BRIAN HANCOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS

Our new venture ~ Santa Fe Wedding Photography

2012-03-09T08:32:00.001-10:00

Well it's been a while and things have sure changed. Me and my wife recently joined our photography business together and created Pineda Hancock Photographers. We do wedding photography, lifestyle photography, family portraits, baby photography, boudoir. We are based out of Santa Fe New Mexico, but also cover Albuquerque, Taos, Espanola, and the rest of New Mexico. Don't' forget we still travel nation and worldwide. We have weddings scheduled in Colorado, California, Phoenix, Hawaii, Texas, and Florida this year. So go checkout the new site.

Santa Fe Wedding Photography main site
Santa Fe Wedding Photography blog

San Antonio Photography Photo Special

2012-01-09T18:52:00.001-10:00

Hello all my San Antonio friends!!! I will be in San Antonio the weekend of Feb 11-12th, 2012. We will be doing a awesome portrait special. Limited spots available. Details as follows:

Where: McNay Art Museum (in case of special closure, we'll move to downtown)
When: Feb 11th and 12th. Starting at 10am and last session at 5pm
Cost: $120 (must pay when booking time slot. pay by credit/check card)
Details: 45 minutes • 10 creative edited images • online gallery
Discount: If you book and have a friend book too, you'll both get the sessions for $100ea

Any additional information needed please email or call: 210.370.7773

This includes all session types, portraits/lifestyle, bellies, kids, etc…

san antonio wedding lifestyle photography

40 High Resolution Photography Textures for Photoshop

2011-12-30T16:17:00.001-10:00

To purchase these textures see my store at: pinedahancock.bigcartel.com

I wanted to share 40 high resolution textures I created for use with your favorite graphics programs like Photoshop, Fireworks, etc. I took these myself, and your free to use them in any way you wish. Being a photographer my favorite use is applying texture to images to create more of an art look to special images. I'll be writing how to use textures on your images in a future post.

Here is a sample of some of the textures in the set.

Here are some examples i've used on my own photography when using textures with them.

All textures in this set are 4288x2848 px in size at around 4mb-7mb in size. The total zip file is 216mb.

Grand Canyon

2011-10-26T15:29:00.001-10:00

Here's a couple shots I took of the Grand Canyon a while back (last one is actually Sedona, AZ). If you really look at all the colors of the rock and details it becomes amazing.

Whale Watching ~ Maui, Hawaii

2011-07-14T09:08:00.001-10:00

This past Feb/March I was on Maui for my brothers wedding and we all set sail for a whale watching cruise. It was prime time, as the whales were all over the place. We left from Kaanapali beach. It's really an amazing sight to see, especiall when one of the whales gets about 10ft from your boat. So amazing are God's creatures. Here's a couple of my favorites that I took with my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lense.

Rob and Susan Belly Shoot ~ Lanikai, Hawaii

2011-07-13T15:31:00.001-10:00

Congratulations to Rob & Susan. She's having twin girls! Double trouble. Here's a couple from out photo shoot on Lanikai Beach next to Kailua on Oahu, Hawaii.

Susan recently delivered these two healthy little girls! So we wish them the best!

Todd and Karla ~ Eternity Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

2010-12-30T18:17:00.000-10:00

Checkout this awesome couple. Todd met Karla in Chile when he was working abroad. They soon moved to Hawaii where Todd has family and are living happily ever after... We went out to Eternity Beach (otherwise known as the Blowhole) just passed Hawaii Kai, on Oahu. The day before it was pouring raining and we had to reschedule. The next day wasn't looking good either, but they said rain or shine we're doing it! Well we were blessed with a break in the weather and enough to give us these beautiful photos. Enjoy!

Elizabeth, Brian, and Roan ~ McNay Art Museum

2010-12-06T15:34:00.001-10:00

I got to shoot a nice family session while in San Antonio, TX last month. What a cute family especially the kiddo! Here's some of my favorites from that session. Enjoy

Brian Hancock Photographers ~ Family, McNay, San Antonio, TX

Joanna Trash The Dress ~ Eternity Beach

2010-12-04T23:54:00.001-10:00

Joanne was AWESOME to let me do a Trash the Dress session at Eternity Beach (Blow Hole) Oahu, Hawaii. I just her and Kenny's wedding the previous weekend and we went out to get dirty with that dress! Enjoy these, it's not often you find a bride that wants to do this. Thanks Joanne.

