Wedding = Baytown Texas

A while back Cody and I had a WONDERFUL wedding from a young lady which found us almost 3 years before her wedding date. Normally only booking a wedding no more than 1 year in advance we actually accepted this amazing client a little before that and well we are both glad we did.

Here are a few from our special day with our amazing client and her family!

Wendy's Wedding Gown


The Day's events


Wendy walking down the isle not for her wedding but for a first look with her father. You see Wendy's father had not seen his daughter in her wedding gown and well lets just say it was a very special moment of many happy tears when he finally did.




The something blue" aspect of Wendy's wedding day was a piece of her mother's actual wedding dress, a blue wedding dress, cut and placed inside Wendy's dress.


The couple at the alter


The Kiss


On Table goodies from the reception - did I mention I love on table chocolate goodies :)


A couple of the couple on their bubble exit!




Thanks again guys for allowing us to be a part of your special day, you two are amazing people with amazing families!

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Baby Fairy Sighting...

Well tonight we had a great little baby in our studio, and we got to play with our little "Nest Egg" and "Mushroom" props. Truly a fun evening with a great couple and their little fairy angel! Here is one from our session designed as the front of a Christmas Card!

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An old friend and his special day

Many of you know that I (Mike) for approximately 15 years was in law enforcement here in the State of Texas. While most of those police years were spent on Crime Scene Investigation the beginning year or two...well lets just say I payed my dues by working in the jail division. During the time of massive over crowding of State Prisons I found myself guarding murders and rapists and just about every other type of hard core criminal you could think of, which of course were shoved into tiny cells with way too many inmates in them. It was at this time I meet David and over that year or so we gained each others trust and well saved each others lives on several occasions during the events of what goes on in a jailhouse.

Well as time goes on, we both have gotten older, somewhat fatter (especially me) and found new loves in our lives. Jessica was a beautiful bride and well David was a great groom, even though he is still as goofy as he always has been. Married in one of the State of Texas oldest churches still standing and in use (5th I think) in a little town of East Columbia, Suzy and I had the great honor of capturing one of my oldest and closest friends. A simple event, no bells or whistles just a simple couple, confessing their love for one another in front of just a few people, in other words a pretty good day!

Here are a few portraits from the day and once again thank you David and Jessica it was an honor to be a part of it!

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Driving and shooting all the way to Mobile, AL

Well this week was extremely busy, both Jordan and I (Mike) had sessions at the start of the week then drove approximately 10 hours to Denny Mfg in Mobile, AL to capture a few images for their new 2009 catalog coming out very soon. So without making you read usless text I will give you a few new backdrops from Denny's. Yeah these are fresh off the presses, well ok fresh off the Photoshop Darkroom!

Shooting on Denny's SuperCloth backdrops, we really never knew what to expect when the drop... well dropped. Needing just simple headshots we did our best to work with the models, using the new drops and of course using lights we were not quite used too. All in all we had a blast, were VERY tired after three days of shooting only to be thanked by having to drive 10 hours back home, get 2-3 hours of sleep, shoot a Saturday wedding during the morning and afternoon then a family session in the late evening at the studio. Yeah to much photography makes MyKey a tired little boy!

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Always look on the bright side of life...

Late last night I was up working on finishing up a Deanna's Senior session from Sunday which Suzy and I shot together in downtown Houston. (See the below post on our blog for her portraits) Getting done around 5am this morning I finally laid my head down for a good "night's" sleep.

The day had been one of those fall days where it simply rained all day long, sometimes hard and sometimes just barely a sprinkle but yet still rain, so much so our dog, Honey, did not like to go outside and get wet to use the restroom. Of course we tried several times to get her to go but the old stubborn lady in her simply said no way to us.

So this morning bright and early at 8am I get a phone call. Waking me up, I thought to myself, this better be damn good, I have only been to sleep for 3 hours.

Answering the phone, alright good reason, business and it needed to be done pretty quickly. Laying there in bed just hanging up the phone with Cody I thought to myself and realized

THERE IS ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE and this morning it was a very bright thing indeed.


You see sometime during those three hours Honey our lovely pet, our family member dog, decided enough was enough with her colon and blessed me with a nice little piece of dog poo in our bed. Yep our stubborn old lady just could not hold it anymore and laid out a dirt dragon right beside me in bed. You might be asking yourself about this time, what in the hell could be bright about a dog of any kind or anywhere dropping a piece of poo-poo in bed with you.

Well actually there are two things:

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1) Cody called to get me up early so I would not be rolling around in bed with it

2) (my favorite) IT WAS HARD!!!


So there is your wonderful thought for the day, I hope your day starts off slightly better than mine, and either way remember to ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE!!!


~ Mike

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Deanna - A Senior

Well as you would know it, Suzy and I (Mike) headed up to our local High School to talk to the yearbook teacher. Suzy had not meet her yet and I wanted to introduce the two ladies together. Two hours later Suzy and I had talked to the almost a 100 kids, got to know the teacher better, and meet some amazing young men and ladies in the process. Deanna was one of the seniors in the yearbook class that day, beautiful with a great smile we had a blast in and around downtown Houston playing in the dirty of dirty places to capture these images.

Deanna's Slideshow

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A Bridal Session

I meet this young bride, Lynsey years ago through a good friend of mine she was dating at the time. Well as the years went by we photographed her older sister's weddings, became good friends with her family, and well now photographing her upcoming wedding, which by the way is not to the old friend of mine :)

Beautiful young lady with an amazing sense of humor which clearly runs in the family since both her older sister and mother are lovable smart a$$es as well. (Love you guys) Captured at Heathers Glen in Conroe Texas we had a great day with beautiful weather playing around the grounds. Here are just a few more from the day since I do not want to ruin the big surprise for the groom in December on their wedding day.

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The Learning Circle - A Daycare Session

For 5 to 6 years my daughter was "raised" by The Learning Circle Daycare here in our little home town of Lake Jackson, so for me to be able to go in and capture the children of this learning center was truly an honor.

Suzy and I captured 50 beautiful children throughout the day from newborns to 5 year old. While some loved us and well some not so much loved us, we enjoyed every second of the event. Here are a few more from the day and once again THANK YOU The Learning Circle for allowing TriCoast to capture the children at your daycare. We captured several portraits of each child and had several set ups for the certain child's age (thanks to Denny's Mfg). All in all the day worked out well!

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TriCoast and Miller's Our New Ad

Today was the day - the first time we (TriCoast) saw the new ad from Miller's in Studio Photography Magazine!

You know over the last year I really have gotten to love Studio Photography Magazine. Its full of educational information, amazing photographs and well the best part it is FREE for anyone wanting to advance their knowledge in this amazing art form. So for our new ad for Miller's Lab to come out in this magazine we are truly excited and honored to say the least.

So check out the add on Miller's Website along with more information on the products we use through them and of course check out Studio Photography "The Business Behind the Image" and get your FREE magazine subscription.

Thank you Both for continuing to educate and help the professional photographers as well as smucks like us...

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Claire - A Graveyard Senior...

Claire came into our studio with one thought on her mind - to have her senior portraits show she is edgy, yet sophisticated city girl that is one of a kind original.
Starting off in our studio and ending up in an old graveyard and a classy hotel we had a blast capturing Claire. Here are a few from the session.

Claire's Slideshow

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