This has been an exciting year for a number of reason. 1.) We saved 15% by switching to from Geico, 2.) We discovered the joy of Pretzel M&M’s, and 3.) We made some awesome changes to our wedding collections and upgraded our product line. So, the question that comes up most often now  is “what do your wedding albums and photo journals look like?” We decided to give you guys some visuals and descriptions of these products. Pictured above/below are the following (top to bottom):

• Lay-flat bound, luxury photo journal with a custom designed photo wrap cover, printed  on canvas
• Book-bound, wedding guestbook, photo journal style with photo wrap cover
• Book-bound photo journal with photo wrap cover
• Lay-flat, flush mount luxury leather album

Luxury Leather Flush Mount Album

Specs: 12in x 12in, Name Embossing, Genuine Leather, 30 Sides/Pages, 40-45 Photographs
This albums is the perfect way to showcase your photos. The quality of the prints, binding and other material are top-of-the-line. The album itself is hand-assembled inside a genuine leather book, with the closest attention to every details. We include this album in a couple different wedding collections.

Luxury Photo Journal

Specs: 12in x 12in, 30 Sides/Pages, Choose From Leather, Linen or Canvas Cover, 40-45 Photographs
There’s so much you can do with this photo journal, and the custom photo wrap canvas cover is definitely a hit amongst our clients. This luxury photo journal comes standard with a heavy hinged semi-gloss paper, which allows the pages to lay flat for a more upscale look and feel. You’ve gotta see this in person to really appreciate the beauty of it.

Book-Bound Photo Journals & Guestbooks

Specs: 12in x 12in, Up to 80 Pages in Photo Journal, Up to 40 Pages in Guestbook, Linen or Photo Wrap Cover, # of Photographs Varies
The type of paper used for these books is light than our luxury line, which allows for us to add significantly more a pages. These book’s pages can either be printed with a matte or lustre finish, depending on your taste. The book-bound photo journal has been our most popular wedding product  over the years because it allows you to tell almost a complete story through photographs.

We hope this gives you some insight into the products we offer. And please keep in mind that we could not cover all the options available with each book/album. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Another perfect day to be outside photographing. The sun was shining, but the clouds were in abundance creating some very soft natural lighting. It’s days like this when a photographer wants to call into his day job and say, “I can’t come in today, otherwise I’d get sick.” Enjoy and have a great rest of the week!

Today was such a perfect day to be out photographing a round Dallas, however, I just happened to be at the office working. During a morning break I was able to capture this photograph of the Dallas skyline, looking south from the Oak Lawn area. The sky was covered with clouds all day, humidity was high with a slight coolness to the wind. Here’s to hoping tomorrow looks the same.

We’ve gotta admit, Wisconsin is a very beautiful state no matter the season. Our last trip to Wisconsin, we spent some time traveling through the countryside and the sights were simply awe-inspiring. Some of our visitors inquire from time to time about purchasing prints of our work. If there’s enough interest in this collection, we’ll place them online for print ordering. Happy viewing!

The waiting and anticipation is over. We released our new portfolio website to the public today. We are so excited about this release as it is truly a showcase of our work. From the first opening of the website, you’ll know this is serious! The website features just about all the clients we have had the pleasure to work with. The photos are high-resolution and they fill most of the screen, giving you a better sense of the quality of our photographs. You’ll notice more photos throughout our portfolio broken into three categories: Weddings, Love & Life.

We would like to send a big, I mean huge THANK YOU to all of you who have been clients and have now become friends, those of you who have endured our cameras in your faces all the time, our friends, family and supporters. Now head on over to www.luckyprophotography.net and check out the new portfolio! And don’t forget to come back to our blog to leave your comments!

This book has been in the making for quite some time and has been through a number of revisions to get it just right for our liking… and here it is! Our second published book, but the first volume in the series of Wedding Collections. This book contains photos from eleven different weddings. We are so excited to begin using this book for consultations and just plain “showing off”. We cannot thank our clients enough for trusting us to capture their special day and for allowing us to become a part of their lives. We love you guys from the bottom of our hearts and are so blessed to have met each an every one of you. FYI… Volume II is already in the works and should be published next summer!

