© 2009 Dena Shipley Photography – Dena & Ken Shipley all rights reserved

Most of our clients have heard me ogle on and on about our Canvas Wraps…I luuuuuvvvveee them, I think they’re better than sliced bread! I mean what more could you want in portrait art to hang on your walls than our fabulous Canvas Wraps!?!? These beautiful pieces of art are so great, they’re museum quality in my book; they come with UV protective coating, and are ready to hang on your wall. Yep, no need to shop for a frame, you just un-wrap your piece of art and pick a spot on your wall, hammer in a couple of nails and hang and hook…wala, something not only beautiful to stare and fill your walls with, but something to love and share with your family and friends because it’s a part of you!

To help you get started with some fabulous, beautiful, modern artwork to hang on your walls Dena Shipley Photography is having a sweet deal on ALL of our Custom Canvas Wraps. Order any size of our wraps, as many as you like, and save 25% off! If you have been putting off ordering one of these beauty’s, let me just say…the best comes to those who wait!

All orders must be placed by October 24th at midnight.
Contact us today via email or give us a call at the studio 936.649.0776 for details on sizes & prices.

Adeus for now!
~ D & K

here is a little peek at some of our studio Canvas Wraps

© 2009 Dena Shipley Photography – Dena & Ken Shipley all rights reserved

So, something I have always wanted to do and that is on my list of goals is capture and be captured by some of our fellow photographers…who also happen to be friends. We met Kristi & Greg of Keepsake Foto last fall at the Brazos Valley Bridal Association’s yearly 2008 Fall Bridal Show. We didn’t have much time that year to visit with each other, and months passed until we ran across each other again at this year’s Spring Bridal Show…where somehow with all brides and grooms that visited us, we managed to take a few minutes and visit with each other, exchange phone numbers and suggest getting together again. We later met a couple of other times with some more of our fellow photogs in the area, and have since become friends through our common love of photography.

So…this is all going somewhere I promise…the wheels in my brain start spinning, and I thought to myself why not, why not see if Kristi & Greg are up for have some photos of them shot and vice versa, plus I have been wanting to update our site with some photos of Kenny & I that weren’t of us shooting each other with cameras stuck to our faces. I admire Kristi & Greg and their photographic art. Needless to say, after talking to Kristi about my plan, they were completely up for the idea. Kristi informed me that most of their photos of the four of them usually have one of them missing in the photo…for obvious reasons (that’s the onlydownside to being a photographer) you’re never able to be a part of the photographs.
So last weekend we headed out to downtown Bryan, and started snapping away. Their two little adorable boys were fun to capture, and Kristi & Greg, their love for each other is obvious…you see they had a very scary, life threatening moment last year, and they embrace every moment of their life together…and it shows, completely.

Kenny & I are heading for what has become a yearly trip to Leakey, TX in November since getting married there last year. I LOVE Leakey, TX LOOOOOVVVEEE it!…Kristi & Greg will be there also, and then we’ll be the one’s on the other side of the lens and we are so looking forward to it!

Kristi & Greg, we had a fabulous time with you, and we thank you for allowing us to capture you and your family, and give you the chance to be on the other side of the lens for a change!

Much love and appreciation
xoxoxo
~ D & K

Here are a few of our favorites from Kristi & Greg’s session. Enjoy!

© 2009 Dena Shipley Photography – Dena & Ken Shipley all rights reserved

Today is my loves birthday…yep Kenny’s…his birthday means a lot to me, because if it weren’t for this day I wouldn’t be where I am right now, happy, loved, my stomach always full of butterflies & thankful…nor would I know what simple, true, honest love is…so today I celebrate him. Happy Birthday my love! I love you, simply, completely, always… ~D

*An Update* to – Goals, Hopes, & Desires…We All Have Them
I’m trying really hard to stay focused on my goals, and blogging about them here is helping to keep me focused. There have been a few that I have been able to complete! So I wanted to share them with you all, and share my progress, and also put out there a few reminders on some things I’m working that I need your help with! So check out what’s been crossed off so far

Also a reminder for our “Giving is Awesome” charitable photography organization that we joined. Please be sure to read this very important post, everything you need to know about nominating someone for a Lifestyle Portrait session is in this post.

Adeus for now!
~ D & K

and because every post is better with a photo, here is one of my favorites of Kenny and I in Leakey, TX and one from the Fall Bridal Show (taken with my iPhone) we attended put on by the Bridal Association of the Brazos Valley …and thank you to all of the brides & grooms that stopped by to see us yesterday, we enjoyed meeting all of you!