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we are kristen and tim douglass, the creatives behind fidelis photography. for the last three years, we've been working to creatively capture people, events, and light. here you'll find our latest work. please feel free to look, comment, or forward on to a friend. call us today to set up an appointment. enjoy the work! best if viewed in firefox or chrome. also, get the most updated version of flash player
Well, we're doing it. We're really doing it. We are going to the Spring Bridal Show Event this Sunday. I say it like that, because this is no small undertaking. It's a really big deal, and vendors go all out with big fancy displays. But you know how we do, we keep it simple, modern, and fresh with our style. All about the images and all about our clients. Tim added on to our display from last year. And this is what we'll look like (kind of)!
I know...he is wildly talented and never ceases to amaze me with his woodworking/handyman/lumberjack abilities. I mean he built this whole thing with his big manly hands! *wife smiles adoringly* Nothing was purchased, all of it built out in his wood shop. Which reminds me, we will be launching publicly for the first time, a new product line to our wedding clients at the show!
A complete line of handcrafted heirloom album boxes made by Tim himself. Get excited everybody! We will be publishing a feature product video on the blog to showcase for those clients who are not attending the show but like to stay up on our latest developments.
We'll see you there!
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Here at the Faithful Studios we have been scrutinizing over our offerings. The great business owners alway say to know, really know, what your value is to your clients. Do you sell mattresses? No, you give people rest, energy, and a great attitude towards life. Are you just an exercise coach? No, you are helping people invest in themselves. Is it just another computer you're selling? Nope again, this keeps families connected and builds love.
Well, we've been asking ourselves what is photography and why is it important? The answer smacked us on the face when we had kids. Shepherd loves looking at our cameras to see his image. He loves saying "cheeaazzzee" and hamming it up. But what we find important, what keeps us clicking (pun), is the idea that Shepherd may one day show his kids our pictures. We are in the business of creating heirlooms for the future. We create, out of thin air mind you, a piece of work that holds a celebrated moment. Something as simple as, "this is us a month before our wedding" or "this is our family when you, baby girl, were just one". Or, of course, "this was our wedding day".
If it is true that these moments are important to you, that these moments need to be honored and cherished, then it is also true that these images need to be handled properly. Let us do that for you.
When we look for products to offer here at Fidelis we look for a couple of specific things:
1) is it beautiful
2) is it timeless
3) is it durable
With these considerations, I introduce the Canvas.
These guys are completely custom. Meaning, every size from 8x10 - all the way up to 40x30 is guaranteed to be precisely what you want and to fit the space you have for it.
Canvas has been getting a lot of press with the photography community in the last year or so, but has failed to become as mainstream as the simple 4x6 print. The strength and weakness of the custom canvas is that it is too timeless. A 4x6 takes almost zero commitment and if you've just moved into your first apartment that makes sense. However, if you've just bought your first home (an implied minimum of 3yrs) a canvas makes even more sense. Pick that image or tryptich and throw it up on your wall with boldness. The ink, canvas, and frame are all museum rated (100+years) and if it ever gets wrinkled or over stretched our particular canvas maker has free stretching for life on their canvases. A timeless and durable product.
These are a couple of our canvases in the wild. Most of these are already two years old, though they look brand spankin new. In fact, with the exception of just one of the families in these images, all of these have added new members to the family since these images were made! Don't worry, we'll be creating something special for the newbies.
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Hello New Wedding Client! (Or future Client:) We can't wait to begin our photographic journey together and this is how get it started, with presents!
I am a girl, so I love to open presents. Don't judge, it's not like I care that much about what's inside, I just love unwrapping the present. Tim has picked up on this little fact over the years, and he has since moved to having all of my gifts professionally wrapped. This little tidbit about me motivates us into wrapping all the little things leaving our studio beautifully.
We have a new client welcome box that goes out to you as soon as your pen is down from signing the contract. It includes a nice little letter from your custom photographers...
Several helpful and fun printed materials...
A new yummy addition to the welcom box, two lovely handmade chocolates from our local chocolatier, Truman Chocolates (my favorite).
Like I said before, it's all in the wrapping. Your welcome box will arrive at your doorstep looking something like this.
Enjoy your present, and let it fill you with excitement as we begin our fun-filled, memory- making time together.
Elisa Klemm says:
I got mine on Monday! It was very exciting and done so well!
(01.18.12 @ 05:21 PM)
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Happy 2012 all,
I hope your year has already started off with good times.
In fairness though, every New Years Eve is destined to be great for us since December 31st is our Anniversary. As you can imagine, being surrounded as we are by weddings and families, Kristen and I get to dwell on the beauty of what marriage and family mean all the time. Constantly barraged by grooms watching their girlfriends become "wife", and wives becoming mommy, we stand in awe of the beauty of these metamorphosis. But, none of that would mean anything more than a job to me if I didn't have Kristen in my life. She is my translator taking what would be a incomprehensible change and making it sensical to me. I understand why we change when I look at her and my son. I understand why I want/need/have had to change. And it is so very worth it. I understand the value of my job because of them. That is largely what we do. We take before and after portraits but right in the moment.
I know this is like four days too late but I wanted to give you a little New Years cuteness.
There's nothing cuter than joseph gordon-levitt and his gal pal zooey dashanel singing about the new years
I like how his voice is just a smidgen higher than hers. I Joseph Gordon Love it! You're welcome for that one.
Tim
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We've added a new option to our engagement sessions, which I'm pretty excited about. We've partnered up with The Frame Gallery in downtown Bryan to give our engaged couples another option. Normally, we put 10 of their favorite photos in a sweet silk or leather bound sign in book that we are really proud of. This new option replaces that but still features the photos and allows guest to sign-in to the wedding in a creative way. I thought I would show off the latest creation from Allie and Andrew's engagement session. You like?
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