Dallas | Lawton Wedding Photographer Chantal Brown Photography

Dallas Wedding Photographer: Matt & Mimi Wedding at Fairmont Hotel

Chantal — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:57:46 +0000

I absolutely love photographing my own culture Cambodian tradition wedding. I had the most amazing and fun time capturing the gorgeous and beautiful Matt and Mimi wedding. They were married at Fairmont hotel on the prettiest and lovely roof top view of downtown Dallas. I had a blast at your wedding and thank you for having me capture your special day.

Happy Easter

Chantal — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:15:34 +0000

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter holiday weekend. We knew it was going to rain on Sunday so my family and I had a fun Easter egg hunt with the kids a day early. The kids were full of excitement when they caught us trying to hide the beautiful and colorful eggs in the backyard. Some were hidden in the gorgeous green grass and around the barn area. Overall the children had a blast and I think they had too much chocolate by the end of the night. Hope you enjoy these pictures.

My cutie dog found an egg and ate the chocolate! There’s proof right there!

My dog Brinkley being sneaky, wanting my little neice’s eggs! He knows he can’t have chocolate.

Windspear Opera House: Kadee’s Portrait Session

Chantal — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:01:03 +0000

I met with a bunch of other local Dallas photographers and had the opportunity to photograph the beautiful and oh so lovely Kadee Coffman. We met up at Windspear Opera House Performing Art in Dallas. She has a show titled Superior Sunrise, a livestock auction which is on every Friday morning in Dallas. If you ever get a chance watch her! She’s awesome! Big thanks to Ben and Chris Quintanilla for setting up the session!

Dallas Wedding Photographer: Brad & Amy Wedding at Westin Park Central Hotel

Chantal — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:29:57 +0000

The wedding of Brad and Amy couldn’t be any better than awesome! The two cutie love birds got married at the beautiful Water’s Edge Church in Frisco. The minute I walked in the church all the glass windows and doors were covered with dark brown papers. Amy and Brad did not want to risk accidently seeing each other. I knew that instance that their love for one another is very strong. Afterwards, we head out to the reception at the gorgeous Westin Park Central hotel in Dallas. The wedding was so much fun that I actually did an internal dance moves while shooting. Thank you Brad and Amy for having me be part of your special day. You both are so gorgeous and may you have wonderful life together.

Ringing in the New Year

Chantal — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:33:26 +0000

Wishing everyone happy holidays with your friends and family. Thank you to everyone and especially my clients for making 2011 a wonderful year. Here’s a picture of my wedding ring photographed on top of a red sparkling ornament. It’s a beautiful heart shape ring from Simayof Jewelry.

Beautiful Christmas Light Pictures | Holiday Bokeh

Chantal — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:38:38 +0000

Thought I enter this post for I Heart Faces Holiday Bokeh and also as a tutorial. To get an amazing Christmas light photo first you need to increase your ISO. I know many people said wouldn’t your picture turn out really grainy? The answer is yes, but if you have a software like Lightroom or Photoshop you can remove the graininess.

The picture below was shot handheld at ISO 2500, 1/160 sec F1.4. All the lights were off since I wanted the Christmas tree lights to stand out a little bit. If you shoot at 1/150 or above most likely your picture will turn out sharp. However, I did open the aperture really wide intentionally at F1.4 to achieve the blurry effect and of course bringing in more light.

ISO 800, 1/15 sec F1.8. Personally, the outcome of the picture tends to be blurry if you shoot at 1/60 or lower. Always try to keep your camera as steady as possible. This photo was shot handheld.

ISO 1250, 1/15 sec F4.5. My first plan was to shoot the beautiful and colorful fall leaves outside the house. Unfortunately it was too cold so I decided to break off a couple branches and put it in a flower vase. As you can tell there was a lot of ambient light indoor. I set the shutter speed at 1/15 so the Christmas tree lights sparkle really big and beautiful in the background. Again, make sure your camera is as steady as possible to achieve this effect. You can use a tripod or anything to steady your camera. This picture was also shot handheld. I had to shoot this angle multiple times to get the leaves in focus.

Lawton Portrait Photographer: Think This Baby Is Modeling For The Camera

Chantal — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:58 +0000

Thought I show you a picture of my little cutie pie nephew in black and white. I converted to black and white because he had yellow Cheetos chips stain all over his mouth. A lot easier than trying to photoshop it out. I wasn’t sure what he was doing at the time. Either he was modeling or just making funny faces. Just too adorable not to share!

Lawton Portrait Photographer: I Heart Furry Faces

Chantal — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:05:45 +0000

I thought of my little neice and her love for my dog Brinkley is perfect for I Heart Faces contest for this week. Although the focus was more on my niece but look how adorable she looks laying on Brinkley’s oh so soft and furry hair. Hope you like it.

Dallas Wedding Photographer: Sneak Peek Brad + Amy Wedding

Chantal — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:00:05 +0000

So normally a sneak peek consist of only one photo but I just can’t help myself. Here are two pictures for you to enjoy taken at the beautiful Water’s Edge Church in Frisco Texas. Since they decided not to do the first look I get to photograph them taking a peek at each other only by touch and sound! They said the cutest and lovable things to each other between the door. How adorable is that! We hope you enjoy the preview of Brad + Amy Wedding. Congratulations to the happy newlyweds!

I love this ring shot! In case you’re wondering how I obtain this lighting. The reception was very dark so I use MicroPro Led Panel light which was to the right of the ring. As you notice I love how it cast a lovely shadow and fits perfectly with the black background.

Happy Thanksgiving And The Best Turkey Ever

Chantal — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:54:08 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving to my family, friends and of course my fabulous clients this year. I am very fortunate to have each one of you in my life.

Just wanted to share some pictures of our Thanksgiving dinner and of course check out how we mashed potatoes using a mortar and pestle. It turns out this is the quickest way to mash a potato. Smart idea from my cool brother-in-law.

Seriously, my hubby makes the BEST and I do mean the BEST turkey ever! The meat was so tender you do not need a knife to cut it. Can’t wait to have left over for lunch tomorrow.

Love my hubby pasta salad. Can’t have Thanksgiving dinner without that.