We're Adopting a Daughter!

Drawing of our family by our friend, Mariana

My family and I are so excited to announce that we are adopting a little girl from China! We just received word from our social worker last night that we will be traveling to China in 8 days to get her. I have been wanting to share this news on the blog for some time but wanted to wait until we were ready to go. We started the process over a year ago and after an incredibly arduous year of paperwork, training and counsel we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! God has been so gracious to our family during this time, and we feel so blessed to be adding this precious little one to our family.

We expected to get our travel approval by early June and had planned to travel after my stretch of early summer weddings. We were shocked to get our approval last night and we will now get to travel before my next wedding on June 11th.


This slogan was started by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in the 1960's. It will truly be nice to have our new little girl in Birmingham!

To celebrate this exciting news, we are selling all of our new ABP t-shirts online for $25. All shirts are American Apparel and the proceeds will go towards our family's travel to China!

Click HERE to purchase a shirt!






We even have Kids & Youth sizes!



Our boys will be having a lemonade stand this Saturday, May 21st, to raise money for their trip to get their sister! We will be selling t-shirts at the lemonade stand as well! It's from 10am-1pm at our home. Send an email to contest[at]abryanphoto[dot]com if you want to come and I'll send you directions! We would appreciate your thoughts and prayers at this time. Thanks for you support!

Ashley & Douglas, Charleston

New Year's Eve weddings are always my favorite to shoot. It pretty much guarantees that I will party well on a night that I typically spend on my couch in front of the tube. Ashley and Douglas' Charleston wedding was no exception to this rule. A laid back day + a great group of people to ring in the new year with. Thanks again, Team Red, for bringing me along to document!

School Photographs, In-Studio

My son goes to a very small school in our neighborhood. The school only has a handful of students, and most of them live within a mile of our home. It occurred to me recently that there were no school photos taken of the kids during the year, and I asked if I could be the "school photographer." So last month I blocked off an afternoon and had the students come by the studio for a portrait session. I even let the parents bring their other children to be photographed as well. I am really happy with the images and hope that I can do this for years to come!

This was the first time I got to use my 12ft. seamless backdrop. It was so nice to have extra space available in the frame. It's amazing what 3 extra feet adds to a composition!

Abby and Chris, Engagement Session

Abby loves going to the Jefferson County Farmers Market in Birmingham and we thought it would be a fun location for her engagement session with Chris. We also ventured over to the taqueria stand for lunch after they purchased their week's veggies.

The shoot was coordinated by Caroline Brewer.
Cheers to Clark Brewer for assisting and taking the high speed 35mm images.