Ashley Brawner Photography

Brooke. Future A lister. No lie… You need to make sure that you keep up with this starlet because you WILL be seeing her on the silver screen, I have NO doubts. I can’t say enough about her, she’s simply stunning. She has the class and elegance of Julie Andrews(she’s one of my FAVES) or Grace Kelly, and I would say as versatile as well. Brooke was up for whatever we threw her way… And I do mean whatever… She scaled walls, climbed over railroad tracks, laid in a street… Anything for the shot. Kelli Burns was the stylist for the shoot and her work is fab. Combine a fab stylist, a flawless model and a great location and our shoot was nothing short of fabulous. Here are a few of my personal favorites from Brooke’s shoot.

this (below) is the wall Brooke scaled for this shot… I’m about 5′8″ and the door is over my head… what you can’t see is that I’m hanging off the side of the wall with my camera wrapped around my arm to get this shot… Gotta do what you gotta do to get the shot

okay… and here’s the last one… I could post pictures of her alllll day! she’s soo pretty!

Hey guys!

Sooo… I know I said that I was going to be WAY better about blogging this year, and soo far.. I have not been!

BUT!! ((and yes, thats a big but)) It is because I have been busy with shooting you guys

and… launching a new line of photography, as well as putting in more time on my commercial work

my website is now live, www.ashleybrawner.com

its not 100% completed (and yes, its really a lot more work to do a website than you would think) but its there.

all that being said, I am going to be catching up my shoots from Jan 1 and maybe even a few of my favorites from 2010 (we shall see)

thank you & goodnight… stay classy my internet friends and blog stalkers

I had the privilege of shooting one of the CUTEST lines of clothing for the launch of their Spring 2011 line, Swanky Baby Vintage. If you are a fan on my facebook page, you saw posts about this…And I am soo excited about the launch today!!

Soooo… Without further delay, here are some of the CUTEST little girls modeling two of the cutest outfits ever!! Make sure you check out Swanky Baby Vintage at www.swankybabyvintage.com

Happy New Year!!!

And… Just a little update for you all…

2011 has some BIG things coming up!! I already have almost 20 weddings on the books from this month up until November and several months that I am not taking anymore weddings (dont want to get soo busy that you dont get all the attention you deserve for one of the biggest days of your life!) Soo… without further delay, here are some updates for you guys broken out by category

Personal: I will be maintaining what you call a 365 photo project… I will be taking a picture a day, sometimes it may be whats going on in my life, a highlight from that day, something that speaks to me or has personal meaning… or maybe just something that I think is kinda cool. I will post these images on my personal blog, that you are more than welcome to check out… Havent decided yet if I wanted to post them here as well though… Thoughts?

Professional: New website. New blog updates. New pricing. New exciting opportunities for me AND you to get in on the action and some fun give aways and events! You guys have probably seen where I have asked for models for shoots… And there will be more of that in the new year for ABP. I cant wait to share with you all the exciting things coming up! I am also going to attempt to maintain regular postings on my blog of all my recent shoots and favorites. Also! Many of you have asked for mentoring sessions, tagging along, etc… So I will be working in opportunities for you guys to do so as often as possible. Many of you have already tagged along with me on a shoot or a wedding and I have really enjoyed it, a lot! So stay tuned for that!

Personal & Professional: One of the biggest reasons that I work from home, is so that I can be there for my kids and my family. I am soo very privileged and blessed that God has allowed me to have a passion for something that I can do because I enjoy it and to be able to make it my profession. I will be taking my time home more seriously this year though. It is great to be busy and to have work, but everyone needs some R&R … Especially with 3 kids . Because of my need to be completely confident in the work that I give to you as my friends, customers, family and clients, I will be revamping my schedule to allow for specific off days. The off days may change, some times as often as weekly, but for the most part will stay the same and be consistant. I want to be sure that I am well rested and have enjoyed time with my family so that I can give my family my best and give you guys my best. After all, you dont want a half awake person with coffee stained shirts working on your pictures .

With all that being said… My new site and new pricing (see note below on pricing) will be live effective January 15th…Anything booked before January 15th will be grandfathered in at the 2010 rates.

I hope everyone has had a safe and happy holiday season! And heres to making 2011 better and bigger than 2010! (and a sneak peek from the first shoot of 2011)

*Pricing: You may ask yourselves why photographers charge what we do… And I saw an EXCELLENT explanation for this on a fellow photographers blog, so in a nutshell, here it is: When I charge you for your sitting, your prints, your dvd of your images… You may say/ask yourselves why you should pay me for a disc or a print when you could do that yourself for so much less… Or why I charge what I do for the sitting when Im only with you for maybe an hour or so. It is soo much more than that though. On average, for every hour that I spend shooting with you, I will spend 2 to 3 hours culling and editing those images(sometimes more, sometimes less depending on the specific needs of your shoot, event, wedding). The editing time doesnt include all the time that goes in to planning for your photography needs… It may include setting up the location, scouting the location, loading and reloading equipment and/or props, among many other things. You are also paying for quality, artistic interpretation/design and my experience… I pride myself in the amount of time that goes in to each image because I want to make sure that you are not showing people images that do not capture who you are and are not of high quality. Yes, you can go pay $15 for a sitting fee, and you will probably get 1 or 2 pretty good images, but I can assure you that you wont have to worry about only getting 1 or 2 good images with me. I produce quality work from an experienced artist/photographer and I take utmost pride in it… And you should too! You shouldnt look back at your photos years from now and wonder what you were thinking .

