4 Leaf Photography

I'm going to be a wedding photographer

2011-02-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

Why not to use check!

2010-01-14T21:59:00.001-08:00

I was in the check out line at Wal-Mart not long ago and a lady held up the entire line trying to purchase 1 thing for well over 5 minutes. She tried a credit card and was denied. Then she had to pull out her check book. Everyone sighed!! The checker asked her for her phone number, she paused, slowly glanced my direction ever so subtly (I was next in line) then proceeded to ask the checker for a piece of paper to write her number on; evidently so I wouldn't hear it. Give me a break, after all that time? I jokingly told her, "I promise I won't call you." She hid behind her smile and refrained from looking back my direction. I don't know what was funnier, the fact that she didn't laugh or smile back at my comment or seeing her hurriedly walk away with her purchase tucked under her arm as if she were smugling drugs out of the store in a mad dash for the door. At least the checker and I thought it was funny!!

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Valentine's Day SPECIAL

2010-01-14T12:04:00.000-08:00

What is the perfect gift for your man Valentine's Day?

How about you in photos! Get a photo shoot of his favorite subject, YOU! Boudoiur portraits, sexy session, intimate or risqué... whatever you want to call it... he's guarenteed to love it.

Portraits are taken in soft light to accentuate curves and those wonderful bedroom eyes! There is no reason to feel uncomfortable. You can bring a friend to your session to help you with wardrobe changes or to assist with the photo shoot, or simply just to help you feel at ease. Furthermore, your session will be photographed by both husband and wife, Kris and Bridget.

SPECIAL until Feb 5th! INCLUDES:

1 hour studio session
custom photo retouching
private password protected on-line viewing
low resolution digital negatives on disc and can be downloaded online
20 4x6 prints

ONLY $150

Learning to crawl? Not just yet!

2010-01-14T11:28:00.000-08:00

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Beautiful Family

2009-11-04T22:33:00.001-08:00

We are so far behind on our blogging though we couldn't wait to simply share a few photos from one of our recent photo sessions. William Seth was born Saturday, October 17th and weighed 7 lbs 11 ounces. We shot proud parents, Rachel and Max's wedding back on 7-7-07. They are not only our past, present & future clients but they are also very good friends of ours. We couldn't be happier for them both. What a beautiful family. We love you guys and we can't wait for all the play dates and photo sessions in our future.

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Momo went on to be with the Lord

2009-09-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

Early this morning our dear grandmother, "Momo," went on to be with the Lord. It had been a very long past month for my family as we saw her get worse. She lived a very long life and died today at the age of 92. Her memorial and funeral services will be this Thursday and Friday in Weimer, TX. A very special memorial photo/video montage will be produced by none-other than myself this week in preparation for the services. We will miss you Momo. We are so happy you are now in a better place, in Heaven celebrating and praising God with Popo, Uncle Mike and the entire family that has gone on before us. I can't wait til the day that I do will be worshiping along with you all. We love you Momo!!!!

Holiday Season Promotion: In-home Photo Session

2009-09-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

Fall is almost here, the holiday season is fast approaching and we would like to officially announce our first of many Holiday Promotions for 2009.

SPECIAL Holiday Season In-home photography session

ONLY $149 (Regularly $225) and includes:
*1 hour of time to document candid and posed portraits
*Unlimited images edited and digitally enhanced
*Medium resolution digital negatives on disc printable up to 4x6
*Affordable on-line password protected viewing and ordering for friends and family

-Perfect for your Christmas card send-outs (get your cards printed with Send-sations.com), maternity, new born, baby and family portraits
-Travel fees may apply for homes outside The Woodlands and Spring
-Monday-Thursday only - Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights add $25
-Only $50 for each additional hour up to 3 hours

Mention that you are a 4leaf Facebook Fan and receive a free 8x10 print.
Please feel free to email or call if you have any questions.

4leafphoto@gmail.com
832-296-FOUR

5 Years Ago Tonight...

2009-09-05T20:43:00.000-07:00

I met the love of my life.

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2009-09-03T14:05:00.001-07:00

Look at her cutting those eyes at the already and she was only 3 weeks old in this video!

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4 Years Ago This Evening...

