We will be hanging out with Aunts and Uncles this weekend....especially Aunt Maria's baby shower Sunday :)
Have fun with Joe :)
2/17/2007
While Daddy is in Arizona....
Playing with Photobooth on our Mac and on the phone trying to have a video chat with daddy! (See Graycen's first haircut).
We will be hanging out with Aunts and Uncles this weekend....especially Aunt Maria's baby shower Sunday :)
Have fun with Joe :)
We will be hanging out with Aunts and Uncles this weekend....especially Aunt Maria's baby shower Sunday :)
Have fun with Joe :)
It's warm
It's warm in Phoenix. Yesterday I woke up at 2:15 am (after a very disappointing night with Grey's Anatomy), got ready, and left to catch the 3:30 shuttle to Nashville. What was I thinking?!?!?!?!?
From Nashville I flew to Atlanta and then to Phoenix. My Nashville flight departed at 6 am (which is really 7 am Chattanooga time) and my Atlanta flight departed at 8:15 am (which is 9:15 am Nashville time). You might have to chart that out to follow along. But as I was sitting in Atlanta waiting to board, I couldn't help but think of how much easier it would've been if I could have just skipped the Nashville portion of the flight and gone straight to Atlanta. It's closer to our house, and I probably could've had 2-3 extra hours of sleep. That would have been nice.
Oh, well, it's worth it.
So once I arrived in Phoenix, local photographer Bruce Steffine picked me up from the airport and took me to a really cool Mexican restaurant. What else is there to eat in Phoenix? I love this place! Then we headed over to a neat coffee shop called Gold Bar to get online and do a little work. Local rockstar and Pictage forum junkie Jefferson Todd met up with us at the coffee shop.
I had a great time spending the afternoon with Bruce and JT. I'm excited for both of them as their businesses are going really well and they each have big plans for the future.
Thanks guys, for spending time with me. We look forward to seeing you in Vegas and you'd better make it to Liana's Biz Bootcamp in Chattannoga in July!
Cheers.
From Nashville I flew to Atlanta and then to Phoenix. My Nashville flight departed at 6 am (which is really 7 am Chattanooga time) and my Atlanta flight departed at 8:15 am (which is 9:15 am Nashville time). You might have to chart that out to follow along. But as I was sitting in Atlanta waiting to board, I couldn't help but think of how much easier it would've been if I could have just skipped the Nashville portion of the flight and gone straight to Atlanta. It's closer to our house, and I probably could've had 2-3 extra hours of sleep. That would have been nice.
Oh, well, it's worth it.
So once I arrived in Phoenix, local photographer Bruce Steffine picked me up from the airport and took me to a really cool Mexican restaurant. What else is there to eat in Phoenix? I love this place! Then we headed over to a neat coffee shop called Gold Bar to get online and do a little work. Local rockstar and Pictage forum junkie Jefferson Todd met up with us at the coffee shop.
I had a great time spending the afternoon with Bruce and JT. I'm excited for both of them as their businesses are going really well and they each have big plans for the future.
Thanks guys, for spending time with me. We look forward to seeing you in Vegas and you'd better make it to Liana's Biz Bootcamp in Chattannoga in July!
Cheers.
2/14/2007
Tonya and Caleb
Their E Session back in November(above), and their wedding a few days ago (below) :-)
We kicked off our wedding season last weekend with a beautiful wedding in Orlando. Tonya and Caleb were married at Annunciation Church in Altamonte and then had their reception at the beautiful Country Club of Orlando. It was such a fun wedding, with lots of guests, a great bridal party, and wonderful families on both sides of the asile.
Congratulations Tonya and Celeb. May God bless you as you begin your new life together.
2/09/2007
Our new Website with liveBooks...coming soon!
We are in FL right now enjoying the weather and gearing up for Tonya and Caleb's wedding tomorrow! Also, we have been working on a big project almost round the clock lately and it is for our our new website! We have been wanting to update our website, (since last summer) which has served us really well for 2 years now and have had 3 custom sites since our business launched thanks to our friend, Paul Martin. Came across liveBooks and when we talked to one of their representatives, Corey Miller last November, we were hooked and chose the Pro package. Corey also told us that Jay Sandifer, (who used to be our rep from Pictage) is also with liveBooks now. Their design manager, Dayle Hendrickson, is awesome to work with and sent us the design in a matter of days! They really have a great team! So we are hoping to launch our new website within the next couple of weeks :) Lots of new content that we are very excited about!
