Ashley’s Wedding

by BryCox (Admin)Bridal Portraits, Bry Cox Photography Blog, Thoughts, Wedding Day, AlbumsPosted on One Comment

This weekend I photographed a fabulous wedding for a bride named Ashley.  Here are some of the images I created for her prior to the wedding.  These images are not just of the bride, but also include the groom — what I call a ‘pre-session.’  The magic is to have these images finished and ready for display at the wedding for all the guests to see.

Bry Cox - Ashley

These next images I created for a panoramic set.  They looked amazing, finished and framed at the wedding.  Without going into why, let me just tell you that these images are very difficult to create, not only to do well.  I am very pleased with the results.  I also designed these images to really show the emotion of the couple, using the horizon and the incredible sky.

BryCox - Ashley

BryCox - Ashley

BryCox - Ashley

And finally, here is a beautiful series of the bride sitting on a really cool old blue truck.  This was one of the bride’s favorite.

BryCox - Ashley

Well, that’s it for today.  I’m excited for this cooler weather and for fall to come.  I love creating images this time of year.  If you are new to my site, looking around, and need some incredible photographs, please give me a call.

Until next time, America!
— Bry

Paintings of Children

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, ThoughtsPosted on One Comment

I just finished some paintings of some beautiful little children.  As many of my clients know, I offer paintings using my photographs as a reference.  These are usually finished on canvas and look amazing!

Here is one that the client came in to preview today.  She wanted this painting of her daughter to feel like a painting from an old master, and therefore dressed her appropriately.  She also emailed me some samples of paintings that she liked, and I used them as a reference for posing and lighting to create first a photograph that I then used as a reference to create this painting.

Bry Cox Painting

Because images are small on the web, I know that you can’t see the brush details that show up on a large wall image.  So below is a crop of the same painting to help show those details.

Bry Cox Painting blow up

I love the more abstract feel of the background and draping while the face and skin is very detailed.  I created two paintings for this client and here is the second painting below.

Bry Cox Painting 2

Well, if any of you would like one of these paintings of your children or family or anything else, just let me know.  I love creating these and love to see them all finished, hanging in a home.  They are absolutely stunning!

Until next time, America!
— Bry 

Invest in Forever. Art is Forever.™

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, Children, Babies, Maternity, Family, ThoughtsPosted on No Comments

Sometimes people ask me about my slogan,

Invest in Forever. Art is Forever.™

I’ve put it on everything from my website to my business cards for many years now, and sometimes I guess I just assume that the meaning is evident. Nevertheless, here is why I came up with that so many years ago and why it’s become a part of my business.

First of all, comparing prices amongst different photographers can be confusing. It is because the price of art is completely different than anything else out there. Normally when we shop, we look for the best deal. We all do it.

Art is completely different and is priced completely different. Artists charge based on what they are worth and what they put into a piece in terms of quality, materials, time, experience, expertise, and their heart.

The slogan is a reminder to not skimp on what matters. Your wedding portraits, your family portraits, and other timeless memories are heirlooms! They will be worth more and more as time goes on. You should have such amazing images that you love and enjoy them now and for your entire lifetime!

Just this week my parents wanted me to come over to their place. They had brought out all of the old 8mm and Super-8 movies of my sister and I growing up and wanted us to come see them. We went over and when it got dark, we set up the projector and watched some of them — just pieces and snippets of our past in little 3 minute reels.

I saw my early birthday parties, President Reagan coming to Hooper, and many other fun memories. Those movies are priceless! My dad invested in a Super-8 movie camera and projector back when few people had them, and I am so grateful now.

It was fun to see in those movies, the home decorated with photographs taken of me back then by my uncle Alan Gibby — a true master. In fact, one of the very few PPA Master/Craftsman in Utah. We still have those photographs and they put everything else taken at the same time, to shame.

Though I didn’t learn my trade from my uncle, he is the reason that I too am a PPA Master/Craftsman. I wanted to earn those same degrees and have those same national credentials that show clients that I really care about the work I create.

