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Welcome to my blog! My name is Farrah Braniff and I am a portrait photographer in Houston, Texas. I specialize in contemporary portraits of babies and children. This blog is a place for me to feature my own personal imagery, images from my studio, my travels and the news and happenings of my family. I have two little boys (ages 5 and 6). You will see them a lot on this blog. They are my inspiration in so many ways. This is a great place to learn a little about me and my work. I hope you'll take a moment and look around. Use the navigation links at the top to find the entries by category, check out the FAQ, jump to my websites and so on. Thanks for stopping by! |
Today was busy! It was my first day back at the studio and I was booked solid! I had some cute new tutus that I bought and this cool knitted swaddling blanket. I love it! Anyone out there knit? I could use one of these in chocolate brown too.
One of my sessions today was Cassie's little newborn girl. I did maternity portraits of her a few weeks back. One thing I can say for sure about Cassie...she was calm, cool and collected. I'm not sure how she's doing it but she even had on a cute outfit! A few weeks after my first baby was born I was still a nervous wreck and definitely NOT fitting into my cute outfits. Bravo Cassie!
I have been traveling so much these past few weeks. First, I went to Arlington, TX for a week long class at Texas School and then came home for a day and a half before heading back out to Atlanta. I am in Atlanta as we speak working on a task force for The Professional Photographers of America. Life is good and busy. I'll be heading home late tomorrow and I can't wait! I have a huge to-do list, a packed schedule and I miss my guys! Being a working and traveling Mommy is hard. If it weren't for Steven (my husband) I don't know how I would do it. I'm so grateful for him.
I have not been a great blogger these days but I promise to get back on track next week. In the meantime, would you like to see a joyous amazing smile? I thought so. I love, love, love this image. I want a huge canvas of it in my studio. It just makes me smile too every time I look at it. I hope it makes you smile too.
I love these images and I loved photographing this little guy. Isn't he the sweetest thing?! The best part...Dad was in charge of Nolan's outfit! Bravo Dad! Look how beautifully his outfit sets off those awesome eyes!
I love the one above. Look at his cute little toes in the left image and his folded hands on the right! This next one was Mom and I's fave. She ordered a beautiful gallery wrapped canvas of it. It was so cute I was tempted to keep it!
Thanks Nolan & Company! I love working with you guys.
Thanks Nolan & Company! I love working with you guys.
I know that I have been MIA on the blog. We moved the studio last week and it has been hectic as you can imagine. We are completely in the new (and improved) space but it's still a bit of a mess. I am seeing clients though and we're getting there! It's a great space and I know you all are going to love it! I'll post some pictures of the new space soon. In the meantime, here's the new information:
Farrah Braniff Photographs
1210 W. Clay Loft #18
Houston, TX 77019
same phone number: (713) 255-2882
My first appointment was with Emi's Mom to take a look at her session from a few weeks ago. Here are a few of her amazing faces. Whenever I look at that big joyful smile it makes me smile too. Her Mom's name is Joy and has an amazing smile herself so little Emi comes by it quite naturally. Isn't she just beautiful? When I was photographing her all I had to do was shake my head back and forth and she would crack up. It was really funny.
I hope you enjoyed that little ray of sunshine on this cloudy (at least here in Houston) Thursday morning!
After the session is complete and the images have been selected, the next big project begins. Where do you put your amazing new photographs? There are some standard places that work well - the family gallery wall (usually up the stairs or along a hallway), over the fireplace or in the living room. Then there are the places we tend to forget - the playroom, children's rooms, the bathroom and kitchen. Bathroom you say?! Actually yes, I have seen people do very cool displays in a dressing room, a walk-in closet and even the bathroom.
Over the next few months I am going to show you guys where some of my clients have put their portrait art to help give you some ideas and inspiration. First up is a tricky stairwell spot. This stairwell has all rounded walls except for this little nook that the builder very thoughtfully installed. The nook is about 58" x 60" (+/- a few). This client had images from a maternity session, a newborn session, a session with her daughter, a family image and an image of the 2 children together. We had printed the two collages that you see on the lower right and left already as well as the maternity image on the upper left.
She told me about the nook in her stairwell and gave me the measurements. From there I figured out how big the remaining images should be to fill up the space and we printed them and installed it for her. It was a tricky hanging job because they had to fit in just right. All of these images are printed onto canvas (we call them gallery wraps). I think it worked out really nicely and Mom was happy too!
The smallest image in this set is 15x18 (the two collages- lower right and left)
The image of the 2 children is 16x20
The maternity image is about 16x24 and the family is 20x24
Here is the entire stairwell:
Do you have any images of great photo displays? I'd love to see them!