Leilani at 9 months old

Remember little Leilani?

We photographed her in her mommy's belly: http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/01/maternity-session.html
At 4 weeks old
http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/03/leilani-4-weeks-old.html
http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/03/4-week-old-leilani.html
At 8 weeks old
http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/03/leilani-has-arrived.html
At 3 months old
http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/melbournes.html
and then they moved to Oklahoma (Daddy is in the Army)

Well, here she is at 9 months old -- soooo cute -- and already walking!



I just LOVE the black and white and color!

Isn't this the most precious thing!

We are going to put this next one up in our studio -- one of my all time favorite images!

I cannot decide between the color and the Black and white -- love them both.

Such a cute little thing...

OK, gotta try her with the teacup

An artistic version

She was not thrilled about being put IN the teacup!

I am going to take some from this next series of her in the bucket and do some of my digital magic with it and put her in other scenes -- stayed tuned for some of those!

Just happened to grab this. It reminds me of those lawn ornaments.

Just too cute!

She will be coming back in around Christmas for more photos -- look for her in a purple velvet dress and in a Santa suit!

Alicia and Michael's Engagement

We had a great time photographing Alicia and Michael this fall. They are getting married at the Aqua Turf in the Spring and we went there for their engagement shoot. What great smiles!!

We took a couple hundred photographs, from closeups to "scenics" and even some really fun Taekwondo setups (and I just had to make a fun short video from their Taekwondo photos). We cannot wait until their wedding day to capture their memories for generations to come.

Up close and far away, they were both so much fun to work with!

Wow -- the reflections were awesome, what a place, what a couple!

We saw this right before their photo session and just had to try it -- Tom used a fast lens with a wide aperture and focued on their hands and her engagement ring. I LOVE it!

Another composition with the same idea.

You can view more photos from their engagement session on our website: http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/Engagements/Alicia-and-Michael-Engagement/10302850_b5Amy

And we will leave you with one more slideshow of the two of them...

Claire

We photographed little baby Claire, just four weeks old. We photographed their parent's wedding a few years ago. She is just a little angel! You can see more photos from her photo session on our website: http://tlc.smugmug.com/Children/Claire

You can also view her slideshow here: http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=88278

Canvas and collages

Here are some photographs that Linda recently ordered.

A wonderful canvas of the family....



A photograph of Linda and her husband. Their oldest daughter Hannah really liked this photograph and encouraged her Mom to buy it.



This collage was ordered as a gift.




And I created a few different versions of this collage for their home. They wanted one with five photos to compliment Hannah's Bat Mitzvah collage. Which collage do you like best?

I personally like this one, but I have not seen how the collage of Hannah looks so this might not match as well as the above.

The last one is the same as the last one except it has a texture applied to it like a mat.

Save the Date

Malek and Shakira had such an amazing engagement session -- this couple has an energy between them that is wonderful to witness.

They have ordered 'save the date' cards -- here is a sneak peak.

They are very excited and we cannot wait until we get to photograph their wedding in May!

The wedding of Louise and Aldrich at the Mill on the River

Here are some photographs from the wedding of Louise and Aldrich at the Mill on the River. If you have never been to the Mill on the River it is a great place, with a covered bridge, a waterfall and Sunday brunches.

As I previously blogged http://breaphotos.blogspot.com/2009/10/louise-and-aldrich-sneak-peak.html they had a very unique ceremony complete with Dr. Seuss vows.



The day was just so picture perfect that it looked like a painting, so I had to create a painting from one of thier photographs. Click on it to enlarge it and see it with more detail.



This next image was a HDR (high dynamic range) where three images, one exposed for the highlights and one exposed for the shadows, were combined into one photographs to bring out the details. Wow!



You can see the magic between the two of them, especially when they look at each other.



The color of Louise's dress, Martha's dress, their hair color and the Fall colors just made for spectacular photographs!




You can view the rest of their photographs on our website at: http://www.tlc.smugmug.com/Weddings/Louise-Aldrich

You can also view their slideshow here: http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=88278

David's choices

David and his parents had a hard time picking out the photograph for the yearbook. David really preferred the headshots and close intimate ones and picked a more formal image of himself in this maroon shirt. His mother has a very artistic eye and asked if we could would take the photo on the left and darken the background to make David 'pop out' more, which we did.



This next image was picked for gifts for the family. David really liked the relaxed feel to it.



This next one David's dad really liked, but it was also one of Tom's favorites from the session.

You can view more of David's photographs on our website at http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/David/10009298_D7Pxn#685004903_ybPXT

David

Here are some more of David's senior photos, we showed a few of the casual images and now here a some of the more formal photographs...

He was fun to work with. His mom liked the ways that his eyes get these little laugh lines at the edges when he smiles and laughs.

