbeat/offbeat love!
I forgot my song lyric!
“Watch your hands move along my face they trace all the lines ive lived
it isnt hard to love your scars cause thats everywhere you’ve been
i am yours and i know that youre mine
youre worth waiting for youre worth waiting for
be my only be my only be my only
your hand in mine i swear love speeds up time
and wind blows southern skies like a lullaby
the good the bad i take it all your loves a wrecking ball”
BE MY ONLY – FM RADIO
This is cool as hell, and we would be insanely honored to be chosen. I’m a writer and piano player, so it would be very near and dear to my heart to get to do this… and with such an amazing photog no less! We’re a pretty quirky couple, so our love song lyrics mirrors that…
It’s one of our favorite tunes of all time (also our first dance song): “Heroes” by David Bowie:
And you
You can be mean
And I
I’ll drink all the time
‘Cause we’re lovers
And that is a fact
Yes we’re lovers
And that is that
This is the song we walked back down the aisle to… :-)
You look so sweet,
And you’re so doggone fine.
I just can’t get you out of my mind.
You’ve become a sweet taste in my mouth, now.
And I want you to be my spouse,
So that we can live happily, nah-nah,
In a great big ol’ roomy house.
And I know you’re gonna groove me, baby.
King Floyd – Groove Me
My Fiance and I have been madly in love for 5 glorious years. The are finally having our BIG DAY on Nov 6 in Santa Barbara, CA. The song we are dancing to for our first dance is the song I chose to represent our love. We are getting the Lyrics from the song “Now and forever. Let it be me.” tattooed after the BIG DAY! Check out our wedding website to see a bit more about the day :) davelopez.net/theirbigday
Let it Be Me by Rosie Thomas
Cause each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be?
So never leave me lonely
Tell you love me only
Now and forever
Let it be me
We would LOVE this!
Always loved the movie [Sleepless in Seattle] and and the son by the lovely Harry Connick, Jr.
This line is so us:
Just the sound of your voice
the light in your eyes
You’re so far away from yesterday
Together, with a wink and a smile
We go together, like a wink and a smile.
my boyfriend (soon to be fiance… he’s keeping me in suspense) and i would be so blessed to win this. there’s no way we could afford such a professional shoot, but we both love and admire photography. and each other of course! here’s our song lyric…
i’ll make you mine, i’ll make you mine if you would have me,
with silver ring that will hug you tight.
our life begins, our life begins with this.
i’ll prove my love, i’ll prove my love if you would let me.
over and over and over again.
we’ll bring a child, we’ll bring a child into this world.
we’ll say the one thing everyone should hear:
you were meant for amazing things.
(sleeping at last, “umbrellas”)
We used this song lyric to adorn individual mason jar-potted succulents at our wedding:
“Treat your love like a firefly,
Like it only gets to shine for a little while,
Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top,
And run like hell to show it off” – Miranda Lambert
“Home is wherever I’m with you”
“Always remember, there is nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name.” – The Avett Brothers
We live in Indiana though, bummer.
What happens when I say
This may be the last beautiful day?
I’m dancing in my sleep
With promises I’ll keep
Feeling so complete
Cause I’ve got you and you’ve got me
I’ve got you and you’ve got me
New Buffalo – “I’ve Got You and You’ve Got Me”
Sweet, sweet video of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wpN3bOBNA
Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember – how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.
September by Earth, wind, and Fire
(I know it was supposed to be one verse, but I love both verses so equally! One verse is nothing without the other, just like my dear fiance and I. (I know that was cheesey! :)
This is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But, now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy
bright eyes.first day of my life.
We would absolutely love to have an engagement shoot but unfortunately cannot afford one. We are so used to taking pictures that aren’t exactly flattering that a professional shoot would be amazing and would surely provide us with a confidence booster come wedding time!
Our song lyrics:
“I wanna live life, and never be cruel.
I wanna live life, and be good to you.
I wanna live life, and always be true.
I wanna live life, and be good to you.”
Coldplay, We Never Change.
This song has affected my fiancee & I in different ways in different places in our relationship & is so very much perfect for your Tour Clayton
Jack’s Mannequin “Hammer & Strings (A Lullaby)
“These hammers and strings been following me around…come on, write me a song, give me something to trust
Just promise you won’t let it be, just the keys that you touch
Give me something to believe in, a breath from the breathing
To the sleepless this is my reply, I will write you a lullaby, a lullaby.”
“Hotter than Mojave in my heart.”
We may live in the Sonoran desert, but this Iris Dement lyric has been special to us for forever. Just playing for fun, I’m not actually sure we would be available that date.
My fiancé and I are high school sweethearts, and even when we’ve been through tough phases, we both know we’re meant to be :)
“…and I don’t need another kind of green to know I’m on the right side with you…”- Another kind of green, John Mayer.
please pick us!!!
“I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul”
My husband and I are simple–I’d say our lyric is just “simply irresistible” :)
Cheers to Clayton for this sensational giveaway!
ughhhhhh I adore him! wish I lived near CA….
but a good lyric anyway…
moons and junes and ferris wheels
the dizzy dancing way you feel
as every fairy tale comes real
i’ve looked at love that way
both sides now, joni mitchell
My heart literally almost leaped out of my chest when I saw this giveaway! AMAZING!!!
Here goes-
“This is the first day of my life, glad I didn’t die before I met you.”
First Day Of My Life ~By: Bright Eyes
“Forever my friend, forever my love, forever te woman I am thinkin of. I just think if we keep our hearts together. Just think if we build on this love that we have for one another, baby we can make this last a lifetime.”
-Ray Lamontagne-
My honey and I are both musicians and writers and would LOVE to be part of this!
What if I never knew
What if I never found you
I’d never have this feeling in my heart
How did this come to be
I don’t know how you found me
But from the moment I saw you
Deep inside my heart I knew
– Destiny, Jim Brickman
I just got engaged last week and this photo shoot would be perfect!!!
Bitty McLean “The Real Thing”
Good things come to those who wait
(I know your love was worth the wait)
my life is complete now I found you oohoo
no need to search no more
I found what I’am looking for
We’ve got the real thing baby
In you I have no doubts
This is what it’s all about
We’ve got the real thing baby
We’ve been friends for 7 years before we started dating 4 months ago. When we finally got together, we knew instantly that we belong together!
“I am thinking it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they’re perfectly aligned”
“Such Great Heights” by: The Postal Service
I’m embarrassed to admit that as a teenager, I had a penchant for “emocore” music (insert rolling eyes here.) And while my 29 year old self has embraced a less somber and more optimistic outlook on life (as well as a brand of music that doesn’t involve howling vocal cords) I have carried the following song lyric into adulthood:
“I want to be the clay in your hands”
Gloria, by Mineral
from the album The Power of Failing
When I met Daniel, I knew he was someone I would love for a lifetime because he constantly inspires me to be something more than what I am on my own. I learn from him, I grow with him, and he is a giant in my mind. (Which is why when he asked me to marry him two weeks ago, I said yes :)
We’re both blessed to have amazing lives but in an emotionally draining time we met and fell in love. We’d love to capture that love on film with you :)
In my life I love you more
Beatles “In my Life”
This is an amazing opportunity! Thank you for the chance to participate
Everlong,
By Foo Fighters
“Breathe out, so I could breathe you in, hold you in”
“What if I’d been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest”
-Ben Folds, The Luckiest
Once upon a time there were two teenagers who instantly clicked and fell in love. The night of their first kiss, the boy, Jesse, played this song for Kayla. “Oh, it is love” by HelloGoodbye. Her favorite lyrics out of the whole song are:
“Oh say wouldn’t you like to be older and married with me? Oh say wouldn’t it be nice to know right now that we’ll be someday holding hands in the end, all our broken plans will have been and I’ll kiss you soft so you know, it is love..”
If a person were to listen to the entire song, the story line would fit this couples life perfectly. They were apart for 2 years and only communicated through letters. Jesse and Kayla were wed on May 22, 2010. It was a wonderful day of celebration but their vintage inspired, full of peacock feathers wedding didn’t exactly get the style of photos they wanted.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS SHOOT!!! I am getting into photography but wish that I had some awesome vintage styled photos of us. Please consider us!
