i am in full valentine force when it comes to stella.  this year she is in tune to all of her holidays and loves to talk and celebrate them.  she sees hearts and starts to talk about her valentines day and the candies and goodies that come with that.  it is really cute.  stella also is big on cookies too!  these are our favorite sugar cookies and they are to die for! 

so, my special valentines goes out to my clients who i admire!  here is the deal.  place your order with me and you will receive 30% off the entire order.  pretty sweet huh!  i have to place the order so be sure to email me and not order off of pictage.  if you have events that have expired you can email me and i will release them for you.

this offer expires on feb 26th.  please email me for easy tracking.  if you are not a client but want to be....we will offer you a 20% off coupon for your next sitting with us.  that's $80 off your session.  sessions must be taken between March -May 2009. 

happy valentines day!

and a 5d mark 2. i am an exciting person! i was playing around with video more last night.  it could be due to my husband not wanting to watch a movie or maybe i just was bored? 

i think it would be fun to capture a progression of an event and make something out of it. i think it would take a long time to do and i would need a good steady cam to help hold a camera still. i edited this but most of my blurry shots made it in!  that was the point!  that being said, i will enjoy making small videos for me.



Untitled from Brooke Schwab on Vimeo.

i think i will be blogged out today after this post!  if you like this blog you can vote for it at the professional photographers blog!  there is a quick contest for the freshest blog!  i think mine is fresh!  go quickly to vote! you know you want to! i am on the first page at the bottom left hand side!

i think that bridals are really important down in the south!  i talk to a lot of other photographers in the east and west who find that no one else want bridal portraits taken before the wedding.  not here in houston!  i think that there is a good number of brides who want one...and then there are others that want a more trash the dress style of a portrait- or we can just capture you in your dress on your wedding day!  that is a given though :)  mandy was married last weekend so these are no surprise to the groom!  congrats on your marriage!  here were some from her session. 

jessica and bryan were married in nashville, tn in december and had a sweet wedding.  they wanted a limited number of guests and it made very intimate.  here are some shots from their day. i could not help but play around with the groomsmen.  i know it is a jumping shot but this one is funny!