Okay - we haven't literally move (that happens in 8 days!). However, our BLOG has moved!! We have a "new and improved" blog awaiting you! Just follow this link (and if you have our blog in your "favorites", be sure to change that to the new blog)
www.birdsongphotography.com/blogtastic
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
We Interrupt This Program...
Ok, so after the 2342356th email of " Where are the blogs??! Why aren't you blogging?! Are you guys ok?! Is life still worth living?!!!" ....I decided I should probably write this note and let everyone know what's going down here at the insanely busy world of Birdsong Photographicals.
As of a couple of weeks ago, a wonderful and amazingly talented super sweet individual who shall remain nameless *coughdancough* decided to help us revamp our blog. To be honest, I hate our current blog. It's nowhere near the level of cool I want it to be, and the closest thing I could find to what I wanted started out at over $2500.00. For a blog.
That's insane.
So our blog is currently undergoing a complete and total facelift. For that matter, so is our website. We're in heated discussions with bludomain to get our site to what we want it to be, and since they totally and completely rock, everything should be sorted out shortly.
It's actually driving me nutso, because every couple of days we're with an amazing new couple doing spazztic and crazy things that are so totally blog-worthy, and I've grown to detest this current blog so much, that I'm just saving it for the new one.
I will say that all of you that we've met over the last few weeks are awesome and have totally rocked our world. We appreciate you all more than we can say. This year is going to be more amazing than we could have ever hoped, thanks to all of you....our current and past couples. We are simply a couple of goobers with cameras that you allow into your world for a brief moment in time, and our business has grown by leaps and bounds from day one thanks to you.
So with all that said, fear not little campers; a new blog and website shall soon appear! It will be everything you've dreamed of, bring change and hope to those in need of blog-goodness, and quite possibly heal the embarrassing ailments you don't talk about. In the very least, there'll be some new pictures and some dorky stuff from yours truly :o)
See you soon,
Brett
As of a couple of weeks ago, a wonderful and amazingly talented super sweet individual who shall remain nameless *coughdancough* decided to help us revamp our blog. To be honest, I hate our current blog. It's nowhere near the level of cool I want it to be, and the closest thing I could find to what I wanted started out at over $2500.00. For a blog.
That's insane.
So our blog is currently undergoing a complete and total facelift. For that matter, so is our website. We're in heated discussions with bludomain to get our site to what we want it to be, and since they totally and completely rock, everything should be sorted out shortly.
It's actually driving me nutso, because every couple of days we're with an amazing new couple doing spazztic and crazy things that are so totally blog-worthy, and I've grown to detest this current blog so much, that I'm just saving it for the new one.
I will say that all of you that we've met over the last few weeks are awesome and have totally rocked our world. We appreciate you all more than we can say. This year is going to be more amazing than we could have ever hoped, thanks to all of you....our current and past couples. We are simply a couple of goobers with cameras that you allow into your world for a brief moment in time, and our business has grown by leaps and bounds from day one thanks to you.
So with all that said, fear not little campers; a new blog and website shall soon appear! It will be everything you've dreamed of, bring change and hope to those in need of blog-goodness, and quite possibly heal the embarrassing ailments you don't talk about. In the very least, there'll be some new pictures and some dorky stuff from yours truly :o)
See you soon,
Brett
Thursday, January 15, 2009
It's that time again.....
It's time again for another trip to Florida! This weekend we are headed to Ft. Walton Beach to take part in the Gulf Coast Bridal Faire (www.gulfcoastbridalfaire.com) on Sunday. If you live in or around Ft. Walton, come out and say HI! We also have a meeting with a bride while we're down there and not one, but TWO e-sessions (one there in Ft. Walton and one in St. Petersburg). Once again, a weekend that started out just being a trip to Florida for a bridal show has turned into 3 FULL days of work (though I'd hardly call it work) - and we wouldn't want it any other way!!!
OH, and did I mention that Saturday afternoon/evening we have a wedding in Tulsa that we are shooting. Shortly after the reception gets underway, Brett will take off to Florida (a 13 hour drive) to get there in time to set up for the show which starts at 1:00 PM Sunday afternoon. After the reception, my parents, the kidlets and myself will head to Florida. Yes, we are crazy! :o)
Other nifty news....our blog is undergoing a total renovation, and it needs it badly! One of our wonderful, awesome, and completely rad grooms is helping us out with that, actually. One of the best parts of the job is the people we meet and the friendships we form. I can say that some of our lifelong friends are couples who we met because we shot their wedding. Anyway - as for the blog, there is no release date yet (our wonderful groom/friend has a day job [or two] and we are in no huge rush) but what we've seen of it so far we LOVE it and can't wait to show it to you!!!! It's way beyond what we could do on our own!!!
