What we've been doing!

Greetings everyone. Sorry for the big blog delay. As you can imagine we've busy as normal. The remodeling and the new studio is coming along great. We are so excited to have it all finished in time for our BIG workshop coming in May with Mike Colon. This will be a great networking time and learning for any photographer wanting to grow there skills as well as their business. We've still got 2 seats available for any of the photogs that checkout our blog. It's not a problem we like to check fellow photog blogs out as well. Also we are hosting a second workshop coming in October. This workshop is going to be a 4 day intensive with 2 days of Corey McNabb and 2 days with .... Still can spill the beans just yet but we are working on a great team mate for Corey.

The coming weeks hold a lot of travel to T&J. In March Brett and Jeff will be heading to Vegas to attend WPPI convention. A sweet bonus is I've been asked to work a trade show booth for our favorite album company. Plus they will be featuring some of our albums at the show to inspire other photogs.

Other things Tyff and I have been up to is starting a new company.... Yeah smart idea with all the free time we have. I know, but this is a great service we are offering to fellow photogs and anyone running a business.

Ok so what is it? The name of our new company is Integrative Ideas, LLC. The service website allows vendors to create custom registries for there own products and services. Yes, we are using it with T&J right now. We've been developing it for over 2 years, and are tweaking little things here and there as we get feedback from our vendors. The website is www.buildaregistry.com. Something Tyff and I have tried to do since starting T&J Studios is to allows find a way to give back. The same rules apply for our new biz venture. We will be donating a portion of the proceeds generated by the use of the registry service to support the fight against Leukemia. Over the past year this cause has become very personal for Tyff and I as my Dad was diagnosed last year. He is doing great and are so glad they found it early.

Well off to sleep for our Houston, TX wedding tomorrow. We will try to post some pics from the wedding Sunday on our way back to Kansas. Talk to everyone later.

Coming to you from the Lone Star State!

We set out on Wednesday for our destination wedding in Houston, TX. We stopped on the way and stayed in a little town, Coriscana, TX then drove onward till we got to Houston. With our GPS we borrowed from Jeff's dad we arrived in Houston around 4:30. Oh, the reason for the long trip... 1st is for our wedding we are documenting on Saturday, 2nd to get away and out of KS for a little while (Jeff and I haven't had a vacation since our honeymoon (5.75 years ago), and third a chance to see the ocean together.

Thursday we drove to Galveston, TX and got some fun shots along the beach. There was "One" crazy surfer we watched and documented. With it being a windy day the waves were definitely up. Along the beach parkway we spotted a Ben & Jerry's Ice-Cream parlor, so we definitely had to grab some ice-cream. Jeff got his favorite, Vanilla in waffle cone, and my favorite, Coffee with Chocolate chunks.

As the sun started to set we thought we better head back to Houston to our hotel where we had reservations set at the Hampton INN. On our way back we grabbed some killer shots of the sunset. If anyone reading this knows anything about Houston or experienced driving in the traffic knows that it is nuts. The roads are like what you would see in a futuristic sci-fi movie intertwined and loopy. This is why we were really glad we had borrowed the GPS. We liked it so well we had to have the toy to own. Only a block away from our hotel there is a Circuit City and so we stopped. Yep, you guessed it Jeff had to have it and so we did find one of the Garmin's on sale.

Later after we watched our favorite TV show, LOST, we headed out to find something to eat. After 2 strikes because the places closed at 9 p.m. we finally found our destination at Maggie Rita's Bar and Grill. Highly recommended and suggest only ordering 1 meal for 2 people to eat. Jeff and I both are super stuffed! They had great service too! We will see what tomorrow holds. The only thing we have on the calendar is to make sure we are at the rehearsal by 6:15 p.m.

Kirkbride - Johnson

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Saturday, February 2, 2008 Jeff met the ladies at the Bride, Amber's, house to capture them getting their hair done. Along with getting their hair done they wrapped favors for their guests that consisted of Lamar's Doughnuts. This was special to them because they always would bring doughnuts to each other when dating. I later went to St. Elizabeth Anne Seaton where the ladies finished hair and make-up. Brett also met us there at the church and that was a huge help with Jeff and I were under the weather. He was able to get those candid shots that are timeless. Amber wore a very sleek wedding gown with a sweatheart neckline, embellished with swarouski crystals and a chapel length train. The bridesmaids wore deep plum colored dresses with V-Neck and back that were floor length. Amber was very excited to see Krister, but she wanted to wait till the ceremony. Amber's dad escorted her through the big doors when the ceremony started. Krister was all eyes on Amber.







The ceremony was celebrated by both Father Billinger and Father York. After the ceremony we finished up with pictures in the sanctuary and then proceeded to the Church's Hall where the reception took place. It was a very packed room full of Amber and Krister's family and friends. The cake was white with deep purple flower petals sprinkled over it and the groom's cake had Batman and the Batmobile on it. Following the cake cutting dinner was served buffet style by Corporate Caters which consisted of a Mexican theme. Following dinner the dance kicked off with the couple's first dance and then the parent's dances. The energy was definitely in high gear with all of the guests on the dance floor. The entertainment was provided by Ron Brown with Another Dimension. We were able to sneak Amber and Krister outside shortly after the sun went down to grab some shots using only the natural light under the Bell Tower. Then we got them back to their party before any guests even knew they were gone.



Everyone had a great time and later talking with Ron Brown he said that Krister and Amber danced till they dropped. Krister and Amber, we want to thank you both for letting us be the ones to document your wedding day. You both are super sweet and we hope you had a blast in Hawaii and make sure you stay in touch.

Tyff, Jeff and Brett