Brian Hancock Photographers ~ Eternity Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Weddings, Bridal

Best Portrait Photo Session Deal Of The Year!!!

2010-10-29T20:15:00.001-10:00

Sorry but this deal has ended!!! Thanks for all of you that booked. looking forward to the shoots. If you're interested in a session just email or call me and I can discuss the regular prices with you.

Ok it's finally here. Once a year I offer an insane portrait/lifestyle photo session at a crazy price. For the next 4 weeks I'll be doing 1hr photo sessions for $99. So what does it include? Let me break it down for you.

$99

-1hr photo session
-choice of 10 final images fully edited and put on disc*
-entire session online for friends and family to view and/or purchase from
-Option to purchase full set of fully edited images on disc.
-Location of your choice within the Honolulu/Hawaii Kai/Kailua areas

Space is limited, so book fast before this deal is no longer available.

To setup an appointment just email me here or call 877.370.2737

*Your 10 chosen images include full size files with rights to personal prints (not for commercial use)
*You can purchase the full set of full size edited images on disc for $150 with rights to personal prints.
*Cash, Check, and Credit Card accepted. I can even accept your credit card at the session
*Refer a friend after your booked session and get a 16x20 print
*Not valid for existing sessions already booked prior to today 10/29/10

Hawaii Wedding Photography, Lifestyle and Portrait Photography. Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii Kai

Joanne and Kenny ~ Kailua Beach

2010-10-09T20:50:00.001-10:00

I'm lucky to get to shoot Joanne and Kenny's wedding in Hawaii Kai on 10/10/10 at the Banyan House. We went out friday to Kailua Beach Park to shoot their engagement photos. Joanne and Kenny came all the way from San Diego, California to have a wedding here. As you can see, they make a perfect couple. Enjoy these and i'll follow up soon with the actual wedding photos.

Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Engagement

Christine and Justin ~ Westin La Cantera

2010-09-27T17:13:00.001-10:00

Here's some more shots from Christine and Justin's wedding at Westing La Cantera. If you want to see the whole event once it's published you can go to www.ChrisAndJustin.com

Christine and Justin, Westin La Cantera

2010-09-13T00:42:00.001-10:00

I had the privilege of flying to San Antonio to shoot the wedding of Christine and Justin at the Westin La Cantera in San Antonio, TX. It was a beautiful day, not too hot, and no rain. Congrats Chris and Justin. You guys are perfect together.

Here's a sneak peak of a couple images until I edit the rest.

More images to come....

Brian Hancock Photographers, Westin La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas

Hands Across The Sand Waikiki

2010-06-26T15:34:00.001-10:00

Surfrider, Blue Planet Foundation, and Sierra Club help put together the Hands Across The Sand event this weekend and I was there to catch in in Waikiki. Taken from their site:

"Hands Across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life and crosses political affiliations. This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, and fishing industry. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting all of the above from the devastating effects of oil drilling."

Visit:
http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/

http://blueplanetfoundation.org/

http://www.surfrider.org

http://sierraclub.org/

for more information on the cause.

Here's a coulpe photos from the event followed by a video I put together with my new iPhone 4 and the iMovie app!

See the full photo sets on Flickr or Smugmug

Surfrider, Blue Planet Foundation, Sierra Club, Clean Energy, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii

Wedding photo taken with Holga

2010-06-15T14:55:00.001-10:00

Since I found my love for my Holga camera i'm starting to really play with it more and trying to use it in all types of photography. At a recent wedding I shot, I took it along with me. I only had 1 roll of film and 6 shots left, but i'll definitely be ready to shoot a couple rolls of film per wedding. I love the results. In a day where DSLR's create perfection. Perfect pixels, focus, sharpness... sometimes it's the imperfections that really create a dynamic photo. Check them out, let me know what you think.

Wedding, Holga, San Antonio, Texas

Holga fun in Hawaii

2010-06-01T14:37:00.002-10:00

I've been playing around with my Holga lately and finally got around to develop some film and post some images. Holga's are so much fun! They're affordable and can bring back a little passion in photography. It's shoots medium format 120 film. I use Kodak NC, and VC for color, and Ilford HP5 for black and white.