As I said earlier, artists charge based on what they are worth and what they put into a piece in terms of quality, materials, time, experience, expertise, and heart. An incredible photograph is an investment in the future and that’s why I say,
Invest in Forever. Art is Forever.™

Until next time, America!
— Bry

Ashley’s Engagements

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, Engagements, Announcements, ThoughtsPosted on 2 Comments

You may have noticed that I didn’t get a post up last week.  That’s because I was out of town working. Anyway, I’m glad to be back in the studio again, and here’s one of the fun jobs I’ve been working on.

Today I finished this painting of Ashley and Brett.  They are getting married later this month, and as part of their engagement order, they got one of my painted canvas images.

It is not a photograph, but rather I use a photograph from the session to create a painting that is finished on canvas as a gallery wrap.

Today I finished stretching it and getting it ready to hang.  It looks amazing!  A canvas gallery wrap has an internal frame, meaning the canvas stretches out and around the frame so that you only see the canvas.  It is very classic, contemporary, and hip at the same time.

Cox - Ashley\'s Painting

You should also see this too — the composite design of the couple I finished, framed, and delivered last week.  I really like this and feel it shows a lot of moods and expressions.  I am excited for their wedding.

Cox - Ashley\'s Composite

If you are interested in a painting like the one above or any other photo shoot that focuses especially on your inner mood and emotions, just contact me to set something up.

Until next time, America!
— Bry 

Kristi’s Wedding Album Slideshow

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I posted a new slideshow today on my website. It is Kristi’s wedding album design. Kristi and Aaron were married in the Salt Lake Temple and had a ring ceremony and dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Here is one open spread (2 faces pages) from their album.

Cox - Kristi\'s Album

I wish you could see this in person. Each page is very large, measuring 11×14 inches. Together, the two page spread measures when open, 22 inches wide by 14 inches tall. A very cool design! And as with all my wedding albums, each page is custom designed by me, the artist, without any pre-designed templates. This way I can insure that every image is perfectly set, and that the background colors and elements work perfectly with each image as well, to best tell the wedding story with flow, emotion and impact.

It was a fantastic and beautiful wedding!

Take a look at the slideshow version of this album at my website, by clicking here.  To view other weddings and slideshows, go to my website at BryCox.com and click ‘Slideshows’ on the left menu.

And until next time, America!
— Bry

Trevor’s Baby Announcement

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Many of you have already seen my exclusive and very cool new line of Cox announcements that I’ve designed for weddings, graduations, and the births of babies.

Here is a recent one that I’ve been really excited about.  This is of baby Trevor, and I designed this one as a square trifold design.

Trevor Announcement

Here is the announcement, flat, before it is folded.  The two outside images are what you see first, and the logo is on the back.

Cox - Trevor (outside)

Here is the inside of the announcement after it is opened up.

Cox - Trevor (inside)

These announcements are used to show off the amazing portraits I’ll create for you in a very cool design.  I have many options for you for various sizes and prices.

To see more of my own custom line of announcements available also on a variety of exquisite papers, call me to make an appointment or ask about them the next time you are in the studio.

Until next time, America!
— Bry

Courtney’s Bridals

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Here’s one of the coolest shoots I’ve had this week — Courtney’s bridal shoot.  She had a designer and custom dress made for her by Alta MODA in Salt Lake and wanted a really fun shoot.

We worked all over the Salt Lake area to create some very creative and unique images for her.  Here are some of my favorites.

Courtney\'s Bridals

The white edge on the first image is one of my own custom edges that I created from scratch.  That image also incorporates some of my magazine enhancements that I’m known for.

All of these images are very dynamic, use color to tell the story and draw attention to the right balance points, and show how beautiful Courtney is is her amazing dress.  I’m looking forward to her wedding!

Until next time, America.
— Bry

Website Updates & Wedding Slideshow from the Logan Temple

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I’ve been updating my website with even newer samples for everyone to see.  There are new images all over the site and specifically in the portrait sections of men, women, brides, engagements, and commercial.  There are more updates to be made, and they should be up over the next 24 hours too.