I think that's about it for updates...for now! In short: wedding, 13 hour drive, wedding show, engagement session, meet with a bride, engagement session (part 2), 7 hour drive, engagement session, 18 hour drive home....all in 3 days!
Bring on the caffeine!
J
OH, and did I mention that Saturday afternoon/evening we have a wedding in Tulsa that we are shooting. Shortly after the reception gets underway, Brett will take off to Florida (a 13 hour drive) to get there in time to set up for the show which starts at 1:00 PM Sunday afternoon. After the reception, my parents, the kidlets and myself will head to Florida. Yes, we are crazy! :o)
Other nifty news....our blog is undergoing a total renovation, and it needs it badly! One of our wonderful, awesome, and completely rad grooms is helping us out with that, actually. One of the best parts of the job is the people we meet and the friendships we form. I can say that some of our lifelong friends are couples who we met because we shot their wedding. Anyway - as for the blog, there is no release date yet (our wonderful groom/friend has a day job [or two] and we are in no huge rush) but what we've seen of it so far we LOVE it and can't wait to show it to you!!!! It's way beyond what we could do on our own!!!
I think that's about it for updates...for now! In short: wedding, 13 hour drive, wedding show, engagement session, meet with a bride, engagement session (part 2), 7 hour drive, engagement session, 18 hour drive home....all in 3 days!
Bring on the caffeine!
J
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
First Show, Second Verse
First, to all who came by and said hello at our booth in Pensacola this past weekend, THANK YOU!! It was awesome to meet everyone, and the welcome and response was absolutely incredible.
We hope everyone's having a great new year so far! Ours started out in typical fashion; renting a Prius and embarking on a road trip. Except this was a bit different, as we took some..uh...interesting detours along the way. I think we hit every small and forgotten town in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama just trying to get to Florida. I have no idea what happened. I do know that at least three gas station attendants asked if I could squeal like a pig. It was seriously freaky.
We decided to take a detour on Saturday over to Fort Walton Beach, where we'll be for the Bridal Faire on the 18th, and ate at Fuddpuckers. Julie and I honeymooned there in March of '03, so we hit the beach again and got all kissy smoochy under the pier. And somehow that turned into me waist deep in the water picking up beer cans and slim jim wrappers in the water. That's right, a makeout session-turned-beach cleanup. Hot chick helping me save the environment. Holy cow...that'd make a really cool calendar!
The show was incredibly fun, as they usually are. Met a couple of great vendors, ate way too many cake samples, and passed out tons of chocolate to everyone that came by. Which was actually kind of ironic because directly across from our booth was a booth for a weight loss program. Brides would come by our booth, get a box of chocolates, then turn around and get handed a brochure on how to lose weight. That pretty much made us the devil, but we had chocolate. *muhahahahaha*
I made a twitter comment a couple of months ago to the effect of that particular time being the "calm before the storm", and I seriously had no idea how much of an understatement that was. Pretty much the entire road trip back from Florida, we were booking weddings on the phone. Add to that the engagement session, bridal portrait session and wedding this week and next, meetings with clients, and still trying to hit the gym and get rid of the holiday Birdonkadonk, and I'm pretty much in constant spazz mode. But oh what a fun spazz mode it is. We do get to hang with Dan and Cherrie again for part 2 of their engagement session in St. Petersburg in a couple of weeks, and that will be incredible amounts of fun! They're two really fun, beautiful people that make our jobs so stinking easy, we should feel bad. But we don't. That...is how we roll. ;o)
And last but never least, a most sincere thank you to Harmony and Sunni for letting us crash their pad in Pensacola. We had plans to stay in a hotel, but were then threatened in kind and loving ways unless we stayed with them, so that ended that conversation. Long live great friendships, good wine, rambling conversations into the wee hours of the morning, and Bailey the wonder-dog.
We seriously have the most awesome clients any photographer could ever ask for.
Here's to an insanely fun and productive year....