2009-08-28T23:14:00.000-07:00

my life changed and would never be the same. I went from a guy that said I didn't "need a girlfriend, I can be single forever if I need to be," to a guy that fell in love. Four years ago today, after having met nearly one year prior to that, Bridget and I became boyfriend and girlfriend.

We'd spent the better part of the past month and a half hanging out. I'd asked her around the beginning of July if she wanted to be my roomate. At the time I was about to start renting my parent's huge two story house and I needed some help paying for the rent. I offered her the entire upstairs. Little did I know that she would indeed become my roomate, only she wouldn't be taking over the upstairs but instead would share the downstairs with me.

Our lives have changed drasticly since then. We now have been married for almost two and a half years and we have a three week old. It's nice to be able to look back at "what was" with fond memories. One day in the future we'll look back at this time in our lives and have the very same thoughts. I learned at a very early age, cherish every moment, life happens in the blink of an eye. The past five years seem like a blur to us now.

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Blogwriter Test

2009-06-22T17:05:00.001-07:00

Blogging from a mobile device, like the iPhone has been a challenge until now. There is a wealth of mobile programs that give us all the ability to write and post photos for all to see. We'll see if this mobile program is a fit for us. Hopefully this will mean many more blogs in the future. Anything more than one ever 4 months would be good, right? :)

Happy Birthday to ME

2009-02-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

Everyday should be a birthday! This morning it was hard to believe it was time to celebrate another. And like the days and years that go by, now the birthday-day has ended. This past year has been good and brought a lot of surprises. I have no doubt this next year will bring even more excitement as I become a dad. Its hard to picture that the next time I celebrate my birthday I will be holding a six month old on my lap. This past year was a complete blur and I fear this next one will be much the same. As young kids we wish for the day that we are "all grown up" to do with our life as we please. Little do we know then is that we truly have no control. God is in control of all the many details that shape who we are. We simply roll with the punches, those day-to-day confrontations against our sin nature that we call life. Its up to us to make the best out of the days that we are given to live here in the ever changing world. I look forward to each and every day that I am given. I have yet to become a father, but I can only imagine how that experience will rock my world and from that point forward change how I view life. I'm looking forward to this next year just as I look forward to each new sunrise. We all struggle to some degree to get out of bed in the morning. Though after fighting off the urge to live a life of slumber and to never step foot on the floor, once we have risen we find our life and our passion to live out our day.

Our Lord is a masterful creator. He gives us the ability to open our eyes each and every morning with the capacity to retaliate from and to return fire on the world that battles against us. Birthdays give us renewed hope and thanksgiving. I am truly thankful that I am here to witness to others that God is great. Life is precious and we should daily view life the way that you do on your birthday. Birthdays are happy occasions. We are celebrating life. We should do the same each new day that we are given life to step out of bed and make this world a better place. Renew your hope in this world tomorrow when you arise and thank the Lord for creating you and you giving life and say, "happy birthday to ME."

How sad...

2009-02-06T14:09:00.000-08:00

How sad is it that it has been almost 3 months since we last posted a blog entry. I can remember back over 3 years ago when we started keeping a blog and we blogged about almost everything. I guess the burdens and tasks of everyday work gets in the way and we eventually stop doing the things that we once loved. I have always kept a journal. I was made fun of for years (especially by my brother) for writing out everything I did. For example, we took a vacation to Washington D.C. when I was ten years old. Can you imagine seeing a little nerdy boy visiting every historical landmark with a tape recorder in one hand, a bright yellow notepad and pen in the other and a camera hanging from his neck? That was me. Today its common to see people walking around looking as if they are talking to themselves. Of course we know, or assume they are talking on the phone through the almost invisible bluetooth device hanging from their ear. Back little over 21 years ago I'm sure it looked odd to see a little boy walking and talking to himself into a taperecorder.

I've always thought it was trivial that people are willing to share so much of their personal lives via a web-log or as we know them today, a blog. But the crazy thing is that people follow these sometimes pointless glimpses into an everyday person's life. I for one only follow a few blogs, though there are many of you who follow 10 or more on a daily basis. Maybe I just don't have the time or don't have that many varying interests.