This would be such a wonderful gift to my fiance and I! We have gone through some major life changes since our engagement, including illness, unemployment and school.
This is one of my favorite songs, and definitely represents how we fell into our relationship:
Falling into love without regrets,
Recklessly without a net
Just a game of slife’s roulette
That carried you to me
Maybe I was overdue,
for one small dream come true
“Take Me Into You” from musical The Thing About Men
I would love to share this with my fiance; this song truly represents our relationship and will probably be our first dance:
Strange, dear, but true, dear,
When I’m close to you, dear,
The stars fill the sky,
So in love with you am I.
Even without you
My arms fold about you.
You know, darling why,
So in love with you am I.
“So in Love” from Kiss Me, Kate
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No no no no no no
No, nothing else will do
I’ve gotta have you, I’ve gotta have you.
“Gotta Have You” The Weepies
Oh no! I took too long to post my lyric and someone posted it before me, can I submit another one??? This is too AWESOME not to be a part of it.
Just in case I can-
“You’re the other half of what I am, you’re the missing piece and I love you more than ever with that love that doesn’t cease”
“Wedding Song” by Bob Dylan
” you and i, we can conquer the world…in love ” you and i – Michael Buble.
**crossing my fingers, toes and eyes :)
“Every time I close my eyes
I thank the Lord that I’ve got you
And you’ve got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself cuz I don’t believe it’s true
That someone like you loves me too”
— Babyface, Every Time I Close My Eyes
My husband and I would love to have this photo shoot for our 1 year anniversary, which is November 7. This song truly expresses how thankful we are to God for bringing us to together and just the amazement that we can love someone this much and be loved back. While we were planning the wedding, we kept going back and forth about the song for our first dance. So when we were taking a road trip and this song came on the radio, we immediately looked at each other and, without any words, we knew we would dance to this song at our wedding.
here is our song by maroon 5 “sunday morning!”
“That may be all I need
In darkness she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave”
this represents us best because at the moment we are long distance and when we are together we never want to be apart! but were getting married in 2012 so we wont have to be apart much longer! <3
Love this! My boyfriend (hopefully soon to be fiance) are both teachers and could never afford this. Plus, the bf is a musician, so he might actually enjoy it! I plan to walk down the aisle to my brother’s acoustic version of the Queen song “You’re My Best Friend.” Here is my favorite part:
You’re the best friend
that I ever had
I’ve been with you such a long time
You’re my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You’re my best friend
Johnny Cash – I love you because
“I love you because my heart is lighter
Every time I’m walking by your side
I love you because the future’s brighter”
My husband and I have been married for 2 years. We never got the chance to do a day-after-wedding photo shoot as money was tight back then. I would love to get some updated photos of my beloved hubby and I from the talented Clayton Austin!
The song that best describes our relationship since day 1, which we also played on our wedding day for our guests is Bryan Adam’s “I Finally Found Someone”
The following lyrics actually describe how Ben and I were friends before dating and our first time hanging out was over coffee at Starbucks:
“I finally found someone
That knocks me off my feet
I finally found the one
That makes me feel complete
It started over coffee
We started out as friends
It’s funny how from simple things
The best things begin “
“Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I’ll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world”
Somewhere over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And it’s me you need to show
How deep is your love…
The Bee Gees (The Birds and The Bee)
I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I’m loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!
“I Feel Pretty” West Side Story
My fiance and I just got engaged this month. Every day feels like my birthday. I never knew life could be this beautiful, and he makes me feel beautiful in it.
I’ll give you every thing I can
I’ll build your dreams with these two hands
We’ll hang some memories on the wall
And when just the two of us are there
You won’t have to ask if I still care
Cause as the time turns the page
My love won’t age at all
And I swear…
“It’s always better when we’re together.”
-Jack Johnson, Better Together
My fiance and I have always done our own thing as a couple, even moving about 3 hours away from where we’ve lived our whole life, and through it all everything is just always better when we’re together. ;)
(ONE line from ‘I Swear’, per your request):
I’ll build your dreams with these two hands
There’s something about the look in your eyes
Something I noticed when the light was just right
It reminded me twice that I was alive
And it reminded me that you’re so worth the fight
Have I told you lately
How much I dream about you
The way your eyes dance in the sun
The way the heavens wrap around you
And I would walk the world
To prove that I am yours
It hasn’t felt like this before
It hasn’t felt like home before you
– Joshua Radin
I am not a fan of getting pictures taking, but after finding your site has shown how amazing pictures can turn out with an amazing photographer. My fiance and I are in the process of finding someone to do our engagement pictures. This would be a wonderful experience for us. The Way I am by Ingrid Michaelson is a great representation of us, we are so looking forward to growing old together.
If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I’ll make it better.
Cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.
“It ain’t perfect but it’s worth it and it’s always getting better”
“You know I’ve dreamed about you..for twenty-nine years before I saw you..You know I’ve dreamed about you..I’ve missed you for twenty-nine years..” -The National
“The time is right your perfume fills my head……
The stars get red and on the nights so blue……
And then I go and spoil it all by saying
Something stupid like I love you”
Well, we continue spoiling it by saying ‘I love you’ every day as we are happily married almost a year
“Maybe I’m amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you”
-Paul McCartney
As a military couple who’ve made it through boot camp and two deployments (him) plus and undergraduate and soon-to-be graduate degree programs (her), perhaps nothing captures our long-distance love better than a classic…”Wherever you go, Whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you…” (Richard Marx)
“What if I fall and hurt myself? Would you know how to fix me
What if I went and lost myself? Would you know where to find me
If I forgot who I am, would you please remind me oh?
Cause without you things go hazy”
-Rosi Golan (Hazy)
These are beautiful. As a couple who had to sacrifice on their photography due to budget…this would be incredible!
I’ll follow you into the park,Through the jungle through the dark, Girl I never loved one like you.
Moats and boats and waterf alls,Alley-ways and pay phone calls,
I’ve been everywhere with you.
We laugh until we think we’ll die, Barefoot on a summer night
Nothin’ new is sweeter than with you
And in the streets you run afree, Like it’s only you and me,
Geeze, you’re something to see.
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I’m with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is wherever I’m with you.
[Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes]
There are so many that could work- but my favorite:
I’m gonna love you forever, forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about old men
If you wonder how long I’ll be faithfull
I’ll be happy to tell you again
I’m gonna love you forever and ever, forever and ever amen
My boyfriend and I have have been together for almost 2 years… this would be great for our anniversary… We both have pasts where we have been incredibly hurt… by infidelity… and being used…. but we feel in love an and too us Love is just what we have… quiet… and strong…
“The book of love is long and boring, and written very long ago. It’s full of flowers and heart shaped boxes, and things we’re all to young to know…. But I love it when you give me things, and you ought to buy me wedding rings.”
Peter Gabriel-The Book of Love
It took so long to say,
but I want to make you mine.
So sweet Devine let’s spend some time
behind the door.
This is the last verse from the song The Door that my amazingly handsome and talented fiance wrote for me.
“Cause when I looked into your eyes
And you dared to stare right back
You should’ve said “Nice to meet you, I’m your other half””
“The Best Thing” Relient K
Little did I know that re-meeting an old high school friend would change my life. Our lives.
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I’m all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I’m all the way back where I belong
-CHANTAL KREVIAZUK
The way that we are
It’s the reason I stay
As long as you’re here with me
I know I’ll be Ok
[Chorus:]
They say that love is forever
Your forever is all that I need
Please stay as long as you need
Can’t promise that things won’t be broken
But I swear that I will never leave
Please stay forever with me
Sleeping with Sirens – “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn”
“I never knew
That I could love someone
The way that I love you
I never knew….
