Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 07:41PM i wanted to share the little teaser for the light outside music video we shot a few weekends ago.
Light Outside Teaser from VsTheBrain on Vimeo.
the full video will be out soon-- we are excited to share it! you can read more here, too
andrew and i are off to san diego for a few days to shoot jmo and ryan's wedding :) and to see my sister off to africa :( ...see some of you there!
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 04:30PM
a photo shoot inspired by one of my favorite stories ever, alice's adventures in wonderland by lewis carroll.
models: lindsay, bree, and zach.
costume design: lindsay and bree
set design: me, andrew, lindsay, bree, zach, and allison
this project was mostly beautiful because of what these friends did... and i had such fun photographing the beauty. it makes me grateful for the inspiring community i get to enjoy.
i havent seen the movie that came out this week yet, but i would like to. the book i love so dearly... and even the cartoon disney one is so sweet to me, that i just dont know how it can be topped! have any of you seen tim burton's version yet? and what do you think?
if you want to know, i think im gonna wait to see it with my sister and brother when andrew and i are in san diego next week (!!!)
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:05AM 
photo from #16 of two project: http://www.bethandcarissa.com
like i mentioned before, we moved last weekend... so this week has been a busy one moving out and in. and our new place doesnt have internet yet. so here i am sitting in a coffee shop after just turning in our keys and so bringing our first-year-of-marriage-home's time to a close.
now to devote our energies into moving in!
moving into our apartment soundtrack was the hazards of love... i have an idea of what this moves soundtrack is... but time will tell.
love,
carissa
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 07:40PM 
(photos by beth altrogge.)
last weekend we were in harrisonburg, va shooting the wakey!wakey! light outside music video we've been excitedly planning for awhile now. it was busy and crazy but fun and rewarding. part of what made it so very interesting is that andrew and my role consisted of being on both sides of the camera... we may have tried to avoid it... but wes at family records insisted that he likes our 'connection', so. we obliged. :) i mean, as long as i just have to connect with my husband in front of the camera, i can pass as an actress?
highlights:
a) the location. its beautiful and like a dream ive dreamt.
b) working and collaborating and learning with so many people i respect.
c) getting to see a story we've been dreaming of start to come to life.
d) aaaand sitting by the heater like it was my job.
andrew's working his magic and the video will premier soon! he wrote and shared more photos at the vsthebrain blog.
we are moving on sunday! so this week has been full of packing and preparing to move about 5 miles away... our little apartment is looking a little like it did when we first moved in:
sorta crazy its been about a year... we're trying not to get to sentimental about it, what can i say, we're emotional people. but we are excited about our new place...
love, carissa
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 06:05PM i had heard little whisperings of the gift that zach was making for his ladyfriend, bree, for valentines day... but when i came across the result at bree's art cupboard, i just thought it was too cute not to share... he used some of the photos i took at our shoot in december... its so fun seeing my photographs printed. and in this little fairytale fashion, it was just too much!
here's a few shots bree took of it, see more at her blog.
