by admin | Oct 15, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
What a day…what a day! Kristin and Chris…Chris and Kristin! A match made in heaven! Yes, I am incredibly lame, but couples like Kristin and Chris just make me feel sooooo incredibly blessed to be a wedding photographer. Seriously. After our initial meeting...
by admin | Oct 14, 2009 | Anniversary Photography, Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Personal, Wedding Photography
Two years ago today, October 14, 2007, I photographed my first wedding. I can’t believe it has already been two years! La Brisa Photography has definitely been a wild ride for me and I owe a TON of appreciation and gratitude to Erica and Jeff for being the...
by admin | Oct 8, 2009 | La Brisa, Style Sessions
A while back, a couple of photographers set up a shootout with a couple of aspiring models from Model Mayhem (MM). For up and coming photographers, models, stylists, photo editors, etc., www.modelmayhem.com is a great (read: free) resource to barter your skills in...
by admin | Oct 7, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Oh beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. How I miss you! Lindsey and Kit granted me the fabulous opportunity to visit the astoundingly beautiful North Carolina for their AMAZING wedding! From my flight into the Asheville airport from New York, all I could see was the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2009 | APW Shoot, Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW), Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Recently, I was able to host the 7th installment of my Aspiring Photographer Workshops (APW) and it was a great success! Six amazing photographers of all skill levels joined us and we had the stunningly beautiful Samantha and adorably cute Cade model for us! For this...
by admin | Oct 1, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
You all have heard me refer/link/comment/thank and most importantly appreciate Erica of www.ericamay.com over the years. She truly has been an inspiration to me and my photography and I am in complete awe of her work and success! So when she told me that her and her...
by admin | Sep 29, 2009 | Family Photography, High School Senior Portraits, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Style Sessions
When I offered the associate photographer position to Brandi, our lives were absolutely crazy! She had just recently moved to Manhattan and I was in the process of moving out of Manhattan, but I really wanted to do a dedicated training session for her to go over a few...
by admin | Sep 28, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Maternity Photography
I love being a family’s personal photographer! It’s so awesome seeing a family’s development and growth! You may recall the Weisshaar family from here, here, here, here and here! One of the hardest things about leaving the Kansas area was leaving all...
by admin | Sep 25, 2009 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Andrew’s parents wanted a few action shots of their son and his favorite hobby, motocross and I nearly jumped out of my shoes with excitement when they asked me to take them! Come on! A muddy track plus an ubercool motocross rider, what’s not to like???...
by admin | Sep 24, 2009 | La Brisa
On a warm summer afternoon, I had the pleasure of photographing the stylish and beautiful Gillam family at Kansas State University’s Old Stadium! With the awesome help of ELS Photography and Sara Mays Photography, the family absolutely rocked it! Two beautiful...
by admin | Sep 23, 2009 | La Brisa, Style Sessions
I had the opportunity to take part in an absolutely awesome experience! The ability to witness and play a major role in something super unique and meaningful is definitely one of the things that I love and cherish about photography! Dawn’s 20th wedding...
by admin | Sep 22, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Super cute. That’s what I kept thinking in my head throughout Dawn and Chris’ engagement session. They are just super cute. And it makes me smile just thinking about it! Dawn and Chris drove down from Topeka to Manhattan for their session and they knew...
by admin | Sep 20, 2009 | La Brisa, Pay It Forward, Personal
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Breast Cancer is the 7th highest cause of death for women and “it is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native...
by admin | Sep 17, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
For my first ever destination wedding, I headed to Steele, North Dakota for Lindsey and Nate’s AWESOME country wedding! It was my first time to North Dakota and I gotta admit, I absolutely LOVED it out there! The landscape, the countryside and the people were...
by admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Bar @ Houlihan’s, roller skates, tube socks and an old abandoned building = ingredients for an AWESOME engagement session! Mindy and Richard were just that…absolutely and positively AWESOME and ready to rock it out! Their love story started at the...
by admin | Sep 14, 2009 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
You may recognize Sarah from the myriad of weddings and shoots that she’s assisted me on over the years! Now, Sarah is taking off on her own and absolutely running away with all of my clients! Just kidding Sarah! :)Seriously though, Sarah has created, developed...
by admin | Sep 12, 2009 | Brandi Mussack, La Brisa, Personal, Photographers
Since starting La Brisa Photography a little over two years ago, I’ve been incredibly, incredibly blessed with success, support and encouragement! For those of you who are photographers and married, you know that the #1 supporter of your hobby/business MUST be...
