Bronson - Baba

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We had a blast in Houston with both sets of family and friends of Tracy and Nidal (Nick). We went to the rehearsal Friday night and there was a huge party afterwards with a big reception as the rehearsal dinner. On Saturday morning Jeff took me to the Norris of Houston Salon and Day Spa where the ladies got their hair done. Jeff went to the church where he met up with one of Nick's cousins to go to Nick's parents house. This is where Nick's parents had a big celebration of the giving away of their son. This is a traditional celebration in the Arabic culture. Lots of food, family and friends. Dancing and singing filled the air. Jeff documented Nick along with family and friends spending time with one another before the guys had to start heading back to the St. George Orthodox Church for the ceremony.



With some combinations of different hair styles that Tracy had magazine clippings of her hair looked very elegant and chic. I got a ride over with Tracy as we went to her apartment to have the ladies finish getting ready. We pulled up to her apartment complex and the concierge took care of the car as we went up to the 15th floor where Tracy's den is. Trays of sandwiches and fruit were there for the ladies to eat lunch in between getting their make-up applied and their dresses on. Andrea Rohleder, a previous bride client of ours, did the make-up for Tracy using Bobbi Brown. The five bridesmaids wore indigo blue strapless with gatherings around the bottom. Fuschia sashes went around the waist and tied on the right side. Tracy wore a very elegant Sposa by St. Pucchi wedding gown from Now and Forever Bridal Shop. It had a sweetheart neckline with a mermaid fitting that had a small flare out and gatherings at the bottom. It had a chapel length train. She had a blusher for a veil along with a floor length one as well. Along the edges of the veil were beadwork and embroidery.



As soon as the ladies were dressed we were out the door and heading downstairs where the limo awaited to take us to the church. The church was very decorative with paintings on the walls and murials on the ceiling. Toulle lined the pews along with floral arrangements and a white runner ran down the center aisle. The groomsmen ushered the bridesmaids down to the altar where they awaited for Tracy and her dad to come down with all eyes on the bride as she looked absolutely stunning. Tracy's dad lifted the blusher following a kiss and hug as she handed over his daughter to Nick. The ceremony was very pretty as light filtered in through the stained glass and had all the traditional customs of the Orthodox faith with everything happening in three's. Following the ceremony the couple was showered with biodegradable white rice, and then we went back into the church as we did group shots and finished up with the two of them.



The limo transported the wedding party with the couple to the Westin Galleria Ballroom where the reception took place. The ballroom was filled with huge chandliers and the tables were all nicely decorated with tall arrangements of flowers in the center of every other table. Blue lights illuminated the vases to give a great glow and added atmosphere to the room. The wedding cake was very pretty being 5 tiers with the cake topper made by Andrea's mom using their initials, TBN. The groom's cake was chocolate 2 layer cake with sticks of shaved chocolate.



The wedding party was announced into the ballroom with Tracy and Nick following. As they entered the dance floor this kicked off the party started with their first dance song sang in Arabic that lasted 20 minutes. With 500 guests surrounding the couple to congratulate them the dance floor got filled with a sea of people. We were able to jump up on the platform where the head table was and shoot down. The videographers from Sawa Cinematography Production had a crane that they used non-stop throughout the reception to fly over the guests and get high enough to see the couple when they were dancing. Dinner had many courses and consisted of a bread bowl and onion soup, salad and the main course which was a very thick juicy steak, biggest shrimp we have ever seen and mashed potatoes. The DJ played background music as the guests ate. During most of the dances a live band played Arabic music and the same guy sang throughout. I have never seen people dance so much in my life to such long songs. The DJ played a mixture of Country, Polka and Pop songs. Everyone had a really good time celebrating the marriage of Tracy and Nick. Towards the end we watched the friends and Baba family pick up Nick on their shoulders and danced around. Nick requested that they go get Tracy and they went and picked her up with her sitting in a chair. This was all part of the Arabic traditions.







We want to thank both families making us feel so welcome and we really feel blessed by all our brides. We want to thank Andrea and Craig Rohleder for giving us the opportunity to do their wedding that led us to do one in Houston with Tracy, Craig's cousin. We want to also thank Nick's cousin for giving Jeff a ride to and from Nick's parent's house. I want to thank the ladies for letting me spend time with them and hang out making me feel like one of their old time friends. We took lots of pictures!!!! They should all be up by April 1st (for real not April Fools). You guys were really great and we hope you have a great time in California on your honeymoon getting to see the beautiful wine country. In May don't forget about us when you go to Greece and send us pics or a postcard. Please stay in touch.

Tyff and Jeff

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