BRIAN HANCOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS

San Antonio Photography Photo Special

2012-01-09T18:52:00.001-10:00

Hello all my San Antonio friends!!! I will be in San Antonio the weekend of Feb 11-12th, 2012. We will be doing a awesome portrait special. Limited spots available. Details as follows:

Where: McNay Art Museum (in case of special closure, we'll move to downtown)
When: Feb 11th and 12th. Starting at 10am and last session at 5pm
Cost: $120 (must pay when booking time slot. pay by credit/check card)
Details: 45 minutes • 10 creative edited images • online gallery
Discount: If you book and have a friend book too, you'll both get the sessions for $100ea

Any additional information needed please email or call: 210.370.7773

This includes all session types, portraits/lifestyle, bellies, kids, etc…

san antonio wedding lifestyle photography

40 High Resolution Photography Textures for Photoshop

2011-12-30T16:17:00.001-10:00

To purchase these textures see my store at: pinedahancock.bigcartel.com

I wanted to share 40 high resolution textures I created for use with your favorite graphics programs like Photoshop, Fireworks, etc. I took these myself, and your free to use them in any way you wish. Being a photographer my favorite use is applying texture to images to create more of an art look to special images. I'll be writing how to use textures on your images in a future post.

Here is a sample of some of the textures in the set.

Here are some examples i've used on my own photography when using textures with them.

All textures in this set are 4288x2848 px in size at around 4mb-7mb in size. The total zip file is 216mb.

Grand Canyon

2011-10-26T15:29:00.001-10:00

Here's a couple shots I took of the Grand Canyon a while back (last one is actually Sedona, AZ). If you really look at all the colors of the rock and details it becomes amazing.

Whale Watching ~ Maui, Hawaii

2011-07-14T09:08:00.001-10:00

This past Feb/March I was on Maui for my brothers wedding and we all set sail for a whale watching cruise. It was prime time, as the whales were all over the place. We left from Kaanapali beach. It's really an amazing sight to see, especiall when one of the whales gets about 10ft from your boat. So amazing are God's creatures. Here's a couple of my favorites that I took with my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lense.

Rob and Susan Belly Shoot ~ Lanikai, Hawaii

2011-07-13T15:31:00.001-10:00

Congratulations to Rob & Susan. She's having twin girls! Double trouble. Here's a couple from out photo shoot on Lanikai Beach next to Kailua on Oahu, Hawaii.

Susan recently delivered these two healthy little girls! So we wish them the best!

Todd and Karla ~ Eternity Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

2010-12-30T18:17:00.000-10:00

Checkout this awesome couple. Todd met Karla in Chile when he was working abroad. They soon moved to Hawaii where Todd has family and are living happily ever after... We went out to Eternity Beach (otherwise known as the Blowhole) just passed Hawaii Kai, on Oahu. The day before it was pouring raining and we had to reschedule. The next day wasn't looking good either, but they said rain or shine we're doing it! Well we were blessed with a break in the weather and enough to give us these beautiful photos. Enjoy!

Elizabeth, Brian, and Roan ~ McNay Art Museum

2010-12-06T15:34:00.001-10:00

I got to shoot a nice family session while in San Antonio, TX last month. What a cute family especially the kiddo! Here's some of my favorites from that session. Enjoy

Brian Hancock Photographers ~ Family, McNay, San Antonio, TX

Joanna Trash The Dress ~ Eternity Beach

2010-12-04T23:54:00.001-10:00

Joanne was AWESOME to let me do a Trash the Dress session at Eternity Beach (Blow Hole) Oahu, Hawaii. I just her and Kenny's wedding the previous weekend and we went out to get dirty with that dress! Enjoy these, it's not often you find a bride that wants to do this. Thanks Joanne.

Brian Hancock Photographers ~ Eternity Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Weddings, Bridal

Best Portrait Photo Session Deal Of The Year!!!

2010-10-29T20:15:00.001-10:00

Sorry but this deal has ended!!! Thanks for all of you that booked. looking forward to the shoots. If you're interested in a session just email or call me and I can discuss the regular prices with you.

Ok it's finally here. Once a year I offer an insane portrait/lifestyle photo session at a crazy price. For the next 4 weeks I'll be doing 1hr photo sessions for $99. So what does it include? Let me break it down for you.

$99

-1hr photo session
-choice of 10 final images fully edited and put on disc*
-entire session online for friends and family to view and/or purchase from
-Option to purchase full set of fully edited images on disc.
-Location of your choice within the Honolulu/Hawaii Kai/Kailua areas

Space is limited, so book fast before this deal is no longer available.

To setup an appointment just email me here or call 877.370.2737

*Your 10 chosen images include full size files with rights to personal prints (not for commercial use)
*You can purchase the full set of full size edited images on disc for $150 with rights to personal prints.
*Cash, Check, and Credit Card accepted. I can even accept your credit card at the session
*Refer a friend after your booked session and get a 16x20 print
*Not valid for existing sessions already booked prior to today 10/29/10

Hawaii Wedding Photography, Lifestyle and Portrait Photography. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii Kai

Joanne and Kenny ~ Kailua Beach

2010-10-09T20:50:00.001-10:00

I'm lucky to get to shoot Joanne and Kenny's wedding in Hawaii Kai on 10/10/10 at the Banyan House. We went out friday to Kailua Beach Park to shoot their engagement photos. Joanne and Kenny came all the way from San Diego, California to have a wedding here. As you can see, they make a perfect couple. Enjoy these and i'll follow up soon with the actual wedding photos.

Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Engagement

Christine and Justin ~ Westin La Cantera

2010-09-27T17:13:00.001-10:00

Here's some more shots from Christine and Justin's wedding at Westing La Cantera. If you want to see the whole event once it's published you can go to www.ChrisAndJustin.com

Christine and Justin, Westin La Cantera

2010-09-13T00:42:00.001-10:00

I had the privilege of flying to San Antonio to shoot the wedding of Christine and Justin at the Westin La Cantera in San Antonio, TX. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, and no rain. Congrats Chris and Justin. You guys are perfect together.

Here's a sneak peak of a couple images until I edit the rest.

More images to come....

Brian Hancock Photographers, Westin La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas

Hands Across The Sand Waikiki

2010-06-26T15:34:00.001-10:00

Surfrider, Blue Planet Foundation, and Sierra Club help put together the Hands Across The Sand event this weekend and I was there to catch in in Waikiki. Taken from their site:

"Hands Across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life and crosses political affiliations. This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, and fishing industry. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting all of the above from the devastating effects of oil drilling."

Visit:
http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/

http://blueplanetfoundation.org/

http://www.surfrider.org

http://sierraclub.org/

for more information on the cause.

Here's a coulpe photos from the event followed by a video I put together with my new iPhone 4 and the iMovie app!

See the full photo sets on Flickr or Smugmug

Surfrider, Blue Planet Foundation, Sierra Club, Clean Energy, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii

Wedding photo taken with Holga

2010-06-15T14:55:00.001-10:00

Since I found my love for my Holga camera i'm starting to really play with it more and trying to use it in all types of photography. At a recent wedding I shot, I took it along with me. I only had 1 roll of film and 6 shots left, but i'll definitely be ready to shoot a couple rolls of film per wedding. I love the results. In a day where DSLR's create perfection. Perfect pixels, focus, sharpness... sometimes it's the imperfections that really create a dynamic photo. Check them out, let me know what you think.

