by admin | Mar 2, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
So I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything (which I will remedy soon!), BUT…tomorrow, Brisa and I will find out where we will be moving! It is bittersweet because we have so many fond memories of Kansas and it will be super hard to leave,...
by admin | Feb 20, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
This post means a TON to me. Ashley & Bryant have helped me with my photography from the very beginning! Anywhere from letting me borrow Bryant’s camera for my very first wedding to modeling for me multiple times so that I could practice and experiment with...
by admin | Feb 14, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
In elementary, middle and high school, I was a totally romantic sap. Seriously. All of my friends thought so and I didn’t mind it so much because I enjoyed being that way. When I first started dating Brisa, I did all of these little things for her (like buy an...
by admin | Feb 12, 2009 | Event Photography, La Brisa
So my friends from Two Seconds Away (which I blogged about here) as well as Shawn & Megan recently opened for a new band called Cloverton at an awesome Friday night concert in the Wareham Hotel! From what I’ve heard, that night they broke the attendance...
by admin | Feb 9, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
I don’t know the McClenahans, but I know people who do and after reading about their struggles and their tragic loss, I dare anyone to not be moved…to tears. What amazes me about the McClenahans is their absolute strength in their faith under all...
by admin | Feb 6, 2009 | Event Photography, La Brisa
So I’ve been stalking…I mean, following, these guys from the very beginning and they are absolutely awesome! Patrick and Tim from Two Seconds Away are truly pursuing their dreams and I love everything about it! You can check out their music on their site...
by admin | Jan 30, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal, Pet Photography
For the next 8 weeks, Paz will be stuck in her crate and that makes me super sad 🙁 BUT, I am super happy that we were able to figure out what was wrong with our big girl and get it fixed! She had a partially torn ACL (for us human types)…I know it’s not...
by admin | Jan 29, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Tara found me through just a general internet search and I could not have been more thrilled! Her and Andy are my first clients who were not directly referred from someone else and I’m super excited because that means my business is growing 🙂 Anywho, Tara and...
by admin | Jan 28, 2009 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, La Brisa
Over the Christmas break, Brisa and I were super excited to visit our awesome friends Natalie and Chris in Simi Valley, CA! Natalie has been such an amazing mentor and friend to Brisa throughout vet school and Chris is essentially the nicest person I know and the best...
by admin | Jan 27, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
In honor of full disclosure, up until I moved to Kansas, I strongly believed that hunting was the stupidest thing ever. Seriously. People with weapons killing defenseless animals. I didn’t agree with it. Didn’t support it. Didn’t really want anything...
by admin | Jan 26, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
So yesterday was my 27th birthday. Never in my wildest dreams growing up did I ever think I would be 27. Seriously, who asks themselves….I wonder what I will be doing when I’m 27? 25 – sure, 30 – absolutely, but 27? Never. But I gotta admit, it...
by admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Event Photography, La Brisa, Personal
Every year, students from the various clinical rotations at the vet school participate in a Gingerbread House Contest which evidently becomes more of a rivalry between clinicians than anything else! A decent number of the fourth year students participate (including,...
by admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Jenny and Casey introduced me to the gorgeous University of Kansas campus when we did their rockin engagement session way back when 🙂 And so I was extremely excited to meet up with them again for their wedding day! From the very beginning, everyone and I mean everyone...
by admin | Jan 16, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
After our initial meeting at Radina’s Coffeehouse, I was super hopeful that I would be able to work with Amie and Paul because they are so easy-going and awesome! When we met for our engagement session and they braved the ridiculous heat and swarming mosquitoes,...
by admin | Jan 13, 2009 | Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Whew. This one was a doozy. I’ve been talking to Mona for what seemed like months about her husband’s homecoming and when the time came, the stars aligned and everything worked out perfectly. The timing of his homecoming ceremony, Sarah and my...
by admin | Jan 12, 2009 | Baby Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
My friend Mandy recently had a beautiful baby girl named Ellie Jo and due to Ellie Jo’s amazing birth and continuing development (which you can follow here), I offered Mandy a free photo session whenever the time was right for them. So after getting home from...
by admin | Jan 9, 2009 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Emily, Tony and Gus. Should really be GUS, emily and tony. He simply stole the show. If I wasn’t taking pictures of Gus, he would try to run into the pictures. If I was trying to hold him while taking pictures, he would yank my arm so that the pictures would...
