So Long....

The day has finally come.... THE NEW BLOG HAS LAUNCHED!!! Yes, Prince William also got married, but really what's more important? This will be the final post made on this blog. Please visit the new blog at brandiburkett.com/blog and don't forget to update your bookmark. This blog will remain at this address until the new website is launched, at which time this blog will be archived on the new blog.

It's been a great run, dear old Blogger blog. Enjoy playing with the other old-school blogs out there on the farm. Mom says there's going to be lots of room to run and plenty of old blogs to play with...

I'll miss you (kind of) xo xo!
B.

MEGA Blog!!!

Hello citizens of the internets! It's been awhile since we've talked :) There just never seems to be enough hours in my day. Right now I'm rocking six inches of bad roots, my kids pants are all comically short and my husband has developed an inappropriate relationship with the Food Network.

I aim to launch the new blog and website by the end of March. Posting on this blog is ridiculously laborious, and I can't wait to launch the new one. I'm thinking I'll be a much better boyfriend once it's up and running :)

In the meantime, here's a look at what I've been up to. The following sessions will appear in full on the new blog...so now you have to come back! ;)

Marissa & John's Wedding

Rachel and Jared's Engagement

This session is representative of my favorite way to shoot, in that we bounce around style-wise quite a bit. In the real world there are lots of places where we must turn away from the proverbial "buffet" and make lasting choices; in our partners, our careers... But within the world of art, we are removed from the need to define ourselves so narrowly and permanently. So feel free to come to your engagement session dressed as Elvis...

Maybe.

Rose and David

One of the beautiful summer weddings I never had time to blog. I'm slowly working my way through the back log of un-blogged work as time allows. Please visit my Facebook page for a complete look at this beautiful wedding!

Here are the vendors who worked so hard to make this event perfect!
Venue: Hollytree Country Club
Flowers: La Tee Da
Cake: Village Bakery
Band: Otis and the Metro Band


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A Little Business...

Good morning everyone! I hope this Christmas season is feeling merry and bright! We've at least got bright covered, thank you seventy degree weather in December...

I wanted to give you a few important updates:

1. Thank you to Lauren and Nikki, our Facebook Fan contest winners! Stay tuned for details about our next contest. We need to reach 500 fans to keep the goodness flowing.

2. If you need to reach me without actually speaking, please use my email address, brandi_burkett@yahoo.com as opposed to texting. This will ensure your important message doesn't get missed.

3. New packaging, a new blog and finally...a website are in the works! I'm also in the process of designing new packages and a complete product line that will give you lots of beautiful ways to display/use your images.

4. Finally, new blog posts are coming. It will be awhile yet before I return to slide shows. In fact, I'd love to hear from you guys about slide shows! Does anybody watch them??? Would you rather see a show every quarter with images from several different weddings or do you like seeing one wedding at a time??? Do you care, haha???


Instead of an image, I give you the second-best (sorry Joe) Christmas song ever :) Happy Friday!
B.

Making Tracks

Good morning! I will be out of town until Monday, December 6th. If you need to reach me during this time, please message me at brandi_burkett@yahoo.com. I will be traveling to Chicago via train so my coverage may be spotty but I will return your messages as soon as possible.

I know lots of you are anxiously awaiting your completed work and I thank you for your patience. Please be assured I will be working while I travel; in fact someone will get their wedding processed in the Ozarks, haha!

And for a little icing on the cake: one of my favorite frames from Pam and Shawn's engagement session...

Cheers!
B.

C'est Fini....

I've officially closed out my 2010 season! For the rest of the year I will be meeting with new clients and working hard to get all of your images processed and delivered.

I would like to thank all of the wonderful couples I've met and worked with this last year. Some of us will see each other again in 2011 and some of us will only meet again in passing. I'm really amazed at the number of times I've come home from a shoot this year and marveled at how awesome the people I just photographed were. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to experience your love for each other through the lens of my camera.

And because all posts are better with pictures...please enjoy my favorite image of the year. I think it might be my favorite image of all time... Ever.

Cow says "moo"...