I've told Bridget, "we don't lead a very exciting life so why would anyone want to read our blog," or more appropriately, "what would I have to write about in the first place?" So, take that as the reason why we haven't written much since we started this blog. We're just not that interesting! :) Though, we'll leave that for you to find out for yourselves as you continue to visit us here. Sorry to those of you who have followed us, only to come here and find... well, nothing. Those of you coming over from our old Xanga blog, welcome. This will be our permanent home. We hope you continue to come back as I'm sure our lives will gradually get more exciting as these next 6 months of pregnancy progress into parenthood.

God Bless and see you back here soon!

Crazy wedding weekend

2008-11-24T15:22:00.000-08:00

Its been sometime since we've shot back-to-back weddings, until this past weekend. Not only was it 2 weddings in one weekend but 3 weddings in 8 days. On Saturday the 15th we shot Summer and RJs wedding. We shot Summer's cousin John and his wife Maria's wedding last December. It was awesome to see them and their families again. Summer and RJ we hope you guys had a blast in Jamaica.

Friday we took a trip down to Pasadena and were at the Rice Hotel for Donna & Juan's wedding. Donna unfortunately was late getting to the church so that delayed the portraits considerably. Donna & Juan decided that they would see each other before the wedding, to have their special moment and to get a jump start on all the portraits they'd requested. Unfortunately that didn't happen but we were able to make up for the time lost after the ceremony. What a fun couple they were.

If shooting one wedding in a weekend wasn't exhausting, we shot Sylvia and Anibal's wedding the very next day. The race was on after the Donna & Juan's wedding to get all the batteries charged and all the images backed up before the next morning. Sylvia and Anibal's wedding was a long day, 10 hours to be exact. What a great, sweet couple. They were a blast to work with and their reception was so much fun as well. We had the privilege of working with Kelly with Eventology again. We love Kelly. This was the second time we've worked with her. She does such an exceptional job for all her brides. If you are in search of a wedding coordinator, don't hesitate to call and book Kelly.

Helping others...

2008-10-10T18:53:00.000-07:00

Today was a special day. I spent some time today helping a dear friend with her buiness. I met Janice this past February while working together at Shlane & Mike's wedding. At the reception we got to talking about our buinesses and the topic of our faith was brought up. There was something special about Janice, I saw that immediately. She was so glowing with a zest for life. I'm often guilty of getting down on myself and not letting the light of God shine through me. Janice, as am I, is a Christian. She lives everyday, allowing Jesus to be the central focus point and her inspiration.

Today I visited with Janice and helped her with the marketing of her business, Flowers by Janice. www.flowersbyjanice.biz. We shared stories, we reminised over old photographs and I shot photography and video of her and her business activities. I will be designing her a new Flash web site to showcase her true passion beautifully. Her web site will include a personalized opening video and beautiful photographs of her truly amazing floral designs. Thank you Janice for allowing me to help you and thank you for sharing our name and services with all your friends and brides.

Intro to Multimedia Class

2008-08-08T15:43:00.000-07:00

Its always been a struggle for me to balance teaching and operating the studio at the same time. Until Bridget started working at the studio on April 28th (little over three months ago) it was hard for me to get any real work done on the days that I taught. For the past four years until this past Spring I taught only one class. Then at the end of last year I was informed that I was being given the privilege of teaching not one but two classes at the Lone Star College North Harris campus; Digital Video (which I've taught since Fall of 2004) and Intro to Multimedia.

The Intro to Multimedia class allows me to share with all my students my true love of all the different types of media... photography, graphic design, video, web site and DVD creation. In this class all the students get hands on practice and learn practical knowledge of how to use the variety of multimedia software that Adobe has on the market (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Encore and After Effects). The students are also introduced to the superior Apple Macintosh. Yes, I said superior (PC's and Microsoft are of the devil), not because I have only ever used the Mac, but because the Mac is truly the world's most user friendly and most stable operating system. But, we'll leave that for another discussion. Those of you who have taken my class you know how I feel about the Mac.