As far back as I can remember, I have always had a strong fascination with sunflowers. They seem so happy, full of energy and they are always leaning in the direction of brightest star in our solar system. Angela and her mother planted sunflowers earlier this spring in our backyard. I’ve been anxiously awaiting them to fully bloom, and when they did…..WOW. Here are some photos with a couple of our artistic processing techniques applied. Enjoy!

We are very excited to release this collection of our artistic photography. There have been many inquiries about purchasing prints of our art – we’ve listened! On Friday, January 22nd, we will release the collection publicly for print purchases. You’ll be able to view the collection by visiting http://www.pictage.com/784012. Visit the link before January 22nd to register on the guest book… each registered guest will receive a complimentary $5.00 credit toward any purchase. Inquire directly to purchase the entire collection on DVD with printing rights.

1. Still Standing: This old tree was very inspiring from first sight. What you do not see is the full bloom of all the trees and landscape around this tree. This old tree still stands solid despite no sign of life… in the middle of Spring.

2. Iron & Wood: This bridge has seen it’s fair share of feet, bicycle wheels, strollers… this bridge has overheard many conversations, sweet whispers and dark secrets… if bridges could talk, this bridge would have so many stories to tell.

3-4. Traveling East: Two different perspectives of a seldom used railway taken in the late afternoon.

5. Imitation Spain: The Mandalay Canals in Las Colinas offer a very unique atmosphere that almost seems to take you to another world. This setting makes for some awesome portraits.

6. Waiting To Wade: I’m not sure if the wooden manikin can swim… I don’t think he’s sure either…

7. Six-Thirty AM: Even with a fake model, you can feel the peace associated with a good night’s rest.

8. Summertime: And the living is easy. Carefree, relaxed and working on a tan.

9. Sky’s The Limit: Another great photograph of the manikin series, the model appears to be soaring through the atmosphere.

10. Woodall Rogers: Photograph taken above the freeway in the late evening, car lights and slow shutter speed make for a great capture of motion.

11. This Old Building: Office Equipment building located at the corner of Austin & Wood in downtown Dallas… love the fire escape.

12. Neon, Neon: You can almost hear the buzzing of the neon lights in this sign. It glows quite bright and hangs near the corner of Elm & Lamar in downtown Dallas.

13. Solo Flag: This flag reminds me of old war movies. It stands tall battling daily against the South Texas winds.

14. 1937: A photograph of the interior of an old commuter train car. This was luxury travel just a little more than a few decades ago.

15. The Beach: Cool breeze, hot sand, and the chatter of seagulls in the distance… the unfiltered, but gentle, aroma of the salty ocean.

16. The Dreamer – Baseball: I graduated from Tee Ball and got my first real bat and glove I grabbed a bag of sunflower seeds and big league bubble gum chew… I won’t be the last one picked any more.

17. Duck, Duck Boy: This kid had no idea the feeding frenzy he would cause just from one box of broken crackers.

18. Ring of Love: It’s amazing how the right angle of light can produce some of the most extraordinary shadows.

19. Addiction: An entire wall of art made from the containers of various trips to Starbucks.

20. Read It And Weep: Photograph taken in the West End District of downtown Dallas – a host of newspaper/magazine stands lining the Market Street area.

21. The Upgrade: I was quite puzzled when the convenience store took out he old pay phone and put in a new pay phone… they still do not give change for a dollar.

22. Shining Moment: This particular sunflower stood out from the crowd of a few thousand… the only one striving to be just like the sun.

23. The Light: The path I can now see, the night swallowed up the day but you my friend help to guide me along my way.

24. The Dreamer – Basketball:Oh those long days and nights practicing my dribbling, shooting… playing against the imaginary defender. I won’t be the last one picked any more.

25. The Finisher: Coach calls our last time-out, looks down the the end of the bench and asked, “Are you ready kid?” I smile and say, “Coach I’ve waited my whole life for a moment like this!!!”

26. Trellis Sunset: One of my favorite locations to relax in the evenings and enjoy the calmness of the sun fading in the distance.

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27. Determination: As if the sun has decided to reach its destination despite the huge obstacle in direct path.

28. The Happy Sunflower: Thousands, maybe even millions of sunflowers lined the construction of highway 121, this one made me smile.

29. Rest Stop: I love this nice, quiet area along the canals in Valley Ranch – a great location for engagement portraits and kid portraits.