Thursday, June 28, 2012

52WoA - Week 48 - Sleep

As a photographer, sometime you need to work on things outside of your normal purview and this project is going to help us (and you) challenge, grow and creatively develop your photography as a whole. Weekly for the next year, we will be sharing our images with you here!

For those of you interested in participating, PLEASE join us! The more the merrier! You definitely do not need to be a professional photographer, this is something you can easily do with your point and shoot, cell phone, ipad, etc. You can comment with a link to your image here on our blog or on our La Brisa fan page or you can tag La Brisa Photography in your image on your own FB page or use the hashtag #52WoA on twitter that way we can share your efforts with everyone else! If you are interested in joining our La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop group on FB, please request to join as we will also be sharing our images there too.

Next Thursday, July 5th, Week 49: “Action Shots” will be due. The image must be created between today and July 5th. Good luck!

Here are our Week 48 – “Sleep” images!
with the hottest part of the year upon us, you'd think the AC would be on full blast. well, NOT in the Mussack household. the monkey and I are finding creative ways to stay cool, especially when we sleep.

i'm just mad I can't fit under the tub, too!



Bauer is a stud. He loves to sleep. And more interestingly, he loves to dangle his limbs while he sleeps without a care in the world.

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html

Here is the full list of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness!
Week 1               Free for All
Week 2               Introduce yourself
Week 3               Show us your home
Week 4               Your Name
Week 5               Sports (anything related, teams, players, equipment, etc,)
Week 6               Guilty Pleasures
Week 7               ONE object shot at 5 different angels/distances
Week 8               One for the road (signs, streets, traffic, etc.)
Week 9               Objects that tell something about you
Week 10             Things that make your life easier
Week 11             Your favorite color
Week 12             Household item
Week 13             Foods
Week 14             Flashed (an image created using artificial light)
Week 15             Sun (sunlight, sunset, sunrise, etc)
Week 16             Emotion
Week 17             Lines
Week 18             What you do outside the world of photography
Week 19             Weather
Week 20             Emotional attachment (heirloom/special gift, etc.)
Week 21             Pets
Week 22             Things you couldn't live without
Week 23             Habits
Week 24             Fire (candle, fireplace, etc.)
Week 25             Hats
Week 26             Textures
Week 27             Hands
Week 28             Shoes
Week 29             Jewelry
Week 30             OOF (Out of Focus)…purposely OOF
Week 31             What I consider dessert
Week 32             Fill the Frame (close ups)
Week 33             A week in our lives
Week 34             Faith (what you believe)
Week 35             Dance (body in motion)
Week 36             Family & Friends
Week 37             SOOC (straight out of the camera)…before & after
Week 38             Patriotic
Week 39             Object: straight up shots and then straight down shots
Week 40             Something at night
Week 41             Something that gives you the feeling of warmth
Week 42             Smell
Week 43             Water
Week 44             Animals
Week 45             Music
Week 46             Reflections/Shadows
Week 47             Flowers
Week 48             Sleep
Week 49             Action Shots
Week 50             Circles
Week 51             Your car
Week 52             Self portrait


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Last Chance! La Brisa APW - San Diego!

Happy Friday everyone! I will be hosting the first La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop(APW) in San Diego, CA next week! APWs are an opportunity for me to give back to the awesome photography community by sharing what I love to do...photographing people. Check out the details below for more information!

Here are the details:
When: Thursday, June 28th from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: La Jolla, San Diego, CA
For Who: Photographers of all levels who are interested in learning how I shoot, interact with clients and use my gear.
Focus: We will be photographing a beautiful maternity-focused Joy Session at the beach!
Cost: FREE!
How to sign up: Click HERE to sign up. The first 12 people to completely fill out the form will receive an email with detailed information. ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT!!! Because APWs are free, all I ask is that you are completely committed once you sign up or let me know ASAP so that I can add someone from the waiting list! Thanks!
Questions: send an email to info @ labrisaphotography . com

For those of you interested in seeing what to expect from a La Brisa APW, check out this blog post from our last APW - The Olsen Family | La Brisa APW | Kansas | Chris

Here is a recent sunrise from my trip to Iowa!







Tuesday, June 26, 2012

La Brisa 2012 Weddings!

Hi all! This is Chris. I wanted to say a quick hello and give you an update on La Brisa! We have been incredibly blessed with our amazing clients and as our 2012 wedding season is already in full swing! Thank you for all of your continued love and support and we are super excited to feature these weddings (and many more) on our blog soon!

b is becoming quite the frequent flyer with all of her travels! Here are images from her two most recent wedding...




Autumn photographed her first wedding of the season and has quite a few more lined up for what will be a crazy busy summer!


I had the privilege of photographing two absolutely incredible weddings recently and I cannot wait to feature them on the blog soon!





Monday, June 25, 2012

La Brisa APW - San Diego

Happy Friday everyone! I will be hosting the first La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop(APW) in San Diego, CA next week! APWs are an opportunity for me to give back to the awesome photography community by sharing what I love to do...photographing people. Check out the details below for more information!