This summer was only the second semester that I taught the Intro class. After teaching it last Spring I knew that something had to be changed. Last Spring I had several students who were simply bored with the repetitive book reading, writing papers and only working with the Adobe software for about half of the contact hours. I had to create a more functional way to teach them all how fun it could be to use all the software packages together to create a user friendly multimedia experience. I'm happy to say it was a success. Normally on any given semester the turn over rate for students staying through the semester versus those who drop the class (for whatever reason) is generally 1/2. If 20 students enroll, likely 10 will drop. This summer, every student stayed to the end. I am so grateful that you all stuck through it. I know the class can be tough, learning the software can be daunting, working with the Mac for the first time is a challenge, but you all did it; I am so proud of you all. Not only did they all stay for the duration of the class, few were ever absent and you all demonstrated a drive to learn all that you could.

Thank you all for allowing me to make a difference. Thank you for not just being my students but my friends. I will miss the eight hours a week that we spent together. I look forward to seeing you all go on to do great things. I will always be here as a mentor and friend if you ever need help with your careers or simply just want to talk about life. Remember who to come to for your photography when you go to get married. I hope you all took something away from the class that allows you to go on to not only help yourselves through life but also those around you. Thanks again Barbara for my new box camera. It will be displayed prominently with my growing antique camera display. Don't be strangers guys.

PHOTOS AND VIDEO COMING SOON! COME BACK!

The storm is coming

2008-08-04T22:55:00.000-07:00

Bridget and I took a trip to Wal-Mart this afternoon (Monday the 4th) and we were in for a surprise. Having only heard about the storm Sunday night I'm not sure what we really expected. What we found is an unGodly number of people at Wal-Mart on a Monday afternoon. Our thoughts were, "doesn't anybody work?" But then again we were there, right? :) With the scare of tropical storm Edouard coming our way people have exhausted the stock of water in just about every grocery store, Wal-Mart and Target in our area. What gets me is that this storm is not yet even classified as a hurricane and everybody is going wild trying to stock up on bottled water and dry goods. I'm just like the next guy, wanting to be prepared for whatever may happen, but for the water to have already been sold out is amazing to me.

Now, the wait is on to see if Lone Star College will be open or closed tomorrow. I teach the morning Intro to Multimedia class at North Harris. We'll see if the class meets. If the storms get too bad our studio will be closed.

Babies, Babies, and more Babies...

2008-08-04T00:44:00.001-07:00

I guess whenever you reach a certain age you always seem to know someone that is pregnant or just had a baby. It seems like for the last two years I have on a continual basis known someone that is pregnant.

When I left my job at Baker Hughes three months ago there were to ladies in my department that were pregnant and one that was on maternity leave. Currently, I know about 5 pregnant woman. My step-mom is pregnant. I am super excited about that. I can't wait for my little sister to get here. I know having a sister that is going to be 27 years younger than me seems weird but I am truly excited and happy for her and my Dad. One of my friends from my old job is also pregnant at this time. I know her and her husband are super excited. They've been together a very long time, although, they've only been married since March of this year. The most recent pregnancy we found out about is Kris and mine's sister-in-law. Her and Kris' brother, Nik already have two young children. I know they are excited as they had been wanting a third child for some time now.

Not only have family and close friends been having kids lately so have quite a few of our clients. Krystle and Chad had a baby girl as did Brandon and Ann. Jessica and Blake also welcomed a baby girl into their household. Celeste and Jeremy had a baby girl as well this past December. Man girls must be in season as my step mom is having a girl as well. I know that we have at least two other clients that are expecting a child in the next couple of months. I guess that is to be expected when we are in the business of weddings. Babies are the natural progression.

I am very excited for every one on the birth of their children. While Kris and I love kids we had set out originally to wait a couple of years to start a family. We've been married a little of a year now. I'd say by next year we might be ready to start for kids of our own. Maybe we'll have a little girl so she can play with and grow up with my little sister.

Congratulations to everyone on their pregnancies or on the recent births of their babies!

Bridget

Two Years Ago Today...

2008-08-02T17:56:00.000-07:00

I have to say I don't find anything sexier than a man wearing his wedding band. Especially, when its my husband. For me it shows love and commitment and that he is not ashamed to show that in public.

