Barry & Steph have a baby... website!

Barry and Steph of Fat Cat Productions are the proud parents of a brand new baby... website! Got ya Steph. The new baby website was officially launched April 11th and offers couples the perfect solution for announcing your new child's birth.

To check out the new Announce My Child website click here.

Congrats again guys on the new little one (website) it is just adorable.



Also be sure to check out our NEW baby books! We are now offering custom designed Baby Coffee Table albums. This makes a great addition to our progressive sessions. Click here to see the demo album Tyff worked up.

New website and updates!

Okay yes we have a new website and this is probably old news if you are reading this. Anyways, be sure to check out the samples galleries as we have posted some new samples and we'll be adding more samples in the coming months.

We've moved all of our domains to redirect to the new site. So what does that mean? Well... If you visit bschaufphotography.com or tjstudios.com (or one of our numerous other domains: jeffwendling.com, tyffanywendling.com, bschauf.com, bschaufphotography.com, photowichita.com, myphotostyle.com, photographystyle.com, kcweddingstyle.com, theweddinggalleria.com and so on.) you will end up at tjstudiosinc.com.

The new "inc." site is now our official company site. Sweet I know, we are now official. The reason for this is we needed to have a way to tie both of the companies from the merger of Brett Schauf Photography into T&J Studios, which took place Jan. 1 of this year. Ok now that this is as clear as mud... On with the news!

I know what you're thinking I (Jeff) really needs to write my posts when I've had more sleep. I agree they would probably make more sence and have less rambling. Ok really on with the news.

We've just posted a new blog dedicated to hosting all of the debuts that both Brett, Tyff and I create for our brides and other customers. You can now find a link to the new blog by clicking on the blogs menu or by clicking here. We will still post new debuts on the blog you are reading from now as well. The new blog will make it easier to find your debut as non-related posts are published.

Well off to finish up some editing.

New tools of the trade

T&J Studios is proud to announce some new additions to our toolbox. This past March the three amigos, Brett, Barry (Fat Cat Productions) and Jeff traveled to Dallas for a demo of Aperture put on by Apple. The program rocks!!! We've since added this powerful tool into the box and coming in next week we will be getting Adobe's latest Creative Suite CS3 in the mail.

The gang here at the studio is excited about the new updates and features that will be coming in the new software. If you like the technical side of what we do visit Adobe's website



Also some exciting news is that we will be starting beta testing for our long awaited registry project. This is a project that we have had in the works for a long while now. We are excited about the flexibility and benefits it will bring to our customers.

Here are a few pics from the Dallas trip. These and many more will be showing up on our new project ProMediaShare. We currently have a pending trademark in the works and will be finishing up the development of the site in the following few months.

McGuire - Pannell

Click Here to view the Debut Trailer of the wedding day.

Click Here to pre-register and receive an e-mail to view the remaining wedding pictures when they are available.

Last weekend on Friday, March 30 we drove to Alva, OK and had a few detours getting there and plenty of rain, but we made it in plenty of time for the rehearsal that we had for the wedding that was the following day, March 31. It was nice to awake to a clearing sky that turned out to be a beautiful day for Keri and Billy's wedding day.

The day started bright and early at "The Wild Hair Salon" for Keri to get her hair and make-up done. Finishing ahead of schedule Keri headed over to the church to attend to a few more details. The day went very smooth and less stressful once Billy got to see Keri in her dress for the first time that day. We were able to go to many places around the church including a gazebo in the back and a wishing well across the street. Keri took a few minutes to breathe and take it all in as she sat in the pews with her heals draped over. The ceremony consisted of Reverend Shane Tharp giving the service and the beautiful sun peeped through the windows of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church as Keri and Billy exchanged their vows. Immediately following, the guests lined up outside of the church with bubbles to send the couple away with.

The reception was in the hall of the church hosted by Keri's parents, Pat and Kathy McGuire. Pat mentioned that he had been very busy and to say the least we would say he really had been! He had enough food (and more) prepared to feed all the guests consisting of barbecue beef, ham, potato salad, coleslaw, and more. After all the formal events during the reception Keri and Billy wanted to go find a swing to have fun in with Billy pushing Keri. This was Keri's wish of all day to get a picture of. We drove around and found a school playground with swings (only ones that weren't muddy). It was a blast and as they said for themselves they are truly "Kids at Heart". We loved you guys and we are so glad we got to partake in your special day. We were able to get a lot of amazing shots.

Thanks again!

Our Kids

Since we haven't had kids yet we have pups. We call them our pups because they are only a foot tall, but they are full grown. We got Lucky when he was 8 weeks old on our one year anniversary in 2003 from the Kansas Humane Society. Please feel free to click here to visit their site and view the dogs that need new homes. They update the new adoptions on a regular basis.