That you could love
That you could love someone like me…”
White Dress by Ben Rector
“When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most”
Brett Dennen
I just think if we keep our hearts together, I just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another, maybe we can make this last a lifetime…
-Forever My Friend by Ray LaMontane <3
I love it so much! Could anything be more beautiful then those couple’s + the piano?
“Anything to make you smile
You are the ever-living ghost of what once was
I never want to hear you say
That you’d be better off
Or you liked it that way
But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do
No one’s gonna love you more than I do”
Band of horses.
My husband & I would adore to win.
I can’t get rid of you
I don’t know what to do
I don’t even know who is growing on who
‘Cos everywhere I go you’re there
Can’t get you out of my hair
Can’t pretend that I don’t care – it’s not fair
-Growing on Me by The Darkness
My Husband and I met just over 6 years ago when i finally mustered up the courage to ask him out… Our first date was longboarding (the skateboard not the surfboard type) ever sense that day we have been connected at the hip!! This song was played at our wedding and more importantly sung by my hubby anytime he feels like telling me how much he loves me :)
Ooh baby I love your way.
Everyday, yeah yeah
Wanna tell you I love your way.
Everyday, yeah yeah
I wanna be with you night and day.
Everyday and every way
-“Ooohh Baby I Love Your Way” was wrote by Peter Frampton but our favorite version is Regae by Big Mountain
Oh, and love’s not just the sum of us
It’s so much deeper
Goes so much wider
Love of a sweeter kind
Love with a patient mind
Bigger than my eyes have ever seen
Than my imagination dreams
It’s big enough
Bigger than us
Love is patient, love is kind
Love has given us a sign
It’s big enough
Bigger than us
~Andy Davis – Bigger Than Us
“Sealing our love with a kiss, waited my whole life for this.”
Something that I love so much about my relationship with my soon to be hubby is how we trust eachother so much. I love Ingrid Michaelson and it just so happens that her latest song feels like it was written just for my fiance and me :)
I don’t need a parachute, baby if I’ve got you. You’re gonna catch me, you’re gonna catch if I fall {Ingrid Michaelson, Parachute}
“i watch you as you sleep – there’s a silent celebration for every breath you breathe”
(from Until You – Dave Barnes)
picking just one line from a song is like picking just one image from a wedding shoot – so hard! but sometimes that’s more than enough to say it all.
When my grandfather passed away I felt lost and hopeless as he died without his love by his side. Very much like my grandfather I am a hopeless romantic. I will always remember his love for my nana and how he spoke of their endless love even after she passed away. At her funeral he did not cry I asked how he could be so strong and he said, “When you find love, you love it for everthing, and today I am just saying goodbye to her on earth, until our souls reunite, and for that I am very grateful”. During his passing I thought the only thing that would heal my heart was finding true love. I remember what he said all those times, love can even be found in sorrow. I never knew what he truly meant until his passing and shortly after I met my husband. The first time that I listened to ” I will follow you into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie I was reminded of my grandfather and how selfishly he accepted his death to be reunited with my nana. This song is the epitome of everything my grandfather taught me about love and how I feel about my husband.
Lyric
“No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I’ll follow you into the dark”
Everything by Michale Buble
And I can’t believe, that I’m your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we’ll see it through,and you know that’s what our love can do.
My husband and I just celebrated our one month anniversary as a married couple. Although we’ve known eachother for almost six years, our love & craziness for each other has only grown each & everyday.. this is our song, although it seems sad, the lyrics here perfectly represents our our love and friendship.
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
No my heart just can’t hide
That old feelin’ inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby, you know when I look in your eyes
I go crazy.
Paul Davis – I Go Crazy
Say it again for me
It’s like the whole world stops to listen
When you tell me you’re in love,
Say it again
– Marie Digby
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easy when life gets hard
Lucky I’m in Love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I promise you, I will
Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
– Jason Mraz
“I’m yours” was our first dance song, but these lyrics have resonated with us from our second date…
My fiance and I are getting married August 20, 2011 and we both feel that our lives before were difficult and full of disappointments. He has some self image issues and I have some body image issues but when we look at each other nothing else matters.
“When I see your face there’s not a thing that I would change, Cause you’re amazing
just the way you are.” – Bruno Mars, “Just the Way You Are”
We met the first day of college, ten years ago almost to this day. We lived a couple of doors down from one another. This song gets exactly how we felt then, and exactly how feel now. It even gets the details right (he always brings me coffee in my favorite cup). We’re getting married next fall–hallelujah!
Let me tell you ’bout a girl I know
She is my baby and she lives next door
Every mornin’ ‘fore the sun comes up
She brings me coffee in my favorite cup
That’s how I know–yes I know–
Hallelujah I just love her so.
Ray Charles, “Hallelujah, I Love Her So” (Peggy Lee’s version is a close second!)
If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks, then I’ll follow you into the dark
-Death Cab for Cutie
“MMMM, Its always better when we’re together” -mr. johnson :)
my fiance and i are endearingly obnoxious. i’m a black singer/actress disguised as an academic counselor trapped in a university’s admissions office. he’s a rockstar.
“apple bottom jeans/ boots with the fur.”
<3
pick us. we're fun.
we live in la.
we're free on 10.24
Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You
If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I was a tree growing tall and greeen
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves
All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
The song lyric that is most special to my fiancee, Seth, and I’s relationship is…
“da da da (da da da)
da da da (da da da)
Da Da Da Dun Diddle Un Diddle Un Diddle Uh Da ”
Yes. That’s what I said.
Our “song” is The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” because not only is it our go-to jam-in-the-car-because-no-ones-looking-song, but also it’s the song that Seth made a music video to that set the stage for him proposing. To me, those syllables (they’re not really even lyrics) are the most romantic thing I had ever heard.
Here’s the video he made, without me knowing, with our friends over the course of about 2 or 3 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeSanRYBpiA
“Oh, my love, you came to me like wine comes to thy mouth, grown tired of water all the time. You quench my heart and Love, you quench my mind”
“I don’t care if forever never comes
‘Cause I’m holding out for that teenage feeling. I’m holding out for that teenage feeling”
-Neko Case
We were friends for 4 years. I crushed on him the whole time. Our lives stayed connected though we moved along. He eventually confessed his love for me when I was thinking it might be an eternal crush. And we’ve been lovelies ever since – 3 years now and getting hitched this June. Every single moment together is that giddy, butterflies floating in our tums feeling that when I was a teenager I thought love would be like. I held out and my forever came. I love our teenage feeling.
“If you were a melody
I’d sing you all the time
And if your hands were poetry
I’d memorize every line
And if every look you gave me were
A different hue or shade of color
I’d learn how to paint you”
Try by Jillian Edwards
“You’re just the one that I’ve been waiting for, I’ll give you all that I have to give and more…You’ll be the one that I’ll love forever more”
– Don’t Let Me Fall, by Lenka
“So I will help you read those books- if you will soothe my worried looks, and we will put the lonesome on the shelf.”
-Ingrid Michaelson
omg omg omgggg!! I would die to win this. He is an INCREDIBLE photographer and luckily I live in LA :)
This is one of our favorite songs and I love the lyrics:
For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I’ve needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I’ll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
For once in my life I won’t let sorrow hurt me
Not like it’s hurt me before
For once, I have something I know won’t desert me
I’m not alone anymore
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can’t take it
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
check out my blog for pictures of us and our proposal story (I just posted my story and his!) Crossing my fingers BIG time!
The book of love is long and boring, no one can lift the damn thing, it’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing. But I… I love it when you read to me. And you… You can read me anything.
this is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization/it’s the sound of the unlocking and the lift away/your love will be safe with me
Re: Stacks
Bon Iver
Hi, I’m a huge Clayton Austin fan.
Unfortunately, Kai and I can’t make it out to Cali … but these lyrics are winners anyway. :)
“Now I can’t live without you, and I don’t want to … I’ve done that all my life up ’til now.” – Eisley.
Great idea, Green Wedding Shoes!
What a great contest!! I’m a photographer and LOVE LOVE LOVE Clayton Austin’s work!