Today is the two year anniversary of the day that Kris proposed to me. I cannot believe it has been that long. Okay a LOT has happened in the last two years so when I think back to that singular event it does seem like a long time ago. Its so funny because leading up to our engagement I decided that we should document that time via a video journal. Well we finally got around to watching it today. I know it's been two years, but you get busy and when your life's work is documenting other peoples memories you don't always have time to go back and look at the ones you captured for yourself. It was so much fun to watch that journal. I think it covered about a two week period leading up to the day of the proposal. It shows me about to loose my mind waiting for Kris to pop the question and it shows Kris talking about buying the ring and planning the proposal. I really could not have asked for a more perfect proposal and I am happy that Kris thought out how he was going to do it rather than rush into it. He knew us having a special story was important to the both of us.

THEN AND NOW

I am so happy that Kris and I celebrated our One Year Wedding Anniversary this past March. I look forward to many many more years together.

Today is also Nik, Kris' brothers, birthday. Happy Birthday Nik!!

David Jay's Free To Succeed Tour

2008-07-29T14:54:00.001-07:00

Bridget and I are excited about the seminar with David Jay and Jasmine Star this evening. We're such nerds; we arrived only two hours early at the Sheraton by the Galleria. So now we're sitting outside the doors, the first ones to arrive. Still no siting of DJ.

All I can say is WOW! And DJ, don't take this the wrong way... but I LOVE DJ! He is my inspiration. What an awesome speaker and motivator, oh and he's not a bad photographer either. :) I would truly would have followed these guys to experience the tour all over again Austin and Dallas if I had the time. You guys are truly blessed to do what you do!

It was joy and an honor to finally meet DJ in person. I have kept up with him and his blog, his software and have awed over his work now for years. DJ and I got started in the industry at about the same time. Fortunately for DJ he saw the error of his ways far sooner than I did and he has gone on to be one of the top 15 wedding photojournalists in the world. You know how most kids in the eighties who loved and adored Michael Jordan religiously repeated Nike's catch phrase, "If I could be like Mike..." well if there were one person in the world that I would want to model myself after it would be David Jay. Ohhh "If I could be like DJ."

DJ is truly the most humble person I have ever met. He honest to God truly cares about us photographers and the struggles we endure being in this fantastic but ultra challenging industry. He truly loves what he does and it shows. Thank you DJ for being our inspiration, for helping to create the awesome, sweet software you are constantly making available to us; for your love for us and for what you do. I hope one day to be just 1/10th as happy as you are. You have truly found your calling; you have sought out God and His will for you. You will truly be rewarded in heaven for being a light to soo many lives. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you for challenging and inspiring us to be better people and do the work that we are called to; not only to better ourselves but ultimately to better our fellow human beings. I look forward to someday talking with you again and sharing our successes we will have the privilege of experiencing thanks to you.

You Rock DJ.

Today Is My Bride's Birthday

2008-07-20T10:39:00.001-07:00

Today is a very special day, it's my bride's birthday. On July 20, 1981 Bridget was born. It's an honor for me to be able to call her my wife on this day. We plan to have a day doing only the things she wants to do. We served on the children's ministry at church this morning with the 4 and 5 year olds and right now we are at the movies. We came to Tinseltown in The Woodlands to see Handcock. Movie review coming soon, stay posted. :)

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David's-Dad's 50th Birthday

2008-07-17T15:31:00.001-07:00

From Bridget:
Today is my dad's 50th birthday. I have to say my Dad sure doesn't look 50 yet. Since there was the big surprise party for my Dad last Saturday tonight Kris and I are meeting my step mom, Ginger, and Dad for a quiet dinner at Red Lobster! Yum cheese biscuts!!

I always remember sharing birthdays with my Dad. His is the 17th and mine is the 20th. Usually, my Dad would pick the restaurant and I would pick the activity we would do. My Dad was never shy about beating me at minature golf even when I was a kid and it was my birthday too. LOL!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Love, Bridget (and Kris)

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David's Surprise 50th Birthday Party

2008-07-14T15:58:00.000-07:00

Sounds of the Silver Screen

2008-07-13T17:02:00.000-07:00

What a great time. Tonight we went to our church, Fellowship of the Woodlands and experienced a one of a kind show from the Woodlands Symphony Orchestra and the Fellowship vocalists and band. The show showcased some of the best sound of the movies. Of course the show wouldn't have been complete in my mind without some music from Back to the Future (my favorites movies of all time). Kevin did a fantastic rendition of Huey Lewis' "The Power of Love," of course from Back to the Future.We sat with my parents, my aunt Cathy and uncle Ted and Linda. Linda owns the Harding House which is the home decor shop just below our studio in Old Time Spring. It was good to see Rachel and Max there as well.