by admin | Jan 8, 2009 | Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
The Ewings are by far my favorite Wamegoans. For those of you don’t know where Wamego (or what it) is, here’s a nifty map to give you some context. It’s the home of the Wizard of Oz Museum as well as probably my favorite Mexican food restaurant in...
by admin | Jan 7, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
When I first started La Brisa Photography, I wanted everything to be extremely sophisticated and first rate; hence, my blog posts were a little sterile and not very personal. I used “we” and “our” instead of “I” and “my”...
by admin | Jan 5, 2009 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
You may recall Niki and Josh from their beautiful engagement session, but the one thing that Sarah and I were not prepared for was how they loved to have fun! Seriously, all throughout the day we were all laughing hysterically as Josh would crack jokes or make fun of...
by admin | Jan 1, 2009 | La Brisa, Personal
In my first full year of running La Brisa Photography, everything exceeded my wildest expectations. From my equipment collection, to my learning curve of photography, to figuring out how to run a business, to my absolutely phenomenal clients of whom many I consider...
by admin | Dec 25, 2008 | Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa, Maternity Photography
We are home in California for Christmas! Brisa and I were super excited to leave the ridiculously cold Kansas climate to go home to our family and friends in San Jose and Yorba Linda! It has been a whirlwind tour of Northern and Southern California, but the...
by admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, Family Photography, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
With Brisa recently taking her Boards exam for vet school (basically a test that covers everything she has learned or was supposed to have learned from the past 4 years) to my finals this week, it has been extremely busy at the Hsieh household! I apologize for not...
by admin | Dec 4, 2008 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
Recently we went out and did a fun session with our awesome friends, the Wodiskes! These kids are so cool, that they are even making us consider moving to their homeland of sunny Arizona. Whoa, right? Us, the California kids moving to Arizona? That’s right. The...
by admin | Dec 1, 2008 | La Brisa, Personal
Sometime last week, the awesome ericamay tagged me in a cool game that bloggers play! Please click on the link to ericamay’s blog because she reveals some old personal information that I think is hilarious! Something about her former life in high school and if...
by admin | Nov 26, 2008 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
We can’t say this enough…we absolutely LOVE senior sessions! So much fun and so incredibly unique every time! Nathan’s session was no different. Different, individualistic and literally and figuratively rockin!Nathan is a phenomenal guitarist and so...
by admin | Nov 21, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Our kids. We call them our kids because they are in fact, our kids. We feed and bathe them and constantly worry about them. They sleep on our bed and they firmly believe that it is their bed and they are just allowing us to sleep there. They run our lives and we...
by admin | Nov 21, 2008 | Event Photography, La Brisa
We love to support new artists coming into their own and paving their way into the industry and so we gotta give some love to a recently formed local band here in Manhattan called The Unnamed Trio of Alec, Caleb, Jack and Samantha! They have yet to figure out a name...
by admin | Nov 19, 2008 | Children Photography, Family Photography, La Brisa
Lisa, Damon, Colton, Jake, Bella, & Sabo. That’s the entire Bryant family. And they are absolutely adorable! Colton, the young man that you’ll see in the ensuing slideshow is quite possibly one of the cutest little boys we have ever seen! He was just...
by admin | Nov 17, 2008 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Sabina made our lives so much easier. She knew exactly what she wanted, where she wanted to take pictures and how she wanted to dress for each shot. What more could we ask for? All we needed to do was point and shoot because Sabina looked fabulous and she picked some...
by admin | Nov 14, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
We recently had the pleasure and privilege of meeting Courtney & Troy! After a couple of re-schedulings, we finally made it happen and it was well worth it! Based on the slideshow, you’ll realize how easy it was for us to take photos of them because they...
by admin | Nov 13, 2008 | High School Senior Portraits, La Brisa, Style Sessions
Senior sessions are awesome. amazing. creative. unique. rockin. and so so much more! why are they all these things? because seniors are so dynamically different that it makes each session a new way to think creatively to match the personality and style of that...
by admin | Nov 12, 2008 | Anniversary Photography, Attraction Sessions, La Brisa
Do you know what type of sessions we absolutely love doing? Anniversary sessions! Why should engaged couples have all the fun and awesome pictures? That’s right! They shouldn’t! Celebrate your marriage by scheduling a romantic and re-unifying Attraction...
by admin | Nov 11, 2008 | La Brisa
On this Veterans Day, we want to take the time to thank, celebrate and pray for all of our soldiers, wherever they may be. We fully realize that words cannot express our gratitude and appreciation for your sacrifices, your brotherhood and your unselfish desires to...
