Perfect Weather for a Perfect Couple

     

As the weekend drew closer, the weather was working hard to cause stress in our beautiful bride’s life.  Thursday night’s storm front with tornado warnings were enough to make anyone a little uneasy, but if your wedding was just 2 days away, well you would be anxious, but come Saturday morning all uneasiness and anxiousness passed with the sunshine.  It was a gorgeous day and by mid afternoon it was a perfect day of weather which mirrored our wedding couple.

 Josh and Candace were what every photographer hopes to work with, perfect.  We seem to luck out and get lots of couples like this!  Candace was so relaxed about how the day would unfold, she only had one moment of needing to take deep breaths, but that was to keep the tears from staining her checks!  She was a picture of beauty in her free wedding gown, yes—FREE.  A coworker gave it to her 6 years ago saying it had never been worn and she wanted it out of her closet, so Candace has a gown before a groom!  But you would have never in a million years guessed it was a gifted gown, it looked like it had been made for her.

The groom was the pillar of strength and collectiveness as well.  He was so handsome in his tuxedo and he too, only had to breath deep once.  That of course was when he eye-catching bride was coming down the aisle to him.

After a lovely ceremony at Sacred Heart Church, we travel but a mile down the road to the picturesque Walter Clore Event Center, overlooking the lower valley and Yakima River. 

 It was the first time we have had the opportunity to photograph there and it is a gem of a venue. 

As the evening fell upon us, we enjoyed photographing them, their family and all of the large and small details of their reception including homemade wine glasses for the wedding party.  

Josh and Candace also personalized their day with their own homemade wine, that received several good reviews from the guests and each guest was given a corkscrew as a take away. 

As the sun set everyone was smiling, including us.  What a joy to be a part of a wedding day for a wonderful couple.  Congratulations Josh and Candace and thank you for allowing us to capture your special day.

Chris and Julie's Day

Chris and Julie’s Day……….Finally

After dating for 10 years, Saturday July 20, 2013, Julie and Chris were married!  As the maid of honor said in her toast, everyone had been wondering when.  Then when they became engaged everyone said “it’s about time!” 

As with all our couples we love hearing their stories, Chris and Julie’s started with Hanford High’s Cross Country Team and an ice cream fight.  They noticed each other and have not taken their eyes off of the other since.  As we photographed their engagement session we talked about their love for sports, all sports! 

They love basketball and football and are diehard Patriots fans, which Julie incorporated into her something blue! The fun and competitive spirit they have is contagious and a joy to be around.  That may explain why friends and family travel from all over to witness this special day!

We could not help but smile all evening as we photographed them, because today, their wedding day had finally come! 

Chris and Julie will have many adventures together, starting with their honeymoon to New Zealand—hope you have the time of your life!

Valentine's Day

Our First Valentine’s Day together

By Mary Ann Breshears

Rich and I were sophomores in college at the University of Idaho and very typical college students, meaning we had no money, but we were in love.  We had been dating for almost a year and were certain we were going to get married as there was talk of it but no official date on the calendar.

When the day arrived I personally was so excited that I had the most incredible Valentine in the world and he was all mine!  We made plans to meet at 5 so we could exchange Valentines, go to dinner and then spend the evening talking about how wonderful our life together was going to be!  Rich arrived at my dorm room promptly at 5 with gifts in hand.  He brought me a bottle of inexpensive Champaign and a box of equally inexpensive chocolates, plus a card.  I had gotten him a very small box of not quite as inexpensive chocolates, a heart shaped balloon and a large sappy card.  We exchanged our gifts, thinking we had almost outdone ourselves given we were living on a student’s budget of $0 for gifts.  Then the highlight of the evening arrived, dinner, we walked to Skippers and had all you can eat Fish and Chips.  (It was Friday in the Lenten season) 

We sat in a booth in the back of the restaurant with the lots of other college students around us, but we didn’t care.  We talked and talked about our future.  How someday, we would be married living out the perfect married life: house, children, pets and jobs.  Together we were ready to take the world on!  After our long fluorescent light dinner, we decided to walk the long way home, circling around the campus when we realized it was getting late, about 8 pm.  But Rich needed to be up and at work by 2 AM so our first Valentine ended with a kiss at my dorm room door.  All I thought was ---Wow what a wonderful evening with my incredible Valentine.

Twenty-seven years later I spend almost every moment with my Valentine and in my opinion he is still incredible.  This year we don’t have all of the things we talked about at that amazing first Valentine’s day dinner but we do have so much more and I would not change a moment of the journey to get to today’s dinner.  I don’t know what we will have to eat tonight for dinner, probably not fish and chips, but what we will have is still a lively conversation about our family, maybe our pets, what needs repaired in the house and of course our day of photography studio work.  We love what we do because we do what we love!  How many can say that, I ask you?  What a wonderful day to stop and reflect.