Just after intermission the symphony performed a compilation of movie soundtracks from the past 100 years. There were approximately 25 movies in all and we came about 3 shy of getting them all right. The prize for the winners were two movie passes. :( Me unfortunately didn't get Patton, Bridge Over the River Kwai and Summer's Place.

I strongly encourage everyone to go out to Fellowship of the Woodlands, of course to go to church, but also because of the music. The vocalists at the church are truly amazing and well, the band is rockin' too. :) Tonight the melding of sounds brought the amazing movies of the silver screen to life. We had a wonderful time. Hats off to the Woodlands Symphony and the Fellowship vocalists and band.

Chelsea & Jason's Wedding

2008-07-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

Over a week has already passed since Chelsea and Jason's wedding and we've been lazy about our blog posting as of late. We couldn't go without posting a blog about Chelsea and Jason's wedding. Despite their wedding bring completely outside, we had such a great time at the wedding.

ME for President? Could it be true?

2008-06-28T19:32:00.000-07:00

Relaxing weekend

2008-06-22T20:19:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since we've had a relaxing weekend. A weekend that we didnt think about work (okay so that didn't happen exactly) and simply caught up on rest and took some time to do a few things for ourselves. This weekend we were able to do all of the above.

Saturday we got a late start to the day after getting up fairly late. As we went to lunch before running some errands we talked about some things related to work. This wouldn't last long as we knew if we went down that road we wouldn't have a good weekend. I believe that there comes a time for everyone to step aside from work and concentrate on those things in your life that matter the most, family, kids and your spouse. Right now thank God we don't have to worry about kids. I often joke sometimes that our business is our kid. As a small business owner, it seems that work is your life and your life is ruled by work. As we tried to distract ourselves from the normal routine of "work talk" we settled in and had a great weekend. I was able to catch up on some much needed rest yesterday afternoon (Bridget of course can't take naps) and as it turned out we had a very relaxing day.

Today we served in the children's ministry with the 4-5 year olds at church and only ended up having two kids in our class, Cole and Mikeala. This was a welcome change since we've been used to having upwards of 16 kids when volunteering with the 2-3 year olds. Today was the last sermon on the series on Johna, When Life Takes You Under. I don't know how someone can say that they aren't rejuvenated for the week after going to a service at Fellowship of the Woodlands. We've been at Fellowship for almost two years now and I haven't once thought that we needed to look elsewhere for a church home.

This week will prove to be another challenging one as we have many major projects to tackle. I will continue to teach the grueling schedule with my two courses at North Harris. In little over two weeks the Upward Bound Video class will come to an end and I'll simply have just the Tuesday and Thursday Intro to Multimedia class. Say a prayer that our work schedule at the studio survives while I am teaching the two classes.

Lindsey & Brian's Wedding

2008-06-11T12:11:00.001-07:00

Last Friday we shot Lindsey & Brian's wedding. What an awesome day! Lindsey's parent's are good friends with my parents and are in a small group at our church together. Of course it made it a little easier working with them since we already knew each other. Despite it being so brutally hot out everything went perfectly.

We started the day at John & Amy's (another small group couple) house to get ready and to shoot all the family portraits. Lindsey and all the girls were a little late arriving, but that didn't seem to put a damper on our photo schedule of the day as a whole. John and Amy have a beautiful house in Spring and it made the perfect backdrop for the wedding photos since shooting outside was basically not an option.

Lindsey and Brian's ceremony and reception were held at Shady Oaks in Spring, just a mile from our studio. It had been sometime since I'd worked at Shady Oaks. Thank you Nancy for being so nice to us and for making our experience working at your venue a joy. The ceremony started just after 7 PM. Since Lindsey and Brian had agreed to see each other prior to the ceremony (great decision) we only had to shoot the photos of the entire wedding party after the ceremony. I can't stress enough how important it is (in some cases) for couple's to see each other prior to the ceremony if they are passionate about having exceptional photography for their wedding. In Lindsey and Brian's case they didn't have a lot of time after the ceremony to take portraits. Also, the chapel doors at Shady Oaks would not be opened until just 30 minutes prior to the ceremony, thus taking photos in the chapel before the ceremony was out of the picture. Also, it would have been suicide to take the family photos out doors, thus it was necessary for everybody to meet at another indoor location to shoot almost all the photos prior to the ceremony.