For more info, visit: http://www.livebooks.com and check out Dane Sanders' video called: Getting Inside liveBooks! in Simple Photo Life for Photographers.
2/07/2007
Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music and Our SuperBowl Experience
Steve Jobs
February 6, 2007
With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future.
Read the complete article below:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic
Interesting. What do you think?
Oh and before I (Joy) forget to blog this...we went to Nolan and Konika's house Sunday for an AWESOME super bowl party that we projected and all 15 of us watched on their wall...good food...good company...good game...GO COLTS! :) No pictures cause we were too cold to go out to the car and get the camera!
2/03/2007
The Marcus and Joe Show
Friday was great. Joy and I attended the Joe Buissink and Marcus Bell tour in Atlanta, sponsored by GraphiStudio. And what a great show it was!
The trip to Atlanta started off with us spending the night at Mark and Erin Adams' home. Unfortunately they were out of town for a last-minute wedding in Laguna Beach. So we photographed their wedding photo to make it feel like they were there. We wish you could see the actual photograph to appreciate how nice it is...their recent wedding was photographed by our good friends Eric and Jen from Light of Day in Orlando.
Anyone who’s a faithful reader of our blog knows what big Joe B. fans we are. So we knew his portion would be great. And Marcus was simply an added bonus, right.
I first met Marcus a couple weeks ago in San Antonio at PPA. He was peddling his products in the back of Curt’s Littlecott’s presentation and I figured I’d better give him a hand. So there I was, side by side with one of the best wedding shooters in the world, trying to help him sell his products, and I wasn’t even exactly sure what they were…I just knew they were outstanding.
At any rate, on Friday Marcus and Joe covered the gamut—everything from shooting to marketing to building clients for life. But the part that struck home the most was the portion on shooting from the heart. It’s easy to get caught up in the fact that we’re running a business. And that’s necessary for the livelihood and sustainability of our family. But even though it’s a business, the heart of what we do is capturing and preserving something that will be around long after we’re gone—a smile, a tear, a laugh, a hug, an innocent child, a dancing bride, a nervous groom, a proud father, an emotional mother.
They spoke a great deal about how as photographers we put a little piece of ourselves into each image. This is something I’ve been thinking about a great deal lately.
Marcus relayed a personal story about losing his father to cancer when he was 16 years old. It forced him to grow up very quickly. And over time, as he’s had a family of his own, he realizes again how significant the parent/child relationships are.
He showed a wedding image of a proud father hugging his son, the groom—both of them beaming, the story is plain and clear.
Then he spoke of his father and said, “I’ll never be able to feel this with my father, but because of my experience I can imagine how important this moment will be for this father and son. Cherished forever.”
That image means so much to Marcus because of his personal experience and his need was revealed and somewhat met through this photograph…a moment captured in an instant, but preserved forever. Beautiful.
We were also reminded how blessed we are to be a part of such a fantastically amazing industry. Of course GraphiStudio was on hand and we spent a bit of time at the booth helping Michelle field questions from all of the attendees. On display were several books from Graphi photographers. For the first portion of the tour, they had one of our books on display, until at one of the stops they were forced to set up in the atrium of the hotel, which had birds flying around indoors up by the ceiling. Apparently one of the birds had something disagreeable for lunch and it dropped its drips right on our book! Unreal! LOL. I’m kind of suspicious, but that’s the story they’re telling me. Hahaha. Actually, here’s a shot of Melissa, Jim Cook's wife, with one of our books at the Cincinnati stop.
We were blessed to finally meet Joe’s better two-thirds, Marilyn and Sebastian. What a beautiful family.
Rachel LaCour Niesen, Charles Bordner and Carla Swinney.
Rachel LaCour Niesen, Adam Linke and Charles Bordner.
Katie and Chris Torres, of 6 of Four Creations are such a sweet couple, and they’re so full of talent and drive. We’re really excited for everything that they’ve got going on. In the back, Adam Linke, our new Pictage rep looks like Kirk Cameron (so the girls say). He does have a nice smile.