Here are the details:
When: Thursday, June 28th from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: La Jolla, San Diego, CA
For Who: Photographers of all levels who are interested in learning how I shoot, interact with clients and use my gear.
Focus: I am hoping to photograph a beautiful couple on the beach!
Cost: FREE!
How to sign up: Click HERE to sign up. The first 12 people to completely fill out the form will receive an email with detailed information. Because APWs are free, all I ask is that you are completely committed once you sign up or let me know ASAP so that I can add someone from the waiting list! Thanks!
Questions: send an email to info @ labrisaphotography . com

For those of you interested in seeing what to expect from a La Brisa APW, check out this blog post from our last APW - The Olsen Family | La Brisa APW | Kansas | Chris

Here is a recent sunrise from my trip to Iowa!







Friday, June 22, 2012

La Brisa APW - San Diego, CA

Happy Friday everyone! I will be hosting the first La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop(APW) in San Diego, CA next week! APWs are an opportunity for me to give back to the awesome photography community by sharing what I love to do...photographing people. Check out the details below for more information!

Here are the details:
When: Thursday, June 28th from 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: San Diego, CA (either Solana Beach or La Jolla)
For Who: Photographers of all levels who are interested in learning how I shoot, interact with clients and use my gear.
Focus: I am hoping to photograph a beautiful couple on the beach!
Cost: FREE!
How to sign up: Click HERE to sign up. The first 12 people to completely fill out the form will receive an email with detailed information. Because APWs are free, all I ask is that you are completely committed once you sign up or let me know ASAP so that I can add someone from the waiting list! Thanks!
Questions: send an email to info @ labrisaphotography . com

For those of you interested in seeing what to expect from a La Brisa APW, check out this blog post from our last APW - The Olsen Family | La Brisa APW | Kansas | Chris

Here is a recent Houston sunset!







Thursday, June 21, 2012

52WoA: Week 47 - Flowers

As a photographer, sometime you need to work on things outside of your normal purview and this project is going to help us (and you) challenge, grow and creatively develop your photography as a whole. Weekly for the next year, we will be sharing our images with you here!

For those of you interested in participating, PLEASE join us! The more the merrier! You definitely do not need to be a professional photographer, this is something you can easily do with your point and shoot, cell phone, ipad, etc. You can comment with a link to your image here on our blog or on our La Brisa fan page or you can tag La Brisa Photography in your image on your own FB page or use the hashtag #52WoA on twitter that way we can share your efforts with everyone else! If you are interested in joining our La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop group on FB, please request to join as we will also be sharing our images there too.

Next Thursday, June 28th, Week 48: “Sleep” will be due. The image must be created between today and June 28th. Good luck!

Here are our Week 47 – “Flowers” images!
thinking simply this week. clean. crisp. vibrant. simple.



My wife and I recently celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. She had sunflowers in her wedding bouquet and so I gave her a dozen sunflowers on our anniversary. The flowers have since dried out and I thought they would be a perfect subject for this week’s challenge!

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html

Here is the full list of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness!
Week 1               Free for All
Week 2               Introduce yourself
Week 3               Show us your home
Week 4               Your Name
Week 5               Sports (anything related, teams, players, equipment, etc,)
Week 6               Guilty Pleasures
Week 7               ONE object shot at 5 different angels/distances
Week 8               One for the road (signs, streets, traffic, etc.)
Week 9               Objects that tell something about you
Week 10             Things that make your life easier
Week 11             Your favorite color
Week 12             Household item
Week 13             Foods
Week 14             Flashed (an image created using artificial light)
Week 15             Sun (sunlight, sunset, sunrise, etc)
Week 16             Emotion
Week 17             Lines
Week 18             What you do outside the world of photography
Week 19             Weather
Week 20             Emotional attachment (heirloom/special gift, etc.)
Week 21             Pets
Week 22             Things you couldn't live without
Week 23             Habits
Week 24             Fire (candle, fireplace, etc.)
Week 25             Hats
Week 26             Textures
Week 27             Hands
Week 28             Shoes
Week 29             Jewelry
Week 30             OOF (Out of Focus)…purposely OOF
Week 31             What I consider dessert
Week 32             Fill the Frame (close ups)
Week 33             A week in our lives
Week 34             Faith (what you believe)
Week 35             Dance (body in motion)
Week 36             Family & Friends
Week 37             SOOC (straight out of the camera)…before & after
Week 38             Patriotic
Week 39             Object: straight up shots and then straight down shots
Week 40             Something at night
Week 41             Something that gives you the feeling of warmth
Week 42             Smell
Week 43             Water
Week 44             Animals
Week 45             Music
Week 46             Reflections/Shadows
Week 47             Flowers
Week 48             Sleep
Week 49             Action Shots
Week 50             Circles
Week 51             Your car
Week 52             Self portrait


Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Sarah & BJ | Attraction Session | Iowa | Chris & b

I apologize that this blog is being a bit neglected lately. Hopefully, Autumn, b and I can keep posting daily updates for all of our awesome La Brisa Loyalists out there! Today, I am ridiculously excited to feature one of my favorite couples ever, Sarah & BJ! They are getting married this upcoming Saturday and I really wanted to show off their amazing Attraction Session that b and I photographed! We started at the Cedar Valley Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Waterloo and then explored Cedar Falls before finishing up with an awesome view of the sunset! Sarah and BJ are incredibly sweet together. And they are as polite and down-to-earth as they are gorgeous. They are quite the power couple. Seriously. Just look at them!

