THIS BLOG HAS MOVED

I am proud to announce that the Brienne Michelle Photoblog has moved!!! If your browser hasn't redirected you automatically to the new address, simply click here to see the new blog. And don't forget to bookmark the correct address:

www.briennesblog.com

The Time Has Come - NEW Info!

Before coming to Santa Clarita, my husband and I literally moved every six months for 3 years. I have lived in Azusa, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Glendora, Rancho Cucamonga, Canyon Country, and now Saugus/Santa Clarita again since the beginning of 2005. Goodness.

So when we started preparing for the move from Rancho Cucamonga to Canyon Country, we had a little chit chat over boxes and packing tape that went something like this:

"You done with this?"

Dirty look.

"Me too."

So when we arrived in Canyon Country, the house hunt began unexpectedly, but in ernest. We didn't know that in another 6 months, we'd be moving into OUR home, but we did. And the moving is over (for a long while anyway). We bought our home in Santa Clarita (near Saugus) and moved in this past February. Good timing since I ended up pregnant (also unexpectedly) by May, but we couldn't be happier. We've settled in to Santa Clarita life and have begun to finally FINALLY let our businesses settle into SCV life as well.

That being said, the time had come for me to commit my business in a more tangible way to this new permanent location. The business phone number. I hadn't bothered changing it for a long time with all the moving (plus it was my business line when I was working in the music industry - still occasionally get calls from bands and artists looking for representation, lol), but I'm proud to announce that Brienne Michelle Photography finally has a 661 phone number. :)

Here it is, btw:

661-803-5811

My old number will continue to work for a while (family should hold on to the old number), but keep in mind that this is now the business line and all photography inquiries should start going there. And if you get a confirmation call about your holiday portrait session from that number, you'll know why.

Thanks! More updates coming soon about those holiday portraits! Book fast btw because I'm not taking ANY portrait shoots in December this year. :)

Much love to the SCV!
~B

And They Lived Happily Ever After...

My fierce album designer Sandra and her super cute hubby Matt did a "Happily Ever After" session with me back last November. You'll remember it - it was the famous in-Big-Bear-Lake-while-it-was-freezing shoot (hence why I call her "fierce"). One of the photos from that shoot has opened more doors than I ever thought possible. When you look through their album, it won't be hard to figure out which one... In any case, she's just now been able to put together their little (and awesome) book - "And They Lived Happily Ever After...."

The reason it took so long you ask? Because I've sorta had my album designer scrambling lately (it's true - just ask her). She's hardly had a free moment lately, but somehow she managed to get her own album designed. And of course, it's amazing. I am definitely ordering my own chic sample album out of this. I hope more of my clients out there will consider doing a shoot like this - I can pretty much guarantee you won't regret doing it and you come away with some editorial style photos that have your friends and family's mouths gaping! You get a lot of "You did what?" and then they see the photos and start asking how they can get it done too. Trust me, it's always a big hit. And your kids and grandkids will think you are so cool later.

To see Matt & Sandra's full album design, *click here* and enjoy!

Video Fab-ness

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Well, it's not so secret, but it's not so public either. I guess it is now... ;-)




During this past weekend shooting Joel & Rebecca's beautiful day, I brought along my assistant/album designer Sandra and had her shoot some video. Things are changing, upgrading, and, in my opinion, just generally getting freakin' awesome around here, so I wanted to take things up a notch or two. Some of you might say I'm "going all David Jay" and you might be partly right! I'm putting together a promo video (coming soon), that shows my potential and future clients a little more of how I work - you'll actually get to watch me shooting! I'll also be including interviews from past clients, and show the images I'm shooting while you watch me in action.




I'm not really one of those "keep the cards close" kind of girls, so I like to be as open, honest, and available as possible. I know that a lot of people (photographers included) are interested in how I work, so I sincerely hope that this is a helpful tool for my clients and fellow photographers - or at least a fun way to spy. :-) Keep watching here on the blog for when I post it up! It'll be going on my website as well.

Ooh, AND I upgraded to the D300. I was going to make a whole huge blog about it, but thought better of it. I did have to throw this shot in though. ;-) Brian Black agreed to shoot 2nd with me this past weekend (he shot all three of these images) and was showing his jealous side.... I LOVE what this camera can do. Next on the horizon? A D3. Mmmmmm....

Can't believe I didn't blog this sooner

It's almost pathetic when I realize how long it's been since I blogged, and I really have to apologize. I was surfing through some of my photos during my "end of the year clean out" (I try to archive things at the end of the year and do some "winter cleaning" as it were...) and I came across these from a Happily Ever After session in November. I couldn't believe I hadn't blogged this, so I HAD to through it in here before I archived the photos.

I had an awesome time shooting this session up in Big Bear and was SO proud of Sandra for braving the 38 degree water of Big Bear Lake in November! Yikes! It was cold, but she was such a trooper and I was so excited with the results (so was she!).

These are some of my favorites from the day:













Check out the sky on this shot - couldn't have asked for cooler clouds.








And my most favorite shot of all....








Kudos to Kadie Pangburn for the inspiration for that final shot.

So what coolness are you hiding away somewhere that you could pull out one more time before 2007 ends?

~Brienne