Ben Harrison Photography Blog

NEW BLOG!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

hey everyone! just wanted to let you know that we have a new blog so update your bookmarks to

http://www.harrison-studio.com/blog

thanks!

ben and laura

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on the road again ...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

I just can't wait to get on the road again ... oh wait, we are!

tomorrow we get up at 4:45 a.m. to head down to sunny florida to the South Seas Island Resort ... see the snazzaliscious shot below ...

image borrowed from http://www.southseas.com/

and then from their we head off to the not so sunny Las Vegas for the annual WPPI convention to get inspired! We'll be back from vegas on February 23rd so we apologize in advance for any delayed responses ... peace out!

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matt + jami : bahamas preview

Friday, February 06, 2009

we just finished photographing matt + jami's beautiful wedding down in the bahamas ... and wanted to give you all a "sneek peek" ... enjoy!

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out of the office

Monday, February 02, 2009

Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be out of the office from now until feb. 9th. We get the wonderful opportunity of photographing Matt and Jami's wedding down in the Bahamas this week! We will have limited email access while we are gone so thank you for your patience in advance.

Ben + Laura

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schaeffer : lifestyle session

Friday, January 23, 2009

we had the oppoortunity to photograph little schaffer once again (we have photographed her as a newborn, at one year, and now 17 months) and we had so much fun with this little ball of personality and curly hair. Despite a couple of tumbles she was a trooper and had us laughing the whole time with her array of expressions! thank you kate and griffin for the opportunity to your beautiful daughter once again ... enjoy the pics!

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kyler + kayla : punta cana, dominican republic

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

At the beginning of this month, we headed down to beautiful Punta Cana in the DR for Kayla and Kyler's wedding. The wedding took place at the wonderful Gran Bahia Principe We had a wonderful time being a part of your day so thank you guys! We wish you all the best and hope to see you soon!

(this little girl is their beautiful daughter!!)

label: punta cana wedding, dominican republic wedding

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ty + karin : wedding

Thursday, January 15, 2009

On December 20th we were back in my ole stompin grounds for Ty + Karin's wedding. Ty + Karin were so much fun and had hilarious personalities which made the day a blast. They were also very adventurous (hence the outdoors shots in freezing temperatures and the "cinematic lighting" shots) which gave us a lot of creative freedom to get some great shots!

Anyways ... we had an awesome time with you two and we wish you the best!

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Andrew + Alex : trash the dress in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Saturday, January 10, 2009

here's another TTD from our wedding down in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico ... this time with the uber cool couple Andrew + Alex ...

look at that snazzaliscious light!

labels: playa del carmen wedding, playa del carmen trash the dress

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danny + thuy : "trash the dress" in playa del carmen, mexico

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

While we were down in playa del carmen, mexico for Simon and Chau's wedding a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to do a couple of "trash the dress" sessions with one of our couple's being Danny and Thuy ... and we had a blast with them on the beach ... enjoy the pics!

label: playa del carmen wedding , playa del carmen trash the dress

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kyler + kayla : punta cana, dominican republic

Sunday, January 04, 2009

we were down in the Domincan Republic this weekend for a the destination wedding of Kyler + Kayla who were also from Alberta, Canada ... apparently Canadians want to go to the Caribbean this time of year, I wonder why :) ... anyways, we had a BLAST with these guys and we just had to put up a little "teaser" ... stay tuned, we have about 5 blog posts to catch up on (with all of our crazy travels) so we will be rocking them out soon!

yes, that is a shipwreck in the background ... YARRR!

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on the road again ...

Monday, December 29, 2008

yes, our little ellie is correct, we are on the road again ...

first, we are heading over to Chicago so I can celebrate 3 fabulous years with my beautiful bride ... and then we fly out of Chicago on the 1st for a wedding down in the Dominican Republic ... we will have limited internet access for the next week and a half so we apologize in advance for any slow communication!

we hope you had a very Merry Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year!

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ty + karin : wedding "teaser"

Saturday, December 20, 2008

We headed by to my (ben's) old stompin grounds (in smalltown indiana) for ty and karin's beautiful wedding ... and I just had to post a few pics that I'm stoked about! They were so great to work with and karin was such a gorgeous bride ... stay tuned for more!!

and no, those eyes are not retouched ... this is straight out of the camera!

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simon + chau : destination wedding in playa del carmen, mexico

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A couple of weeks ago we headed down to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico for Simon and Chau's wedding at the Grand Riviera Princess resort. Simon and Chau are from Edmonton, AB Canada so we weren't able to meet prior to going down there but we got along so well with the whole group ... what is it about Canadians being so incredibly nice! The weather was great, the whole event was so chillaxed, and the resort was an amazing backdrop for imagery, what else could a photographer ask for?

We had so much fun working with Simon and Chau as well as their friends (trash the dress sessions coming soon) and we wish you all the best!

p.s. we LOVE working with Canadians so any referrals would be greatly appreciated (wink) ...

look at this tie ironing technique ... must be a Canadian thing .. haha!

had to include this candid I got of the little flower girl ... quite possibly the cutest little munchkin we have ever seen!

the little divas feelin' the music

labels : playa del carmen destination wedding, destination wedding in mexico

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naturally 7 : amazing

Monday, December 15, 2008

we had the pleasure of hearing Naturally 7 perform live on Saturday in Grand Rapids and I just had to share a video of these guys ... they are ridiculously talented. They are a group that does all "vocal play" so they create all of the instruments with their mouths ... did I mention that they are ridiculously talented. If you ever get a chance to see them live, take advantage of it ... their concerts are an experience.

here's a live performance they did on a paris subway train (so you can see how talented they are even without microphones) ... then if you are interested there are about ten other videos you can watch ...

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mayfly designs : snazzalisciousness

Thursday, December 11, 2008

hey everyone ... we wanted to make you all aware of the hottest thing since sliced bread ...

its a handmade jewelry company called Mayfly Designs and it is the brainchild of one of our bff's Holly ... you should definitely check it out at www.mayflydesigns.com!

she makes wedding jewelry as well as everyday wear and she has got an awesome sense of style ... just to give you a little sneek peek to get the taste buds watering ... here are some of our favorite designs (as we did the photography for the site):

a few from the wedding collection

the rachel necklace

the elayna necklace

and the amanda necklace

and then a few from the everday collection:

the danielle necklace

the shayla necklace

the andrea necklace

and the jessica necklace

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andrew + andrea : wedding

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Welp ... we are back at home finally ... we were just thinking about it and the longest we have been home since august is 2 weeks (yeah, you heard right) ... so we have been a little MIA (a lot of times we don't even know where we are) and we're sorry for the delay!

Anyways, the saturday after Thanksgiving we photographed Andrew and Andrea's wedding and reception at the always amazing Amway Grand Hotel. We couldn't have asked for a better November day and Andrew and Andrea were so great to work with! Andrea was all smiles the whole day (despite having to be at the salon at 6:30 am) and everyone was so relaxed, what more could a photographer want :) ... thanks for having us be a part of your day!

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