We hope everyone's having a great new year so far! Ours started out in typical fashion; renting a Prius and embarking on a road trip. Except this was a bit different, as we took some..uh...interesting detours along the way. I think we hit every small and forgotten town in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama just trying to get to Florida. I have no idea what happened. I do know that at least three gas station attendants asked if I could squeal like a pig. It was seriously freaky.
We decided to take a detour on Saturday over to Fort Walton Beach, where we'll be for the Bridal Faire on the 18th, and ate at Fuddpuckers. Julie and I honeymooned there in March of '03, so we hit the beach again and got all kissy smoochy under the pier. And somehow that turned into me waist deep in the water picking up beer cans and slim jim wrappers in the water. That's right, a makeout session-turned-beach cleanup. Hot chick helping me save the environment. Holy cow...that'd make a really cool calendar!
The show was incredibly fun, as they usually are. Met a couple of great vendors, ate way too many cake samples, and passed out tons of chocolate to everyone that came by. Which was actually kind of ironic because directly across from our booth was a booth for a weight loss program. Brides would come by our booth, get a box of chocolates, then turn around and get handed a brochure on how to lose weight. That pretty much made us the devil, but we had chocolate. *muhahahahaha*
I made a twitter comment a couple of months ago to the effect of that particular time being the "calm before the storm", and I seriously had no idea how much of an understatement that was. Pretty much the entire road trip back from Florida, we were booking weddings on the phone. Add to that the engagement session, bridal portrait session and wedding this week and next, meetings with clients, and still trying to hit the gym and get rid of the holiday Birdonkadonk, and I'm pretty much in constant spazz mode. But oh what a fun spazz mode it is. We do get to hang with Dan and Cherrie again for part 2 of their engagement session in St. Petersburg in a couple of weeks, and that will be incredible amounts of fun! They're two really fun, beautiful people that make our jobs so stinking easy, we should feel bad. But we don't. That...is how we roll. ;o)
And last but never least, a most sincere thank you to Harmony and Sunni for letting us crash their pad in Pensacola. We had plans to stay in a hotel, but were then threatened in kind and loving ways unless we stayed with them, so that ended that conversation. Long live great friendships, good wine, rambling conversations into the wee hours of the morning, and Bailey the wonder-dog.
We seriously have the most awesome clients any photographer could ever ask for.
Here's to an insanely fun and productive year....
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
First and foremost, a very heartfelt and Merry Christmas to you from Julie and myself. All of you have made this a wonderfully unforgettable year, and we can only hope that we've been as big of a blessing to all of you as you have been to us.
I'm on cookie overload at the moment. All I remember is chocolate chip, frosted sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, M&M cookies, peanut butter with the Hershey Kiss in the middle, then finally some kind of snickerdoodle/white chocolate chip/chocolate chip/walnut/cranberry thing....and now Julie's in the kitchen making seven layer cookies. Or if you're from the nether-regions of Arkansas, Hello-Dolly's.
But all that aside, we wanted to post some of the e-session shots of Dan and Cherrie. They of course are the super sweet couple from St. Petersburg, FL whom we met last month for the first time. Though it was a relatively short session, we had entirely too much fun while working with them. That also was the night of the most incredible sunset I've ever seen over St. Petersburg.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Brett and Julie
I'm on cookie overload at the moment. All I remember is chocolate chip, frosted sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, M&M cookies, peanut butter with the Hershey Kiss in the middle, then finally some kind of snickerdoodle/white chocolate chip/chocolate chip/walnut/cranberry thing....and now Julie's in the kitchen making seven layer cookies. Or if you're from the nether-regions of Arkansas, Hello-Dolly's.
But all that aside, we wanted to post some of the e-session shots of Dan and Cherrie. They of course are the super sweet couple from St. Petersburg, FL whom we met last month for the first time. Though it was a relatively short session, we had entirely too much fun while working with them. That also was the night of the most incredible sunset I've ever seen over St. Petersburg.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Brett and Julie
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I Heart Canon
Further evidence that photographers are really, really sick people with too much time on their hands. And that Nikon sucks. :o)
Many thanks to the wonderul Becki Dickinson (www.beckidickinson.com) for spreading the wealth around.
Just read fast...
Many thanks to the wonderul Becki Dickinson (www.beckidickinson.com) for spreading the wealth around.
Just read fast...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Salty Chocolate Caramel Thingamabobs
We've had a rash...
....you know it'd be really funny if I just left it at that wouldn't it...