We loved Lucky so much we couldn't help ourselves to go out and look for a buddy for Lucky. We wanted to find another smaller dog to be Lucky's playmate. We stumbled into the Animal Shelter ("The Pound") on a cold day in February 2004. It was really depressing to go back and see so many animals without homes that were locked up. We wanted them all, but when we saw Maggie we knew we had to have her. She was 6 months old then. The two are now unseparatable. The following video shows some of the tricks they know how to do. Maggie's trick with pouting just came about when she had gotten in trouble one day and we told her to go pout. She likes to hide under either the couch or our bed. Then when she feels like she has given herself enough time-out she comes back out. It is bazar but she does it.

Both pups also know how to tell you sorry afterwards by giving you a lick on the chin, otherwise they know it is not right to lick one's face all the time (only when they are sorry for something they have done that is bad). We swear they know what we say and we don't have to say Treat we can actually spell it out "Do you want a T.R.E.A.T?" And they know exactly what we mean and go running over to their cookie jar. It is just nuts and crazy! They never cease to amaze us all the time as if we are talking about little humans, but they are the BEST dogs/pups EVER!!!!! We love them very much!

Ubben - Sharlow

Staci and Mike have really been a joy to work with. They are truly a couple that sparkle when around one another. The day started at the salon with bridal party, mom's and friends who showed up to join in on the celebration with Staci.

After they had a private moment with one another we were able to grab a few pics at a near by park in between sprinkles. This of course didn't dampen their spirits. We then headed back to The First United Methodist Church for a few more pics. The ceremony was a beautiful occasion including the groom's brother, David, singing "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds as the wedding party entered wearing a light lilac strapless with shawl.

The reception followed after the couple greeted all the guests as they went down for the continued celebration in the church's hall. The hall was where Staci and Mike first met. This made it extra special to them to spend time with friends and family on their day. The passion was made apparent as they entered to the playing of the K-State fight song.

Staci had a couple of surprises for her new husband Mike. They all played out perfect and he was really surprised to first see that she had a custom made Volkswagon Bug as a groom's cake special made just for him. He loves and collects VW bugs as we had been informed of weeks earlier. It was neat to see his expression as he came to see the cake table. A little later was another surprise for Mike that had been kept a secret by many guests. This one was played out after we "asked if they wanted to go outside for a few more pictures". This was all part of the surprise. Little did Mike know that Staci had made a connection with one of the guests to bring an antique VW bug to go away in on their wedding day.

We are really glad we were able to be with you guys to capture your wedding day and all the little special surprises/memories that were included with in it.

Click Here to view the Debut Trailer of the wedding day.

Click Here to pre-register and receive an e-mail to view the remaining wedding pictures when they are available.

Crazy Times

Sorry gang for dropping the ball on the old blog. Things have been crazy as normal, but yet still not so normal.

First, thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind words for Jeff's Dad and Grandpa. End of Feb. we found out that Jeff's dad has B-cell leukemia. After testing and many prayers we've learned that while he does have this type of leukemia it is a very slow developing form of leukemia. The doctors told us that he is in the earliest stages, and it can be a number of years before anything starts to develop. So while this news is not something we were looking to hear we are thankful for the stage and type that it is. Shortly after learning about dad, we learned that the doctors had found a possible cancer mass in Jeff's Grandpa's esophagus. After much prayer and another scan weeks later, God had amazed us with the news that it was none cancerous. This was truly a blessing and a testament to the power of prayer.

We found out yesterday that our dogs have a clear bill of health after having had heartworm. So they are very happy to be dogs again and run around the yard after being cooped up on kennel rest for over a month.

So what else have we been working on? Well it might be easier to list the items rather than write about each.

-Designed 20 Coffee table albums
-Developing our bridal registry. Coming Soon! Really!
-Developing our new stock site www.promediashare.com
-Developed an online printing website for one of our clients
-Finishing touches for www.waterhouseprod.com
-Tweaking Fat Cat's new baby site, will post url once they are ready to release.
-Worked on the new T&J Studios, Inc. website. Coming Soon!
-Senior sessions
-Baby sessions
-Family sessions
-Engagement sessions
-Weddings
-Shot 156 pairs (7 different angles/boot to post on their website) of cowboy/cowgirl boots for a corporate client.
-Brett has spent over 40 hours on corporate photography for 1 client (needless to say we haven't seen him much.)
-Jeff, Brett and Barry from Fat Cat Productions went down to Dallas, TX for an Aperture class and got some great stock pics for the new site.
-Educate Barry of FCP of the benefits of owning a Mac. Finally the hard work is paying off. :)

Check back soon to view more debuts. God has truly been a source of strength through these crazy times. Again thank you for all your prayers.