Thank you so much Teresa and Les for allowing us to be such an important part of Lindsey and Brian's wedding day. It was a pleasure getting to know you all more and being there with you Friday. We appreciate you guys and wish blessings upon you and your family. God Bless.

Darcey & Robert's Wedding

2008-04-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

Darcey and Robert are married!!!! I worked double time at Darcey and Robert's wedding this past weekend in an effort (just as we always do) to give them the very best photography and video for their wedding. The only difference this time is that Bridget wasn't at my side to help. Bridget was in the wedding serving as Darcey's matron of honor which meant not only was I to perform the duties of two photographers I always was to shoot their wedding video as well. I'm sure it was comical to see me running around like a turkey with his head cut off with not only a huge digital SLR camera on one shoulder but a huge digital Sony HD video camera on the other. :)

I have known Darcey now for almost three years and that doesn't even seem possible, it feels as if she has always been a part of my life. For those of you who do not know Darcey, Darcey is Bridget's best friend and was Bridget's maid of honor in our wedding last year. Of course it was only fitting that Bridget be Darcey's matron of honor this Saturday. Darcey and Robert met just a year ago, but its clear that they are destined to spend their lives together forever, though the road may be rocky we know you guys will be forever happy with one another. Darcey and Robert are both very unique people.

Darcey, there are few people in this world that understand you, but somehow you found Bridget, and she understands you completely. Those of you that know Darcey and understand her for who she is knows that she is hysterical and always has some whitty thing to say. Darcey and Bridget met each other back in high school over 10 years ago. Little did Bridget know back then that that little flaming red head would turn out to be her best friend. I met Darcey just three years ago when Bridget and I first started dating. I loved Darcey from the start and loved hanging out with the both so much. In fact the first time that Bridget and I hung out with each other, Darcey was there. :)

Robert, what can we say about Robert. I truly have never met someone like Robert. Robert is "one crazy little man." Robert is opinionated and somehow know a little something about everything, but that just makes Robert, well... Robert. I have enjoyed getting to know Robert this past year and I look forward to all of us growing old together and hanging out with each other on Sunday afternoons.

We love you guys so much! Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your photography and video! :)

Grand Opening Coming Soon

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Things are moving right along for our official "Grand Opening" on April 28th. Though we are officially open for business with our new studio space in Old Town Spring we decided to push back our grand opening until April 28th. Why April 28th? This date coincides with Bridget becoming a full-time employee of 4 Leaf Photography and the 28th happens to be the date anniversary of us dating (2 years and seven months to be exact). Those of you that don't already know; I'm privledged to call Mrs. Bridget my wife. She has worked at Baker Hughes for almost six years, and after many years of debating has finally decided to hang up her Baker hat for the position right along side me at our studio. This Friday (tomorrow) the 11th will be her official last day as a Baker Hughes employee. It was a good long run babe, I'm proud of you for sticking with Baker this long.

Its always been our goal for us to work together. We simply never saw it coming this quickly. Though we have prayed and looked forward to it for a couple of years now, it almost seems surreal that the time has come. Bridget will first take a few weeks of much needed time off before she assumes her position at the studio. We know things will run much more smoothly with her and I in command (I need some help). We both work really well together and this only means good things for our current and future 4 Leaf customers.

To start off the grand opening we will be offering a special "Grand Opening Promotion."

- ONE FREE 30 minute portrait session with the purchase of (2) 8x10 portrait units ($30)

- Limited to weekday portrait sittings

- Up to 4 subjects, unlimited photographic images, poses and candids

- Promotion valid through the month of May

Call soon to book your session, slots will book up quickly. This sitting is perfect for a short senior session, simple modeling or corporate head shots, expectant mom's wishing to get a few maternity photos, families, babies... you get the picture, this offer is open to any type of studio portraiture. Please call for details and to book your session soon.