Wedding, Holga, San Antonio, Texas

Holga fun in Hawaii

2010-06-01T14:37:00.002-10:00

I've been playing around with my Holga lately and finally got around to develop some film and post some images. Holga's are so much fun! They're affordable and can bring back a little passion in photography. It's shoots medium format 120 film. I use Kodak NC, and VC for color, and Ilford HP5 for black and white.

The cool thing about the Holga is it can be very unpredictable. Light leaks all over the place, and just odd things can happen that give extra character to the shots.

The first two were taken at Hanauma Bay. The second is Koko Head, and the last just a beach at Diamond Head.

Hanauma Bay, Koko Head, Hawaii Kai, Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii

Donovan Frankenreiter performs "Free" live in Waikiki

2010-05-30T18:09:00.001-10:00

I caught this free show last night in Waikiki at the Billabong Surf shop. It was a low key acoustic set, but it was a great one! checkout the video I got of one of his songs "Free", then checkout a couple photos.

Donovan Frankenretier - Live Acoustic - Billabong - Waikiki - Oahu - Hawaii

Angela and Raymond - Downtown Honolulu

2010-05-28T09:48:00.001-10:00

The Hawaii PUG group got together to do a shoot in downtown Honolulu. The couple, Angela & Raymond, recently got engaged. It was a fun shoot, about 10 of us. It's always funny to see other folks looking on, as they watch all these photographers shooting.

Downtown, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

The Modern Book from Brian Hancock Photographers

2010-04-27T20:29:00.001-10:00

Couple days ago I showed you the Willowbook Sequoia Flush Mount Top Grain Leather Album. Today I wanted to show you the other album that I offer. The Modern Book. I only offer the Sequoia and the Modern book. I keep it simple. This album also has rigid pages that fold out flat to create a panorama, and this one comes in 8x8, 10x10, and 12x12 as well. Instead of a leather cover, the Modern book comes with a graphical hard back casing. The casing is then supplemented with a extra photo cover jacket. The photo jack is identical to the actual hard cover built onto the album. The spine and part of the sides of the front and back are designed with a choice of color (see last pic)

Sequoia Flush Mount Leather Albums

2010-04-25T20:29:00.001-10:00

Just wanted to share a post of the high end leather albums that I offer. These albums are made of high grain leather, and smell like a nice pair of genuine cowboy boots! The Sequoia Flush Mount leather album can be ordered in sizes of 8x8, 10x10, or 12x12. These albums are layflat as well, meaning if you open them up the pages will lay flat to create a nice full panorama. The 10x10 would open up to 10x20. The pages are rigid and thick, they do not bend like paper. They also come in 12 different cover options. Inside the first and last parts of the cover is lined with satin as seen in one of the shots below.

Maria and Bernd Slideshow. Lanikai, Hawaii

2010-04-22T11:52:00.001-10:00

Posted some pics from the beach wedding on Lanikai between Maria and Bernd a while back. Here's a slideshow that includes more images from their special day.

Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii, Brian Hancock Photographers

The not so glamorous side of Waikiki

2010-04-06T10:05:00.000-10:00

I've been told I live in paradise. I won't argue with that. I've been blessed and truly do live in paradise. Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on earth. But with all that beauty there's another side you may not see. For every Yin there's Yang. You couldn't have good if there wasn't evil. And so I decided to step out into Waikiki and show a side of it that most don't get to see. Waikiki is old, and there's still tons of building left over from that age, not updated, just fixed up enough to still stand. So this was my perspective on capturing the not so glamorous side of Waikiki on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Alisha's Bridal at McNay Art Museum

2010-04-01T21:23:00.000-10:00

Now that Alisha and Dwain are married and the wedding is done. I can now post some favorites I took from Alisha's bridal shoot at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. The McNay is used by hundreds of photographers to do photo shoots. The main reason being, it's beautiful and there's several different settings to shoot at. I still try hard to use different aspects of the McNay to try to capture images that many may not even guess were done there. Enjoy!

Alisha Soto Lewis, Bridal, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

©2010 Brian Hancock Photographers

Alisha and Dwain Wedding | San Antonio, TX

2010-03-28T01:25:00.001-10:00

I want to share the images of Alisha and Dwain's wedding on March 13th, 2010. It was held in San Antonio, TX at The Church at The University of Incarnate Word.

Checkout this slideshow for a summary of the special event.

If you'd like to view all the photos from the wedding please visit: www.alisha-dwain.com

©2010 Brian Hancock Photographers

weddings, san antonio, incarnate word

Garrett Palans Little League Baseball

2010-03-18T22:04:00.000-10:00

Just wanted to share some shots I took of my awesome nephew Garrett playing little league baseball. He's playing in San Antonio, Texas at McCallister Park. One of the shots really reminds me of a old school baseball pic.

Baseball, little league, san antonio, texas, mccallister park

Maria & Bernd Lanikai Beach Hawaii

2010-02-23T18:13:00.001-10:00

Meet Maria and Bernd. They came to Hawaii to get married from Austria! They ended up having the ceremony on world famous Lanikai Beach. As you can tell it was beautiful. Lanikai is on the island of Oahu as part of the Hawaiian Islands. Check out their adorable kids!!!! Maria and Bernd were so nice, even inviting me to look them up when I travel to Austria, which I will for surely take them up on.

40 High Resolution Textures Photoshop

2009-12-30T16:02:00.000-10:00

Sorry but these textures are no longer free.

To purchase these textures see my store at: pinedahancock.bigcartel.com

I wanted to share 40 high resolution textures I created for use with your favorite graphics programs like Photoshop, Fireworks, etc. I took these myself, and your free to use them in any way you wish. Being a photographer my favorite use is applying texture to images to create more of an art look to special images. I'll be writing how to use textures on your images in a future post.

Here is a sample of some of the textures in the set.

Here are some examples i've used on my own photography when using textures with them.

All textures in this set are 4288x2848 px in size at around 4mb-7mb in size. The total zip file is 216mb.

Concert and Band Photos

2009-12-13T22:34:00.000-10:00

Just wanted to share some concert footage of bands i've shot. In these photos are Budweezer (which are no longer together), Sexto Sol, The Man Eaters of Tsavo, and Fin Del Mar. Stay tuned for picks from Regina Spektor, The Format, and Tussle.

Stephanie and Eric - Kapalua, Maui

2009-12-11T07:17:00.001-10:00

This was one of my favorite weddings in the past couple years. I just wanted to share 2 I dug up from their engagement shoot that didn't make the original cut, but looking back these two caught my eye anew. These were taken on Kapalua Beach on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Lanikai Hawaii

2009-10-06T20:28:00.001-10:00

Just wanted to share a couple recent shots in Lanikai, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Couple are of the Mokuluas or Mok's and one's just a fun ground level beach shot. Enjoy!

Ever hear of Weezer cover band Budweezer?

2009-09-21T21:53:00.000-10:00

There was a band out of Tempe, AZ called Budweezer that was a Weezer tribute band. And they were damn good at it. These shots were taken at one of their last shows a while back at Last Exit in Tempe, Arizona.

Everybody now... "The sea is foaming like a bottle of beer..."