by admin | Sep 11, 2009 | Brandi Mussack, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Maternity Photography
In honor of Brandi’s birthday, what better way to celebrate than with her first blog post for La Brisa Photography! Woohoo! Happy Birthday Brandi! ~ Chris Alli and Jake is where it all started for me. I captured their love last fall for an engagement session and...
by admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
Jackie and Matt are super cute. Yes, I ended that sentence with a period instead of an exclamation point because it is a statement of fact and not a passing moment. That’s how cute they are. So incredibly willing and able to laugh at each other and with each...
by admin | Sep 9, 2009 | Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Arrrrgh! Yes, in my best pirate voice! It’s been FAR too long since I’ve last blogged and I have a billion sessions to blog too! Craziness! Be ready for a bevy of blogs over the next few days!!! Yay!You may recall Colton, Lisa, Jake and Bella from their...
by admin | Aug 31, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
After Amy and Steve’s FANTABULOUS engagement session, I was incredibly excited to photograph their wedding day because I knew it would be absolutely awesome! And they definitely did not disappoint! Their day started with the gentlemen heading over to the Wildcat...
by admin | Aug 26, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Jacqui and Brandon possibly had the worst start ever for an engagement session! Prior to meeting up with us, they a) lost their keys, b) therefore, couldn’t lock their apartment when they left and c) on the their less than 5 minute walk to meet us, one of...
by admin | Aug 21, 2009 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
I think Karma is possibly the best name I’ve ever heard for a dog, besides my brother in law naming his dog, Genius, of course,…alas, think about it…Karma. Just makes so much sense! Dogs can warm your heart, they can anger you to wit’s end, but...
by admin | Aug 20, 2009 | Baby Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Courtney has been a fabulous supportive of my photography since the very beginning when I had no idea of what I was doing! After two years of momentous occasions, from a Thanksgiving family session, to her engagement pictures, to her wedding and now to her firstborn...
by admin | Aug 13, 2009 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Ever since I found out that you could go under the waterfall at Pillsbury Crossing in Manhattan, I have been envisioning this one shot. I had no idea how it would turn out or even if it would turn out at all! First I had to find some awesome assistants to help...
by admin | Aug 12, 2009 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE when clients take me to new places to shoot! Challenges me a bit and more importantly, offers a very unique backdrop for my very unique clients 🙂 Susan knew exactly where she wanted to take her senior portraits and what she wanted to wear...
by admin | Aug 11, 2009 | Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
The Hay family session was HOT! Literally (and figuratively, of course), with the humidity, it felt like 110 or something ridiculous like that! But the Hays are troopers and they weren’t going to let a little heat distract them from looking like professional...
by admin | Aug 10, 2009 | Brandi Mussack, La Brisa, Personal
A quick note to let you all know that I have completely updated our main website: www.labrisaphotography.com! I’ve added recent favorites from the past few months as well as a some of Brandi’s work too! Brandi has officially scheduled ALL of her...
by admin | Aug 7, 2009 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
When you see him for the first time, several adjectives come to mind: strong, handsome and gentle and then you start talking to him and you realize his personality goes much deeper than his movie star looks! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, I’m referring...
by admin | Aug 6, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
You may recall the Redetzkes from their previous family and birthday sessions here and here! I just love being apart of documenting a family as it grows older and bigger! Sara is expecting again so Baby Joe will have a little sibling to follow him around and imitate...
by admin | Aug 5, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
So I am currently laying down on the hardwood floor of our Brooklyn apartment working on editing, uploading and blogging because our stuff will not arrive until tomorrow morning, but I am putting my time in for all of you! 🙂 Yes, the doggies and I made it safely to...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Brandi Mussack, La Brisa, Personal
So after a week of not blogging (sorry everyone!), it is time to share the BIG and EXCITING news about La Brisa Photography with you!!! Aren’t you already pumped??? 🙂 I am extremely happy to announce that La Brisa Photography is expanding! When I first started...
by admin | Jul 27, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
The future of La Brisa Photography is extremely bright and I have a HUGE announcement coming up that will expand my mission for La Brisa Photography and allow me to better serve my clients!!! Wanna take a guess? 🙂 On a sidenote, Sunday marks my last day in Manhattan,...
