Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Here at Image Factory we're thankful for all of our wonderful clients, our gorgeous, enthusiastic brides and the God-given talent we have to capture beautiful memories for them.

More importantly, We're thankful for Jesus Christ our savior, living in America – the greatest country in the world, our awesome families, the thriving business and the freedoms we all have to pursue our dreams and make a living doing what we love!

We hope you're relaxing at home with family, eating turkey and watching football and gearing up for your Christmas shopping!

Just a reminder to all our clients -- your photographs are posted in their online galleries for you to share with friends & family over the holidays. Also, any print orders placed by December 5 will be available for delivery by Christmas Eve!

Kansas City

The wedding season has slowed down for a couple weeks so I took an opportunity to visit Kansas City and see a couple NCAA basketball games. We had some great BBQ at Arthur Bryant's and some great seats at the Sprint Center.

-Tim

Honoring our veterans...

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the selfless service of those who gave their lives to protect our nation, preserve our freedoms, and restore peace in the face of brutal aggressors. Grant relief to those who continue to experience emotional or physical agony from their days of combat. Give us a sense of responsibility for their welfare. Comfort those who mourn for loved ones who died while performing their duty to our country. Amen.

mmm....candy!

This is dangerous. Very dangerous. A fantastic candy store called Sweet Tooth just opened up in our neighborhood and besides every single flavor of Jelly-Belly, retro candy bars, homemade chocolates and delicious ice cream, they are way too close to the studio. Dangerously close.

The owner just told us that he's working with a bride on some really fun wedding reception favors with Jelly Bellys...yum!

Anyway...we're working on some really fun cooperative marketing and here's the first image that will be hanging on the candy shop wall, bigger than life, demonstrating the features and benefits of their products ;)





We'll continue stuffing childrens' faces with candy in future editions but in the meantime, aren't you hungry? Go visit Adolf and Shelly at Sweet Tooth and pick up what your heart truly desires today! They're in the Falcon Safeway shopping plaza - in the strip of new stores on the east end. Yummy!

ALL the details!

When our bride TC came to the studio for her viewing session the other day, we all had a good laugh - 'you guys really do get EVERYTHING!' she said as we passed by this photo of the groomsmen's hotel room door knocker, taken by our associate photographer Dave.

Funny but true -- there are so many important details in a wedding day and we really do strive to capture everything so you can relive it with photos every time you pick up your album!

having fun with the guys

I had to laugh at this sequence of pictures from a recent wedding....they play out like a David Ziser tutorial or something (actually much better because I like our work better than David Zizer's but he gets the big bucks to go around teaching his seminars while we keep creating awesome wedding images so go figure.

Anyway, here's what it looks like when we're in action with the groomsmen:





And the resulting image:




I think the fun and relaxed atmosphere we provide at times like this during the wedding pay off as much as the images do. Even grooms and groomsmen constantly tell us how much fun we are and how they didn't mind the photo sessions and actually had fun. The grooms get into the pictures and are genuinely excited about seeing the resulting album with their new brides....now that's something!

Besides loving their images, this couple told us how much they liked our demeanor during the day, how we made things fun and relaxed, not stressful. They said how even their guests commented positively about the photographers!

Balloon Fiesta

This past weekend we took our (almost) annual trip to Albuquerque, NM to see the International Balloon Fiesta.

This is always a great time, seeing the intense color of the balloons as the sun rises over them, feeling the rush of the large aircraft taking off right over your head. This year we did something different though and after getting up at 4am to see the morning ascent, we came back in the evening to see the balloons stay tethered to the ground and light up their burners all at the same time for the evening glow. Very cool. Check out a few of our favorite shots below:

The 2-Photographer Wedding

One of the many great features offered in some of our wedding packages is two photographer coverage. Many brides ask 'why would I want 2 photographers?'. Well, besides the benefits of more efficient use of time - such as photographing the guys' preparation with one photographer while Tim photographs the bride and bridesmaids, we find ourselves in a unique situation where we can produce amazing story-telling images for your album. An example of such an image hit me smack on the head last night while showing one of our recent brides her album design:



Notice the amazing sequence of real-moment images as the bride & groom leave the altar and then notice how we're able to overlay them on an 'aerial' shot from the balcony taken by my second photographer (nice job Kevin!).

Little touches like this, the additional peace of mind and the creative options are very compelling reasons to consider a second photographer at your wedding!