Abstract DJ Photos

2009-09-21T21:47:00.001-10:00

Here's a couple shots I got a while back of a friend and fellow photographer Robert Garcia DJ'ing. These were just fun shots and abstract. I didn't do anything to any of them except the last one, which i just inverted. Any fellow DJ's out there?

Rachel and Mike Engagment at Haiku Gardens

2009-09-20T11:42:00.001-10:00

Meet Rachel and Mike. We had a great time doing their engagement shoot at Haiku Gardens, which is in Kaneohe on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. We finished off the shoot at Kaneohe Bay, literally in Rachel and Mike's backyard. They live right on the water! So enjoy the pics and leave Rachel and Mike some blog love...

David Robinson's inspiring speech

2009-09-13T01:57:00.000-10:00

I just wanted to share this with everyone. I know it has nothing to do with photography, but if you can take a couple minutes to watch this video and be inspired by the greatness of heart that is David Robinson. I've always felt this man is the perfect model for all of us to follow. His life resume has to be one of the all time greats. I hope you can glimpse just a bit of what I see when I heard his speech last night. If only more of us could be the type of person God has created in David Robinson, we'd find the true riches in life...

It's been a while

2009-08-24T18:56:00.001-10:00

I just wanted to make a update for everyone. It's been a while since I posted anything with real substance. I've had a lot of my plate lately and trying to get things back in order. I have some great new photos to share of a bridal session, and a wedding. I have another engagement session coming soon so that will be fun to share.

I've been busy designing blogs, and photography as well. I'm trying to work on redesigning my website to better reflect what I do, and to make a site dedicated to the blog designs, instead of just sharing the here on my photography site.

I hope all is well with everyone. Please leave a comment, just to say hi, and let me know you're still around! I promise I got more photos coming soon...

I'll leave you with a cool shot I got with my iPhone. This is straight out of the phone, no editing or touchup of any sort. Something about this photo is just really cool. It was taken from the top of the 2nd Pill Box in Lanikai. It's a great somewhat steep short hike, but you're rewarded with this amazing view. This photo is looking east towards Waimanalo.

iPhone pic of the day

2009-08-13T14:22:00.001-10:00

Artistic iPhone pic if the day Lanikai

2009-08-05T17:56:00.001-10:00

This was taken on Lanikai beach in Lanikai, Hawaii. These are the
famous Mokuluas or 'Moks'

Artistic iPhone pic of the day

2009-08-03T11:40:00.001-10:00

Artistic iPhone shot of the day

2009-08-01T18:39:00.000-10:00

I will be posting a artistic shot most everyday taken with just my
iPhone. So keep checking back. Hope you enjoy!

Jessica Leigh Photography Blog Design

2009-07-20T10:41:00.001-10:00

Just finished Jessica Leigh's blog design for her photography blog. Another great result from great ideas and feedback from Jessica. Feel free to click on the pic to go checkout her new blog!

Surfing shots from Oahu, Hawaii North Shore

2009-07-19T13:45:00.002-10:00

Just wanted to share a couple surfing shots I got a while ago from the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. These were taken at Pipeline on a semi decent day.

Bucket Drummer in Waikiki

2009-07-16T22:15:00.000-10:00

I took this a while back but never posted it. I forgot all about it. Checkout this awesome video of a street performer in Waikiki on Kalakaua Ave (the main strip) drumming buckets. He had a wine bottle sticking out on the left, and a cow bell on top of the middle drum. The audio is fairly good, but it sounded even better in person. This guy was awesome!

PhotoForge image editor review for iPhone

2009-07-13T15:42:00.001-10:00

Just wanted to do a review of PhotoForge. Being a professional photographer it would be really cool to tweak the images I take with my iPhone. Up until recently I was using a couple apps for this. PhotoGene, Camerabag, and CoolFX. These apps are somewhat different in what they offer. I won't get into those, but I was using PhotoGene for my main image editing.

In comes PhotoForge. Long story short, it's now my favorite image editing app on the iPhone!!! It rocks! It offers so many of the options I would expect to be able to do on my desktop. Being a Lightroom and Photoshop user you get use to specific types of controls to edit your images.

I'm going to touch on the things I like about this app, the image editing mainly. I won't review ALL aspects of it. I don't really need or use the brushes, clone stamp, etc, but it's really cool they are there.

Let's start with the interface and main editing icons.

You can Open an existing image, Create a new image, or Use Camera. The other buttons i'll talk about are crop, filters, undo (and redo next to it) and of course Save.

The open diaglogue screen looks like this:

Now let's take a look at the Crop selection:

From the bottom left is regular crop. you click on it and can drag the corner points to choose your crop. A very intersting note is that each time you tap on the main crop button (on far left) if will change to crop for certain aspect ratios! You can choose 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, and 2:3. Empty represents no aspect. Second/Third from the left are buttons for rotating the image by 1 degree left/right. This is mainly for being able to straighten a photo to your liking. Buttons 4/5 from left are for rotating the image 90 degree left/right. Finally you can flip the image vertically or horizontally with the last 2 buttons.

Next up lets take a look at what's in the "Filters" selection. When you click on the little funnel it pulls up the filters. At first I didn't realize you can scroll down the filters to see a lot more options. The following shots are all the filters in the list:

Ok now let's take a look at what the filters look like. I'll only touch on what I use and the most important. First up is Curves!!! We now have a curves adjustment option for iPhone pics! I personally love this because I use the curves in Photoshop/Lightroom to give my photos pop (s-curve shown below) and other things.

Next is Unsharp Mask. Another great sharpeing tool. I much prefer this to the normal basic Sharpen.

Simulate HDR. This is really just a Shadow/Highlight feature which is awesome for a iPhone app!

Next we have our Hue/Saturation/Lightness adjustment:

As you can see from the main photos above there is also Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, Vibrance, Auto White Balance, Auto Exposure, & Auto Enhance, but I won't touch on those. They are pretty self explanatory.

Finally let's take a look at a couple of the effects in the filters:

Here's Sepia:

Black and White:

Dreamy. Awe how dreamy is that (rolleyes)

Lolo. mimicking the classic:

Another cool feature that I stumbled upon is that it keeps layers of what you do. you can undo several times to take off several adjustments. One cool thing you can do with this is covert a image to black and white, then use the eraser tool at the top and touch over the areas where you want the color back. Here's a example:

You could do some cool stuff with this, like almost dodging and burning. kinda like a layer mask.

On a final note. It takes a little playing with to figure out with all the buttons do, and I didn't touch on everything. Just what I would use as a photographer myself. But with just what I covered PhotoForge is awesome! It has replaced PhotoGene and has become my main photo app. Heck I even use it for my basic camera taking app as well. It's very robust and lets you do tons of different things with your images. It's like have Photoshop for iPhone.

I give it 4/5 stars: ★★★★

I drop a star only due to the fact that it can't save images in their native size on the iPhone 3GS which is 3mp 2048px wide. You do have the option on choosing the size it saves the images as and can choose 640, 800, 1024, or 1600. Which is close to full size, but it's not. But there aren't many image apps on the iPhone that can save at full resolution.

Thoughts? Comments? I'd love to know what you think and if you found this helpful.

New Blog Design is LIVE

2009-07-06T18:20:00.002-10:00

Ok after tons of work and decisions, I've finally finished the new design for my blog. I'm sure i'll make small tweaks to it over the next couple days, but as of now it's new!