Thank you Rich Breshears for being the best Valentine a girl could have 27 years in a row!!!

Blake and Brogan's Wedding Day!

“Come rain, come shine, come snow, come sleet, the show MUST go on!” A great quote from one of our favorite musicals which just happens to completely describe Blake and Brogan’s wedding!

Blake and Brogan were very steadfast in their plans.  They planned to be married in the Smith’s backyard and they did, even with sheets of rain coming down on them!  It is safe to say that they will never settle for plan B in their lives.

We spent the afternoon photographing in dappled sunlight and wind, enjoying the weather, but as we took the last family images the cloud cover became dominating and the drops started to fall.  Believing that the rain would give up we stood steadfast under shelter, until we could wait no longer!  This was the moment and it was time to brave the rain, so guests clutched brightly colored umbrellas and took their seats on hay bales.

Brogan wore Blake's Mom's Dress and everyone wore cowboy boots, which were very fitting for the evening. 

It was amazing and beautiful to witness, the vows, the dancing and the toasts were all in a downpour, but the warmth of everyone’s love is what we remembered from the night!  In looking back it was, as all wedding are, unspoiled!  Thanks Blake and Brogan.

Jennifer and Andrew - June 9, 2012

Andrew and Jennifer’s day started with rainfall but gave a way to beautiful sunny skies as the bride prepared to go down the path.  But while we were waiting for the rain to clear we had a great time capturing some fun images in home of Bill and Carol Allenbaughs.  As you will see in one of the images we even took advantage of the water tank shower!  Once the rain stopped we took full advantage of the fair skies and had so much fun walking the property to capture an extra few fun images.

Here are some of shots from Jennifer and Andrew’s backyard wedding!  The bike played an important part of the wedding…the groom rode in on it! How awesome is that?! It also made for a great prop.

The beautiful sunset made for a perfect get a way for Jennifer and Andrew!  

Branden and Laura's Wedding Day

Summer officially starts in June, and you know what that means? WEDDINGS!

Laura and Branden had a beautiful day!  They were attentive to every detail including the socks for the groomsmen.  We loved their choice and had so much fun capturing a few images of those fun socks! 

There were tears and laughter sprinkled into their day.  One of the most touching and tearful moments was when Laura’s Dad saw her in her gown for the first time.  There were no words for that moment. 

Laura and Branden were able to borrow a get a way car that made for many more fun images up in the Horse Heaven Hills with the sun setting.  As they drove away into the sunset, we thought “there is what Happily Ever After looks like”.

 Here are a few shots of Laura and Branden June wedding at Bella Fiori Gardens. Such a beautiful day for a wedding! 

Senior Portraits

August 4, 2011

Senior Portraits: Sara Taylor

Since we’ve had so many senior sessions lately we decided we wanted to have one of our past senior ambassadors write about what it was like being a model for us! So here is a post from Sara Taylor about her experience working with us for her senior portraits.

           

Working with Breshears Professional Photography was a wonderful experience that truly made having my senior pictures taken both fun and memorable! I always knew that when it came to my senior pictures I would call Breshears Professional Photography because both of my brothers had theirs taken with them and I thought to myself “well if they had theirs done with Breshears I want mine done there too!” So of course when it came time to actually do the photos I was both excited and nervous. Excited to take the first step to becoming a senior and nervous over what to wear and bring to the shoot!

Thankfully when I spoke to Mary Ann Breshears on the phone about the session to set up a time she gave me some great ideas of what to wear and bring with me! I was probably most excited about being able to bring my puppy to the session with me for some of the photos because one of my brothers had brought his dog, so again the whole “well if he did it I want to” feeling kicked in!

With the session being both indoors and out they had me bring three outfits that I liked best (and that my mom approved of) along with some of my own props so that the photos could capture parts of my personality. I was thrilled when they said I could bring props because I immediately knew what I wanted to bring with me: my color guard flag, my saxophone, my guitar, and of course, my puppy!

The session was a blast and was nearly two hours long (though it seemed to go by quickly) and I laughed a lot! I was eager to see the finishing product of the photos taken and counted down the days to my photo viewing. I think I just about broke my face smiling when I watched my photo video! It was very well put together and had music to it that reflected my personality very well! (I must have watched it ten times in a row looking at all the photos!)

Seeing the final photos all put together and having to choose which I wanted as my senior picture was difficult because there were so many amazing photos! All the different effects of black and white photos as well as sepia and different color tones made it that much harder to decide which picture I wanted in the year book and what ones I wanted to buy for my family and friends!

After choosing all the different photos we chose the package we wanted and with having the portraits on a viewing CD we also ordered later in the year my graduation announcements. These had a photo on it so that family members that hadn’t gotten a picture could still have one and have an invite to the graduation as well!

When all was said and done I loved the entirety of having my senior portraits taken with Breshears Professional Photography and had a wonderful time working with them!