Engaged: Amanda and James

What a great couple! I always love it when the couple realizes that the images are one of the most important aspects of the wedding day and Amanda has spoken to me twice about this now. It's true, like my website says: "Photography is an investment with much more than just monetary value."












Amanda and James will be wed on November 8th.
Congratulations to both!

-Matt
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Chris and Jeanne Wedding Peek

Usually I reserve this blog for my own personal photos, stories, and rants but today I thought I would try something new. Since I dont update my website very often most of you dont get to see what I'm working on from time to time. So I thought I would share a few images from the wedding of Jeanne and Chris which took place at a beautiful cabin in the Smokies on Saturday. Chris and Jeanne flew in from Brooklyn, NY and invited friends and family to a monstrous cabin near Gatlinburg for the celebration. The weather was perfect and it couldn't have been a more beautiful day.
Jeanne was absolutely amazing and very photogenic, here she is getting ready.



She was even willing to let me hang her dress off the balcony 3 stories above the ground. All of the guests that witnessed this looked very shocked and worried. But the dressed survived!
The ceremony was out on the deck and was beautiful, short, and sweet!


I love it when the bride and groom allot me plenty of time to capture beautiful images. I was given as much time as needed. You don't know how much stress that takes off of my shoulders! Thanks Jeanne.









The Cabin had plenty of amazing photo opportunities and even came with it's own movie theater. BYOP-Bring your own popcorn

The best man Greg was a hoot from Scotland and wore his kilt. By the way- it is true what they say;)



The reception wrapped up with a Rockband session played to some classic rock. Jeanne on guitar, and Chris on drums.... What a great day!

I wish you the best!

-Matt
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Now Offering 50% OFF!

Pavel Studios Photography has just moved over 1000 miles from Texas to Tennessee. It is hard to start fresh and that being the case, we are offering HALF off your entire wedding purchase until business picks up again! No gimmicks, no catches, just 50% Off our regular prices for a limited time. All I ask in return is for you to tell all your friends about us!

That's a great bargain even if you live on the other side of the country!

Please tell your friends, family, co-workers...EVERYONE YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COME IN CONTACT WITH! Because as soon as the 2009 weddings are booked up, the deal is off!

I hope to photograph you sometime soon,

-Matt

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How-to Build a Faux Brick, Metal, Cool Wall. For Cheap!

Alright so the title says it all but....  During the process of trying to fix this wall we just said the heck with it, lets do something funky!  But I like the way it turned out and it will go great with the modern industrial look that I have planned for the "Gallery Room" anyway.

So If you would like to see the progression of the wall and a short how-to, just visit the link below:

Clicky!

Otherwise, here is the before and after:

Enjoy,

-Matt

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Catching Up

So Ive been getting the new house organized and am really behind on my blogging duties. I found some old photos from before the move and though I would share them. These are from our day-trip to Dinosaur Valley State park in Glen Rose, TX. If you haven't been there It is a great place to go and relax in the water and just float around. There are quite a few dinosaur tracks that can be seen in the river and as you will see, some you can even sit in.









The new house has a few renovations already, I'll try and get around to posting those tomorrow.

Have a great one,

Matt

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Printer Problem? Printer Solution!

Has this ever happened to you? The other day I needed to print something VERY important. I pull it up on my computer, press print, and the print dialogue starts jumping up at me. "Alright, what now" I say. I click on it to investigate further and of course as always... I am out of yellow ink. Well who cares I'm just printing a few words in black only. "I do" says the printer as "I have 6 different color inks and I need all of them to be able to print... AT ALL!"






Why does this always happen to me at the most inopportune time? So as I run to the store I start to think. "How much was this printer to begin with??" "$100" you say, "$200"... No, it was FREE after a rebate. Now I ONLY have to pay $13.95 every week when one of the ink cartridges goes out... times six ink cartridges! Thats $83.70 plus tax for a supposedly free printer.

So I get to Wally-World and by now my gears are turning up in my little brain. I go to the electronic section and just for grins I price some of the newer printers. "What's this... $30, $50?? " Ok, I see one I like. A Canon iP2600 for only $29.88, a bargain right? Comes with printer, software, cables, instruction booklet, free photo paper, styrofoam, and a nice sturdy box that could come in handy later, and........... who would have guessed it?? ........INK!

"Wow, that is a bargain" I say to myself! So lets see how much the ink is for this thirty dollar printer. I go over to the ink isle, it is separate from the printers of course. Low and behold "Ink for Canon iP2600". would you like to take a guess??

$35.99

Lets see what this comes with... hmmm only INK. Am I missing something here?

So needless to say, instead of coming home with ink, I ended up with a brand new printer. I see a lot of new printers in my future!





"So what about printing photographs?" you ask. Well I used to do that at home but to tell you the truth, with ink being so pricey it just isn't worth it. There are so many great labs out there that can receive uploaded images over the web and ship them off to you in only a couple of days. Unless you need the print right away, I would suggest finding a lab that you trust. For documents and other junk, I'll use my handy $30 printer until it runs out of ink, then it's time for another!
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