So PLEASE view the full experience with Safar/FireFox/Chrome/Opera, IE sucks! and IE won't display all the bells and whistles that come with all the new STANDARD web code that every other browser in the world conforms by. So if you're still using IE, I HIGHLY recommend updating to a modern browser, cause IE ain't one of them. Ok ranting off...

And remember if you need a blog design, let me know. I'd be glad to offer you a quote on what you want. You don't have to use the standard templates and the so called "Pro" themes that everyone else is using. Be unique! Have your blog look totally different than everyone else. I'll be offering a special as well. I'm starting to finish my "Blog Design" company site and the prices will be going up. Designing a blog takes a lot of time and i've been charging way too low, so I'll be offering a last ditch campaign to get those low prices while they last. Stay tuned or better yet, contact me to get started.

Hope you enjoy the new blog. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Leaving you with a great picture to view! I also post a photo...

Here's another sunset of the place i'll be living soon enough. How could you not want to live here?!?

Twitterfon Pro vs. Tweetdeck for iPhone

2009-06-16T21:59:00.001-10:00

I've been using Tweetdeck for the desktop for a while and enjoy it. On the iPhone i've been using Twitterfon Pro and love it. Well Tweetdeck came out with their iPhone version today and I wanted to check it out. I thought I'd share a quick review and comparison. This is just my opinion so use it as you will.

First off Tweekdeck for iPhone 1.0 uses a unique interface. It uses the panels just like the desktop app, and you can swipe between panels. Take a look at the main screen here:

as you can see it shows the total number of new tweet updates in red on the bottom left. You can see the different columns and swipe between them. to view a column just click on it. then it comes up like this:

from here you can scroll up and down, etc... the arrow in the bottom right will take you to the next column. to go back to zoom out column view you click the columns button in the middle on the bottom.

Here's one of the things I prefer Twitterfon on. To view a link in a tweet on twitterfon you can click on the link directly in the tweet. On Tweetdeck you have to click on the tweet to pull up the details, then you can click on links from the tweet and do your replying, retweetind, DM, etc..

A couple of interesting features are the ability to email the tweet (shown above) adding more columns to support search terms (like the desktop app), the ability to sync tweetdeck iphone with the desktop app (you must signup for a tweetdeck account to sync), you can choose between twitpic and yfrog, and the ability to add multiple twitter accounts (twitterfon pro supports multiple accounts too). When you start a new tweet the input screen looks like this:

Now let's take a look at the Twitterfon Pro screens and compare.

To me the interface is a little more clean in Twitterfon. It shows the number of new tweets, mentions, and DM's. It's easy to distinguish new tweets and mentions directly in the list. the great feature in Twitterfon is that it will auto scroll you down to where the newest tweets start. It doesn't just leave you at the top and make you scroll through them backwards. Also notice how links are easily identified in the main list and you can click these links directly from here. you don't have to click on the tweet first. You can also click on the twitter's name to go directly to their profile. You can also make a tweet a favorite from this screen by clicking the star on the right of the tweet. Once you click on the tweet, you get this screen:

Once again the buttons are very distinguishable and you can do everything from here. reply, DM, retweet, favorite. hit the users timeline and their profile. Below is the search screen:

As you can see here you can locate local tweets. basically all tweets around you based on the radius you choose. I chose 5 miles. Click in the search field and search for anything. if you leave the search term in. it will constantly update to find new tweets with your search term. Even when you quit and come back in it will update with new search tweets.

Here's Twitterfon's input screen. as you can see it's very similar to Tweetdecks, but it also has a trash button to delete the tweet your writing and start over.

But the coolest feature is the landscape keyboard. turn it sideways and get this:

Twitterfon also has 4 themes to choose from. Silver (shown in the shots above) Twitterfon, Plain, and Black. Shown below:

Another really cool feature is Twitterfon lets you install a bookmark into Safari Mobile to tweet any page/link. It saves it as a bookmark. then when you're surfing you can be on the page you want to tweet. choose the twitterfon bookmark from your bookmarks and it will send the page link to twitterfon and open up a new tweet. Very cool!

As you can see from the screen grabs, they are very similar but overall I still give the nod to Twitterfon. The interface is better and it's easy to see and select all the options you need to tweet.

Tweetdeck is pretty good, but I think it still needs some work, but it's 1.0, so i'm sure it will get better. Tweetdeck is also FREE! And Twitterfon Pro is $4.99, although their is a free version (it adds a small ad to very top, doesn't support multiple account, and doesn't have the landscape keyboard) Like I said before this is personal preference, but hopefully you can use this info to make a better decision.

Have any questions about these 2 or something i missed? Leave a comment. Thanks!

Apple Store Scottsdale Grand Opening

2009-06-12T19:27:00.001-10:00

I got to partake in the craziness that is a Apple Store grand opening. The Scottsdale Quarter Apple Store in Scottsdale, Arizona opened today at 6pm. The line was outrageous as usual. Luckily Stacia and I were able to get a free Apple shirt. I think they were giving out t-shirts to the first 1000 people. The Apple Store is based on the new designs Apple will start using for future stores. One of the most AWESOME features of this store is that the the front and back 40ft walls are entirely glass. You can see right through the store from front to back. Another really cool design idea implemented is the skylight roof that stretches the entire length of the store. you can see it in several of the photos. and finally the store is HUGE!!! I think the super high ceilings add the the sparseness. Now here's some pics!

Apple was handing out umbrellas for people to use while waiting in line. But you had to give them back!

The front entrance to the new Apple Store Scottsdale

Just part of the long line near the front of the store

The backside of the store. See how you can see right thru it! So COOL!!!

Apple employees waiting to hand out shirts to the people waiting forever!

This part of the line stretches around the BACKSDIE of the shopping center.

A view of the backside line from afar.

The skylight inside the store

Some shots inside the store

The back of the store with some employees up on the roof!

2 more shots from the back (street view)

Go here to see the entire gallery

Also here's some videos i took while live streaming on my iphone in the store!
My streaming iPhone videos

Being a kid at the Exploratorium in San Francisco

2009-06-04T11:24:00.001-10:00

Here's a fun video of me being a kid at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Stacia took me to San Fran for my birthday and we hit this science museum. It's AWESOME!! Tons of hands on exhibits and fun stuff to do. Although I would suggest not to do the Tactile Dome Exhibit. What they don't tell yo about the Tactile dome is that it's not only pitch dark, but you don't stand through any of it, you crawl your way through tight fitting spots, etc. Imagine doing that in complete darkness, where you can't even see the hand in front of your face!!

Anyway here's a shot of me playing with bubbles!!

Awesome Tip for fast application launching on Mac OS X

2009-06-04T10:10:00.001-10:00

in Apple's Mac OS X, 9 out of 10 mac users that i know didn't know about this tip. It's a really fast way to launch a application. You can only fit so many apps on your dock, and personally i don't like tons of apps on my dock. I've created Stacks that house aliases to a group of apps, but that too is even slower than my tip.

If anyone knows me they know i'm a keyboard shortcut junkie. You can be so much faster and more productive if you know a lot of keyboard shortcuts. With that said. You know the little Spotlight icon you have in your menu bar at the top right corner of the screen? it looks like a little magnifying glass. Some people never even use this feature. It's a instant global search function. It will search all the files on your computer for whatever you typed in. It even can search INSIDE of documents like email, Word docs, iWork documents, PDF's, etc. It really is a powerful tool.

