Just wanted to share a sneak from another recent session.  Ali’s bridals are up next!

Whew!  It’s been a crazy last few weeks!  We’ve been keeping busy and wanted to update with a sneak of what’s to come on this blog and our children and family portrait blog SOON!  I’m not the best blogger…I’m sorry!  Enjoy and keep your eyes peeled for an update!

AND…because we just started photographing weddings this year, these are the first wedding pictures ANYONE has ever seen from us!  We hope you like what you see!  These make us very anxious for our 32 brides and grooms we’ll be working with this year and next!

Ali’s Bridal Portraits:

The wedding of Patty and Brandon:

The wedding of Jennifer and José:

The wedding of Ali and Louis:

Sagan and Matt’s engagement session:

And some sneaks of what’s coming on our children and family portrait blog!

Sweet Allyson:

And the cutest little one you’ve ever seen, Alyssa:

One year ago today my sweet husband, Jeremy, started with me full-time.  As I sit and ponder on this amazingly successful past year, I am in awe of just how affirming the events of the last year have made our decision to be.  When we decided to take such a leap of faith and go into the year ahead basically blind folded with moving our business in such a different and new direction (photographing weddings), we had no idea the wild ride the Lord had in store for us!  We’ve been meditating on this simple scripture for the past twelve months and while it may seem so simple and easy to understand, we’ve learned that it’s difficult to comprehend and take it to heart the way that God desires us to do so.  “No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it – What God has arranged for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 (The MSG)  This tells us that the Lord has amazing things in store for His children and those who commit their lives to the Lord will prosper and live in victory!  What an amazing thought that God isn’t a ‘barely get by’, ‘live in a rut’ or ‘settle for mediocrity’ God.  No!  He’s gracious and the scripture even says that “He longs to be good to us” (Isaiah 30:18) and “wants to give us the desires of our heart”. (Psalms 37:4).  We’ve also learned this past year that the Lord actually had more in store for us than we desired for ourselves!  With our decision made, we knew we needed to enlarge our vision and make a list of what may have seemed like unrealistic goals.  By making this list of ‘dream accomplishments’, we were speaking words of faith into our future and you know what?!  We had 5 major goals and every single one came to pass and exceeded our expectations!  In the last year, we have booked 28 weddings for 2012 and 2013 which makes us 98% booked for 2012 and 4 of these are 2013 weddings – already!  And what makes this even more insane…these amazing new clients have booked us without even seeing a wedding portfolio!  WHAA?  We’ve also booked several workshops, many of them being the biggest workshop that we offer.  We also took a deposit just last week to confirm a portrait session for October (8 months away) AND, most importantly, our marriage has improved like you wouldn’t believe!  Not only have I fallen even more madly in love with my husband but I’m in awe of this simple blessing -  working along side with him on a daily basis – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Many may think this is a bad idea and many say, “How can you stand so much of each other?!” but it’s been amazing!  Jeremy is a natural born encourager and I’m usually easy to give into discouragement and impatience so this is even more assurance that Jeremy was the perfect man to marry!

Now, while it may seem like we’re boasting, we’re not.  I’d like to say that we credit our successes to our mad talents and our savvy business skills but we simply can’t – whatsoever.  The Lord deserves all the praise and the glory!  Nothing is impossible for Him and nothing is possible without Him. (Ohhh, you like how I came up with that?!)  We simply want to share the experiences and triumphs that we’ve had as a testimony to others about the power of positive thinking, a relationship with Christ and most of all – faith.  We can’t contain our joy and gratitude!  We’re constantly wanting to boast on our God and shout praises to Him!  We want all of our clients to know that each one of you are such a blessing to us and we want to thank you for trusting us to capture your lives.  What an honor!  We love you dearly and are forever grateful!

