Brad’s New PHOTOblog!!

Hey folks, We just got voted One of the “Best of Weddings 2008″ vendors by Knot brides and will be published in the 2008 Knot Best of Weddings national magazine.

This is actually just an interim step in our Blogs evolution.

All postings from now on are HERE

Please update any bookmarks to the new site and feel free to leave us comments on the new blog too!!

Check this out!! Now available, this new cover upgrade option is really cool. Its completely custom, and can be created from your favorite image from your wedding. It can have multiple images, b&w, color, infrared, text, virtually anything can be printed here. Call us to day to get yours!!

Hey everyone, just a quick note to announce our new Press Printed Thank You Card options. These are completely custom designed with any image and text you wish. They are available in various different sizes from 4.5″ folded, 5×7 vertical or horizontal, 5×5 Trifolds, and 4×5 accordian fold cards. All come with envelopes. Prices start at 299.00 per 96 cards; (which covers you for up to 200-250 guests normally). Smaller quantities are available in lots of 24. These can be custom designed for any purpose; ie Save the Date cards, Birth Announcements, Graduation Cards, Engagement Announcements etc etc etc.

This deals good only on Saturday…but you can get 45 issues of Golfweek magazine for 3.69 HERE
Its actually only a dollar more to order now…..but hey a buck’s a buck right.

Hit em straight!!

Brad

Just working on some in house stuff, and thought I’d post this nice shot from the Pelican Yacht Club wedding.

Well, Kelly may have had a long drive to get here, but boy did we get some great stuff!! See for yourself. Their wedding date is fast approcahing too, so check back to see some of their wedding images the first week in March!!

Sunday was a perfect day at the Jupiter Beach Resort for Ruth’s 80th Birthday celebration hosted by her son Mark.

There were fabulous speeches/toasts/roasts from many friends and family, as well as an awesome chocolate cake from Cakeability, and some nice background music by the folks at Master Musicians. As usual, all the little details were taken care of by Jonathan and his staff at the Jupiter Beach Resort!! Hopefully we’ll be doing this again for Ruth’s 90th!!

Brad

Well the days are starting to get a little longer, and the temps are creeping up!! Today is opening day for Little League Baseball here in good ole Pt St Lucie!! I’ll be coaching 2 teams this year, so lots to juggle around schedule wise. Even the pro’s start in a week or so with pitchers and catchers reporting for duty starting next week. If you love baseball, this is the best time of the year…well maybe after October!!!

Well, Tiffany beat the rest of you to claim the free Trash the Dress session!!  So congrats to you Tiffany!!

We are going to offer 1 more free TTD session to the first bride that claims it!!  Thats a 299.00 value for free.

Whats a TTD session??  Quite simply its a fun session after your wedding date, but in your dress.  Because it has already done its official  duty, you can now feel free to do some things you might otherwise not have been willing to do….ie play in the surf….lay down on some rr tracks….who knows, there are no rules.  Have fun with it and see  what happens!!!

Brad

Hey guys, just made this little page for our main website. It kind of says it all. Like I said in the previous post, when we walked out in downtown Ft Pierce, we had no idea we were on the verge of capturing this kind of magic…..we almost didnt even shoot this part, glad we did!!!

Starting next week we will be featuring a new weekly article called Vendor of the Week. In it we will highlight a select area vendor, and share some comments from the person in charge, feature some cool images from their business, and generally share a bit about them. If you’d like to nominate a local vendor to be included please feel free to let us know below in the comment section. There will be discussions with local DJ’s, Banquet Coordinators, Florists, Reception Venue locations, and much much more; so check back often to see who’s this weeks vendor of the week, and learn a little about each of their services.  You can also subscribe to this blog too, that way you will be notified as its updated.

Thanks everyone!!

Brad

Well Walt himself couldn’t have drafted a nicer day for Cortney and Franks wedding at Disney Resort in Vero Beach. Once we got them married on the green, Rosanne took over to make sure every detail was perfect in true Disney fashion. Remember its Walt’s quote that said: “there are no small details!!”. DJ’s Frank and Anthony from The Entertainment Connections Premier djs really worked their butts off to ensure everyone had a good time…again as usual. This party was a prime example of how important it is to hire a quality DJ!! Nice job guys!! Now its off to the keys for our bride and groom. Oh yeah, Frank (the groom) has a pretty cool website with some killer digital art he’s done on it. You can check it out HERE.

The “green” at Disney Vero.

A couple of Infrared shots, this one of one of the readings.

another walking into the sunset. I love the way the sun flares like this…I look for it often

Mimosa’s on the beach….what could be better than that?

This is DJ Frank and DJ Anthony from Entertainment Connections Premier Dj’s doing their thing!!