Thank you again for selecting La Brisa to photograph your amazing family. I hope that you LOVE your images and I cannot wait to see you in a few days! You can view more images from their session on the La Brisa Facebook page by clicking HERE.

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html



Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The C Family | Joy Session | Kansas | Autumn

I am so excited to share the Chase family with the world! Christy and Robbie were my first-ever shoot involving actual people, so I owe an eternal debt of gratitude to my bestie, and her awesome family.

I have loved watching their family grow, and a few months ago they were blessed with baby Nora. I call dibs on pseudo-aunt, and on constant photographer as their lives change and grow.

This was Nora’s fashion debut- and I have to say, she is a natural. Without further ado, here is one of the most beautiful families you will ever meet.

---autumn

Thank you again for selecting La Brisa to photograph your amazing family. I hope that you LOVE your images and we cannot wait until next time! You can view more images from their session on the La Brisa Facebook page by clicking HERE.

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html



Thursday, June 14, 2012

52 Weeks of Awesomeness: Week 46 - Reflections/Shadows

As a photographer, sometime you need to work on things outside of your normal purview and this project is going to help us (and you) challenge, grow and creatively develop your photography as a whole. Weekly for the next year, we will be sharing our images with you here!

For those of you interested in participating, PLEASE join us! The more the merrier! You definitely do not need to be a professional photographer, this is something you can easily do with your point and shoot, cell phone, ipad, etc. You can comment with a link to your image here on our blog or on our La Brisa fan page or you can tag La Brisa Photography in your image on your own FB page or use the hashtag #52WoA on twitter that way we can share your efforts with everyone else! If you are interested in joining our La Brisa Aspiring Photographer Workshop group on FB, please request to join as we will also be sharing our images there too.

Next Thursday, June 21st, Week 47: “Flowers” will be due. The image must be created between today and June 21st. Good luck!

Here are our Week 46 – “Shadows/Reflections” images!
note to self...do not sprawl out on the floor at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago as to avoid strange looks. Scratch that, new note to self...do what is necessary for 52 Weeks of Awesomeness.



I have always wanted a motorcycle. Do I have a motorcycle license? Nope. Have I ever ridden a motorcycle? Nope. Do I still think that they are one of the coolest modes of transportation ever? Absolutely! Unfortunately, I think the chances of killing myself are far too high to ever seriously consider getting a motorcycle, but they sure are alluringly beautiful.

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html

Here is the full list of 52 Weeks of Awesomeness!
Week 1               Free for All
Week 2               Introduce yourself
Week 3               Show us your home
Week 4               Your Name
Week 5               Sports (anything related, teams, players, equipment, etc,)
Week 6               Guilty Pleasures
Week 7               ONE object shot at 5 different angels/distances
Week 8               One for the road (signs, streets, traffic, etc.)
Week 9               Objects that tell something about you
Week 10             Things that make your life easier
Week 11             Your favorite color
Week 12             Household item
Week 13             Foods
Week 14             Flashed (an image created using artificial light)
Week 15             Sun (sunlight, sunset, sunrise, etc)
Week 16             Emotion
Week 17             Lines
Week 18             What you do outside the world of photography
Week 19             Weather
Week 20             Emotional attachment (heirloom/special gift, etc.)
Week 21             Pets
Week 22             Things you couldn't live without
Week 23             Habits
Week 24             Fire (candle, fireplace, etc.)
Week 25             Hats
Week 26             Textures
Week 27             Hands
Week 28             Shoes
Week 29             Jewelry
Week 30             OOF (Out of Focus)…purposely OOF
Week 31             What I consider dessert
Week 32             Fill the Frame (close ups)
Week 33             A week in our lives
Week 34             Faith (what you believe)
Week 35             Dance (body in motion)
Week 36             Family & Friends
Week 37             SOOC (straight out of the camera)…before & after
Week 38             Patriotic
Week 39             Object: straight up shots and then straight down shots
Week 40             Something at night
Week 41             Something that gives you the feeling of warmth
Week 42             Smell
Week 43             Water
Week 44             Animals
Week 45             Music
Week 46             Reflections/Shadows
Week 47             Flowers
Week 48             Sleep
Week 49             Action Shots
Week 50             Circles
Week 51             Your car
Week 52             Self portrait


Monday, June 11, 2012

The P Family | Joy Session | Kansas | Chris, b & Autumn

This is one of my favorite families. They are absolutely awesome and I they make me feel very much apart of their family.

- Chris

You can view more images from their session on the La Brisa Facebook page by clicking HERE.

To all of you aspiring photographers, we are partnering with our awesome friends at Anecdotally Yours (www.anecdotallyyours.com) to offer an Introduction to Portrait Photography class! 100% of profits will be donated to worthy causes! For more information, click on this link - http://labrisaphoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/introduction-to-portrait-photography.html