Ok. Ok... on the the tip. The keyboard shortcut to open the spotlight is Command-Space, and conveniently both keys are right next to each other. If you press Command-Space the spotlight seach field drops down (or you can just mouse click it). If you start typing the name of a application. it will be the first item that is shown in the list and automatically highlighted. This means that if you hit enter it launches the application that's highlighted. Check out the pic below to get a idea of what i'm talking about. Better yet just try it out yourself.

Notice in the pic above I only typed "light" and Adobe Lightroom was the first application listed as "Top Hit". Spotlight is smart it knows the last application that you used with the name "light" in it, and it also list any application first (then below list documents). So at this point I just hit Command-Space, light, then hit enter and it launches LightRoom.

Like i mentioned before if you already have this app in the Dock then the dock is of course going to be faster, but most of us have many more applications that are not in the dock, and instead of clicking on Finder, going to Applications, and finding Lightroom (or whatever other app), this shortcut is extremely fast.

As a bonus, notice the 2nd category under "Top Hit" is "Definition"? You can use this to look up the definition of words as well.

Was this helpful? any comments? let me know below. Also if you have any questions about Mac OS X 10.5 feel free to let me know as well. I'd be glad to help you out.

The Golden Gate Bridge In San Francisco

2009-05-27T09:04:00.001-10:00

In recognition of the Golden Gate Bridge opening today in 1937, here is a video I took. It's a birdseye view of the Golden Gate and the city of San Francisco. It is quite a landmark and structure. You truly have to visit it to get a feel for it.

Look a little further down on the blog for some still pics of the bridge I took.

Sophie's Bridal Session at McNay Art Museum

2009-05-25T19:27:00.000-10:00

Sophie and Michael got married a couple weeks ago and it was a blast! Here's some of the bridal shots. More shots of the wedding coming soon. stay tuned... These were taken at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. Dont' forget to leave some blog comment love for Sophie!

Birthday Trip in San Francisco

2009-05-25T18:49:00.001-10:00

Stacia surprised me and took us to San Francisco for my birthday. Here's a couple favorites I took while I was their. Luckily we had some sun, but it was really foggy when we first got there.

Listened to: Hercules Now! from the album "All The Falsest Hearts Can Try" by Centro-Matic

360 Video of Kailua and Lanikai

2009-04-25T16:50:00.001-10:00

Here's a video I took from the top of a hike called Pill Box. It's a cool 360 degree view. You can see Kailua, Lanikai, the Mokes, Enchanted Lake, and more.

Sunrise shots at Lanikai, Hawaii

2009-04-20T14:23:00.001-10:00

Well most know I'm not a morning person, but Stacia and I fought hard to wake up at 5:45am to catch the sunrise. Although it was very cloudy, I still got some awesome shots, with some awesome colors. These were taken at Lanikai beach on the windward side of Oahu, by Kailua. I'll give you a map pointer!

Map to cool spot in Lanikai beach

Ok here's the photos. Let me know what you think! I love comments. Ever been there?

Oahu Trip Waimea Bay Jumping Rock

2009-04-19T18:14:00.001-10:00

Ok these are day 4 and 5'ish. Took a drive to the North Shore of Oahu. Stopped in Haleiwa for some lunch at Wailua Bakery, then headed to Waimea Bay to jump of the "Jumping Rock". Very exhilarating, you have to time your jump when a wave comes in so the water is high. Totally worth it, i'd jump again!

Also threw in a couple shot from the other day by Makapuu and shots of Rabbit Island.

Then we headed back to Waikiki, but went to the Kapiolani Park end, sat in the grass and watched the sunset. It was a pretty amazing sunset that night. Nice deep colors. I shot all these with my Canon SD780, but wish I would have had my Nikon D300, but didn't feel like lugging it around on this trip. The Canon did quite nice in capturing great pics, especially for a point & shoot. The awesome thing is it has a HD movie mode (1280x720), so when i get back i'll share lots of videos i recorded along the adventure.

So I hope you enjoy this little taste of Hawaii.

Oahu Diamond Head Hike Photos

2009-04-15T18:06:00.001-10:00

Here's a couple photos of a hike we took up to Diamond Head. It's a fairly easy easy hike, about 1 to 1.5 hrs roundtrip, smooth rock, a lot of it paved and stairs. Couple switchbacks up the crater. All in all, it's a fun hike with amazing views. Check out some of the photos below...Enjoy!

Garrett Palans Little League Baseball

2009-04-13T20:42:00.001-10:00

My little nephew Garrett plays little league baseball. I was in San Antonio last week to visit and work some photo shoots so I thought i'd stop by and grab some shots of him. He was the leadoff batter and made a base hit on the first pitch!!! My favorite pic is the last one in black and white.

Trip to Sedona, Arizona

2009-04-13T20:15:00.001-10:00

It's been a while since i've blogged. I've been in a weird combination. Somewhat busy, but also somewhat sick on being on the computer all day. I needed to take a break from it! My really good friends Eric and Kelly came to Phoenix to visit in April. Eric loves the Big Bend in Texas and never been to Arizona, so we took a day trip to Sedona, Arizona. It's such a beautiful place. We did a couple hikes to Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, & Courthouse Butte. The weather was perfect, but I wish the skies were a little more clear (although the clouds made for some crazy photos).

So I hope you enjoy the pics. Have you ever been to Sedona? What are some of your favorite hikes there? Leave me some comments. I'd love to hear from you.

Do you see the eagle head naturally carved into the top of this mountain?

North Mountain Hike Video and Pictures

2009-03-03T13:00:00.001-10:00

Lots of hiking to do in Phoenix. This is the first of a series of hike video blogs i'll be doing. This one is from North Mountain 85020. Checkout the video and some pics. Hope you enjoy it. Nice view huh? Let me know what you think!

I'm a 2009 Bride's Choice Award Winner!

2009-02-27T11:16:00.001-10:00

I just wanted to thank all my past brides for helping me win the 2009 Bride's Choice Award from WeddingWire.com. I always humbled by people liking my work and I strive everyday to be better and better. I learn new techniques, learn about cool new products for my clients. I have a passion that really shows in my work. I wish more bride's had to opportunity to talk to me about doing their wedding. Even if they didn't pick for for whatever reason, they'd see the fire and know that i'll be busting my but to give them nothing but the best. So thanks again. Here's a snippet from their website about it:

In its inaugural year, the Bride's Choice Awards recognizes vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride's Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through surveys and reviews. Our winning vendors have set the bar high for this competition, demonstrating excellent service and expertise in their industry.

Giving back to charities

2009-02-26T19:15:00.001-10:00

Ijust wanted to touch on this again for 2009. Last year I started a program where I donate 10% of the deposit I collect on booking weddings and donate that amount to my favorite charities.

This year I'll continue to do this. Some of the charities i've selected to give to are Thirst Releif, Charity Water, Kiva, and the Surfrider Foundation. I'll also be looking for a couple of local charities I believe in here in Phoenix to add to the list.

If you'd like to learn more about the charities just click below.