My line is “east side love is living on the west end” by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I think of (and this is just MY interpretation) that line as contrast, of giving and taking a little. That’s my relationship w my husband. While I am a dreamer, my husband is pragmatic. I love the big picture, he’s in the details. I speak before I think, he thinks before he speaks. I’m into the beach, he’s definitely a mountain man. I like the heat, he likes the cold. It goes on and on. We approach life differently but still live on each other’s side, and in each other’s shoes. Compromise.
We are in two years of marriage and going strong! I love my husband for making me see different perspectives.
Hi, Clayton Austin fans here …
Unfortunately, Kai (hubs) and I can’t make it out to Cali … but these lyrics are winners anyway. :)
“Now I can’t live without you, and I don’t want to … I’ve done that all my life up ’til now.” – Eisley.
Great idea, Green Wedding Shoes!
Hello world
Hope you’re listening
Forgive me if I’m young
For speaking out of turn
There’s someone I’ve been missing
I think that they could be
The better half of me
They’re in the wrong place trying to make it right
But I’m tired of justifying
So i say you’ll..
Come home
Come home
Cause I’ve been waiting for you
For so long
For so long
And right now there’s a war between the vanities
But all i see is you and me
The fight for you is all I’ve ever known
So come home
Oh
Everything i can’t be
Is everything you should be
And that’s why i need you here
Everything i can’t be
Is everything you should be
And that’s why i need you here
So hear this now
Come home
Come home
Cause I’ve been waiting for you
For so long
For so long
And right now there’s a war between the vanities
But all i see is you and me
The fight for you is all I’ve ever known
Ever known
So come home
Come home
My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost 3 years. We had been best friends all through high school and it was at his Marine Corps Boot Camp Graduation (before we were officially together) on October 26th, 2007 that he told me he loved me. Our relationship has been long distance with him being deployed to Afghanistan and Japan, and myself studying in Florence and London. We are finally both home in California and he makes the 3 hour drive from base to see me at Pepperdine University in Malibu as often as possible. This would be a total blessing and gift to celebrate these amazing past three years.
As seniors in high school, we curled up in sleeping bags and laid in lawn chairs starring up at the stars. We would stay out there until the line between night and dusk began to blur, and it was there that we first wished we would fall in love. Yet, even the wishes we made on stars have exceeded all expectations. Nine years later, we are married and more in love then the wide-eyed high school students we once were. These lyrics are from a song that Scott wrote for me for our one year (dating :) anniversary oh so many years ago…
“I was holding her soft hands, under endless smiling stars”
Thanks for offering such an awesome opportunity!! :)
OMG, I love my fiance, Clay’s work, and GWS. We would be so, so, so excited to win.
This song makes us both smile every time we hear it!
“Down by the sea staring at the sunset, all those in colors and light like a flame through the heart. But I never saw a sunset woman ’til I met you. The sweetest thing.”
-The Sweetest Thing by JJ Grey and Mofro
We’re free 10-24, we live in LA, we are getting married in May…we are your ultimate catch =)
One day we’ll get outta this shitty apartment
One day is all it takes for things to turn around now
All I know is I got you and you got me, babe
And when that morning comes
I’ll make coffee and you’ll read the paper
We’ll talk about our plans
And I’ll keep saying how lucky we are
-how lucky we are, meiko
This would be so incredibly beautiful and wonderful! We had our first date at a Nickel Creek concert at the Hollywood Bowl, and one of their lines describes how we see each other…”Honey, I’m a prize and you’re a catch, and we’re the perfect match….”
Thanks so much for such a stunningly wonderful opportunity!
Queen – You’re My Best Friend
You’re my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You’re my best friend
(We are free, and if we are not Clayton is worth calling in sick for! He is the most talented person !)
“Let’s Groove Tonight” by Earth, Wind, and Fire
These short lyrics “Let’s Groove Tonight” describe myself & my fiance’s relationship.
We share the spice of life, we love to dance any chance we get. At dinner, during a great meal he will start dancing! Whether it be sunny days, or playing in the rain that doesn’t stop us. Telling the DJ to play our favorite tune- Dancing and music is fun. Our life together is fun!
Thanks for the opportunity to Clayton & Green Wedding Shoes!
We went dancing in the minefields
We went sailing in the storms
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that’s what the promise is for —
Andrew Peterson , Dancing in the minefields
Trent and I can’t afford plane tickets but I still had to jump in on this because I love it.
“C’est lui pour moi,moi pour lui/dans la vie/Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie…”
which means,”It’s him for me and me for him/all our lives/and it’s so real what I feel”
from “La Vie en Rose”
“You’re the girl of my dreams
And a pistol it seems, but you shoot me straight and true
Time to lay down my fears,
Honey, I feel so safe around you.
If the tiller man taught me anything,
It’s that a hard-headed woman is what I need To help me to always do my best.
Baby, my life is blessed.”
-Pistol by Dustin Kensrue
guilty ;)
“And if my parents are crying,
Then I’ll dig a tunnel from my window to yours
Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours
You climb out the chimney
And meet me in the middle
The middle of the town
And since there’s no one else around,
We let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker from living out in the snow”
– Arcade Fire “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”
We’re from southern California, but David and I are running away together and eloping in the city where we fell in love: San Francisco <3
We'd love to meet you, tell you our story, and have this amazing opportunity!
“And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing.
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything.”
Michael Buble! My fiancée lives in Culver City and I live in Monrovia and WE LOVE YOUR WORK!!!
I’m a little lost without you, or that may be an understatement… Arthur Russel
When you feel embarrassed then I’ll be your pride
When you need directions then I’ll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.
-Passenger Seat, Death Cab For Cutie
Oh my goodness!! This is the day after our wedding!! We would LOVE and amazing day after shoot!!!
“So many stories of where I’ve been
and how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true… I was made for you”
Brandi Carlile
The Story
I don’t wanna close my eyes….I don’t wanna fall asleep cus I’d miss you babe and I don’t wanna miss a thing
“There’s no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard. No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart. Our dreams, and they are made out of real things. Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving. Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart, like Why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it’s so hard? It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving. I’ll tell you one thing, it’s so much better when we’re together. MMM it’s always better when we’re together. Yeah, we’ll look at them stars when we’re together. “
“But I promise you this,
I’ll always look out for you,
That’s what I’ll do.”
-Sparks, Coldplay
We take photographs so we can capture moments in our lives and make them timeless. I don’t think there are many things in life more timeless than a good song and being in love. When I look back on the photographs from my engagement/wedding, I want to be reminded why I am the luckiest man in the world being married to my beautiful wife. My fiance and I often say how at our current young age, we feel like we’ve already been married to each other for a lifetime because of how in love we are. That is why I chose the following lyric from the timeless Neil Young song “Harvest Moon”. In only a few words, it expresses a love that does not know the boundaries of time or youth…a truly timeless love.
“Because I’m still in love with you, I want to see you dance again. Because I’m still in love with you, on this harvest moon”
Yes, S♥ Fun and easy!
♫ Good Times Never Seemed So Good ♫ ~ Neil Diamond
“I ♥ you like a fat kid loves cake” – 50 cent
“Love and some verses you hear
say what you can’t say
love to say this in your ear,
“I’ll love you that way”
from your changing contentments,
what will you choose for to share?
someday drawing you different,
may I be weaved in your hair?”
Love and Some Verses by Iron & Wine
” I ♥ you like a fat kid loves cake!”
ello!
i have two songs, both which are near and dear to us. we are getting married next year, and have been great friends since we were little tykes of four. one of our favorite songs is the Kinks “Strangers” when he sings
“Strangers on this road we are on,
we are not two we are one”
we’re going to walk down the aisle to that song!
and another favorite is aa bondy’s Lover’s Waltz, and the whole thing is just too good not to post
Do you wanna dance
Will you wear my ring
Will you lay with me
Until the final bullets sing
Over our heads, over our heads
Then a lovers’ waltz will turn until the end
Will you marry me
Don’t you wanna spin
Will you run with me
Until the ground folds us within
Over our heads, over our heads
And a lovers’ waltz will turn until the end
And your shipwreck eyes,
They sing to me
As we ride a killer whale
Across a diamond sea
Over our heads, over our heads
And a lovers’ waltz will turn until the end
And I will hang for you
And you will hang for me
And the northern lights
Will take us in like refugees
Over our heads, over our heads
And a lovers’ waltz will turn until the end
post script, we are free birds on the 24th and live in orange county!