by admin | Nov 10, 2008 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa, Pet Photography
Even though we were here to take engagement pictures for Kacie and Monte, Lambeau and Tucker truly stole the show. As you will see in the ensuing slideshow, everything revolves around the doggies! :)We had a fabulous attraction session all planned out for Kacie &...
by admin | Nov 5, 2008 | La Brisa, Personal
Being from California, one of the things that we absolutely love out here in Kansas is the transition between the changes in season. Gorgeous colors, fragrant smells and a very tranquil aura marks the Fall season and we love it! Hope you all take a minute to enjoy the...
by admin | Nov 4, 2008 | La Brisa
Hey all, not trying to get all political on you, but we are facing a major turn in history this November and you need to participate! Please watch the following humorous and star-studded ode to voting! Special thanks to Jessica for the video!
by admin | Nov 3, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Based on Emily and Paul’s engagement session, we knew that their wedding would be 1) amazing 2) laid-back 3) family-oriented 4) emotional and 5) well planned and organized! And you know what? We were absolutely right on all accounts!Everything worked out...
by admin | Oct 28, 2008 | La Brisa, Personal
Hey all, we are planning on doing a photo documentary of Halloween this year! We want to find the best and craziest costumes and we want to see people having an awesome time! If you know of a place or are interested in getting your pictures taken, please leave a...
by admin | Oct 26, 2008 | Event Photography, La Brisa, Personal
One of the things that we have been desperately wanting to do for a while now is to do a photo documentary on tailgating at K-State. Coming from a Division II school, we have never experienced tailgating like this. Simply, it is phenomenal. Row upon row of cars and...
by admin | Oct 24, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
Courtney and John know how to party. That’s it. That’s all you need to know. They party like rockstars and it was awesome! You may remember them from their engagement session here and so based on those photos we were super excited for their wedding day! We...
by admin | Oct 20, 2008 | La Brisa
Howdy all! We just celebrated our first year of being in business and we gotta admit, everything has surpassed our wildest and most optimistic expectations! We cannot thank enough all of the people who have supported us and recommended us to their friends and loved...
by admin | Oct 17, 2008 | La Brisa, Personal
Hey all you loyal La Brisa Photography blog readers! This is for you! A good friend of ours and an amazing designer, Ashleigh, has entered into a graphic design contest and needs some love! Please read the following email from her and vote for her design! She’s...
by admin | Oct 13, 2008 | Children Photography, Event Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
We were asked to take some action shots during the Strikers futbol match and we absolutely jumped at the opportunity! Partly because Chris is a huge futbol fan and played and coached for many years and partly because it was something different and fun for us to try!...
by admin | Oct 10, 2008 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Samantha & Tim were literally up for anything. Get a little dirty? Check. Get a little wet? Check. Get a little barefoot? Check. Get soaking wet? Check, check and check. That being said, we had an awesome session running around K-State and Pillsbury Crossing! If...
by admin | Oct 9, 2008 | La Brisa
National Alpaca Farm Days? What? Because we are super cool, some of us went to Cedar Breaks Farm in Manhattan, Kansas to take advantage of a sweet opportunity to tour alpaca farms. Apparently, for a couple of days each year, all alpaca farms open up their doors and...
by admin | Oct 8, 2008 | Family Photography, La Brisa, Personal
Hey all, our good friend and amazing photographer, Erica, is doing a sweet Christmas Family Portrait Contest through her blog! If you are near the KC area or are planning to go to KC soon, you should definitely check it out and nominate a deserving family (including...
by admin | Oct 7, 2008 | Attraction Sessions, Chris Hsieh, Engagement Photography, La Brisa
Joy and David were too much fun! Seriously, we would suggest one thing and another and they would respond, “Sure. Yes. No problem! Of course!” which made our session that much more engaging and exciting! David has just flown in from California earlier that...
by admin | Oct 6, 2008 | Baby Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Joy Sessions, La Brisa
Our favorite little girl turned one recently and so we had to celebrate by taking some fun pictures at the park! You may recall Kennedy from her previous sessions with us here, here, here and here and it is just so awesome to be able to show her growth and maturity...
by admin | Oct 3, 2008 | Chris Hsieh, La Brisa, Wedding Photography
You may recall Amy Jo and Caleb from their sweet engagement session back in October! We must admit…we love being able to do the engagement session and the wedding! We feel like we have such a better bond between each other and are much more comfortable and that...