And…just so you know….it’s also Jeremy’s birthday today!  I’ve just spent the past hour wrapping his birthday loot (He’s gonna FREAK!) and we’re planning on spending the day off and enjoying the day.  Jeremy wants to see Act of Valor (So guy-ish!) so we’ll do that and of course probably grab some Mexican food – a favorite of ours!  I can’t wait to overfill my belly with chips and salsa and fajitas until I’m in pain.  And we can’t forget the birthday cake!  My momma’s making him a cinnamon roll cake which is sure to be amazing!

\\ EDIT //  Jeremy opened his gifts this morning…notice how there’s two cinnamon rolls missing…those were breakfast.  Nothing like dessert for breakfast!  His favorite by far was the iPod nano watch…

We hope this post renews your faith!

Blessings,
Jeremy and Jenna Bran

Eeeeeeee!  I’ve been waiting about 6 weeks to share these!  So happy Brandon and Patty finally got hitched so I could share these with you all!  Patty is stunning in front of the camera and knows exactly how to work it!

Patty, you’re simply stunning…

Meet Linda and Charlton – a sweet couple up for anything!  Even tracking this muddy field in their nice clothes (BTW, thanks guys)!  The light couldn’t be more gorgeous and paired with Linda’s baby pink sweater, I’m over here having a photographer panic attack from pure happiness!   Oh, the things that make me happy =)  It doesn’t take much!  And thank you L&C for the sweet gift after our session!  We LOVED the macaroons!  They were gone in about 10 minutes!  We’re excited and honored to photograph your June wedding – less than 4 months to go!

If you like what you see, don’t forget to click the Facebook ‘like’ button and the Pinterest ‘pin it’ button at the bottom!

Linda – you seriously couldn’t be more gorgeous!

Cam, Lindsey and Coop were a complete joy to work with!  We had a fabulous session that just so happend to be on the MOST glorious day of the year – completely sunny and a high of 65.  Thank you LORD!  It made for some stunning light in their pictures!  We started the session in full on sun but later on we were able to take advantage of the warm and gooey sunset light. (scroll down to see!)  Just beautiful!  We hope you two enjoy!  We’re SO looking forward to your big day in July!

Oh, and don’t forget to click the ‘pin it’ button at the bottom to pin on Pinterest!

Oh, us photographers go crazy when our products come in from the lab!  I am IN LOVE!  This is a sample of something new that we are now offering.  These beautiful and custom cases showcase your DVDs that have your digital images on them.  There’s two DVDs – one for the bride and one for the groom.   You tell us your favorite images and we design something special with them – that way we know you’ll love it!  You’ll get one of these when you schedule an engagement or bridal session with us.  With the digital images on these DVDs, you can do pretty much anything…print them, upload them to Facebook, pin them to Pinterest, or design your own Save-the-Dates!

Here’s a little sneak peek of what’s comin’ up on the blog SOON!  Can’t wait to share more with you! OH…and go ahead and PIN IT to Pinterest!

Linda and Charlton…a couple up for anything!

Lindsey and Cam…and Coop!

I’ve been looking forward to finally sharing these with you all!  Kaitlin and Ryan were so patient with THREE shoot reschedules because of the dreary and unpredictable weather in late December.  THREE!  I was feeling terrible.  Thank you both so much!  Hopefully you feel that your patience has paid off.  You certainly came prepared and gave me lots of great expressions and sweet moments to sort through.  We’re looking forward to your wedding this summer in Dallas!

Kaitlin – I must say that you’ve got GREAT hair.  I’m Jealous!

LOTS to share here!  This couple shares a passion for music and are both involved in their church’s worship band.  Jeremy and I really enjoyed listening to their beautiful playing throughout the session!  Lisa said the piano was way outta tune but whadda we know?  It sounded good to us!  AND, truth be told that on their first date, Josh was teaching Lisa how to longboard down a steep hill and well, she ended up breaking her arm.  Oh the romance!  I’m sure Lisa’s dad was easily approving of Josh after that!  This funny story made Lisa and Josh want to incorporate Josh’s longboard which we only let Josh ride for liability purposes ; )  Well, there’s a happy ending here and now they are set to be married in June of this year!  We can’t wait!  Enjoy, everyone!