by admin | Dec 20, 2010 | Anniversary Photography, Chris Hsieh, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Maternity Photography
To be very honest, I thought I would miss the cold weather that I’ve experienced the past few years in Kansas and New York, but I gotta admit, I love doing sessions in December where my clients don’t have to bundle up! I recently went to the Williams...
by admin | Dec 17, 2010 | La Brisa, Photographers, Q and A Series
I’ve known him since middle school. We went on road trips to Death Valley and San Diego before we could grow facial hair. We traversed numerous hiking trails throughout California on backpacking trips. He was my best man. I owe a great deal of my photography...
by admin | Dec 16, 2010 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Joanna = Brisa’s fellow 1st year resident mate. Mitch = Joanna’s husband. As a result, Mitch and I became fast friends. I have no idea what it is like to do what Joanna and Brisa are going through, but Mitch and I know exactly what the spouse of a resident...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Jackie is a dear friend to Brisa and me. She was a veterinary school classmate of Brisa and she was a co-leader with me of our bible study group back in Manhattan, KS. She has a huge heart, always gives her all in everything she does and is an incredible spiritual...
by admin | Dec 13, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
Happy Monday everyone! Can you believe how close we are to Christmas? Incredible, right? Brisa and I JUST put up our tree and Christmas decorations last night and who knows if we’ll be able to create a Christmas card this year! So if you don’t receive one...
by admin | Dec 10, 2010 | La Brisa, Photographers, Q and A Series
Happy Friday everyone! Today, I’m really excited to introduce a rockstar photographer and twitter buddy turned real friend, Jenny! I followed her amazing talents and am always awestruck by her work, especially her senior portraits! She has an incredible zest for...
by admin | Dec 8, 2010 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Waylon and Zola were the stars of the show. Brooke and Travis weren’t too shabby either! =) Had the opportunity to explore a bit more of the Houston area and photograph Brooke and Travis’ amazing family! We had an absolute blast running around the park and...
by admin | Dec 7, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Recently, a few fabulous photographers and I got together to do a little shoot-out in Houston and have some fun. I met up with Frances from Simply Be True Photography and Wendy from Valderrama Photography and we had an absolute blast! Our engaged couple, Belle and...
by admin | Dec 6, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
The past few weeks have been a bit tough on the Hsieh family. We lost our eldest feline child, Willy, and during our grieving, we noticed how depressed our other cat, Pork Bun, had become with his big brother being gone. So, being who we are, we decided to check out...
by admin | Dec 3, 2010 | La Brisa, Photographers, Q and A Series
Happy Friday everyone! Today, I am extremely excited to introduce an absolutely amazing photographer and an even better person! I have always gawked in utter amazement at his beautiful landscape photographs and when I first started getting interested in photography, I...
by admin | Dec 2, 2010 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Happy December everyone! Sorry, I wanted to post this yesterday, but got so busy and I didn’t get a chance! On the blog today, I had my first ever Houston session! Exciting, right? Only took me 4 months! =)Anyways, I am very happy to introduce the family of one...
by admin | Nov 30, 2010 | La Brisa, Pay It Forward, Personal, Photography for a Cause
So I’ve been thinking about ways to give back and I recently came up with an idea that I am really excited to share with you! Do you see the banner ads for B&H and Adorama at the end of this post as well as the sidebar on the lefthand side of the blog?...
by admin | Nov 29, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend with plenty of gratefulness, laughter and surrounded by the people you love and cherish!Today, I am excited to introduce a couple of guest bloggers to run the show! Please help me welcome Jessica and...
by admin | Nov 26, 2010 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Happy Friday everyone! Prepare yourself for a TON of wedding photos! When the incredibly beautiful maid of honor, Michelle, from my featured wedding (Lindsey & Chris) on the main website – www.labrisaphotography.com asked me if I could photograph her...
by admin | Nov 25, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal
I know everyday we should be thankful, but I sure am glad to have a specific day to remind us how thankful we should be for all of the blessings and opportunities and freedoms that we often take for granted. A huge thank you to all of the members of our military,...
by admin | Nov 24, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
When I first starting pursuing Brisa, little did I know that I needed to obtain the approval and affection of her cat, Willy, first. Seriously. If he liked me, then she would be open to dating me. If he didn’t, well…you know the story. Unfortunately, I...
