Category: Wedding Photographer

Wedding planning in Houston? Know someone who is? Pass along an invitation to Two Be Wed’s Open Studio! Wednesday, August 22nd from 6-8pm, come in and check out Two Be Wed in person and get to meet some of Houston’s hottest vendors in a nice, casual setting! (I’ll be there!) 2303 Dunlavy, between Westheimer & West Gray!

While I was at the studio hanging my prints, I took a moment to capture some photos to share so you can see why I’m *so* excited about meeting with my clients there! It is exactly what I was looking for in a meeting space, and it offers so much more to my couples!

They had me at the front door. I just LOVE these!

The lounge is a nice, comfy area for couples to relax and enjoy looking through the extensive library of information that Two Be Wed offers to all of their clients. Browse through books for inspiration ideas for flowers, wedding colors, attire and more!

I am especially excited about this – a viewing area with a great TV and DVD player. I have DVD slideshows in the works to share on the big screen TV!

And last but not least – my photo display!

We need to adjust the lighting some, but the lights were too hot to move at the time that I took these!

Hope you can make the Open Studio – I would *love* to see you there!

Taken on our first day of vacation, in Amsterdam. We enjoyed our time in The Holland ™!

I can finally spill the beans, as I’m heading down there today to get everything ready. I was contacted by the Houston location of Two Be Wed back in July to meet with them, and after reviewing my work and the services that I offer, I am pleased to announce that I was selected to partner with them to offer my services to their clientele!

Two Be Wed is a great concept for brides – I wish it had been around when I was planning! What it is is a lovely location on 2303 Dunlavy that brides can visit for all of their planning needs. They personal select a limited number of vendors in each category, and brides can go to Two Be Wed, select which vendors they would like to meet with, and set up all their appointments in one day in one location. (Or however they see fit to work it out.) Two Be Wed offers a library of bridal resources, a nice meeting area, classes for brides & grooms, and a bunch of other services.

As an added perk, I can meet with all of my clients there as needed – so no more lugging everything to coffee shops. Instead I will be hanging prints on the walls today, and I’ll keep albums there to share, CDs of photographs to play on the TVs, and so forth.

I’ve never wanted a studio – I am *not* a studio style photographer. However, I’ve told Mike ever since I attended Elevate in June that a location to meet with brides someday would be ideal. When this opportunity came up, we both knew it was a great fit. I decided to wait until after our vacation to get everything set up – there just wasn’t time before we left. I’m so excited about it! I’ll share more photos later today of the location; they called on Monday and asked me to photograph their new table arrangements that they have on display.

So spread the word to all the Houston area brides you know, and if you are a Houston area (or anywhere else – I do travel!) bride planning a wedding, and you need a wedding photographer – lets meet up at Two Be Wed!

Not just August, but we’re almost at the half-way point into the month! Goodness, where has the time gone? (Ok, being out of town until the 7th probably accounts for a lot of it!) Speaking of vacation, I still have a lot of photos to go through. Well over a thousand, I am sure, although I haven’t counted them yet. I’ll share more of them here once they are ready.

Elaine & I had a delightful meeting yesterday with Mauro & Mariely, one of our November 2007 wedding couples. They will be tying the knot at the end of the month, the day after Thanksgiving. It is neat how the internet works somedays; I updated my contact information at LinkedIn and then went to look for people that I had worked with previously in the web world. Because I updated my previous employer information, and Mauro & I worked together back in 2000 & 2001, he found my profile page – right as they were looking for a wedding photographer! He was one of my favorite graphic designers at work, such a nice guy, and Mariely is just too cute and has a great sense of humor – I know it is going to be such a fun day! I can’t wait! We’re holding out for a little bit cooler weather though for their engagement photographs, since we would melt if we went out right now in this 100+ degree heat. Our lab is speedy fast, so we have such a great turn-around time on prints that it makes it easy to shoot much closer to the wedding day and still have photographs if they want them for various items – signature mats at the reception, custom thank you notes, or whatever they might need.

In other news, I am making plans for attending the Rock Star Wedding Photographer workshop at the end of October with Corey McNabb, recognized by the top in the industry as one of the best out there. I first heard about Corey when I roomed with Regina Holder at the Elevate workshop back in June. She & Corey are in the same area and are really close friends. As an added perk, I’m going to shoot a wedding with Regina the day before the workshop begins, which is sure to be a ton of fun! North Carolina in the fall is an amazing place to be, so I can’t wait! Hmmm… guess I need to get knitting so I’m ready for the cooler weather!

But the biggest news? I’m gearing up now for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that I’ll have on Wednesday! I may have been off on holiday for awhile there, but things definitely have been going on behind the scenes! Stay tuned for the details!

Cross-posted at Christine Tremoulet, my wedding photography website.