Also, I’ve also added a new slideshow of Capri’s wedding album.  It can be seen by clicking here.

Capri\'s Wedding Album Spread

All of the album slideshows in my website, display the bride and groom’s entire album design, page by page — showing 2 pages up at a time like a book that is open.  The image above is an example of one spread (2 facing pages) in the album.  Click it to see more.

Capri’s wedding was a gorgeous event, starting at the Logan Utah Temple, and ending up out in Plain City.

If there’s anything you all would like to see on the site, please let me know.
And until next time, America.
— Bry

Miss Utah, Jill Stevens

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, Commercial & Headshots, Published, ThoughtsPosted on One Comment

I recently photographed Miss Utah, Jill Stevens, a Sargent and medic in the Utah National Guard. You may remember her making news for doing push-ups on national television on the stage at the Miss America Pageant, and for winning the award, “America’s Choice” there as well.

Here are some of the images we created at her place in Salt Lake.

Cox - Stevens

The shoot was very fun and I think the images really capture her personality and inner sparkle.

These images were for a local magazine cover, which came out today. Here’s the finished cover and the image they chose for the final design.

Cox - Stevens 2

I should also mention that Jill has been speaking all over the country, and has just finished writing a book which will be coming out next month. You can get more information about it here.

Well, good luck in your adventures, Jill. And until next time, America!
–Bry

Gateway Wedding Show this Sat!

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, Wedding & Bridal ShowsPosted on 2 Comments

Bry Cox - GWS

Ah, yes! It’s time again for the Gateway Wedding Show. My email blasts are going out today, I have brand-new wedding album samples to show, and some new canvas gallery wraps as well.

If you are new to me and my work, come see me and get some special discounts like Half-Off an Engagement or Bridal portrait session, and a new discount available only at the show.

Bry Cox \ I’ll be giving away my art print, “Snowfall, Salt Lake City” as well for the fashion show drawing.

If you don’t win it or can’t make it, you can get it here with free shipping (and mounting included) using code ‘FreeShip‘ for the next two weeks (until July 12th).

See you there, and until next time, America!
— Bry

Mideast Vacation

by BryCox (Admin)Bry Cox Photography Blog, Photography WorkshopsPosted on 4 Comments

This week I taught another week-long workshop, but this time it was in San Diego, California. The weather was awesome, the class was great, and I had a great response from the ideas, theories and techniques I shared with the other photographers.

During these workshops, I have many shoots using local models to demonstrate the various techniques and ideas. But just for fun one night, I created this image using someone that one of photographers in my class had met the night before. Being where I was, and seeing the scarfs that the photographer had in her bag, I created this image to look like Iraq.

Middle-Eastern Vacation

I don’t have a name for it yet, but decided to name this blog entry after an old Neil Young song “Mideast Vacation” I kept thinking about when creating this image.

Anyway….bla, bla, blog. I need to get back to work but will get more images up very soon.
Take care, and until next time, America!
— Bry

Great Lakes Photo Workshop

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Last week I taught a portrait workshop up in the Great Lakes area in a town called Traverse City — a heavily wooded town on the beaches of the Great Lakes.

This was my second time teaching a full week-long workshop here, in this area.  I love doing those kinds of events.  It is always so fun to see my photographer friends from different parts of the country, see what they are up to and share new ideas with each other — as well as meet new friends too.

At this workshop, I had an excellent group of photographers signed up to learn some of my special techniques.

Here is an image (one of my favorites) that I created for the class.  I set it up specifically in an spot with terrible lighting; a spot that would normally be very hard for a photographer to create anything good at all, let alone something amazing.  

The idea is to work with the problems and use them to your advantage.

Cox - Great Lakes

Without going into detail, this is the final product!  This also shows how I use my custom designs, swirls, elements and edges that I have created from scratch, to embellish the image even more.

For those professional photographers looking to learn more, check out my upcoming workshops around the country, or email me with your contact info if you’d like to find out about an upcoming workshop in the Utah area when it gets announced.

Until next time, America!
— Bry