“Cause you’re the apple to my pie
You’re the straw to my berry
You’re the smoke to my high
And you’re the one I wanna marry
Cause your the one for me (for me)
And I’m the one for you (for you)
You take the both of us (of us)
And we’re the perfect two”
Auburn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXxbC0B_74s
“My hands are shakin
From carryin this torch
From carryin this torch for you
My lips are bleedin
From kissin you good night
Oh kissin you goodbye
It’s all that I do”
My Hands Are Shaking by Sondre Lerche
For my long distance relationship (he lives in California and I live in Arizona) these lyrics apply perfectly:
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I’m with you
“Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
“I love it when she calls my phone
She even got her very own ringtone
If that ain’t love then I don’t know what love is”
– Cupid’s Chokehold, Gym Class Heroes
“Love and some verses you hear
say what you can’t say
love to say this in your ear,
“I’ll love you that way”
from your changing contentments,
what will you choose for to share?
someday drawing you different,
may I be weaved in your hair?”
– Love and Some Verse by Iron & Wine
Valentine’s Day is a special day for us because that was when my fiance and I went on our first date in high school. He asked me to be his Valentine, I said yes, and he has been my “honey” since then. Six years later, my fiance proposed! This song by Kina Grannis embodies our love, our romance, and our commitment to each other.
“So won’t you be my honey bee?
Giving me kisses all the time
Be mine, be my Valentine”
Thanks for the opportunity!
“Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you I love you until the end of time”
we share the kind of love that leaves you feeling like the only two people in the world, even in the most crowded of places. we’re a dark stormy sea and a strong blowing wind- together we’re a force of nature ;) I chose the above lyrics because of everything we’ve faced as a couple. when everything seemed to be falling down around us, we were ok because we had love and love kept us going. I lose myself in Clayton’s work and would LOVE to get the chance to be part of his art. what an amazing opportunity- thank you.
we’ll be free the 24th and are located in beautiful Santa Monica, CA.
‘You, by the light, is the greatest find. In a world full of wrong, you’re the thing thats right. Finally made it through the lonely, to the other side.’
Terrified lyrics by Kara Dioguardi
“We’re the type
Who dont know a thing except
We met inside this dream
And my desires are in hands
That will love you endlessly
Until then I’ll keep you in my dreams”
‘Until Then’ by Rene Velarde (my fiancé), written long before we met about the girl he dreamt he’d marry (who I am blessed enough to be). After almost three years together, this song still brings me close to tears every time I hear it.
What a wonderful opportunity!
My first love in life was my piano until I met my now fiance. We’ve been a part for 3 years due to grad school and work and he has recently moved to California and we are now finally living in the same city. Everyday with him is cherished.
The song line that best represents our love/relationship is:
“Oh just to be with you…
is having the best day of my life.”
– Thank You by Dido
“Cause we’re living in a world of fools, breaking us down, when they all should let us be, we belong to you and me”
-How Deep is Your Love, The Bee Gees
bahhh so excited!
“You keep bringing out the free in me/what you do to my heart just makes me melt…”
Thank you for this chance!
So we’ve grown so close though it’s been so hard
Being so god damn far apart
Left those lovers that came oh so close
But fell so short, we held out hope
And this is our reward for being brave
For doing what was right
And never playing it safe
And who could ask for more?
But all week waiting on the weekends
We’ll get bored
When I’m with you baby, I go out of my head
And I just can’t get enough, I just can’t get enough
All the things you do to me and everything you said
And I just can’t get enough, I just can’t get enough
We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just can’t seem to get enough, ahhh
– Depeche Mode
Is it possible to find one line that defines our relationship? I’m tempted to post all of Billy Joel’s Just The Way You Are, the song we danced to at our wedding, but I suppose that would be breaking the rules..
My husband and I have known each other for 14 years (and yes, we have the oh-so-embarrassing photos to prove it). We’ve been together since we were 16, and finally tied the knot this past July. I choose the following lyric, from Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours, because he is my past, my present, and my future:
“This is our fate, I’m yours.”
Speaking of fate? I’m posting this on our 9 year anniversary together and October 24th will mark our 3rd month of marriage. I can’t imagine a better way to celebrate our lives, love, and future than by having Clayton document a moment of our happiness.
“me and my darlin’ keep love alive”
– ben kweller
When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
My worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
That love is a poor man’s food
Don’t prophesize
-Ray LaMontagne
My husband and I were married in June and our first dance was to Ray LaMontagne’s “Hold you in my Arms”. I sang these lyrics to him while we danced and he continues to sing them to me.
Thank you for this amazing opportunity! Clayton is one of a kind…a true artist. It would be a dream come true to work with him.
“I ask the Lord, every night, for just another day in paradise.” ~Phil Vassar
“She holds tight, me and the Bible
On the back seat of my motorcycle
Left her daddy standin’ there preachin’ to the choir, you see
God love her
Oh, me and God love her!” – Toby
“One in the same, two of a kind”
-Incubus [Neither of Us Can See]
My husband and I are coming up on our one year anniversary and we are still learning so much about each other. I think this whole song is reminiscent of what this past year has been like as we discover more and more of each other, fall deeper in love, and occasionally butt heads along the way.
“Such a fortunate fool”
Fortunate Fool by Jack Johnson
This will be our first dance song when we get married in June 2011. I feel so fortunate for having found the one that can complete me.
“For you, I’d wait ’til kingdom come.”
-Coldplay, Til Kingdom Come
My fiance, Matt, and I are getting married next summer and I will be walking down the aisle to this pretty song. We would wait forever for each other, we’re just happy we met each other when we were young!
Jason Mraz- Lucky
“As the world keeps spinning ’round, you hold me right here, right now. Lucky I’m in love with my best friend…”
Life is crazy busy, yet we’ve managed to get through all it’s ups and downs as a team for the past five years and to however many years the Lord blesses us with until we pass. :)
“I love you like a lyric loves a melody.”
Mike and I are newlyweds. When we were picking songs for our wedding he kept picking musically-fantastic songs, but the lyrics were not quite right for a wedding. The songs I picked had perfect lyrics, but the music wasn’t popular. I would tease him that he didn’t listen to the words, just the music. I realized then that he is the melody to my lyrics, and we get to play our song for the rest of our lives.
“I sat beside you and became myself.”
Joshua Radin, Today
Andy and I have been searching for each other our entire lives. I found someone that brings out the best in me, helping me reach a potential I never knew I had before.
“I’d buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.”
– Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am
For me and my boyfriend, it’ll be 5 years, two states, two countries, and two schools on October 21, 2010. And still strong.
We would be the luckiest couple ever if we were able to be photographed by Clayton Austin for his Hammers & Strings tour! I am already a lucky in love girl that will be marrying my best friend in Glacier National Park this December, but this would really put icing on the cake! And…. we are available and nearby!
Can’t you see, that when I find you I’ll find me
Today, I need you to know I’ll wait for you always
When you find me – Joshua Radin (Adam Soundtrack)
My husband makes me feel out of this world, how did this happen to me, amazingly lucky every day.
Ben Folds – The Luckiest
I don’t get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
Love Me Tender (Norah Jones version) – “Love me tender, love me true”
Clayton’s vision is so pure and has such a sweet softness and purity to it. This is the same reason that Norah Jones version of this song works for us. Adam and I are both type A personalities, we work hard, we are the central hub for all our friends are we are always “on”. But when its the two of us there is such a sweet tenderness that we draw out of each other. I would love for Clayton to be able to capture that truth.
“Home, Let me come Home
Home is Whenever I’m with you
Home, yes I am Home
Home is wherever I’m with you”
This couldn’t be more perfect for us. :) Thanks GWS! love ya!