...ok anyway, we've had a rash of really cool and fun e-sessions lately, and we've had SO much fun doing them!
Jennifer and Nick wanted a "mini" e-session to get the more traditional shots out of the way, then it's on to dirt bikes and blowing things up, setting each other on fire, that kind of thing.
And once again, way cool couple who decided that I needed something fattening, in the form of some chocolately caramel salted hot thingamabob from Starbucks...which was really, really good.
B
....you know it'd be really funny if I just left it at that wouldn't it...
...ok anyway, we've had a rash of really cool and fun e-sessions lately, and we've had SO much fun doing them!
Jennifer and Nick wanted a "mini" e-session to get the more traditional shots out of the way, then it's on to dirt bikes and blowing things up, setting each other on fire, that kind of thing.
And once again, way cool couple who decided that I needed something fattening, in the form of some chocolately caramel salted hot thingamabob from Starbucks...which was really, really good.
B
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Poodle-Butts and Sunsets
What do baseball bats, shovels, gas cans, rope, khakis (giggle) and a poodle have in common?
You're right...aside from playing a very large role in our honeymoon, we also used them all again for this e-session.
Kyle and Stephanie are friends of ours from a couple of years back. Truth be told, Kyle and I used to sell nuts to tourists together. I'm not even kidding.
These are some of the shots Julie and I took, though we still have at least one more session to do with them. We tried to add some more crazy shots to this session, but in the middle of the woods at night it gets kind of freaky...so we all called it a day.
I'm partial to the poodle-butt shot really...
B
You're right...aside from playing a very large role in our honeymoon, we also used them all again for this e-session.
Kyle and Stephanie are friends of ours from a couple of years back. Truth be told, Kyle and I used to sell nuts to tourists together. I'm not even kidding.
These are some of the shots Julie and I took, though we still have at least one more session to do with them. We tried to add some more crazy shots to this session, but in the middle of the woods at night it gets kind of freaky...so we all called it a day.
I'm partial to the poodle-butt shot really...
B
Monday, December 8, 2008
Our "first couple"....
One thing that I realized when we first started doing photography was that every photographer had to start somewhere. For a wedding photographer, there is always that "first couple" who gave them a chance. For us, that couple is Colt & Kasey Straub. I had gone to church with Colt when I lived in Missouri. After we moved to Oklahoma, I got an email from Kasey. She said how Colt had told her that I was into photography and they were wondering if we'd be interested in shooting their wedding. We did their wedding for an amount of money in the double-digits. We should have payed THEM for the experience. But from their photos, we have been able to grow into the business that we are today. For that, we are so grateful to them and we owe them so much!
Well, a few months ago, I got another email from Kasey. They are expecting their first baby in January. She said she couldn't imagine anyone else but us doing their maternity pictures. We have never done maternity pictures. It's an avenue that I am definitely interested in getting into - but I don't know THAT many pregnant women and I can't go up to some stranger who's toting a pregnant belly and say "hey, I'm a photographer, can I take some pictures of your naked belly?".
So, Brett and I went to Branson a few weeks ago and attempted our first maternity shoot. It was so great to be around Colt & Kasey again. They are now going from the "first couple" of Birdsong Photography to the "first family" of Birdsong Photography.
I wanted to share this picture from their shoot. I fell in love with it. Just remember it is my first attempt at this sort of thing. Here's hoping that Colt & Kasey have opened yet another opportunity for us!
J
Well, a few months ago, I got another email from Kasey. They are expecting their first baby in January. She said she couldn't imagine anyone else but us doing their maternity pictures. We have never done maternity pictures. It's an avenue that I am definitely interested in getting into - but I don't know THAT many pregnant women and I can't go up to some stranger who's toting a pregnant belly and say "hey, I'm a photographer, can I take some pictures of your naked belly?".
So, Brett and I went to Branson a few weeks ago and attempted our first maternity shoot. It was so great to be around Colt & Kasey again. They are now going from the "first couple" of Birdsong Photography to the "first family" of Birdsong Photography.
I wanted to share this picture from their shoot. I fell in love with it. Just remember it is my first attempt at this sort of thing. Here's hoping that Colt & Kasey have opened yet another opportunity for us!
J
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Matt and Nikki
What an absolutely beautiful wedding this was. Matt and Nikki are two of the sweetest people you could ever wish to meet, and we're so glad we got to work with them!