The wonderful lobby at Disney Vero

Had a great time tonight at the South Florida Fair!! If you havent gone, I’d highly recommend it. This year has live sharks and live seal shows and a baby Panther too!! What was really cool was all the “art” thats actually painted on the rides themselves. Below you’ll find a bunch of that cool fair art that was on the rides for those who noticed. Yeah thats a sea lion dancing in the first shot!!! Click on any of the thumbnails to view them larger. Enjoy!!

Hey everyone, Roxy’s slideshow is now live!! Click HERE to view it!!

Feel free to let us know what you think in the comment section below!!

Brad

This was posted on our old blog, but I thought I’d add it back here on the new blog. This is a new image treatment we have developed. Its a custom blue tone we like to call Blue Jean Baby. This is hanging in my office as a 22×28 (and in Tiffany’s House).  You can also see their own very cool wedding website HERE.

Hey Everyone,

Here’s a recent coffee table album we did for one of our brides. Its a great example of what you can do with your images to make a really sensational wedding album you will treasure for all time!!! Now you can even make little mini clone albums from your same design so you have pocket sized versions you can take with you!!!

As you can see, these type of albums really tell the story of the day. This particular one was done as a 12×12 design. One of my favorite sizes, since when open it becomes a full 2 feet wide!! And the aspect ratio is the same as the big movie screens!! I like to shoot the day and design the albums kind of like the director shoots a movie and puts it together. Large scene setting shots….cut away close ups…and lots of action!!!

Enjoy

Brad

Hey everyone, most of you already know we publish Treasure Coast Brides Magazine. Just wanted to let you all know that you can pick up your copy at almost any local wedding vendor on the Treasure Coast. Already more than a thousand copies have been distributed, and more every day. To get your free copy, either visit any local vendor or please leave us your info in the comments section below and we’ll send you one in the mail!!

Hey everyone, several folks have asked if we had any examples of work that wasn’t shot by me, but rather by our staff photographers. So I’m going to post a quick sideshow of a wedding done by our staff. Its kind of a cool wedding, even a helicopter!! Check it out HERE

The reception was at PGA National in Palm Bch Gardens!!

Well, another bridal show in the books. Looks like we had about 80 brides give or take today at the show. Not too much else to do outside since its chilly and windy. The usual cast of local vendors seemed to have changed a bit with new players coming onto the scene, including a new bridal shop from Sewall’s point called Tamera’s Forever Bridals, and some others as well. Another bridal show next week down in Palm Beach Gardens….stop in if you get the chance!! 

Brad

Well this is the first wedding since the new blogs debut, so we’re gonna post a few to get things rolling. Lots of big pix….and of course the tale of the day. They had a picture perfect 85* day here in sunny South Florida. The Old Ft Pierce City Hall building was the setting for Andy and Roxy’s big day. The food was fantastic from White Glove Catering , and the owner David was even on hand to help with the festivities. Even though it was brunch…it was excellent, as we overheard from numerous guests and family members. As you can see we ventured down to the Ft Pierce Yacht Club to get some cool shots by the water, then played a little in the streets of Downtown Ft Pierce.

Watch a slideshow of this wedding HERE )

Congrats again Roxy and Andy!!

da choos baby…da choos

Gotta love those big eyes!!

This is at the Ft Pierce Yacht Clubs dock.

Great light in the landing area…..

A cool infra red shot done in our “Blue Jean Baby” action.

Walking away, the first few steps on their journey through life together….infrared

On the rocks in front of FPYC

What a cool mural on the side of the building….and with the real tracks there too!! This was one of my favorite images from the wedding.

More fun in downtown Ft Pierce.

A great father/daughter moment caught a while back.

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American Photo Magazine has published its list of The 10 Best Wedding Photographers in the World.

Joe Buissink , Jen and Steve Bebb, Jeff Ascough, David Beckstead, Alisha & Brook Todd, Bambi Cantrell, Jerry Ghionis, Kevin Kubota, Christian Oth, and Denis Reggie. All these great photographers are also members of the Digital Wedding Forum. An online community exclusively by and for professional wedding photographers. I’m going to add links to their sites in the blogroll. Please feel free to check them all out. There is a reason they are the best. Its also a great way to gauge the photographers you may be considering for your own event. See how s/he measures up against the work of the best of the best. All are available for hire too if you have deep enough pockets.

Enjoy looking!!! (I did)

just in case you wonder what I aim at……

Another shot of beautiful Christina while she was getting ready. This always ends up being one of my favorite shots every week.

Did I mention how much I love what I do??

What to do when it rains??? Go inside and make Lemonade of course!! This is the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in St Lucie West.  I couldn’t have provided better lighting with a Hollywood studio budget!!  (The brides pretty awesome too!!).

Hey everyone, finally getting around to publishing an updated version of our photoblog. Thanks so much for all of you who have been keeping up with it all this time. For now, its a work in progress, but in a few days it should be all ironed out, so please check back often…we will be running some blog only super savers too!!  The old blog is HERE

Brad