What an incredible prize! David and I knew each other for many years before we fell in love. I like to say, 8 years later, we fell in love instantly. Oddly enough, the turning point was meeting several mutual friends out for PeeWee Herman’s show. Who knew PeeWee Herman was so romantic??
You Picked Me by Fine Frenzy perfectly sums up how lucky I feel that David found me!
“Like an apple on a tree, hiding out behind the leaves, I was difficult to reach, but you picked me. Like a shell upon a beach, just another pretty piece, I was difficult to see, but you picked me.”
Perfect photographer, perfect location! Would LOVE to win this.
“Don’t you worry there my honey, we might not have any money, but we’ve got our love to pay the bills.”
The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
“…
I’d buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair
Sew on patches to all you tear
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am
You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am…”
Simply put, my fiance and I are madly inlove and take, accept and respect each other for who we were before we met, who we are now as individuals and couple, and who we will be as we mold our future and make our dreams come true together :)
“I promise to sing to you when all the music dies.” – Train – Marry Me.
what if i’d been born 50 years before you
in a house on the street where you lived
maybe i’d be outside as you passed on your bike
would i know?
and in a wide sea of eyes
i see one pair that i recognize
and i know…
that i am, i am
i am the luckiest
i love you more than i have ever found a way to say to you
But darlin’ when I see you, I see me.
-Magic Numbers.
Can’t wait to marry the love of my life!
“Love is the arms that are holding you. Love never fails you.”
Brandon Heath-Love Never Fails You.
My fiance and I are getting married this December!!! He sang and played this song to me on the guitar in a cove at sunset where we first held hands 2 1/2 years ago. Part of the sweetest, most romantic and thoughtful words any girl would love to hear promised to her when being asked to be a bride and future wife.
And of course, who wouldn’t LOVE Clayton capturing love. :)
Blessings to everyone in Love!!! Love never fails.
aww, i love reading everyone’s submissions. Clayton Austin’s photographs are actually what made me a GWS addict – I would visit the site occasionally before, but those photos were so amazing, I began checking everyday. Anyway, onward to my submission – what an opportunity!
The book of love is long and boring; no one can lift the damn thing. It’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing, but I… I love it when you read to me and you… you can read me anything.
The Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love
Additionally, if it weren’t so obscure and cheesy-sounding when translated I’d be submitting “你就是我的唯一 (You are my only one)” from Chinese-American singer Wang Leehom’s song 唯一 since we met in China while on a 6 month study abroad trip. :]
So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave
Good gosh Jen, how will we ever decide??
“I want to live,
I want to give,
I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold.”
My husband (weird to say that since we were only married 6 days ago!) is romantic in that nitty-gritty rough around the edges way. He’s rarely mushy so when this song by Neil Young came on about a year into our relationship and he said that he always thinks of me whenever he hears the line “heart of gold” it stuck with me. It still does.
How exciting! His pictures along with his themes and concepts are beautiful. Here is a snippet from Bright Eyes’ “First Day of My Life”
“Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you’d just woke up
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”
“I love you more than songs can say.” – John Mayer
“You have stolen my heart” Stolen by Dashboard confessional
“Brosandi, hendumst í hringi, höldumst í hendur. Allur heimurinn óskýr, nema þú stendur.”
“Smiling, spinning round and round, holding hands. The whole world a blur, but you are standing.”
– Sigur Ros, Hoppípolla (Icelandic, and the rough translation)
Being with Jacob feels just like that song sounds to me: exhilarating and familiar, all at the same time. We’re on this adventure together, so we’re always at home when we’re hand-in-hand.
“Love is the coal, that makes this train roll…Let me be y our everlasting light”
What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
Brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, i don’t care
I’m yours and suddenly you’re mine
Suddenly you’re mine
And it’s brighter than sunshine – Brighter than Sunshine by Aqualung
My life’s a shadowless horse
If I can’t get across to you
In the alligator rain
My heart’s all pain for you
– “Mambo Sun” by T.Rex
I met my fiance while vacationing in the magical city of New Orleans. We made eyes at each other from across the room at a concert, and less than a year later he moved his life to L.A. to be with me. That was 7 years ago, and 1 year from today we will be wed.
You said, “I remember how we felt, sitting by the water.
And every time I look at you, it’s like the first time.
I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter.
She is the best thing that’s ever been mine.”
Taylor Swift-Mine.
We have sharp memories of when we met–and I was totally a butterfly in its cocoon still. My fiance made a brave, beautiful rebel of me :) And he’s the best thing that’s ever been MINE!
Being best friends for 7 years and a long distance couple for 3 years, these lyrics are the most fitting Fogg and I have ever found.
(and the first lines he ever sang to me)
Kings of Convenience- Cayman Islands
“If only they could see
If only they had been here
They would understand
How someone could have chosen
To go the length I’ve gone
To spend just one day riding
Holding on to you
I never thought it would be this clear”
Golden by My Morning Jacket
My fiance Richard and I are getting married next Sept and the song Golden is a favorite song of mine, but I never related to the song till I met him. He makes my life golden everyday!
“Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I’m keeping here with me”
Though relationships can get old
They have the tendency to grow cold
We have something like a miracle
Yeah, and I’ll stay with you
John Legend’s “Stay With You”
…. can’t wait to marry my honey – it’s be a long 6 years, 2 babies, ups and downs, and we’ve gotten through it and he’s been my biggest fan and best friend through it all! We really do have something like a miracle.
“What I can’t see is how I’m ever gonna love you more,
but I’ve said that before.” Brad Paisley – Then
“We can roll with the punches, we can stroll hand in hand, and when I say it’s forever, you understand.”
Keith Urban, Only You Can Love Me This Way
Great contest idea!
“Nothing you confess, could make me love you less, I’ll stand by you.” — From I’ll stand by you sang by the Pretenders
Our shared belief for a lasting relationship is to have a unwavering faith in each other on being able to work things out when time calls for it.
Our constant support and understanding for each other, saw us through tough times and will continue to see us into a future of everlasting love.
Love your work Clayton! Thank you GWS for featuring his works :)
Jack Johnson-‘Better Together’
“Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart, like
Why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it’s so hard?
It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
I’ll tell you one thing, it’s so much better when we’re together”
My honey and I met on an airplane. Always been long distance. 4 months after getting married he was deployed to Afghanistan. It’s always so much better together, when he’s near. He’s back now, life is better together again.
:)
All my little plans and schemes, Lost like some forgotten dream, Seems like I’ll I really was doing, Was waiting for you…
“It’s just so easy when the whole world fits inside of your arms,”
from Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson perfectly describes our love.
When we are in each other’s arms all the troubles and obligations melt away. We love singing this song together (luckily we both can sing in tune) en route to backpacking and surfing adventures. We love nature and are completely and passionately in love with each other. We both play piano and would be so honored to be part of Clayton’s Hammers and Strings tour! Thanks GWS for the opportunity to let people share their love and stories with Clayton.
Alejandro and Nicole
“Well it seems like things are only getting better, well it seems like we can never catch a break.” -Island by Starting Line
I had trouble choosing one line because the whole song describes our relationship! We’ve been a couple for 10 years and have been put through so many obstacles, but we have finally reached the place we knew we could get to (and why we stuck by each other’s side through it all) and are happier than we’ve ever been.
“A breath away from where you are
I’ve come home from so far”
A Little Fall of Rain- Les Miserables
when my boyfriend and i first met working together in brooklyn, we would sneak each other mixes throughout the day. well, days turned into months, into years, and i look back now on all the music we’ve shared. before saying the words aloud, we told each other we loved each other. with the help of george harrison and neko case. glen hansard and the kinks… and good old arcade fire:
and if the snow buries my,
my neighborhood.
and if my parents are crying
then I’ll dig a tunnel
from my window to yours,
yeah a tunnel from my window to yours.
you climb out the chimney
and meet me in the middle,
the middle of town.
and since there’s no one else around,
we let our hair grow long
and forget all we used to know,
then our skin gets thicker
from living out in the snow.