For the non-stalkers in the group, this was the wedding where I somehow managed to kill ten goldfish, and a groomsman fainted twice. And oh my goodness...the food.
More pictures of theirs to come later either here or on the site, but here's several for now.
B
For the non-stalkers in the group, this was the wedding where I somehow managed to kill ten goldfish, and a groomsman fainted twice. And oh my goodness...the food.
More pictures of theirs to come later either here or on the site, but here's several for now.
B
Jon and Lindsey
I had this euphoric idea that December was going to be nice and slow, with nothing to do really but coast along until the wedding shows and weddings in January.
I can honestly and sincerely say that that is the absolute farthest from the case.
The first in a series of E-sessions tomorrow afternoon, three potential client meetings, trying to keep up with Dan on twitter, updating the site, prepping for a wedding show in Florida - convention in Phoenix - wedding in Tulsa - wedding show in Florida again the next morning...and that will bring us to the end of January.
Ah yes, and I forgot to mention editing pictures, designing albums, wondering what Bailey the dog is chewing on, asking the ever-incredible, uber-talented Andrea Murphy ridiculous questions that I should know the answer to, talking myself out of getting every free kitten off Craigslist, texting Harmony for recipes, jogging...
And what, you may ask yourselves, does this have to do with Jon and Lindsey? Absolutely nothing. But they're an incredibly fun couple and their wedding was a blast!
So, here's a couple of their pictures, with hopefully more blogging goodness to follow shortly.
Spazzing,
Brett
I can honestly and sincerely say that that is the absolute farthest from the case.
The first in a series of E-sessions tomorrow afternoon, three potential client meetings, trying to keep up with Dan on twitter, updating the site, prepping for a wedding show in Florida - convention in Phoenix - wedding in Tulsa - wedding show in Florida again the next morning...and that will bring us to the end of January.
Ah yes, and I forgot to mention editing pictures, designing albums, wondering what Bailey the dog is chewing on, asking the ever-incredible, uber-talented Andrea Murphy ridiculous questions that I should know the answer to, talking myself out of getting every free kitten off Craigslist, texting Harmony for recipes, jogging...
And what, you may ask yourselves, does this have to do with Jon and Lindsey? Absolutely nothing. But they're an incredibly fun couple and their wedding was a blast!
So, here's a couple of their pictures, with hopefully more blogging goodness to follow shortly.
Spazzing,
Brett
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Pelican Droppings
I'm sitting in our hotel room overlooking the ocean in St. Petersburg, Florida. There are coffee cups all over the desk, battery chargers, a couple of Canon 40D's to my right. I may or may not have clothes on. Believe it or not, there's not any alcohol involved.
Now with that visual, let's continue.
Last night was our first encounter with Dan and Cherrie. For those of you that don't stalk us, they're our couple getting married in Key West in February, with an e-session in St. Petersburg. They are incredibly sweet, fun, and cute. We weren't sure how much light we were going to have to work with, but the evening turned out amazing, complete with one of the most gorgeous sunsets I've ever seen in my life.
And for some reason, every cool couple we meet ends up taking us out to some great place to eat, because everyone has this secret plot to make Brett a fatty again. Wait..I mean...they took us out to Johnny Rocket's, which is a 50's style diner/hamburger place. So very fun.
One of the many fun spots in the evening was coming across the " Life is Good" logo on the back of a Jeep...and for those of you that don't know, I love that logo. So I'm including that shot from last night in this blog, along with a couple shots of the sunset that Julie took.
And now I will run and frolllick on the beach. With or without clothes on.
B
Now with that visual, let's continue.
Last night was our first encounter with Dan and Cherrie. For those of you that don't stalk us, they're our couple getting married in Key West in February, with an e-session in St. Petersburg. They are incredibly sweet, fun, and cute. We weren't sure how much light we were going to have to work with, but the evening turned out amazing, complete with one of the most gorgeous sunsets I've ever seen in my life.
And for some reason, every cool couple we meet ends up taking us out to some great place to eat, because everyone has this secret plot to make Brett a fatty again. Wait..I mean...they took us out to Johnny Rocket's, which is a 50's style diner/hamburger place. So very fun.
One of the many fun spots in the evening was coming across the " Life is Good" logo on the back of a Jeep...and for those of you that don't know, I love that logo. So I'm including that shot from last night in this blog, along with a couple shots of the sunset that Julie took.
And now I will run and frolllick on the beach. With or without clothes on.
B
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