by admin | Nov 22, 2010 | Baby Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Maternity Photography
My favorite Redetzkes! Well, you may recall this beautiful family from their original session back in 2008, or 2009, or the one earlier in 2010, but here’s their most recent session! Can you believe how big Baby Joe is now? He’s not longer the little baby,...
by admin | Nov 19, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Photographers
Happy Friday everyone! Lately, I have been chatting quite a bit with other photographers about lenses; which lenses to buy, which lenses to consider, which lenses are the best for you? You get my drift. To me, lenses are the most important tools in photography. Give...
by admin | Nov 17, 2010 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to beautiful southern California to photograph Katie and Michael’s gorgeous outdoor wedding! Katie looked speechlessly amazing and the entire day went perfectly! One of the coolest things I have ever seen at a wedding...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Photographers, Photography for a Cause
For all of you photographers out there, if you’ve never gone out for a sunrise shoot, I highly recommend it! I’ve done more than a handful of sunrise shoots with probably a 50% success rate. Sometimes, there are too many clouds or not enough clouds or the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Happy Friday everyone! I’m currently headed to California to photograph my last wedding of 2010 and I’m incredibly excited!Today, I’d like to introduce the fabulous couple, Amanda and Ryan! Amanda was my very first bride to communicate only via text...
by admin | Nov 10, 2010 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Garricyn and John were instrumental in leading me to Christ and for that I will be forever indebted to them. Their oldest daughter, Kendall, was the flower girl at our wedding. So…Brisa and I LOVE this family! Since then, they have added three more beautiful...
by admin | Nov 9, 2010 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Howdy all! Hope you are having a fabulous day! I want to share a few photographs from my recent Joy session with the Wong family! Mila is incredibly ridiculously adorable. You’ll see! =)Thank you again so much for selecting me to take your family portraits! All...
by admin | Nov 5, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, Children Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Happy Friday everyone!!! Today, I am super excited to blog about Brandi’s session with the Yocum family! This session was extra special because it was given to the Yocums as a birthday gift! How fun is that? Brandi met the Yocums at the city park in Wamego and...
by admin | Nov 4, 2010 | APW Shoot, Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW), High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Photographers, Style Sessions
On a very very early morning in the beautiful town of Manhattan, KS, I hosted the latest Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW) with a focus on senior portraits! The lovely, glamorous and incredibly gorgeous Morgan helped me out (again) but getting up ridiculously...
by admin | Nov 3, 2010 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, Brandi Mussack, La Brisa
Brandi had the wonderful opportunity of photographing Jennifer, Derek and their adorable canine child, Sadie! They traveled all around the Manhattan area and finished up at Top of the World Park for Brandi’s iconic sunset photographs!Thank you again so much for...
by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
I recently started volunteering my time for an amazing organization in the Houston area called Buster’s Friends! Last weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph adorable dogs and cats that are available for adoption. This is from their website,...
by admin | Nov 1, 2010 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Personal, Wedding Photography
After my hectic traveling wedding season this year, I did a quick count and realized that I have photographed a wedding in 11 states over the past 3 years and I pondered…how awesome would it be to photograph a wedding in every state? I have always wanted to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Photographers, Q and A Series
Happy Friday everyone! To continue our photographer Q&A series, I am extremely delighted to have the fabulous Cathy share with us what makes her tick and her photography “story”! She’s an incredible person with an amazing heart. You can, and...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
We are blessed. Brandi and I are ridiculously blessed. Blessed to have amazing clients. Really blessed to do something we absolutely love! And blessed that people appreciate our work enough for us to continue doing it! In 2008, when I officially launched La Brisa...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Brandi Mussack, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Brandi had the distinct pleasure and privilege of photographing the engagement session of the incredibly gorgeous Nikki and David! I asked them if they could separately answer a few questions for the blog and they agreed! Thank you again so much for taking the time to...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, La Brisa, Pet Photography
I met Kyle through our grad school program at Kansas State University and then we got to know each other much better when he and his beautiful wife, Amanda, joined our bible study group! Well it was awesome in Manhattan, KS and even more awesome when they moved to my...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
For those of you who have been following the blog for awhile, you are quite familiar with Walter’s story, the puppy who was thrown out of a moving car’s window on Easter Sunday and left for dead. To reacquaint you, here’s the original blog post...
by admin | Oct 19, 2010 | Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
When I was back in my hometown of San Jose, CA, I had the distinct privilege and opportunity of photographing one of my friends from high school and her amazing family! Instead of having me babble on about how awesome they are, I asked Kiana to answer a few questions...