–neighborhood #1 [tunnels]–
“Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again
However far away, I will always love you
However long I stay, I will always love you
Whatever words I say, I will always love you
I will always love you”
“Love Song” by the Cure
Our love has not been an easy one. We’ve had four years of sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes passion-filled romance. It was really in the beginning of this year that we both realized that we are so much better together then apart. And that is what this song represents to us- that no matter what happens we make each other’s lives better, and our love is worth everything.
It would be amazing to have that story and our song represented in photography. As art does imitate life that imitates art.
Thank you for your consideration.
“You’re my hero. Soldier, Saint and Soul Mate…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1kFqnCbNY
“You’re the only ten I see.”
-Tennessee, The Silver Jews
I Never by Rilo Riley
So let’s take a loan out
Put it down on a house
In a place we’ve never lived
in a place that exists
In the pages of scripts and
the songs that they sing
And all the beautiful things
That make you weep but
Don’t have to make you weak
Cause I’ve never, never, never, never, never, never,never, never,never, never,never, never loved somebody
The way I love you.
“True Love Ways” by Buddy Holly
“Sometimes we’ll sigh – sometimes we’ll cry
and we’ll know why just you and I know true love ways.
Throughout the days our true love ways
will bring us joys to share with those who really care”
” you see the beauty in ordinary things, You find the good in this negative world, you don’t have to promise me the moon or the stars just stand here under them with me, its the little things that make you so beautiful its the simple things that make me fall for you.” It’s the little things” By Rosie P.
3 states,4 moves, 2 kids, 3 years and he is still amazing me daily with his commitment and love for me and my children. God has truly blessed us words couldn’t express the beauty of his heart.
Even through our darkest trials he amazes me with the little things.
This would be such a wonderful blessing for us to share together as we haven’t had professional photos taken.
Good luck to all those who enter and Thank you to Clayton And Green Wedding Shoes ( your only source for everything wedding)
“Just give me one day to spend my last moments alive and I’ll choose this.” – David Ford
What an amazingly creative & romantic idea! I LOVE it! I have to say that pictures of me and my husband with a piano would be PERFECT for us- one, he bought me an antique, upright piano for Valentines Day as a dating couple, two, he proposed to me by designing a book called “The story of a piano”, three, I wrote a piano love song for him & played it during our private moment at our wedding.
This lyric, from that song I wrote, perfectly describes us:
Dynamite & Fireflies, the way the sun looks in your eyes, life is always full of surprises with you,
I’m so amazed a love like this exists, my heart melts every time we kiss and this is barely just the beginning of how I do, I do, I do love you…
SO excited for the possibility! Thank you GWS & Clayton Austin!
“I need you to know this won’t be broken
And all that we said will not be lost into the dawn. And you would be the last thing I saw coming. I’m still surprised.
You are lovely tonight You, dear, will guide me into the morning light. You are lovely tonight. Lay here beside me – I see the rest of my life with you” – Lovely Tonight by Joshua Radin
The first night we met, we stayed up until the late hours of the night just talking and listening to our favorite songs. We still do the same thing to this day! We often laugh and smile as we were surprised to find someone so amazing and perfect at the quirkiest of places. Everything happens for a reason.
“When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most”
Brett Dennen – The One Who Loves you most
I love this opportunity as I actually inquired about booking a love shoot with Clayton and learned that he only does weddings. Since my love and I are already married with a child on the way that didn’t exactly work out for us. So winning the shoot is the only way we have the chance to be a part of his art!
Here’s hoping. Thank you both for the fun contest!
Sam Cooke, ‘That’s Where it’s at’
‘Lights turned way down low
And music soft and slow
With someone you love so
That’s where it’s at’
I won’t spend my life
Waiting for an angel to descend
Searching for a rainbow with an end
Now that I’ve found you
I’ll call off the search
Call off the search- Katie Melua
And all I want is for you to be happy
And take this woman and make you my family
And finally you have found someone perfect
-Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Hard to Concentrate”
“Maybe I think you’re cute and funny,
maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you,
if you know what I mean”
-Ingrid Michaelson (You and I)
My boy and I have a very romantic, giddy, playful, adventurous outlook on life. Life is challenging but together we conquer, and that’s what this song is about, to me and it’s about us.
“One, two, three
Counting out the signs we see
The tall buildings
Fading in the distance
Only dots on a map
Four, five, six
The two of us a perfect fit
You’re all mine, all mine
And all I can say
Is you blow me away
Like an apple on a tree
Hiding out behind the leaves
I was difficult to reach
But you picked me
Like a shell upon a beach
Just another pretty piece
I was difficult to see
But you picked me
Yeah you picked me”
-You Picked Me by A FINE FRENZY
This song is just so romantic! It set the theme for our vintage garden wedding this past August.
We love Clayton Austin’s work..so thanks for the opportunity!
My fiance and I are getting married in Feb. 2011 and we don’t have a “loud” kind of love, but more of a “quiet” kind of love. It’s very us.
“Won’t you bury me in your quiet love
Oh bury me in your quiet love
Bury me in your quiet love
And we will blow away”
– “Snowfall” Ingrid Michaelson
as the ruby in the setting
as the fruit upon the tree
as the wind blows over the plains
so are you to me
“Cause I’ve never knew a home,
Until I found your hands
And when I’m weathered,
You come to me your my best friend.
And that is why we’ll always make it.
How I know your face,
All the ways you move.
You come in and I can read you,
You’re my favorite book.
All the things you say,
The way you shift your eyes
I never knew that there was someone
To make me come alive.”
My Favourite Book – Stars
I’ve had so much fun reading all of the song lyrics! It’s fun to see how many songs have been duplicates. It would be fun to see which song was quoted the most!!! thanks again for the opportunity!!! this is really fun!
You’ve got your passion, you’ve got your pride but don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Have I ever told you
how good it feels to hold you
it isn’t easy to explain
and though I’m really trying
I think I may start crying
my heart can’t wait another day
when you kiss me I’ve just got to say
baby I love you
baby I love you
baby I love only you
–The Ronettes, baby I love you
Side Note: I teared up when I read Austin’s bio…his description of how one would now they have found the one was haunting. Never in my life, and I read a lot of poetry, have I felt someone who just plain gets love. He gets the nuances. It is rare that someone could articulate all that he feels. Everyone should go to his sight and read it. He said to “wait for the boy who calls you beautiful instead of hot….and the one who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat…..the boy who kisses your forehead. Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats. Who holds your hand in front of his friends. Who thinks you’re just as pretty without makeup on. You will know he is the one because he will apologize first even if he feels he was in the right, because being right won’t matter if you go to bed angry….” the list went on, and I teared up because these small things all ass up to one really great boy, and I do not take one day with Carson for granted. We are getting married next August, and I would love to see what story Clayton would tell with our pictures.
Clayton, your work is absolutely breathtaking! My husband and I were married in Malibu and this song below is one that he was supposed to sing to me at our wedding, but we ran out of time. Winning this shoot would give us an opportunity to return to Malibu, relive this dream and have our love capture by a truly amazing photographer. Our anniversary is next week, it could be so perfect :-)
You’re touch is as soft as the words you speak to me
What a love in the way I see you
I compare it with the beauty of the dawning
Or when the sun sets and paints its picture in the blue
Like a butterfly that has a million colors, all such beauty
Like the love in the way I see you
-The way I see you, Porter Wagoner, sung by Dolly Parton
A dream it’s true
But I’d see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you
Waste- Phish
The Sky glows
I see it shining when my eyes close
I hear your warnings but we both know
I’m gonna look at it again
Don’t wait, Don’t wait
The road is now a sudden sea
And suddenly, you’re deep enough
To lay your armor down
To lay your armor down
– Dashboard Confessional – Don’t Wait
Of all the intersecting lines in the sand
I routed a labyrinth to your lap.
