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KEOS is holding a Benefit Fundraiser Concert Sat. April 26 at
StageCenter Community Theatre, 201 B W. 26th St. in downtown Bryan.
The concert begins at 5pm and will run until just past midnight.

StageCenter is located in the former 3rd Floor Cantina, home to many
concerts in the past, so the acoustics of the building are ideal for
the music being planned.

Singer-Songwriters Selia Qynn, Tom Tranchilla, Willie B and Saylor
White (with son, Kenyon) all from the Houston area will perform. Other
bands include the Neeley Lewis Band (a bluegrass group) and
rock band, The Guns of Detroit, both from the Bryan/College Station
area, as well as Sweet Mama Cotton (Houston) and Beth Isbell (Oklahoma
City). Beth is the front person for the psychedelic rock band, The
Dead Prophets hailing from Dallas, while Sweet Mama Cotton has played
at the Navasota Blues Festival in past years.

A donation of $10 (ten dollars) will help KEOS to keep continuing to
provide quality programming for the diverse community they represent.
More information can be found at KEOS’ website, www.keos.org.

Come see us at the event. Pose for a photo. You may even end up on the KEOS website. You could be famous!

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Don’t forget to sign up for Bluebonnet Portrait Day!

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Seven years ago, Emil and I said “I do”. Knowing him has been the best 10 years of my life.

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KEOS 89.1FM Spring Fundraiser Concert
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Stage Center Theatre
201B W 25th Street
downtown Bryan, Texas
5pm - midnight

(KEOS Spring Fundraiser poster as a printable .pdf; 11 x 14)

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A while back, we were asked to allow a local wedding venue to use our photos of a wedding/reception for their “Featured Wedding” for the 2008 version of their website. We were thrilled and honored.

Today, I got a late and hurried phone call from the venue’s owner. She needs the images first thing in the morning because they also want to submit them to a magazine for their profession! wow!!! *blush*

I suffered several technical difficulties this evening (wouldn’t you know it) because the search feature wasn’t working on my computer. (what on Earth???). I was afraid that the images were misplaced. Through some recent projects, like the clients’ album, I knew the images couldn’t have gone far, but I couldn’t find them, either. Panic began to set in. I called my first backup storage facility; no luck[1]. I called our album designer; she had a few. I called my photography partner, Dennis; he had them all. yay!

Then just as we resorted to plan “b”, my wonderful husband found them on my computer. (again, what on Earth???). So, the wonderful Dennis is burning the images (he’d already started) and delivering them to the venue in the morning. I wrote the commercial licence (hope I got THAT right) and sent it to them by email.

So, crisis averted….and images on their way and on time! whew!

[1] Because of our online image hosting, all is never lost. We always have yet another copy of the images But that server/service is in California, so we couldn’t get them on such a short deadline.

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Charles was “punked” by his wife, daughters, and sons-in-law (and the grandkids, too) for an early celebration of his 60th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Charles!

The cake was both cute and delicious!

Alexa’s sneaky Great Aunt Lori and Great Uncle Emil were trying to entice her to sneak some icing, but she’s smart enough to know better.

Surprise. (Come on in, Charles! The party’s for you!)

nom nom nom nom

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Charles, Happy Birthday to YOU!

May everything be just As You Wish!

Charles’ grandson, Peyton, didn’t seem to care much for barbecue.

Doesn’t Charles’ sister, Lydia, look smashing in her new glasses? (And doesn’t she look just like their mom? Dang this family ages well! I won’t tell their ages here, of course.)

Charles’ seemed a little embarrassed by the gag gift of Depend undergarments.

I’m just guessing, but this “Genuine Antique Person” shirt might have to become a sleep shirt for Elain….er, make that a lap quilt for the recliner.

And his really nice gift from the girls: a GPS gizmo for the truck!

Donna+, Matt, Peyton, Diane+, Jonathan, Elain, Charles, Alexa, Erin, and Tony
What a great looking bunch.

Charles with his beautiful daughters.

For this “with the grandkids” shot, we used Diane+ and Donna+ as bookends. They are due with grandkids number 3 and 4 this summer.

See the rest of the images in Charles‘ online gallery.

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With only one day of warning…

We ran into our friend, Liz Yilatilo, who was getting ready for her official
sideshow creative Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting!
I was able to take a long lunch to attend this event for our friend.

sideshow creative is a creative consulting firm specializing in events.
When you don’t know what the next step is, Liz will!

Congratulations to Liz and her entire sideshow of creatives!

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I was asked by the Friends of the Library, via Always Creative, to grab some quick images of the are libraries for their new brochure. I did a couple of quick shoots at lunch a couple of days.

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Just in time for the 2008 Bridal Show and Benefit, has a new design for our website.

Thanks to Matt Herzberger, the site now has a design that reflects how much we’ve grown over the past year. He also gave the site a much cleaner and more attractive look. Finally, he streamlined some of the tools we have both for our own use of the site and for clients.

Don’t worry, though. All the site features and content are in almost all the same places. And, we’re here to help you find anything you might need.

Thank you Matt! Now the website is just As I Wish!

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The new issue of Brazos Valley Bride is out!

Look for the cover story on
real Brazos Valley brides on pages 48 & 50.
featuring Jae & Brant Hickerson
and their wedding.

provided photography
for the event and the article.

You can also see an engagement image of Jae & Brant in the photographers’ gallery on page 26.

All of us at are proud and honored to participate in the gallery and cover-story. Thank you, Bryan Broadcasting Corporation for the opportunities. Thank you, Heather Moutray, for your support and guidance through all editorial processes.

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Allison & Dominic LaRocca-Der Tatevasion had a special and beautiful ceremony and reception in Bryan, Texas. They were surrounded by family and friends and tons of love and support.

A very tender moment occurred when Allison’s dad, who grew up traditional Church of Christ and had never danced before, gave his daughter the gift of a father-daughter dance at her wedding.

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Though we were not all present, and someone needed to take the shot, (and some family members were uncooperative), we still got a nice
shot of the Luza family on this beautiful Christmas day in Aggieland.

We certainly could not have asked for better weather.

Luzas, you can order prints of this image at cost.

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Our newest great-niece, Caroline, was born Thanksgiving weekend. She made her big family debut today. She’s just a doll.

Congratulations, Sean & Audrey, and Alex.

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Hannah & John are getting married in a couple of weeks, so we took some time today to do a quick little engagement session.

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Patty wanted a group shot of Ben, his fiance Jackie, and her daughter Maxie. So, we took advantage of the pretty day (and a cooperative toddler!) to get a nice little set of photos of them.

Ben, y’all can order at cost prints here.

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