Houston Brides magazine & Buenos Aires

This is so exciting. Our first foray into print advertising came out last week in the Winter/Spring issue of Houston Brides magazine. Look out for it in most boutique gown stores, and other fine wedding retailers. I struggled with selecting one image that was a "WOW" image and after consulting with several trusted sources, I finally decided on Stephanie's image of her looking very angelic under some artwork on the wall. It was taken at the Marriott Medical Center. Also in this issue is Jaclyn and Chas Cahn's wedding picture, featured in the "Hitched in Houston" section. Very exciting!!! I will have to send them a copy of the magazine. I got quite a few at my studio right now!!
I am heading to Buenos Aires tomorrow for a week of rest and of course photography. On top of taking pictures of the beautiful culture and city, I will be doing portrait sessions for one of my clients and good friend Eric. Many of the barrios in that vast city are strewn with vibrant color murals and brightly painted walls and buildings. That should make for a really really cool photo shoot. I'm excited to see the city. It's supposed to be the middle of summer down there. I heard food is really good and inexpensive. Maybe I can learn how to do the Tango down there. Oh yeah, I'll be experiencing New Years Argentian style.. I can't wait!! If I don't come back, I'm sure you will understand....
Everyone, please have a safe New Years and see everyone soon.
Trung

Images of the Year 2008

Hey Everyone,
It's two days before Christmas!! It's an exciting time of the year!! We finally got our December newsletter out to everyone (yes we know, it's a little late in coming this month) We hope you got a chance to see the Images of the Year 2008 Slideshow. These are only some of our favorite images of the past year.
What a year it's been. We've experienced so much growth and we've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing people. We have so much to be thankful for. We're excited to see what happens this next year. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Holidays

Well the holidays are rapidly approaching and I’m trying to get some shopping done. I do love this time of the year. Good food, everyone's happy and you get to spend time with family. Oh yeah and a lot of time off. We just recently finished our last wedding of the year, Lindsey and Matt Harbin. The reception was at a beautiful country club, whose name escapes me at this moment. Her make up artist was my good friend, Heather, of Hues by Heather (www.huesbyheather.com). She's such a talented make up artist. We had so much fun at the reception.
Our studio got our first iMac computer. It’s such a beautiful machine. I’ve spent the last week just converting everything from my PC machines over to the Mac platform. Not a fun task but Macs are so easy to work with and everything is so integrated that it hasn’t been too painful. I sort of wished I converted to Mac sooner.
I’m trying to finish out the year with album designs and all the marketing material for the upcoming Bridal Extravaganza Show at the George R. Brown convention center, Jan 10-11 ( www.bridalextravaganzashow.com ). We have so many new things to show off this year. I'm excited about this January's show.
The show is such a great event in that we do get to show off our work to a lot of brides. The size of the show is sometimes overwhelming to brides if they don’t have specific things they’re looking for. It will be interesting to see how our business will be affected by this slow down in the economy.