Women Today Expo - Sunday March 21 Drawing

Sunday drawing winners are:

April Anderson for a free Engagement photo session with 16x20 framed print.

Andrea Wright for a free Family Portrait photo session with 16x20 framed print.

Congratulations to you both! I will be in touch with you to arrange for your photo session. Thanks to all who stopped by the booth!

Saturday March 20 Women Today Expo

Congratulations to our two drawing winners!

Engagement photo session with framed 16x20 print goes to LeAnne Swails!

Family portrait photo session with framed 16x20 print goes to Kristi Buchanan!

I'll be contacting you soon to arrange your photography sessions. Thanks to all who stopped by the booth yesterday.

One more day and two more chances for lucky visitors to win. I'm looking forward to meeting a lot more friends today!

Women Today Expo - Friday March 19 Drawing

And the winners are.........

in the Wedding/Engagement portrait category: Lesley Grimes

in the HS Senior/family Life Moments portrait category: Yulia Moore

Congratulations! I will contact each of you to arrange for your photo session.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth on Friday! Two more lucky visitors will be chosen in Saturday's drawing so stay tuned.

Women Today Expo - March 19-20-21

Ambler Brown Photographer. Friend. will have a booth at the Women Today Expo this weekend. The location is booth #115 in the "Say YES" Wedding pavilion, sponsored by Skirt Magazine. We will be very near the "Fashion Show Stage" so many visitors are expected! I'm hoping to meet lots of great people interested in Wedding photography. The booth will also have information about photographing High School Seniors and Life Moments for family portraits. If you're planning to attend the show, please come visit the Ambler Brown Photographer. Friend. booth!

All visitors who stop by the booth will have a chance to win TWO daily drawings. Just fill out a visitor survey and let us know of your interests. Each day one lucky winner will receive a totally free Engagement photo session with a 16x20 framed print, AND another lucky winner will have their choice of a totally free photo session and 16x20 framed print for either a lucky High School Senior or a Life Moment Family Portrait. Each prize is valued at $350, so for the weekend counting two sessions with framed prints each day, over the three day show, that's $2,100 in value to SIX lucky visitors to our booth. We're not talking candy giveaways here. We're talking high quality professional photography and framed prints for six lucky winners! Stop by and see us. The winners will be announced each evening right here! Look for your name.

Christy and Mike's Wedding at Dara's Garden

October 14 was a beautiful wedding day for Christy and Mike in spite of the iffy weather. Amazing how much rain we have been having, but it broke long enough for the ceremony to still be held outside. I really enjoyed this wedding as it was my first at Dara's Garden and also my first to work with the good people at One Enchanted Evening. A big thank you to Dara, Lisa and Brenda for all your hard work! You are all first class all the way!

The biggest 'funny' was the bouquet toss. In lining up to take the picture, I tried to tell the bride to move a little to her right. She didn't understand and made the toss right into the chandelier overhead. It dropped right back into her hands! See photo. I think I still hear all the girls laughing!

Precious moments!

Wow! What a fun day it was Friday July 3 visiting in Cincinnati! First I met with Jennifer, a bride whose wedding I'll photograph on August 29. Jenn is not just any bride though...she is a very good friend and former employee. I first got to know her when she applied to work on staff at Camp Friedlander back in the late 1990's. It was so much fun catching up with her while we met at the church that morning. She was just beaming with excitement talking about her upcoming wedding day and all the plans she and her fiance have for their new life together. Great fun!

Then it was a short trip to Glenwood Gardens where I met up with sisters Regina and Rebecca and their families. Oh my...another walk down memory lane as we renewed acquaintances. I had worked with Regina for several years and met Rebecca on more than one occasion. This time I met their husbands and children for a photo session with both families. There is something about pretty girls that my camera just loves! You can tell by the image here, oh, but wait....I did not take this photograph! NO...this was taken by an able assistant, my youngest daughter Chelsea, who reluctantly took the Canon 40D with the 70-200m lens and captured some truly awesome candids as the children played. Thank you Chelsea! Great work! See, I knew it...you are a very good photographer dear!

Joy of Music School - Annie Sing-along

What fun! Last Sunday I had the privilege to photograph patrons at the Joy of Music School's 2nd annual Sing-along fund-raiser. They show a classic musical film at Knoxville's beautifully renovated Tennessee Theater and invite patrons to attend and sing-along during the movie. What a novel idea! The venue is superb as well, with the grand lobby entrance in the old style of great movie theaters. Last year the film was "The Sound of Music", certainly a superb opener for a new event. This year they chose "Annie" and what a great choice! One reason it was a great choice is because they had "characters" from the movie on-hand for photographs in the lobby. That's where I had my fun....taking the pictures of "Annie", "Daddy Warbucks" and of course, the loveable "Sandy" with the many patrons who attended...most being children with their parents. The event was organized in part by CenterCityEvents, Inc. (who invited me) and of course the Joy of Music School. I had a wonderful time and hope they'll invite me back again next year. It was a terrific event for a great cause.