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Photographing a Memoir – Brenda Warner

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:33:19 +0000

Well now I can add “book cover” to my list of publications. I recently had the pleasure of working with Brenda Warner on her memoir. She is married to Super Bowl champ and Dancing with the Stars contestant Kurt Warner (because me being a dancer, you know I am more impressed with that!!!), but that is not her life’s claim to fame. She is a mother of seven children with the youngest being twin girls. When I met her, I sensed strength and confidence. The kind that comes with really knowing who you are as a woman.

It is very important to her that her book represents her life’s journey. Sure she’s married to an athlete but after 19 years together, that just happens to be his job. When we were shooting and she was selecting images, it was important to her that the book (and cover) represented her life and not that she was Kurt’s Warner’s wife. She stood by her determination to have her “one and only life’s story” be exactly what she envisioned. She kept saying while we were shooting, “I am only going to write one life story, let’s do this right.” I was honored that she trusted such a precious thing with me and my team. If you would like to read a little more about Brenda, this is a great article from 2 years ago.

Her story talks about her struggles as a single mother before she met Kurt. She was raising a son with a disability as well as her daughter. They met and fell quickly in love. I remember some part of the story about how he first saw this sassy girl in these red boots and he was smitten. At our shoot Kurt talked about how she still has those boots and when she leaves the house in them, he wants to know where she’s going in her “boots.” I can only hope after 19 years of kids and marriage, my husband still looks at me like that.

Brenda also heads up a non-profit organization with her hubby called “First things first“. They use it as a vehicle to help those in need in the community. They feel they are so blessed in life and want to help make others lives just a little easier. I am really looking forward to reading her memoir and it was such a pleasure to get the opportunity to work with her.

Here is the final cover for “One Call Away.” it will be available on the stands in August. Thank you to Ruca Bowman of Haute Rouge for her hair styling and Linda Wagner for her makeup. Brenda looked so beautiful, good job girls!

Shooting My Dad – Safford, Az

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:04:29 +0000

So my Dad needs a shot for his website. He’s a hair stylist in Safford, AZ. After 30 plus years in hair he took a break for sometime and is back. He needed a few shots and so tonight we stole 20 minutes to nab a few. He’s so cute. So here is a few shots of my Pops. If you are in the Safford area and need your hairs cut, he’s your man.

Beverly Kidd of News Channel 3

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:28 +0000

Here’s a great recent session with Beverly Kidd. She came down to the studio and we had a blast. She is so much fun to work with!

She had some concepts that she wanted to try. We went to a rooftop downtown in Phoenix to get the night shot. I used a constant light source to mimic the sunset affect because it was actually hidden by the garage we were in. What you can’t see is the Mercedes that I was manuevering around trying to get her shot because it was in the parking spot I needed to use. We laughed a lot while trying to get set up. She almost stood on my generator to get tall enough for the railing. I figured I better not have one of Phoenix’s big newscasters balancing on a gas generator for the sake of a shot. The funny part was it was her idea.

I shot this with my Canon 50 1.2 at about 2.8. My ISO was right about 600 even with the light source, I needed the back sky lit. I had to further enhance the skyline in photoshop and lightroom and run a little noiseware. I used a tripod to keep it as crisp as possible. So as you can imagine, tripod, gas generator, huge (very hot) 1100 watt light all with in inches of a very expensive car. But hey…we got it right?

Here’s the beautiful Beverly Kidd. You can follow her on Twitter @beverlykidd .

What’s New with Bridgette Marie Photography?

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:52:59 +0000

So much to share…so little time. Let’s recap the last few weeks and talk about what’s coming up.

First of all, I finally sent out my first newsletter. I have no idea why it took me over a year to get one together but I am happy to mark it off my list. Fellow photographers know exactly what I am going through on that one!

Next, I keep getting asked about Miley Cyrus shots, so here you go. Here are a few from her recent interview and concert two weeks ago. I will say it again…this girl rocks! I adore her and she is very talented. She is much more of a “rock it out” type performer than the pop princess we all think she is. What I love most is that beneath all the glitz and glam she is still very much a teenager. She fidgets when she talks, can’t stop looking at her blackberry, and eats cheesecake before dinner (an act that I witnessed myself and when I brought it to her attention she then commented on my rice and salad platter- “touche’” Miley!). She loves her fans and has smiles and hugs for every one of them. When a little girl cries because they are meeting her, it makes her tear up, too. Just a sweet teenager that happens to be one of the world’s biggest pop stars. Her brother’s band Metrostation is on tour with her, also. They are all very close and it’s pretty cool to see them together. Here’s some Metrostation and Miley shots…

Metrostation

Miley at concert

Miley at soundcheck

Miley at Interview with JohnJay and Rich

I know not much tops Miley, but there has been lots of fun stuff going on beyond Miss Cyrus. I shot the new press images for Univision, Phoenix 33. While by contract I can not share those just yet, they did turn out great and you should be seeing them on billboards and advertisements throughout town. That was fun as the whole Univision team was so great to work with! I will share one shot of two radio/tv hosts Danny and Erika. They are so funny together. Although most of what they say is in spanish…so I am pretty sure they are funny. lol..

Why yes…there IS still more to share. “We” had our first wedding together in the caves of Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona. We, being my new partner, second shooter, and husband Brendan. I was so proud of how well he did. Kind of jealous at how fast he adapted to the manual shooting. He’s great at balancing on bridges to get shots and packing all the equipment, including the flowers for the bride. As seen here…isn’t he cute?

Maybe some images from the actual wedding…

Doesn’t that look so beautiful? If I could have our wedding all over, I would go back to that canyon and have it there. Out in nature with nothing but the beautiful and peaceful weather surrounding you. Amazing…

Okay back to business, there are some BMP workshops and events coming up. I will have official flyers this week on both. To get a head’s up on information…

October 23-24- Headshot mini session. – $125 for 45 minute session and 6 files. Perfect for Actors or even just your Facebook Avatar!

November 10th – Photoshop workshop with CRW Media’s Christine Wolfe covering Lightroom, Photoshop workflow, enhancing images, plus body and skin work. Details are still being worked out but spots are $150 and the class is 5 hours long. I will post information in the next week so stay tuned. So much information on this one! (Plus Christine is taking a break from her national photoshop tour to share info with us!!!) If you are interested email me to reserve a spot.

That’s enough for today…thanks for checking in! Keep an eye out for my newsletter if you are on the mailing list..only a year in the making.

-Bridgette