Elizabeth & John (Engagement Party)

Chase recently got a chance to shoot an engagement party of wedding I'm shooting this fall, the highly energetic Elizabeth and John. The wedding is going to be crazy...and I can't wait.
Here is one of my favorite photographs that Chase captured that night.

Shot on a Rollei with Ilford BW 3200.

Kasey & David (Rehearsal)

Last month we had a chance to do an amazing wedding in California with famed wedding planner Mindy Weiss. We shot for 3 full days and produced some of my favorite work! We will likely have more posts on this event when it goes live, but for now here are a few photographs from the wedding rehearsal. I rarely shoot rehearsal (often times I'm only shooting the dinner) but got some fun shots while shooting it!



For any photo geeks out there, the top photograph is shot on a Rolleiflex with Kodak's 400NC film (which I rate at 200 for extra saturation and exposure) and the bottom photo is taken with my trusty Lomo LC-A with Kodak's BW 400 CN. Is that helpful? Are photographers out in internet-land interested in what I'm shooting with and how I'm shooting it? If so, I can try and provide this info more often!

Branden & Lindsey Polaroids!

This weekend I had the opportunity to shoot the wedding of A Bryan Photo's very own Branden Lower (the mastermind behind all of our 8mm films). The wedding was so touching and his bride Lindsey was absolutely stunning! We had the chance to set up another polaroid portrait studio. Below is a quick preview of a few faves.

Branden, lookin' fly

Chase and Amy!

Branden and Me.

Josh and Laura looking confused

I turned my strobe around to the dance floor and grabbed a shot of the garter toss on Polaroid. I love how it came out!


More to come from this wedding!

Katie

Portrait Studio with Lomo (For Laura & Todd)

One offering we love to provide at a wedding reception is our portrait studio. Its value is that it provides the bride and groom photos of their guests without the images being staged and stifled. We traditionally use a digital camera to capture these images but we have recently mixed it up.

At Josh & Laura's wedding we set up a Polaroid portrait studio:



For Laura and Todd I decided to capture some of the images by strobing my LOMO:





Here's a few I snapped of my assistant/brother Phil. These were taken before I got the strobe working, but I really like the blur:





Thoughts? Any suggestions for other ways you would like to see us shoot portrait studio?

Cake Cutting

Wedding Family Formals

I used to hate taking family formals at weddings until I learned that I could move around and find special moments between the posed shots. These are the real family photos that I would want to see if I could hire myself. The photos where everyone is standing nice and straight still have a purpose but I want to see true personality.

What are your thoughts? What images make a family formal session successful?

Megan & Mihir Indian Ceremony

In May, I had the honor of photographing all of Megan and Mihir's beautiful wedding weekend. Megan and Mihir chose to have two ceremonies on different days, both celebrating their families' cultures and traditions. Saturday was an Indian ceremony and Sunday was the traditional Southern ceremony (some of you may have seen their 8mm from that event). The whole weekend was designed and planned by the wonderful Calder Clark of Blue Moon Events. The Indian ceremony was so vibrant and full of culture! Here are some of my favorite shots:


















Here is the 8mm film from that day:



View the album from this ceremony HERE!

A Photo-Shoot for a Great Cause!

(The Bedouins team, taken by Cary Norton)

My studio next door neighbors and friends (Steven, Paul, and Jessi) are part of a really important non profit, called Bedouins International.

Through photography, videography, print and web design, Bedouins produces media in order to tell amazing stories (free of charge) that often remain untold. Because these important stories are often unheard, Bedouins exists to give a voice to those with a story to tell, but no means of telling it.

Here's an example of a multi media piece they made from a trip Haiti:



Bedouins heart for media focuses on those with the need, but without the means; it encompasses every tribe, every tongue, and every nation; it aims at reaching all who have been neglected, forgotten, or simply unreachable – until now.

Because this wonderful organization runs off of donations and sponsors, the next two people to donate $750 to Bedouins will receive a free photo (or 8mm)-shoot from A Bryan Photo! For further details, please email us at info[at]abryanphoto[dot]com!

To find out more details about Bedouins upcoming banquet, click HERE!

Also, feel free to donate a few bucks Bedouins by clicking HERE. Every dollar helps!

Cheers!
Bryan

Laura & Josh, 8mm Film

Engage!09

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend Engage!09 in the Grand Cayman. I'm not even sure how to articulate how amazing it was. Essentially, it was an event where 150 of the best wedding professionals in the country gathered together to network and hear from some of the biggest names in the industry. Among some of the speakers were Preston Bailey, Sean Low, Darcy Miller, Marcy Blum and Sylvia Weinstock. It was two full days of building relationships, learning, and being inspired.

It's a bit strange, but it was great meeting people in person that I've known online for quite some time. Technology has a way of bringing us together and connecting us without any real human interaction. I love putting faces with names and/or Twitter names, and I felt like our face to face meeting made these relationships seem more real.

Here's few pictures taken by Stacey Kane of the opening night beach party put together by the amazing Michelle Rago. Michelle is quickly becoming one of my favorite people and a great friend. I love what she did with this event.



Here's a few friends, new and old, that I got to hang out with.

Antonia van der Meer, Editor in Chief of Elegant Bride and Modern Bride.

Todd, Sara Fay, and Mary from Todd Events in Dallas. This group puts on some of the most incredible events I've ever seen!

Michael Landry from Gucci and Randey Fenoli, the Fashion Director of Kleinfeld Bridal and star of "Say Yes to the Dress" on TLC.



Monica Gill of The White Box of Wedding Design and Terrica Skaggs of Fabuluxe.

The final night of Engage was a giant party designed by Jo-Anne Brown of Celebrations, Ltd. The theme was Under the Sea and I think Jo-Anne hit it spot on. I could not believe what I saw when I walked into the room.

Overall, it was an incredible event. I came back with so many ideas and aspirations for A Bryan Photo and I can't wait to implement them. Great things coming!!!

-Jeremy

Shoes [Details]

I'm learning to like shooting nice clean details but in a perfect world this is how I would capture them.

This is just one of my favorite shots of Annie and Hudson's wedding that we just posted.

Check out their album HERE!

Film Preview, July 6th

Ashley & Oliver, June 13th in North Georgia





Mia & Christian, June 20th in Baltimore, MD








Halley & Ben, June 20th in Baltimore, MD (shot by Caleb)