You can view more of David's photographs on our website at http://tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/David/10009298_D7Pxn#685004903_ybPXT

Louise and Aldrich sneak peak

We recently photographed the wedding of Louise and Aldrich at the Mill on the River. It was a beautiful Fall day with blue skies and just a few nice white puffy clouds. The bride was just radiant -- and we were so happy that this was a Fall wedding because the color of both her dress and the maid of honor's dress, and her hair color and the colors of the fall foliage just made for a spectacular coordinated picture perfect scene. We will have more photographs of this lovely couple soon...




This couple has a great sense of humor (punny like Tom's). They had some special readings and poems and wrote their own words for some of it (which were quite sentimental because this marriage was 30 years in the making as life got in the way of their first engagement), but they also used Dr. Seuss for the wedding vows -- how fun! Tom is lucky that I had not discovered these for our wedding :-)


I found these on the internet, Louise and Aldrich did change them slightly ("like I'll love him even when his puns are bad") but you get the gist of the wonderful Dr. Seuss vows.


Pastor: Will you answer me right now
These questions, as your wedding vow?


Groom: Yes, I will answer right now
Your questions as my wedding vow.


Pastor: Will you take her as your wife?
Will you love her all your life?


Groom: Yes, I take her as my wife,
Yes, I'll love her all my life.

Pastor: Will you have, and also hold
Just as you have at this time told?


Groom: Yes, I will have, and I will hold,
Just as I have at this time told,
Yes, I will love her all my life
As I now take her as my wife.


Pastor: Will you love through good and bad?
Whether you're happy or sad?


Groom: Yes, I'll love through good and bad,
Whether we're happy or sad,
Yes, I will have and I will hold
ust as I have already told,
Yes, I will love her all my life,
Yes, I will take her as my wife!


Pastor: Will you love her if you're rich?
Or if you're poor, and in a ditch?


Groom: Yes, I'll love her if we're rich,
And I will love her in a ditch,
I'll love her through good times and bad,
Whether we are happy or sad,
Yes, I will have, and I will hold
(I could have sworn this has been told!)
I promise to love all my life
This woman, as my lawful wife!


Pastor: Will you love her when you're fit,
And also when you're feeling sick?


Groom: Yes, I'll love her when we're fit,
And when we're hurt, and when we're sick,
And I will love her when we're rich
And I will love her in a ditch
And I will love through good and bad,
And I will love when glad or sad,
And I will have, and I will hold
Ten years from now a thousandfold,
Yes, I will love for my whole life
This lovely woman as my wife!


Pastor: Will you love with all your heart?
Will you love till death you part?


Groom: Yes, I'll love with all my heart
From now until death do us part,
And I will love her when we're rich,
And when we're broke and in a ditch,
And when we're fit, and when we're sick,
(Oh, CAN'T we get this finished quick?)
And I will love through good and bad,
And I will love when glad or sad,
And I will have, and I will hold,
And if I might now be so bold,
I'll love her my entire life,
Yes, I WILL take her as my wife!


Pastor: Then if you'll take her as your wife,
And if you'll love her all your life,
And if you'll have, and if you'll hold,
From now until the stars grow cold,
And if you'll love through good and bad,
And whether you're happy or sad,
And love in sickness, and in health,
And when you're poor, and when in wealth,
And if you'll love with all your heart,
From now until death do you part,
Yes, if you'll love her through and through,

Please answer with these words:


Pastor and Groom: I DO!


Pastor: You're married now! So kiss the bride,
But please, do keep it dignified.

David

We recently took some senior photographs of David, a High School Senior at East Granby, at our Studio. We had some formal poses with two different shirts and ties, poses with a casual "teen" tshirt and some with his soccer uniform.

We are attaching a sneak peak of a few images of David in his soccer uniform. More to come
later. Enjoy!

David Ziser's Digital WakeUp Call Tour

David Ziser's Digital WakeUp Call Tour 2009 was Wednesday night in Farmington and wow did we get our money's worth!

He talked a thousand miles an hour, had an amazing amount of energy, had a corny sense of humor and gave tip after tip. This is a man who REALLY loves photographing weddings.

David Ziser, an internationally-renowned wedding photographer, has shared his knowledge with tens of thousands of photographers in five languages and in 14 countries worldwide. Studio Photography acclaimed "Award winning photographer, David Ziser, is showing the world how to take wedding pictures." The Dallas Morning News extolled Ziser as "wedding photographer extraordinaire." David is one of 101 worldwide who hold the highest honor of "Fellow" bestowed by the American Society of Photographers.

He also gave away lots of door prizes and I won a year subscription the the Digital Wedding Forum -- cool!

We bought a zumbrella which we cannot wait to try out -- anyone want to get into their wedding dress and let us photograph you??? We would love to try out some of these new ideas and techniques that we heard about.