Charles Bordner and Carla Swinney taking a photo of themselves.
(**We are sad that we don't have a picture with Michelle Kersten from Graphi, and also other photographers we know, talked to, and have met who attended: David Smith, Jeff Breedlove, John Bamber, Kandice Ledford...and Denis Reggie).
Here with our new friend Marcus Bell. Marcus has a heart of gold and it shows in everything he does.
We’re so happy for Marcus and Joe's success on this tour. All the best, fellas, as you continue to inspire.
The trip to Atlanta started off with us spending the night at Mark and Erin Adams' home. Unfortunately they were out of town for a last-minute wedding in Laguna Beach. So we photographed their wedding photo to make it feel like they were there. We wish you could see the actual photograph to appreciate how nice it is...their recent wedding was photographed by our good friends Eric and Jen from Light of Day in Orlando.
Anyone who’s a faithful reader of our blog knows what big Joe B. fans we are. So we knew his portion would be great. And Marcus was simply an added bonus, right.
I first met Marcus a couple weeks ago in San Antonio at PPA. He was peddling his products in the back of Curt’s Littlecott’s presentation and I figured I’d better give him a hand. So there I was, side by side with one of the best wedding shooters in the world, trying to help him sell his products, and I wasn’t even exactly sure what they were…I just knew they were outstanding.
At any rate, on Friday Marcus and Joe covered the gamut—everything from shooting to marketing to building clients for life. But the part that struck home the most was the portion on shooting from the heart. It’s easy to get caught up in the fact that we’re running a business. And that’s necessary for the livelihood and sustainability of our family. But even though it’s a business, the heart of what we do is capturing and preserving something that will be around long after we’re gone—a smile, a tear, a laugh, a hug, an innocent child, a dancing bride, a nervous groom, a proud father, an emotional mother.
They spoke a great deal about how as photographers we put a little piece of ourselves into each image. This is something I’ve been thinking about a great deal lately.
Marcus relayed a personal story about losing his father to cancer when he was 16 years old. It forced him to grow up very quickly. And over time, as he’s had a family of his own, he realizes again how significant the parent/child relationships are.
He showed a wedding image of a proud father hugging his son, the groom—both of them beaming, the story is plain and clear.
Then he spoke of his father and said, “I’ll never be able to feel this with my father, but because of my experience I can imagine how important this moment will be for this father and son. Cherished forever.”
That image means so much to Marcus because of his personal experience and his need was revealed and somewhat met through this photograph…a moment captured in an instant, but preserved forever. Beautiful.
We were also reminded how blessed we are to be a part of such a fantastically amazing industry. Of course GraphiStudio was on hand and we spent a bit of time at the booth helping Michelle field questions from all of the attendees. On display were several books from Graphi photographers. For the first portion of the tour, they had one of our books on display, until at one of the stops they were forced to set up in the atrium of the hotel, which had birds flying around indoors up by the ceiling. Apparently one of the birds had something disagreeable for lunch and it dropped its drips right on our book! Unreal! LOL. I’m kind of suspicious, but that’s the story they’re telling me. Hahaha. Actually, here’s a shot of Melissa, Jim Cook's wife, with one of our books at the Cincinnati stop.
We were blessed to finally meet Joe’s better two-thirds, Marilyn and Sebastian. What a beautiful family.
Rachel LaCour Niesen, Charles Bordner and Carla Swinney.
Rachel LaCour Niesen, Adam Linke and Charles Bordner.
Katie and Chris Torres, of 6 of Four Creations are such a sweet couple, and they’re so full of talent and drive. We’re really excited for everything that they’ve got going on. In the back, Adam Linke, our new Pictage rep looks like Kirk Cameron (so the girls say). He does have a nice smile.
Charles Bordner and Carla Swinney taking a photo of themselves.
(**We are sad that we don't have a picture with Michelle Kersten from Graphi, and also other photographers we know, talked to, and have met who attended: David Smith, Jeff Breedlove, John Bamber, Kandice Ledford...and Denis Reggie).
Here with our new friend Marcus Bell. Marcus has a heart of gold and it shows in everything he does.
We’re so happy for Marcus and Joe's success on this tour. All the best, fellas, as you continue to inspire.
2/01/2007
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