Those Are Great Photos! She Must Be a Model.

I often scope out other photographers websites. It gives inspires me, gives me great new ideas, challenges me, and keeps my work fresh. There are some AMAZING photographers out there. (My favorite has to be Almasy in Atlanta. Dan and Anne, you guys rock.)

I did notice while I was browsing websites this week that there are some wedding photographers who appear to use models on their websites. Nothing wrong with models. They are gorgeous and you DO want to show off gorgeous work on your website. The problem is that working with models dressed in gorgeous gowns in very controlled environments is NOT the same as shooting a bride on a her wedding day. So many things happen on a wedding day. There are nerves and crazy emotions seeping out of all the people involved. There is love. And chaos. Many things happen that cannot be repeated, and if a photographer misses a shot he can't just ask for the act to be redone. A photographer CAN work this way for the posed shots part of the day, but the posed shots are not catching any moments. What we love to catch are those beautiful little glances, touches, and grins.

So, when you look at photographers for your wedding, keep this in mind. If there are only a handful of shots on the website, and most of them are the same few girls looking gorgeous, maybe they are models. Want to know for sure? Ask the photographer. Request to see an entire wedding if you are curious.

We have a few weddings posted on our website for you to browse. Each of these has about 100 photos, all very real. But, we probably take closer to 500 pictures for a 4 hour wedding. We'd be happy to give you access to see what the rest of the shots look like. Really. All you have to do is ask!

=)

Uh Oh! A Trap!

Today I got this in the mail.



Um... Would you open a package from A. Trapp?





Marked Publix cheese?



Turned out it wasn't a trap at all. It was a movie I ordered for my sister from half.com.

Happy Thanksgiving

We are out of town this week counting our blessings with family.

We wish you a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving!

Birth Announcements

Are you aware that Kurz Studio Photography can design a custom birth announcement to tell the world about your new bundle of joy?

If you weren't before, you sure are now!

You have the baby. We take the pictures. You pick the colors. You pick the pictures. We design something that fits just right.

Baby boy blue and brown stripes...



Sweet little girl pink flowers...



More neutral colors and fancy damask...



You get the picture. ;)

We can also design to fit more than the standard 1-3 pictures on the card.

We'll take care of the printing or give you the file so that you can print them wherever you desire.

Married! Chris and Danielle

This weekend Drew, Eli, and I got to be guests at a wedding. My cousin Chris married the beautiful Danielle. We stayed firmly in our seats, but Drew managed to snap a couple of cute shots of them, nonetheless.

Eli and his cousin play peek-a-boo over the pew.



Grama sits on the wrong side of the church. See the groom in the background trying to get her attention. Also the worried look on Caleb's face.



Chris waits for Danielle.



Danielle is just precious.



The newlyweds! Congratulations guys!

The Rose Bowl (Sort of...)

We weren't in Los Angeles during the right time of the year to actually go to the Rose Bowl, but we still wanted to see it.

It was pretty rainy, but we only got a little damp.





They did have some gorgeous roses around the stadium. Some of them even smelled good. (The kinds you buy at the florist hardly ever smells good.)





Drew's parents, Poppie and Nonnie.



Who's pinching the cheeks now, Dad? Hmmmm?

Beautiful Baby

Oh, how this little one just melts my heart.









With his sweet brother.





And his gorgeous Mama.









Thanks for letting me capture this moment in time. =)