I had the pleasure in photographing Amanda and Chris’s wedding this past Saturday at Lake Shawnee’s Reynold’s Lodge. You may remember seeing Amanda and Chris in a blog post last year as I had a blast capturing their engagement photos as well. Their wedding was really done up nice and we even got some very cool sunset images to boot. Here is a sample of some images from their special day. Enjoy.
We have received several requests this last year for square prints from our clients, their families and friends. We heard you and have taken action. We are proud to now be able to offer our square prints line. Check it out…. 5 x 5, 8 x 8, 10 x 10, & 12 x 12. We have also added a couple more poster sizes as well, 16 x 24 & 24 x 36. And for the last change up item to our prints line-up is……. we now have our 5 x 7 Greeting Card in packages of 20, 40 & 60. Yes they do include the envelopes. The list below is our current prints selection line-up. Look it over and if you see anything that you would like to add, send me a text or email and I’ll see about getting it added to the line-up.
5 x 5, 8x 8, 10x 10, 12 x 12, 8 Wallets Pkg, 3.5 x 5, 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 6 x 9, 8 x 10, 8 x 12, 10 x 13, 11 x 14, 16 x 20 Poster, 16 x 24 Poster, 24 x 36 Poster, 20 x 30 Standout Mount, 20 - 40 - 60 Greeting Cards (with envelopes) Pkgs.
This wedding photo is of an image I captured two years ago at Shane & Laureen’s wedding. They had a very nice outdoor wedding and the weather was the best ever. We had set aside some time for just Shane, Laureen and I to have a private shoot session. We really didn’t go from the wedding location, just far enough to get away from everyone attending the wedding and to be alone. The sun was setting and we had just a few minutes to get the shot and bam! We nailed it. I really like the emotion that’s captured within the shot. I selected this one photo, for photo of the month, not just for the coolness of the shot, but more so to show just what a little time set aside during each wedding for a romantic session can do. 20 minutes and we can knock out about 10 or so additional shots that can really impact the overall wedding day story. Always, “Something to Think About”.
We have been receiving some emails of late asking us what’s going on with the blog in concerns of the lack of us blogging. So… I thought I would explain our madness during this time of year. First Reason For Not Much Blogging Of Late: We always try not to book weddings during January & February (however for 2012, we have a couple of weddings in February), this allows me (Brian) to complete all of the Wedding Day Storybook orders from past years weddings or from 2011 weddings that our clients placed their order after their wedding. With Wedding Day Storybooks, if you place your order before you wedding (at least 30 days) then I can set aside time in the editing process to move directly to your book upon completion of the editing of your images. This allow for a much faster turn around time for your book. If you order you book anytime after your wedding, then those orders are completed in the following January & February. Second Reason For Not Much Blogging Of Late: We take this time of the year to preform maintenance on all of our gear (not just cameras & lenses but computers, software, lighting, bags, m-cards and much more) and to evaluate the status of our cameras and lenses. This year we have upgraded all of Doris’s photographic gear and I am upgrading one of my cameras. So a lot of time in selling old gear and replacing with new gear. We are also spending a lot of time during this part of the year in putting into production new products for our clients. This year we have put on line our new updated version of the Wedding Day Storybook, our brand new “first ever” Wedding Day Proof Book, and we have made some major improvements to our image upload software to our blog in order to provide bigger, sharper images for viewing. Third Reason For Not Much Blogging Of Late: We are loaded with booking new clients for 2012 and 2013 weddings. Yes! We are booking 2013 weddings now.
So, to answer a few emails that we have received. Yes, both Doris and I are fine and doing well. Getting some much needed rest. (well a little anyhow) No, we have not moved or anything like that. We will be at our current location here in Topeka for a long time to come. So come on by and visit with us or just drop in and say hi. Yes, I am out shooting for some fun. Working with my new HDR software. Pretty cool item. Yes our RV is still going strong, no, we have not been on vacation. That’s coming later on in the year. Sometime!
Ok, I hope that clear things up to the lack of blogging here lately. But, we will be back to blogging on a steady base soon. I would like to thank everyone that emailed with your concerns. It cool to know that people out there in the world care about us as we care about each and everyone of you.
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I captured this image a couple years back while Doris and I were on one of our many RV trips. Old Bodie Island Lighthouse is located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I wanted to post this as this months “photo of the month” to show just what can be done in the editing department with the right photo editing software along with a high end computer. This image was captured in normal color, then converted to black & white, then converted to a drawing, then converted one more time to a computer rendering of HDR image. This whole editing process took me over 4 hours to complete. I like the way it turned out… let me know what you think.
My last blog I introduce our new Wedding Day Proof Book. I spent several months in designing the software to create the proof book. Well… That’s completed now and it’s time to turn to what everyone see’s the most and that is our blog. Yes, I have put my time and energy into upgrading our blog. Now we have bigger and sharper images. This will allow you “our customers” to view our images even better. Below is a ”Show Off” of our new blog images. Hope you enjoy the improvements.
We are kicking off 2012 with our brand new Wedding Day Proof Book soft sided and professionally bounded, not spiral wire banded “notebook style” like other cheaper versions most photographers today are using. Your Wedding Day Proof Book contains all your wedding day and engagement session photos up to 60 pages. Our proof books are designed 100% by Brian and are printed by our same professional book publisher with the same professional photographic book paper as our famous Wedding Day Storybooks. For more details on any of our books, contact us via phone or email anytime.
Doris and I got to spend a wonderful day this past Saturday capturing Jennifer & Alex’s wedding day images. The weather was not so good, but we all changed directions and made the best day out of it. The wedding was very nice and was held at DanForth Chapel at KU. “I love shooting at DanForth” Then we all met at Abe’s & Jake’s for the reception. The wedding day turned out great and I just don’t think it could have been any better. Enjoy the sneak peaks!
It’s the end of the 2011 year and as we looked around the studio office we found that we have an over load of photographic equipment due to up grading during the year. So… time for our year end sell, which normally happens in January. However this year we thought that the gear would make great Christmas gifts. So sell is on… If you would like, photos can be forward for your review.
Canon 50D SLR Camera + Canon Battery Grip: $700.00
Condition: Mint (no marks of any kind on body and operates like new)
Shutter Count: Low (not able to pull actual count on a 50D)
Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip: Mint (no marks of any kind on body and operates like new)
Items Included: Canon 50D Neck Strap, 2 Canon Original Batteries + Charger + AA battery option holder, Software, Manual, USB Cable and RCA Cable
Contact Brian at: bwickett@prophotosbybrian.com or cell 703-945-8838
Doris and I are very excited to announce our new line up in our Wedding Day Storybooks. We have improved on our famous Storybooks by introducing the new Pro Gold-Star line up. All books are still designed 100% by ProPhotos by Brian with each book still being professionally built and published. What’s new is our up-graded materials. Check this out…. The Pro Gold-Star line will feature 100% renewable cotton and linen hard back covers in oatmeal, charcoal, and black colors. You will also receive a photo wrap dust cover free. Yes, you can still get the cool photo wrap hard back as well. The Pro Gold-Star line will also feature new professional grade pearl coated 80# photo paper used in the printing process in a 10 x 8 size. This is the best of the photo paper used in today’s books.
Yes, we will continue to offer our current line up, the Pro Standard line in 10 x 8 size in both linen w/dust cover and photo wrap hard backs.
I have save the best news for last….. We have SLASHED the prices of both line-ups. Contact us anytime for new prices and to place your orders.