by admin | Oct 15, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Photographers
I can’t wait to blog about the awesome wedding that Brandi and I photographed in the Bahamas, but first, I wanted to share a few photographs the day that I arrived! Happy Friday everyone! =)Are you on Facebook? Of course you are! Check out the La Brisa...
by admin | Oct 13, 2010 | Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Ashley and I went to high school together way back in the day and so when she asked if I could photograph her family, I jumped at the chance to catch up with an old friend and to photograph her amazingly beautiful family! We met up at her parents’ gorgeous home...
by admin | Oct 7, 2010 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
You never know who you are going to meet at a wedding. True story. Well in this case, I met Kristin and Brad when I photographed Jessi and Scott’s wedding way, way back in July of 2008 and apparently Kristin has wanted me to photograph her wedding ever since...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Brandi Mussack, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Engagement session with dogs? That’s what we do best! Brandi had the awesome opportunity and pleasure of photographing Jenna and Adam’s engagement session in Manhattan, KS! Gunner and Bella tagged along for the session for some family photos too! Thanks so...
by admin | Oct 1, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Photographers, Q and A Series
For the next installment of the Q&A photographer series, I am happy to welcome Luke Townsend! A phenomenal sculptor of light and master tactician. Please enjoy! CHRIS – Let’s start with a little bio, tell me about yourself. LUKE – I first need...
by admin | Sep 30, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal
Brandi and I recently returned from our first international wedding in the Bahamas (don’t worry, I’ll be sharing the photos soon)! I honestly can’t believe how blessed I have been through this company. The opportunity to meet so many amazing people,...
by admin | Sep 23, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal
Today’s my wife’s birthday! Without her, I can confidently say that “El Chris Photography” wouldn’t be nearly as successful! She’s an amazing woman and just oozes with optimism and joy! I love my wife and she’s just awesome...
by admin | Sep 22, 2010 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
I kinda wanna shoot all of my sessions at sunrise now, especially after photographing Jeni and Jeff! I had such a BLAST playing with the light and working with the absolutely gorgeous colors! Jeni and Jeff were ridiculously awesome in front of the camera: full of...
by admin | Sep 20, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Meet the newest 2011 La Brisa Senior, Jenae! Congratulations to you and thank you so much for selecting La Brisa Photography to take your senior portraits!Gotta love a beautiful mother and daughter photograph!Are you on Facebook? Of course you are! Check out the La...
by admin | Sep 17, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Hi all! I’m still alive! I just wanted to take a brief moment to thank everyone for the prayers, well wishes and gifts over the past week as I recover from having my gallbladder removed! I am feeling much much better and will be back blogging, shooting and more...
by admin | Sep 10, 2010 | La Brisa, Photographers, Q and A Series
Today, I am happy to introduce to you, Wrenn, a fabulous photographer who I met through the La Brisa Photography Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW) for our Q&A Photographer Series! Wrenn is incredibly sweet and her wonderful personality is truly evident in her...
by admin | Sep 8, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
As a special treat, I asked Angie of Angie Davis Photography (become a fan!) to share with you about her recent family session with Brandi!We scheduled a family session so that we could preserve the memories of our family at this time in our lives. We wanted something...
by admin | Sep 1, 2010 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
So since moving to Houston in mid July, we’ve already gone through a Costco sized tub of laundry detergent, taken what feels like 5 billion showers, learned to not go outside from 10am-6pm unless absolutely necessary and flash thunderstorms that leave you...
by admin | Aug 31, 2010 | APW Shoot, Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW), Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Photographers
I can’t believe that I never blogged about the last Aspiring Photographer Workshop that I did back in Manhattan, KS! A very special thanks to Adrian and Christian for putting up with 20+ photographers in 100+ degree heat! Not only are they a tremendously...
by admin | Aug 30, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Brandi and I traveled to my hometown of San Jose, CA to photograph the wedding of an amazing friend of mine Polly and her rockstar of a fiance-husband, Chris! You may recall their engagement photos from their awesome session in NYC – Polly & Chris ~ Engaged!...
by admin | Aug 26, 2010 | Brandi Mussack, High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Let me introduce to one of our amazing 2011 Seniors, Kristen! She is absolutely beautiful. Let me prove it to you…Are you on Facebook? Of course you are! Check out the La Brisa Photography Fan Page to view the latest teasers, helpful articles and more! Check out...
