The Wedding Chronicle ~ Featured in the Most Beautiful Weddings of 2007

We've been behind on blogging the publications in which we've been. Back in January we had Emily and Nick's wedding at the Four Seasons in Scottsdale featured in the Most Beautiful Weddings of 2007 issue.

Emily and Nick had so many amazing details to their wedding. We loved that both their father's married them. My dad married Andrew and I, so of course we thought it was a fabulous idea. Emily had a elegant dress from Kleinfeld of Manhattan and the wedding was a great success with the expert help of wedding coordinator Karen Doan. Colorful floral decor by Table Tops Etc.

Here's a link to their slideshow, you can see that was very a very beautiful wedding, indeed.

Here are a few images of what was published:





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Kaiden's Big Day Out ~ In-N-Out and Old Navy

A couple of days ago we made a rare trip down to Phoenix from Sedona to do some random shopping and make our honorable pilgrimage to In-N-Out. If you have been to In-N-Out then you understand, you just have to feed your addiction now and then!

Kaiden, our 22 month old, had a big time with this and we thought we'd share some of the images. Our fun was not only cut short when Old Navy asked me to stop photographing while in their store, but also when cranky monkey boy ( aka, Kaiden) needed a break and quick sip from his sippy-cup!

Enjoy the images!











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Lifestyle Family Session ~ The Maxwell Family

I love photographing families! This was such a fun session. Great light, an amazing family... we all had a great time. Taylor is a sweetheart and very excited about the soon to be arrival of her baby sister. I love shooting in natural light... kids are so much more comfortable in their own home and really show their true colors.

There were so many awesome images it was hard for me to just pick a few for the blog. I can't wait to go back to photograph the baby when she arrives!

Enjoy the images!



She had a super cute pink tutu that she loved to wear around the house.





One of my favorite shots of the day.





Bringing a huge work uniform home for use as a prop... I love to incorporate things that really make the images unique for each family we photograph.







Too cute!



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The Foundation Workshop 6 ~ Dallas, Texas

Photojournalism has become a great influence on wedding photography in the past few years, and is being sought out more and more by brides and grooms alike. Many people categorize photojournalism simply as ' candid photos,' which is partly true about the style, but photojournalism is really so much more. Imagine trying to tell an entire story in as few pictures as possible, and those pictures also need to be artful. It is much more difficult than many people would think!

The Foundation Workshop, started six years ago by Huy Nguyen, a former Dallas Morning News photographer and current member of F8 Studio, was formed in order to teach photographers more about the photojournalism experience.

My assignment was to show up at the McKinney, Texas community center two days in a row and find the story. Without knowing ahead of time what may or may not be going on there, I slowly got to know the regulars, and found many willing and unwilling subjects to take pictures of! It was invigorating! :)

I ( Andrew) especially want to thank my team: Huy Nguyen (team leader), Mark Adams (mentor), Sergio (mentor), Becca Spears (assistant), and then also my fellow students, Erwin Darmali, Joe G., Leigh Miller, and Jesseca Hattey, for sharing their artistic vision, constructive criticism, words of edification, and friendship. I won't forget any of you! Also, thanks to Ben Chrisman, who came to my assignment location on the first day and shared some of his vision with me. :)

Here's a link to the final slideshow that my team leaders put together for the work I shot during those two days. It's a Quicktime movie, and should load pretty quickly.

The Class of 2008 ~ Foundation Workshop Group Photo


'Arrive early, stay late...' ~ Some of Andrew's work from the shoot...


























Becca said on her blog: " Andrew Mejia covered the daily happenings at a rec center in McKinney. Andrew has a natural eye for composition. I could see him layering and anticipating moments where all of the elements of the graphic image and peak action come together (see the first picture below). Andrew's biggest hurdle after his first day of shooting was feeling comfortable getting close to his subject. He was hindered by the common fear of not wanting to invade a subject's personal space. We basically said, "you've got to get over that." The thing is, there couldn't be anyone nicer than Andrew. I'm sure the general public would be absolutely fine with him invading their personal space. Take a look at these two wonderful images. Just love them. When the first picture came up onto the screen at our final presentations, there was a sweeping cheer. A bunch of photographers in a room know how hard it is to get a complex layered image like this."







...and a few miscellaneous photos of Andrew on the job




Thanks again to my team for making the experience so amazing!

For testimonials and shout-outs regarding this workshop, see the Foundation Workshop 6 Blog, and to see work from each individual student check out the Foundation Workshop 6 Website.

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Featured on the Food Network Channel

On Sunday night at 9pm MST ( mountain standard time), check out the Food Network to see our good friend and amazing cake artist, Andrea Blaut on the Food Network Challenge! We're so proud of her and not at all surprised that she'd be on national TV. Her cakes are absolutely amazing and we think she's one of the best cake artists in the country. The Food Network must obviously agree by having her on the Food Network Challenge.

In the last few weeks we've been working with them to get of our images on the episode as well, so this is the first time our images will be on national television!

Congratulations to Andrea; we can't wait to see you tonight on the tube! Hopefully baby Kaiden will be asleep so we can watch without interruption... :)

Here are a few images we've shot of her fabulous cakes. Her attention to detail is amazing. Most of our clients have a hard time cutting into the cakes during the cake cut because it's so beautiful. The cherry on top is that they taste amazing as well!

If you get a chance on this short notice, be sure to tune in... Enjoy the images!



Andrea won Silver Medal in the ACF's 2007 Culinary Competition for this fun cake. I had to post this image as well because our baby Kaiden is in it checking out the cake with Andrea. Too cute!









A quick shot Katrina got of Andrea and her wonderful husband Jay on one of our shoots.




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