Video Shoot of Engagement Session

2009-02-23T18:32:00.002-10:00

This is something I want to start doing more often. When I shot a wedding in Kauai last year, Stacia was with me and she video recorded the engagement session. After we got back home and loaded it on the computer it was cool to actually see myself in action. Well I know it's been a long time since that shoot, but we finally put together a video of it. Stacia actual did the whole thing. She learned how to do it just for this one video. Now we have the bug! We are going to start videoing more shoots I do and throw them up like this. It's really fun to watch. So a big thank you to Stacia for reading tutorials and learning how to put this together all on her own. She's great :-)

So check it out and let me know what you think.

WPPI 2009 was a blast!

2009-02-20T12:51:00.001-10:00

Ok so i'm still decompressing from WPPI in Las Vegas. What a fun crazy time it was. I got to meet tons of fellow photographers, see thousands of new products, and walk 500 miles. Did i mention I walked 500 miles? Man my feet were KILLING me. I found out I have muscles in my legs i never knew about. The soreness hit me the day after I got home.

Some of the cool peeps I talked to at WPPI were Jules Bianchi, Mike Colon, Kevin Kubota, [b]ecker, Kenny Kim, Anne Ruthmann, Me Ra Koh, Jay Goldman, Justin & Mary Marantz, and many others...

So what was the coolest thing to do? The Pictage VIP Party was the best! They reserved the 2nd floor at Studio 54 in MGM. It was such a blast.

So what are some of the things I learned at WPPI?

1) There are a million and one albums vendors on the market (do we really need that many?)
2) There's also a million photo hosting sites, not all created equal I might add.
3) And most important.... People really love to read shirts.

About #3. I wore one of my favorite shirts that Stacia made me for a Christmas gift. On the front is says "Histograms turn me on..." It was really fun wearing it. Everywhere I went i could see people staring at me reading it... Lots of props i got for it too. I actually have a venture of shirts coming that i'll be selling. should be fun! i'll attach a picture of it so you can see. I already have the next shirt in the make for wearing at WPPI 2010. Stay tuned....

Oh and BTW, I learned a thing or two as well.

photo taken by Anne Ruthmann via iPhone

Couple shots from my room at the Monte Carlo

Click here to see some more Vegas photos i took with my iPhone

iPhone Vegas Pics

Vote for my Blog!!!

2009-02-09T17:09:00.001-10:00

Hey everyone... Just asking for your support in voting for my blog.

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is holding a FreshBlog '09 contest. The contest includes over 450 photographer blogs, and the voting ends Sunday Feb 15th, 2009. So hurry and place a vote for me. Pretty please with sugar on top...

Here's the link:

http://www.ppmag.com/fresh-blog-09/

My entry is #250.
It keeps changing position so i won't put the row and column but the image below highlights which one is mine, and it seems to stay on the 2nd page...

You can type the entry number in on the top left of the images.
So please hurry and go vote for me!!!

Dana and Raul Belly Shoot

2009-01-31T10:37:00.001-10:00

Just in time! Here's a couple from the belly shoot with Dana and Raul. A week later and the baby was born! Miguel, 5lb 14oz baby boy. Congratulations Dana and Raul.

Jackie and Adams Belly Shoot

2009-01-30T01:43:00.000-10:00

I had the pleasure of shooting Jackie and Adams wedding a year ago. It didn't take long for them to add an addition to the family! Here's a couple of belly shots I got from our shoot.

Zipling video in Kauai

2009-01-28T19:17:00.001-10:00

I know this is a bit old.. but i came across it again and it looks so fun I thought i'd share it again!

Ziplining is so fun! you have to do it. Unfortunetaly this is the most boring of the 9 zip lines. I wish I would have video'd some of the other zips. They were through the jungly area and very cool. but you can get a small idea of how fun it was from this video. i'll attach a couple pics too!

Where all the Magic happens...

2009-01-26T19:42:00.001-10:00

As I'm busy working away on albums, DVD's, photo shoots, and blog designs, I thought i'd share the small little place where all the magic happens. Here's my cozy little corner. It would be nice to have a little more room, but i refuse to turn a bedroom into a office. It makes me feel stuffed up, and I like being in the middle of things, since 80% of the time i'm working!

So what do we have here:

Apple Unibody MacBook Pro
Apple 20" Cinema Display LCD
Apple iPhone
Bose deskstop speakers
Lacie 500gb ext FW800 hard drive
OWC Mecury Elite 320gb ext FW800 hard drives (x2)
OWC portable 250gb ext FW800 hard drive.
Lexar FW800 Compact Flash reader
Blue Snowflake USB microphone.
Microsoft laptop Bluetooth Mouse
Epson Stylus Photo R1400 Inkjet printer

Well that's about all the major stuff. Those are the tools that get all the work done! A lot of times during the week I take the show on the road. I take my 15" MacBook Pro with me and my 250gb portable drive along with my bluetooth mouse. I can't get a lot of work done with just that. It's amazing how powerful laptops have become. Honestly I don't use a regular desktop computer.

Deborah Tracey Photography's new Blog Design

2009-01-23T22:31:00.000-10:00

Just finished a new blog design for Deborah Tracey Photography. She's a wonderful photography in California, and it great about updating her blog. So go give it a read and leave her some blog love!

http://www.debtraceyphoto.blogspot.com/

Listened to: Here I Am (Come And Take Me) from the album "Greatest Hits" by Al Green

Tutorial on automatically centering images on blogger post

2009-01-21T09:46:00.001-10:00

Hey Guys! Here's my first tutorial / screencase. It will show you how to add a line a CSS code to your blogger template to automatically center the images in your post. Some people manually put images in their post and don't use the image upload function from blogger. If you do the manual way you have to tell Blogger to center the images every time you make a new post. This will center them automatically!

If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, feel free to leave a comment, and i'll get back to you.

Listened to: Fool from the album "Weight" by Rollins Band

Tutorials, Screencast, and Help Coming Soon!!!!

2009-01-19T19:59:00.001-10:00

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to let you know about a couple exciting things I'm working on right now. Besides all the photo shoots I'm working on, many people know that I design blog layouts for Blogger, I do a little web design, and photoshop work. Well I'm going to add one new thing to that. I will be designing Wordpress blogs shortly in the future. I've have tons of request for it, so I thought i'd check out the code and learn it so I can help all the Wordpress peeps too!

BUT thats not really the major news I wanted to share with you guys. I will be adding updates to my blog on "How To's". They are going to be cool. Like how to do certain things with Blogger. How to do certain things with Photoshop. These "How To's" are going to be screencasts!

What's a screenscast you ask? Well it's basically a video of what I'm doing on my computer screen. So i'll be recording video steps on how to do certain things as I talk you through the process.

Awesome right!? Well if you have any special request, feel free to comment here or email me.

My first screencast will be a very basic one, but cool one... I will show you how to add a piece of code to your blogger template that will automatically center all the images you add to your post. This is a big time saver. Especially for the peeps that add their big images manually from their website (that will be another topic, how to add big images on blogger)

So what would you like to see instructions for? Even photoshop stuff. OH OH! I almost forgot, Lightroom 2 as well. Want to add a watermark graphic (jpg, png, or psd) on your photos on the export from Lightroom? You'll find out here!

An update from Imaging USA in Phoenix, AZ

2009-01-13T10:10:00.000-10:00

Well it's been a while since I posted a update on my blog. Did you
miss me?