So I know it’s been a few days since my last blog post… BUT I figured that I wouldn’t keep you guys waiting and I would give you a sneak peek on the weddings and shoots I’m editing so you know what you have to look forward to . Enjoy! And make sure to check back and see the whole shoots/weddings!

So…September 18th was the 3rd Annual Huntington’s Disease Walk in Atlanta! Yeah!! This is something that is VERY near and dear to my heart, as my mother died from Huntington’s Disease when she was only 39yrs old(I was 16yrs old). My mom never got to see me go to prom, graduate, meet my first serious boyfriend, see me go off to college, get married or be at the hospital when her grandbabies were born — trust me though, my kids know about my mama and that she would have been crazy about them! My mother’s mom and both her sisters were diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease as well, only one of my mom’s sisters is still living and battling HD on a daily basis from the confines of a nursing home bed/room. Huntington’s Disease is a very real and devastating disease but has yet to gain as much “publicity” as aids, alzheimer’s disease, cancer, etc and affects nearly the same amount of people and in most instances, in a much worse way. Huntington’s Disease is hereditary and if you carry the gene you risk passing it on, but if you don’t carry it, you can’t pass it on. My mom’s prayer was that HD stopped in our family with her and her sister’s and that my siblings and cousins and I would never know the side of the disease of actually experience it from having it. So my goal is to do everything and anything I can in power to help raise awareness and funds to find a cure for this horrible horrible disease and that my, hopefully, my family(husband and kids) will never have to experience what I did growing up with my mom having HD. One of those ways has been through volunteering my time(our time as a family actually) and talents to the HD Walk and fundraiser each year and doing what I can to do my part and carry on my mom’s legacy.  (IF you feel like you want to donate and support research for this cause, I’d be forever indebted to you, AND here is the link to do so: Pam’s Peace) And here are some of the photos from the walk… Each person here, somehow affected by Huntington’s Disease and gave of themselves to be here this day for this cause. If you want to know how you can help, you can volunteer next year, walk, run or monetary donations are all great ways and if you email me at ashley@ashleybrawner.com, I can get you in touch with whom you need to speak with.

Yesterday I did a product shoot for some of the cutest in home decorations that you will find A N Y W H E R E!! Forget Target, Walmart, Pottery Barn Kids, etc… This is where it’s at! Hand made quality decorations for your home and childrens’ rooms! Check it out!! Here are just a few of the things that Heather does and there is soooo much more! You can check it all out at www.simplychiceventsanddesigns.com and friend her on facebook or follow her on twitter: www.twitter.com/simplychicevent and www.facebook.com/heatherlstanley

I had the privilege of doing a little shoot for an up and coming event and design company that operates locally and on the west coast. Here is a table setting that they did for the shoot… And I’m pretty sure you’ll agree with me… It’s pretty amazing and I’m glad that they asked me to do the shoot for them, it was a lot of fun! Good things are going to come from Simply Chic Events and Designs and I can’t wait to see them all and hopefully be a part of some of it. Enjoy!!

Hey guys!!

Sorry for the delay in posting new blogs! We have had a VERY exciting last few days/weeks…which is a good thing. Thank you to everyone who keeps coming and looking/reading my posts…I promise you won’t be disappointed! I have several shoots and weddings to post for you so bare with me. Friday we got to meet…Are you ready?? JORDIN SPARKS!! Yay! My girls were soo excited, and she was soo sweet! We also got to photograph her concert, we were going to grab a few pictures of her before the show but the timing didn’t end up working out with the storms and her schedule, etc.  Saturday we went and photographed a beautiful wedding at Ocean Isle Beach, NC…and a first for me…had two associate photographers shooting a wedding in Gainesville, GA. All in all it’s been a great time and we have some great and exciting things coming to show you! But right now I’m going to go climb up in my very own bed and get some shut eye!

Ya’ll be looking out for a new blog post tomorrow! I’m pretty excited about it!!

Ash

ps- here’s a sneak peek from a recent shoot

So the last two days we have spent several hours shooting at Six Flags White Water for their BRAND new attraction, the Wiggles’ Water World! The attraction is soo cool and the kids all seemed to love it…Even our older two…They had the privilege of participating in the shoot and the ribbon cutting. Six Flags loves Wes…and…this was really his gig, but he’s my sweetie and we are a team so I shot too. Here are a few of my/our favorites from yesterday and today!

Here are a few of the characters: Henry the Octopus, Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog. They were so fun & the kids LOVED them!!