Sea Legs by The Shins
“Launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy”
–Amber by 311
Even after nine years together one look from his green eyes, and this is literally what I feel
Right birds can fly so high
And they can shit on your head,
And they can almost fly into your eye
And make you feel well scared
But when you look at them
And you see that they’re beautiful
That’s how I feel about you
Yeah that’s how I feel about you.”
-Kate Nash “Birds”
So we treat our love like a firefly
Like it only gets to shine for a little while
Catch it in a mason jar
With holes in the top
And run like hell to show it off
-miranda lambert :)
“without your love, i won’t make it through”
– The Clash, “Train in Vain”
“Ooo. you make me live
whatever this world can give to me
It’s you, you’re all I see
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live
You’re the best friend
that I ever had
I’ve been with you such a long time
You’re my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
You’re my best friend.”
Queen – You’re My Best Friend
Everything about this song describes us!!
“Con te partirò. Paesi che non ho mai veduto e vissuto con te, adesso si li vivrò.” Andrea Bocelli
Hi everybody!
I chose my song in french, because I am, and it is absolutely what I feel in my Stew’s arms. We were apart for one entire year and I will be back in Montreal with him tomorrow!!!!!!!
I think my heart will explode!
Enjoy the music….
“Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas,Je vois la vie en rose…”
Translation : “When he holds me tight and whispers gently in my ear I see my life in pink….”
“We’re partners in crime
You got that certain something
What you give to me
Takes my breath away.”
Aerosmith
“I hope you always know it’s true
I would never make it through
You could make the heavens fall
Just by walking away”
Jesus, don’t cry
you can rely on me honey
you can combine anything you want
I’ll be around
you were right about the stars
each one is a setting sun
-wilco
Lying in each others arms
Watching those old movies
Falling in love so desperately
Honey, I was your hero
And you were my leading lady
We had it all
Just like Bogie and Bacall
BERTIE HIGGINS – Key Largo
“I’ve never ever known a love that lasted
Beyond the thrill of a first kiss
This love of ours has utterly surpassed it
And now my bliss is this”
– Everywhere by Pink Martini
“The greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is just to love
& be loved
In return.” –Nat King Cole
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There’s a truth in your eyes sayin’ you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
– Alison Krauss
I think the world of you
All of my heart I do
Blood through my veins for you
You alone have all of me
From you my strength is full
To carry your burdens too
I give my world to you…
Dave Matthews Band, “Rapunzel”
Mike and Jen Carreiro
Your work is Amazing and Original. We would be so excited and honored to be photographed by you.
“every day i love him just a little bit more, and he loves me the same”
– “Saw Red” by Sublime (feat Gwen Stefani)
<3
I can see a lot of life in you
I can see a lot of bright in you
And I think that dress looks nice on you
I can see a lot of light in you
-Sufjan Stevens d:)
Love will remain a mystery/but give me your hand and you will see/your heart is keep timing with me.
Aqualung- brighter than sunshine
Thanks!
“All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.”
– Barry Louis Polisar
“All I Want Is You”
When the whole world fits inside of your arms
Don’t really need to pay attention to the alarm
Wake up slow, yeah wake up slow…
Jack Johnson – Banana Pancakes
“In the misty morning fog with
Our hearts a thumpin’ and you
My brown eyed girl,
You my brown eyed girl.”
-Van Morrison
“And I’ll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete”
My fiancé and I have been together for over eleven years, high school sweethearts. At a
concert on New Years Eve, this Goo Goo Dolls song was our first kiss. From then on
we followed a path that will lead us to
marriage in July 2011. Malibu is our favorite
place in the world and where we will be
married. Clayton, it would be a huge honor to
have the chance to work with you!! A dream
come true for both of us! Thank you for this chance!
malibu is one our favorite places..this would be so perfect for us!
“You’re created to be the perfect one for me” geoff moore
The only lying I would do…is in the bed with you.
-Pharcyde
If there were no words
No way to speak
I would still hear you
If there were no tears
No way to feel inside
I’d still feel for you
And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time.
-Martina Mcbride – Valentine
The only lying I would do… is in the bed with you.
Pharcyde
thanks for this awesome giveaway opportunity! i love this song by edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros:
Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I’m with you.
Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is where I’m alone with you…
i DO feel right at home whenever my man of 8 years walks through the door.
Still your hands
And still your heart
For still your face comes shining through
And all the morning glows anew
Still your mind
Still your soul
For still, the fire of love is true
And I am breathless without you.
Performed by Cat Power (originated by Nick Cave)
“you only have to smile and i’m dizzy” – halo by the cure
okay… I can’t take part in this shoot because on October 24th my fiance will be in Iraq. But there is a song that describes our relationship to a T. I have always loved songs, and the way they can bring such emotion… but I’d never heard a song until recently that I felt described us SO well. It’s from Lady Antebellum and it’s called “Our Kind of Love”.
I know the contest says a single line, but since I don’t really qualify for it anyway and the song describes us so well, here it is:
You wear your smile like a summer sky
Just shining down on me and you
I swear your heart is a free bird
On a lazy Sunday afternoon
I love the way that you were up for anything
Never worried ’bout what people say
That’s right, oh that’s right
What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we’re gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that’s our kind of love
Mm that’s our kind of love
Skipping rocks and leaving footprints
Down along the riverbank
Always holding hands, never making plans
Just living in the moment, babe
You get me laughin’ with those funny faces
You somehow always know just what to say
That’s right, oh that’s right
What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we’re gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that’s our kind of love
That’s our kind of love
If I had to choose only one line… it would be this one:
“Always holding hands, never making plans
Just living in the moment, babe”
I could go on forever with more… but I suppose that is enough. I adore these shots and I am so bummed I don’t qualify. I would have LOVED to do this shoot!
I love the Hammers and Strings pictures- I wish I could be a part of the Yosemite shoot… that is the most beautiful place.
Here is something that describes my 11 years with my new husband:
“I really don’t mind what happens now and then
As long as you’ll be my friend at the end”
Three Doors Down, Kryptonite
too much coffee and an obsession with this post led to this:
songs mentioned most (in no particular order):
You’re My Best Friend- Queen
The First Day of My Life- Bright Eyes
Better Together- Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes- Jack Johnson
The Book Of Love
artists mentioned most (in no particular order):
Miranda Lambert
Ingrid Michaelson
Jack Johnson
Coldplay
Joshua Radin
Dashboard Confessionals
can’t wait to see the lyrics that were picked as the finalists! almost all of them are amazing, beautiful, meaningful lyrics. You can tell your readers really put their hearts into this. I’m so excited to see the final results of this project!!! No matter who you pick, with you and Clayton at the helm, this is going to sail into Love photo history!!!!
oh boo! i missed the deadline.
but just for giggles…
if i could do just one near perfect thing i’d be happy
they’d write it on my grave or when they scattered my ashes
on second thought, i’d rather hang around and be there with my best friend,
if she (he!) wants me.
thats me n my fiance in a nutshell.
xo
that’s from “if she wants me” by belle and sebastian, dear catastrophe waitress album! x
Any word on the finalists?
I missed the deadline on this but I can’t believe no one went for Naive Melody.
“I can’t tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time Before we were born
If someone asks, this is where I’ll be . . . where I’ll be”
“Out of all those kinds of people
You got a face with a view
I’m just an animal looking for a home
Share the same space for a minute or two
And you love me till my heart stops
Love me till I’m dead”
Well you may not be beautiful
But it’s not for me to judge
I don’t know if you’re beautiful
Because I love you too much
(Magnetic Fields)
When will the finalist be announced? I need time to plan our trip to Malibu. ; )
Our song is What Ever It Is By Zac Brown Band. Here is just a sample of our favorite parts of the song:
Just something about the woman makes my heart go haywire
And she’s gonna be my wife…
Cause every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out “I love you”
Mark and I have been together for over 3 years now and just got engaged a few years ago and are so excited to spend the rest of forever together.
Black and white pics…are so artistic…i really like them..
This images are very impressive, amazing work Clayton. I almost forgot to read the giveaway i was totally drawn into those images :)