I've been at the Imaging USA Expo in Phoenix, AZ this week. It's been
fun. The first time I've got to attend it. I've attended some great
classes on all kinds of stuff from Business Benchmarks to Photoshop
Tricks. There's also been all kinds of speakers from the industry like
Bob Davis, Dennis Reggie, Yervant, and others.

Tons of vendors giving away lots of discounts and free stuff.

I'll let you know what's going on the rest of the week in the next day
so stay tuned!

Sent from my iPhone

Jenny and Brett's Slideshow Remix

2009-01-04T23:46:00.002-10:00

Jenny & Brett's wedding was last april, but here's a little slideshow remix I put together for them. Enjoy!

Emily and Mike Slideshow

2009-01-02T18:57:00.006-10:00

Here's a new video slideshow of Emily and Mike's wedding back in October 08.

Happy New Year 2009!!!

2009-01-01T19:18:00.000-10:00

Well, it's 2009, another year has passed and another ahead of us. I have to say 2008 was a crazy year. It went by way to fast, and was filled with trails, tribulations, happiness, and every other emotion possible. I want to thank everyone that helped me in any way throughout the year. A big thanks to all my clients. All the weddings I shot in 2008 were awesome!!! I made some great new friends in the process, that I still talk to today. What a great job I have!

Well let's see, what do I want to do and accomplish for 2009?

Payoff all my bills.

Book more weddings.

Expand my Blogger designs to Wordpress.

Donate to my favorite charities.

Try to find a way to really make a difference in the world.

I hate going around thinking that i'm not giving back to the world, that i'm just here and just being. I want to do more to help make things better for other people. Share my photography skills and knowledge to help others. Or just help others in need in someway.

Well I know there's other things I'd like to accomplish, so i'll share those with you as 2009 progresses.

Happy New Year!!!

Mary and Troy's engagement shoot!

2008-12-29T22:28:00.001-10:00

My streak is kept alive, as I got to shoot another great fun couple. Mary & Troy are serving our country in the armed forces. So first off let's thank them a million for serving our country! We had a great time as we walked around downtown San Antonio. We hit the La Villita area and Hemisphere Park. I finally talked a coupe into taking some shots on a playground. It was a awesome HUGE wooden playground in the park. Next on my list is getting a couple to get on the swings and slides! Here's some of my favorite shots of the day. What do you think?

Listened to: Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart (Radio Edit)

The Katie And JR Wedding

2008-12-28T23:02:00.001-10:00

Now that you've seen Katie's bridal, it's time for the wedding pics! Katie & JR got married at St Gregory Catholic Church in San Antonio, TX. They had their reception at the Bright Shawl. Here's some of my favorites. For more click on my facebook icon at the top or click here. If you want to see the entire wedding and/or order pics just go to www.KatieAndJR.com

Katie's Bridal at McNay Art Museum

2008-12-23T18:06:00.001-10:00

I shot this wedding on December 13th, 2008, so now i can show you the bridal shots we took. These were some of my favorites. Let me know which one is your favorite... These were taken at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX.

Robyn & Andy at McNay Art Museum

2008-11-21T11:33:00.002-10:00

Did a photo shoot of a beautiful couple the other day at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. They were super easy to work with and made my job so easy. They both look like models! How could i take a bad pic? Here's a couple favorites from the session.

Listened to: I'll Be Around from the album "Volume & Density" by Duvall

Local H live at Emo's Austin, TX

2008-11-15T16:54:00.001-10:00

Here's some shots I got of Local H at their show at Emo's in Austin, TX on Nov 13th. I've seen these guys play 3 times in the last 6 months and it never gets old. Local H is definitely one of those bands that is amazing live. The CD's are good, but they take it to another level on their live show.

Do you like Local H? Share the love. leave a comment and let us know.

Couple more Hawaii photos...

2008-11-10T16:18:00.001-10:00

Here's a couple more Hawaii photos. I arrived back to the mainland today, so sad... I didn't get to take pics the entire time i was there, but tried to grab some the first couple days i was there. These pics here show some amazing beauty of the islands.

New Hawaii trip update with pics....

2008-11-05T19:00:00.001-10:00

Here's some shots taken on our trip to hike Manoa Falls. From there we headed over to the North Shore. Stopped in Haleiwa. Anyone who goes to Haleiwa knows you have to stop at Matsumoto's to get a shave ice!

Hike to Manoa Falls

The path ahead...

Hiking thru the bambo

I see a waterfall in the distance

Ahh.. we arrived!

Making an amazing shave ice!

I think Stacia gave it 2 thumbs up!

There's always a link outside waiting at Matsumoto's

Here's the car we rented. I threw the surfboards on top and away we went.

My trip to Oahu, Hawaii...

2008-11-01T14:14:00.000-10:00

Well i'm off to my first stop in my travels to Hawaii. I will be in Hawaii for a week of fun in the sun, but plan to share updates while i'm there. So check back to see what's going on. My first stop is Phoenix, to pick up Stacia, then off to Oahu on Sunday. Here's a couple pics to share. I'll be updating this same post as I go so check back to see the latest!

Here's a shot of the morning sun hitting the airport at 7am.

A plug for the easy way to fly. No hidden fees! LOL

Here's a couple looking down upon Phoenix coming in for landing.

Listened to: Merchants Of Soul from the album "Gimme Fiction" by Spoon

Stacia just hanging out on a cliff next to the ocean.

Looking out at Rabbit Island

The coolest basketball court EVER!!!

The house I just bought... yeah right, i wish... Right on Lanikai beach!

Amanda's Bridal

2008-10-27T21:04:00.000-10:00

Well we finished shooting the wedding of Amanda & Andy, so i wanted to share a handful of bridals we did back in September. These were a couple of my favorites. Let me know what you think.

Kelly & Milton Engagement

2008-10-23T18:35:00.001-10:00

Say Hi to Kelly & Milton. We did their engagement shoot starting at Mission San Jose here in San Antonio, then finished it up on the downtown streets and riverwalk. They are a great couple to work with. I keep getting blessed with awesome couples to shoot for. Milton went to A&M... Gig'em Aggies!!!!

Emily & Mike's Wedding

2008-10-20T10:00:00.000-10:00

What a fun time we had at this one. Here's Emily and Mike Doyle. The reception was at the St. Anthony Hotel in downtown San Antonio. It's a beautiful spot for a reception. I heard Emily and Mike had a wonderful time in Maui for their honeymoon. I need to offer a honeymoon session! :p

Big thanks to Wendi Poole from ThompsonPoole.com for second shooting with me.

Here's the link to the full slideshow with some highlighted pics below:

Emily and Mike Slideshow

Emily & Mike Doyle

2008-10-11T20:58:00.001-10:00

I just finished shooting Emily & Mike's wedding. It was a blast! I had another great photographer second shooting with me too. Wendi Poole, www.thompsonpoole.com
We got some amazing shots. Can't wait to share them with you. For now here's some of the Bridals I took. Leave a comment and let Emily know how beautiful she is!

A documentary on Helvetica

2008-10-10T17:41:00.000-10:00

Can you imagine a documentary about a font? Well there is one. It's about the font Helvetica. I highly recommend it to any geeks out there that like design, graphics, or anything else like that. It's amazing how this documentary keeps you enthralled. You would never guess how much you see Helvetica in our world today.

