Boudoir Session

Lately I've been getting more and more request for boudoir sessions as they become more popular with the brides.  What has surprised me the most is that more women in general are doing them as a celebration of themselves.  Of course, it's also a great present for the hubby as a one year anniversary gift. Recently I did a session for a lady that will be celebrating her one year anniversary and thought it would be a great gift for her husband! 

We actually took then in her bedroom with very little natural light. Her husband is a guitar player and so we incorporated it into the session. 

 

 

I was fortunate to again work with my favorite makeup and hair artist, Leah, from Your Beautiful Face.  She did such an amazing job on the look and the makeup was flawless! I didn't even do any photoshop retouching on any of these pictures!! Thanks Leah!

Crawl for the Cure

The last couple of weeks have been filled with lots of consultations.  I've done several events recently that I wanted to share.

I've been volunteering for several years now for American Cancer Society by donating my photography to cover several of their annual fundraising events. One of the big events each year is the Starlight Gala, which will be May 8th this year.  These events are organized exclusively by young professionals that volunteer their time and skills to put on this production.  They work tirelessly to put on several events to raise money leading up to the Starlight Gala.  This year they had a Crawl for the Cure and they will be putting on a Fashion Show, which will be on March 4th at the Alden Hotel.

This last weekend, my friend Kerry and her troupe of girls organized the Crawl for the Cure for about 250 people to hop around the bars on Washington.  People got dressed up in themed outfits, which made the day much more amusing.  They raised a total of $8000 from that event, with the help of the sponsor bars' beer and liquor donations to the pub crawlers. Nothing wrong with partying and drinking for a good cause, oh and getting to dress up is just a bonus!! Needless to say everyone had a great time.
A shout out to all those volunteers.  You rock!

Winner of 2010 Brides Choice Award!!

Houston ,TX - January 20, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Montage Photographers has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for wedding photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Montage Photographers is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Montage Photographers is among the very best Wedding Photography within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at Montage Photographers.

Bridal Extravaganza Special Extended!! 1 More WEEK!!

Due to popular request, I am extended my Bridal Show Special of $500 OFF ALL COLLECTIONS TIL NEXT TUESDAY!!
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Bridal Extravaganza

Wow, I've made it through another bridal show unscathed!! This bridal show took a whole lot more set up and preparation than previous shows. My awesome friend Samantha, from SoireeBliss, help me form the vision for this year's booth. I wanted a cleaner look and more dramatic than the curtains as the backdrop from previous shows. I spent that last week prior to the show constructing the panels and my tireless girlfriend helped me set it up and take it down multiple times in my studio to make sure it would work. Although we ran into a couple snags, over all it was a success.
here is a picture of the booth. I got a lot of compliments on it!!! Hopefully it caught the attention of brides and passerby's.
The show was interesting this time because there were a lot of brides getting married this coming spring that haven't booked a photographer. It seems that brides have been waiting longer to book their vendors for their wedding, most likely due to the economy. I think with the recession, people are not booking vendors as far in advance as they used to. Last year, most of my brides booked 9 months or more ahead of the wedding day! This year, I've been getting inquiries for April Weddings!! I'm sure the brides are not any less stressed than I would be if I didn't have a lot of my wedding already planned!!
Anyhoo, I hope to put up a slideshow of my favorite images of 2009 soon!! I hope to get that up this week!! I'm excited to get that done!!
Til next time.
Trung