by admin | Jul 22, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Family. I miss mine terribly! Especially after my oldest sister just gave birth to my second nephew, Timothy! Hopefully I can head out to San Diego soon to take a few photos to share with all of you! I don’t know what it is about family, but happy families make...
by admin | Jul 21, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Sarah and Paul are probably two of the coolest people that I have ever photographer together. They are both just so comfortable in their own skin with rockin personalities and styles. Plus, they are both very easy on the eyes…if you know what I mean 🙂 Not only...
by admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
You may recall Ashley & Scott’s AWESOME engagement session that I did a little while ago…well, if you don’t remember, you should because it was AMAZING! 🙂 So, imagine how excited I was to hear about how Scott’s family was in town and they...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
After shooting their engagement session, I was super duper excited about MaryJo and Thad’s wedding because they are so stinkin cute together! That’s why I always include an engagement session in my wedding packages because I love getting to know the couple...
by admin | Jul 13, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, La Brisa
Umm…I’ve been neglecting you. My wonderful and beautiful blog and I apologize! I won’t ever let it happen again (well, that is until next time). So let’s crank it back up with possibly my shortest family portrait session EVER! Lasted all of 45...
by admin | Jul 9, 2009 | Children Photography, Family Photography, La Brisa
Bright colors + slightly overcast day + two adorable boys = AH-MAY-ZING family session!!! I’ve known Dawn essentially since I moved to Manhattan and so it was super fun for me to do a session with her and her family! We started out at the K-State University...
by admin | Jul 8, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Ali and Adam drove all the way from Nebraska for their engagement session. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my clients? Yup that’s right…mucho amor! 🙂 We spent the better part of the evening venturing around Rocky Ford Park. What a fantastic area! SO...
by admin | Jul 7, 2009 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
Jenna and Travis are two of my really good friends. They wanted anniversary pictures together. I’m a photographer. Perfect match! 🙂 I absolutely love working friends and family because there’s already that connection and level of trust and that just opens...
by admin | Jul 3, 2009 | APW Shoot, Aspiring Photographer Workshop (APW), La Brisa
Originally, for my Aspiring Photographer Workshop V, I wanted to do a bridal session, but that did not work out so well 🙁 I think it was for the best though because we had an AWESOME time! 10 rockin photographers of all experience levels and camera equipment joined us...
by admin | Jul 2, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
One of the things that truly amazes me about the photography business is that the majority of your clients find you through word of mouth referrals and so for Kristin and Chris, not only did her mom receive a referral to me from the wife of the Dean of the K-State...
by admin | Jul 1, 2009 | Event Photography, La Brisa
I had the honor and privilege of taking a few shots of the 2009 Country Stampede that occurs every year in Manhattan, Kansas for the Country Stampede office. The Stampede is one of the largest music festivals in the country and over the four day event, the attendance...
by admin | Jun 26, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Personal
Happy Friday everyone! Been a busy week of blogging for me, but I really wanted to end the week with a post that is absolutely dear to my heart…my family! For Brisa’s graduation from veterinary school (will blog about that later), my entire family traveled...
by admin | Jun 25, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Almost 1 month ago to the day, Erica of www.ericamay.com emailed me and asked if I had June 27th of this year available for a wedding? Thankfully (for me), I did and that is how I met MaryJo and Thad! When I decided to stay around Kansas for the summer to take on more...
by admin | Jun 23, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
For the second time this year, I had the honor and privilege of second shooting with my great friend and amazing photographer, Erica of www.ericamay.com! Erica invited me out for Ashley and Garrett’s wedding and I could not have asked for a more beautiful...
by admin | Jun 23, 2009 | Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
You may recall the impromptu photo shoot I did with my favorite miniature long haired wiener dog, Max back in the day…well just from those photos, Max’s parents wanted to do a full family photo session!!! Can I just say that the Arnold parents are...
by admin | Jun 19, 2009 | La Brisa
Can you believe it? This is my 200th blog post! Unreal, right? My blog posting style and my photography have changed sooooo much and it is really cool to be able to look back and see how far I’ve come. For all of you photographers out there, I highly recommend...
by admin | Jun 17, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Pet Photography
In photography, you truly need to understand the Oscar Wilde quote, “expect the unexpected,” and that was not more apparent than when I met up with the Ingram and Mortensen families! They were absolutely fun-tastic! Yes, I just made up a lame word, but...