Check out this tralier for a great look at it.

So tell me... What's your favorite font? Leave a comment and let me know what yours is.

Don't Vote!

2008-10-04T18:46:00.001-10:00

You know you don't care about the things going on in our country right now... So don't vote. You don't need me to tell you. Let all these celebrities tell you as well!

Wendy & Tim Wedding Slideshow

2008-09-23T19:03:00.000-10:00

Check out Wendy and Tim's wedding slideshow. This was a awesome quaint wedding that took place at the Little Church of La Villita.

Direct link here: http://www.brianmedia.net/slideshows/wendytim.html

or click on the picture below

New redesign coming soon.....

2008-09-23T15:19:00.001-10:00

Stay tuned for a complete redesign of Brian Hancock Photography.

I'll be beginning a new branding that will start with a new logo, and then my blog. My website will be last to be updated. I'm doing all this on top of trying to move, trying to work on blog designs for other people, and help run a Photo/Media studio til the end of the year. Saying i'm a little busy is a understatement. I feel overwhelmed at times, and wish I had the right amount of time to accomplish everything.... oh yeah, I also have 5 more weddings to shoot in he next 3 months, so that means lots of photo editing too. I better stop thinking about what I have to do in the coming months or I might have a nervous breakdown!

Well stay tuned, and keep checking the blog. I'm trying to post more everyday stuff now as well. Anything you feel like sharing just email me.

Comments are always appreciated. I'll leave you with a couple new post right after this one, of some recent wedding work i've done. pics to follow.

Listened to: Secret Meeting from the album "Alligator" by The National

Let's share some new music!

2008-09-19T12:18:00.001-10:00

Ok I want to start posting more personal stuff on my blog as well. Let's start with me sharing a couple of my "Bands of the week". I've always looking for new music or bands i haven't heard.

Here's a couple for now:

The New Pornographers
The D'ubervilles
Jon and Roy
Local H

Clicking the names above will take you into iTunes to check them out.

So what have you been listening too lately that you can't get enough of? Share in the comments....

Check out Ecto blogging software!!

2008-09-18T18:08:00.001-10:00

For all you Mac users that blog on Blogger, there is a cool program that let's you manage your blog from a software program on your desktop. It's called "ecto". you can check it out here:

http://infinite-sushi.com/software/ecto/

You can do some really cool things with it like install add-ons. Like this one.

Listened to: Long Road from the album "Another Noon" by Jon and Roy

Automatcially insert what you're listening to on iTunes!

Also add the Twitter add-on. it will tweet for you that you posted a new blog post.

There's tons you can do with this program, i'm just figuring it all out, but give it a look if you like to blog often!

How Time Flies

2008-09-12T09:05:00.002-10:00

Wow. hadn't noticed that i have posted here in about 2 weeks. Been extremely busy with photography and blog designs. Just finished up a blog for David Bernstein at www.bernsteinphotography.com. He's a great photographer. check out the blog below.

I promise to post more often, so check back periodically to see what's going on. i'll have pics from recent weddings including some bridal pics as well...

Meet Ali

2008-08-23T17:12:00.004-10:00

I had the priveledge of doing a model shoot with one of the most beautiful girls you'll ever see. She did an amazing job. Here's a teaser until i can post some more! Let me know what you think.

Baby Xavier

2008-08-11T12:47:00.003-10:00

I did my first newborn photo shoot this past weekend. Meet baby Xavier. He's 2 weeks old. What a cutie. Looks like he'll be following in his daddy's footsteps!!

Custom Blog Design Update

2008-07-30T09:04:00.000-10:00

As you may know, I design custom blog layouts for people using Blogger (blogspot). Thanks to all my previous and current clients!! I've have been swamped with design work. i'm now setting up a system to line people up for new designs.

So if you haven't heard I can redesign your blogger blog from the boring/typical themes that exist to something more custom to fit your needs. My prices start at $300 and can include a flash slideshow banner. 90% of the designs are pricing at $300, but if you have something more detailed the cost could be higher. Feel free to contact me to discuss any questions you might have in regards to redoing your blog.

Here's a couple recent ones i've done that i think look great!

Erlina Kim Photography

Orange Girl Photographs

Deborah Tracey Photography

Jamie & David Engagement

2008-07-17T11:45:00.002-10:00

Say hi to David & Jamie! We had a blast shooting there engagement shoot. They even got crazy and jumped in the water fountain at McNay! We had a awesome sushi dinner after the shoot too. if you ever need to know anything about sushi just ask them, they are pros!!!

I became part of history!!

2008-07-14T08:34:00.002-10:00

As some of you might have read. Apple sold more than 1 million iPhones this past weekend. I'll tell you my story about it in a second. So where's the making history part?

Well it's estimated that Apple took in $433 million from the iPhone 3G this past weekend. That's the largest consumer electronic launch in history. Apple actually beat itself! Previous to the new iPhone the largest sales for a weekend for a consumer electronic was Apple's first iPhone at $150 million, then Xbox 360 at $128 million. Click here for a more detailed article about it.

So here's my iPhone story... On Friday morning I drove by a small AT&T store in my area, there were already like 50 people in line. I said no way. I don't mind waiting if i'm in the top 10, but 50? way too many. so i went about my day and later that afternoon, i stopped by the ATT store over off Huebner. No line there, so i walk in and he tells me they are sold out! and that every AT&T store in San Antonio is sold out. This was at 2pm! So that evening i went to the Apple store. Walked up to the store and saw there was only about 10 people, so i was like cool, i'll wait. There was a security guard at the end of the line. I went to get in line and he said the rest of the line starts over around that corner.... so i walked over there and low and behold there was at least 100 more people there!!! Heck no.. so i left. Saturday I called the two Apple stores here and they both said there were very long lines. There go my hopes of grabbing a new iPhone this weekend. So Sunday rolls around, I was going to the mall to grab some stuff around 4pm so I thought i'd walk over to the Apple Store to see how bad it was... low and behold, there were only 2 people waiting! They said they only have the white 16gb version. Well that's exactly the one I wanted.

Long story short, i was in and out, and had my new iPhone 3G activated in 10 minutes! WOOHOO.

Pixar's Wall-E

2008-06-28T20:36:00.004-10:00

I just saw Wall-E tonight, and just had to write about it.

Another intelligent, funny, heart felt Pixar film...

This movie was so enjoyable, and i found myself laughing a lot more than i can remember compared to other great Pixar movies.

They really make you connect with Wall-E and the details and storyline are great.

It's amazing the way it keeps you captivated for a film that doesn't have much dialogue...

How can you not love this movie?

for those that did see it... the little short film before the movie had me laughing like crazy...

For anyone that hasn't seen it, you HAVE TO GO SEE IT!!! It's one of the best films of the year so far.

Amber's Trash The Dress

2008-05-31T18:36:00.002-10:00

We had a cool trash the dress photo session after the wedding in South Padre Island. Amber was such a sport, and made it so much easier to grab some amazing shots!!! check them out!

Amber & Cameron Wedding

2008-05-30T21:34:00.002-10:00

Here's a couple teaser shots from my sisters wedding this past weekend in South Padre Island, TX. I wish the best to my sister and Cameron. She recently moved to Indiana, so i'll miss her!!!