In the last week I've learned something about cows. They're nosy :) I've had two engagement sessions on ranches in the last week and was entertained and at times slightly disconcerted by our bovine audience. It's a little weird to be standing with your back to fifty or so cows, all staring intently at you...at least for a girl from California anyway :) Here are a few pics from my adventure Friday at Rattlesnake Ranch.

Happy Mooonday :)
B.

Bliss Baby!

Last month I had the opportunity to shoot Kati and Tyler's cover image for the November/December issue of The Wedded Bliss. I didn't shoot their wedding, but I had a great time hanging out with them, The Wedded Bliss staff and the nice guys at the Gilmer Fire Department who let us crawl all over one of their trucks. Hopefully that won't be the last time I get to shoot a picture from the hose bed of a firetruck! Here are the three shots that were considered for the cover and two more of my favorites from our session (of course one is a shoe shot!).

Thanks again to Sandra and J.C. at The Wedded Bliss! The magazine is on news stands now all over East Texas. Go get one!!!

Have a great weekend!
B.

Nikki and Jonathan's Engagement

It's weird to be sitting here in a sweater, freezing, while I post this July session. It was hot...and so were Nikki and Jonathan ;)

Courtney and Kent's Wedding

If you don't like the color pink you should probably skip this post :) Otherwise, please enjoy it and then pop over to Facebook for the extra scenes...

The Tooth Fairy is Real!

And she's coming to my house tonight!!! My little boy Nathan just lost his first tooth! I'm pretty sure it's the very first tooth he cut :) I'm not entirely ready for my baby to be grown up enough to lose teeth! Sigh.

When I was pregnant with Nathan someone gave me a book of essays written by other mommies. The author of the first essay said, "having children means learning to live with your heart walking around outside of your body". I don't know if the author was the person who coined that phrase, but I do know that she was right.

Happy Friday! :)
B.

As Promised....

Your Monday morning blog love has been delivered! Coming up later this week:

Courtney and Kent's Wedding
Nikki and Jonathan's Engagement

Also, a huge CONGRATULATIONS to my dear friends Joe and Cam on the birth of their beautiful daughter, Ellen Sophia! I will be traveling to Chicago the first of December to visit and photograph their new little love! Please join me in wishing this sweet family blessings!

I hope you all have an incredible week!

Cheers!
B.

Brianne's Bridal

I loved this shoot! We had a fabulous location (which is available to my brides, let me know if you're interested), wonderful company and beautiful overcast skies that threatened rain all day but never delivered. We laughed, sipped pink champagne and tiptoed around invisible snakes. Thanks for the memories ladies :)

Aubrey and Brandon, Part 2

Now that you've had something sweet...

Aubrey and Brandon, Part 1

I had so much fun shooting with Aubrey and Brandon, and I loved so many images from their session that I had a hard time limiting myself to just one blog :) I love how many different styles we were able to represent in one session. Part one is sweeter and softer. Part two is....

I am a "We"!

Meet Stacy!

Please join me in welcoming Stacy Horton Stelzel to the "team"! If you've been following the blog for awhile, you'll probably feel like you recognize Stacy. I had the pleasure of shooting her wedding in March of this year.

Stacy is a graduate of Baylor University and holds a degree in Film and Digital Media. She also enjoys long walks on the beach and candlelit dinners... :)

She will spend the next season training to assist with all aspects of image processing and album design. In order to ensure that she knows my style inside and out she will also be shooting alongside me.

I'm so excited to be working with her and about the considerable talent she represents! Once she's fully trained lead times will be shorter, I'll have more time to blog and hopefully I'll get to sleep more than four hours a night! :)

A huge THANK YOU to all of my clients! I absolutely love what I do and I appreciate all of you for giving me the opportunity to keep doing it!!

Cheers!
Brandi

Ashton's Bridal

Phew, College Station in late May! I'm hot all over again just thinking about it! It's hard to be beautiful in oppressive heat and uncomfortable shoes but Ashton did it and made it look easy :) If you'd like to see images not posted here, please visit my Facebook page...