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Little Stephen is Growing Up!

Brad — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:31:13 +0000

Its pretty obvious that I am not the vocal one in the group, but one can hardly pass up the opportunity to brag about their best friend finally growing up.

In case you are wondering, Mr. Stephen Kaufman is getting married on June 16th to a pretty cool woman named Rebecca Hartwell.

I was pretty enthused when Rebecca and Steve asked me to shoot their engagement photos, and I was even more extatic when they asked if I could shoot them in Old Town, Alexandria, VA (where I live).

I wanted to post this much sooner, but getting the photos I shot from Steve (the hoarder) is like pulling teeth.

Anyways, congratulations are in order for Steve and Rebecca, I can't wait until June!

Columbus Bridal Expo – February 28, 2010

Brad — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:17:06 +0000

Date: February 28, 2010

Time: 11 am to 4 pm

Location: Columbus Conventsion Center – Battelle Grand, Columbus, Ohio

Admission Cost: $8/per person

Fashion Show Times: 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm

Click HERE for more detailed information.

To download a copy of of our 2010 Client Information Sheet, click here.

We look forward to speaking with you soon!

Griffins Floral & Event Design

Brad — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:12:23 +0000

While we were participating in the Columbus Bridal Expo at the Aladdin Shrine Center, we came across Griffins Floral & Event Design. Russ Griffin did an amazing job of putting together elegant table and floral designs, so I wanted to share a little bit of what we saw so that our couples could get a few ideas.

From their website:

Griffin’s Floral & Event Design, Columbus Ohio, promises a diverse range of floral décor and events concepts that are unique and distinctive to our array of clientele in the Columbus Weddings & Event market. [They] can plan your family gathering big or small, including weddings and Bar Mitzvahs, or your next large corporate event. [They] pride [themselves] in offering imaginative and unique floral artistry as well as cutting edge, client-specific concepts. Wedding Flowers, Wholesale Linen Rental, Lighting, Invitations, Event Design have never been easier.

Check out their site at www.columbusweddingflowers.com

Album Delivery Day

Brad — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:51:45 +0000

As Steve said in his previous post, we have been really busy with some back-end work for the upcoming season. Every once and a while it is easy to be distracted by our passion. I can’t say how excited I was today when the UPS man shows up with this!

GraphiStudio does a great job of getting their Italian Leather albums to us in a very timely manner. We have been doing business with Graphi for a few years now, and I can tell you, they deliver nothing but the best. In the next few months, we look forward to sampling some of their other album styles.

One of the most rewarding things I get to encounter is the delivery of our printed products. Unfortunately, we aren’t often provided the opportunity to hand deliver each and every album, but opening each one and doing a quick Quality Assurance check brings me back to each wedding day. If I could deliver your albums personally, I am sure that would be my favorite part of the job, but since I can’t, this is the next best thing.

Gorilla Grip Tripod

Brad — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:21:31 +0000

tripod

I wanted to write about the best Christmas present a sister could ever give… This year my sister got a (knock-off) gorilla grip tripod… We have been looking at one of these for quite a while, but never really thought to pick one up. This is going to be great for our blog-cams. We often would like to to blogging and other quick-pics and are unable to hang on to the camera, and this handy device is the easiest way to do it. I have only had this thing for about 2 hours, and it has already far exceeded my expectations.

One note for those that may be in the market: make sure you have a quick “head” release for the camera, the one I have is quick release with a lock, and it is low profile so it doesnt add to the size of my slim-profile Canon PowerShot SD870IS.

For obvious reasons, I would not recommend ever putting a DSLR on one of these.

New Blog!

Brad — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:10:55 +0000

We updated to WordPress this weekend, it is great to be able to template our blog to have the same look and feel as our website. Over the next few weeks, keep an eye open for some additional changes/improvements on the blog. Let us know your likes/dislikes and we will see about making some adjustments.

Lindsay and Mike

Brad — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Hey, Chris and I had a great opportunity to shoot with Lindsay and Mike in Medina. It was a little cold at the end of November, but I think we all had a good time. We were able to produce some unique images, which you will see in their Animoto video as well as on their Pictage account.

Showit Web

Brad — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:35:00 +0000

Steve and I have been looking at flash slideshow software for quite a while, and have come across Showit Web created by David Jay. Because we already have SlideShow Pro, there were a lot of questions that needed to be asked before we made the decision to add an additional piece of slideshow software to our arsenal. The most common was: “Why do we need another application?”

Showit Web added a missing piece that we couldn’t have with SlideShow Pro, music. With Showit Web, we are able to add music and sync the picture transitions to the beat, or any sort of timing. We can use the license free music included, or we can add our own and time-sync it ourselves. Probably the other biggest selling point for us was the ease of use. With Showit Web, we are able to produce an awesome show in a very small amount of time. Attached is an example of what I did in 5 minutes with basement remodeling photographs that I have.

(please keep the laughing to a minimum these photos are unedited)