The cool thing about the Holga is it can be very unpredictable. Light leaks all over the place, and just odd things can happen that give extra character to the shots.

The first two were taken at Hanauma Bay. The second is Koko Head, and the last just a beach at Diamond Head.

Hanauma Bay, Koko Head, Hawaii Kai, Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii

Donovan Frankenreiter performs "Free" live in Waikiki

2010-05-30T18:09:00.001-10:00

I caught this free show last night in Waikiki at the Billabong Surf shop. It was a low key acoustic set, but it was a great one! checkout the video I got of one of his songs "Free", then checkout a couple photos.

Donovan Frankenretier - Live Acoustic - Billabong - Waikiki - Oahu - Hawaii

Angela and Raymond - Downtown Honolulu

2010-05-28T09:48:00.001-10:00

The Hawaii PUG group got together to do a shoot in downtown Honolulu. The couple, Angela & Raymond, recently got engaged. It was a fun shoot, about 10 of us. It's always funny to see other folks looking on, as they watch all these photographers shooting.

Downtown, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

The Modern Book from Brian Hancock Photographers

2010-04-27T20:29:00.001-10:00

Couple days ago I showed you the Willowbook Sequoia Flush Mount Top Grain Leather Album. Today I wanted to show you the other album that I offer. The Modern Book. I only offer the Sequoia and the Modern book. I keep it simple. This album also has rigid pages that fold out flat to create a panorama, and this one comes in 8x8, 10x10, and 12x12 as well. Instead of a leather cover, the Modern book comes with a graphical hard back casing. The casing is then supplemented with a extra photo cover jacket. The photo jack is identical to the actual hard cover built onto the album. The spine and part of the sides of the front and back are designed with a choice of color (see last pic)

Sequoia Flush Mount Leather Albums

2010-04-25T20:29:00.001-10:00

Just wanted to share a post of the high end leather albums that I offer. These albums are made of high grain leather, and smell like a nice pair of genuine cowboy boots! The Sequoia Flush Mount leather album can be ordered in sizes of 8x8, 10x10, or 12x12. These albums are layflat as well, meaning if you open them up the pages will lay flat to create a nice full panorama. The 10x10 would open up to 10x20. The pages are rigid and thick, they do not bend like paper. They also come in 12 different cover options. Inside the first and last parts of the cover is lined with satin as seen in one of the shots below.

Maria and Bernd Slideshow. Lanikai, Hawaii

2010-04-22T11:52:00.001-10:00

Posted some pics from the beach wedding on Lanikai between Maria and Bernd a while back. Here's a slideshow that includes more images from their special day.

Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii, Brian Hancock Photographers

The not so glamorous side of Waikiki

2010-04-06T10:05:00.000-10:00

I've been told I live in paradise. I won't argue with that. I've been blessed and truly do live in paradise. Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on earth. But with all that beauty there's another side you may not see. For every Yin there's Yang. You couldn't have good if there wasn't evil. And so I decided to step out into Waikiki and show a side of it that most don't get to see. Waikiki is old, and there's still tons of building left over from that age, not updated, just fixed up enough to still stand. So this was my perspective on capturing the not so glamorous side of Waikiki on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Alisha's Bridal at McNay Art Museum

2010-04-01T21:23:00.000-10:00

Now that Alisha and Dwain are married and the wedding is done. I can now post some favorites I took from Alisha's bridal shoot at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. The McNay is used by hundreds of photographers to do photo shoots. The main reason being, it's beautiful and there's several different settings to shoot at. I still try hard to use different aspects of the McNay to try to capture images that many may not even guess were done there. Enjoy!

Alisha Soto Lewis, Bridal, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

©2010 Brian Hancock Photographers

Alisha and Dwain Wedding | San Antonio, TX

2010-03-28T01:25:00.001-10:00

I want to share the images of Alisha and Dwain's wedding on March 13th, 2010. It was held in San Antonio, TX at The Church at The University of Incarnate Word.

Checkout this slideshow for a summary of the special event.

If you'd like to view all the photos from the wedding please visit: www.alisha-dwain.com

©2010 Brian Hancock Photographers

weddings, san antonio, incarnate word

Garrett Palans Little League Baseball

2010-03-18T22:04:00.000-10:00

Just wanted to share some shots I took of my awesome nephew Garrett playing little league baseball. He's playing in San Antonio, Texas at McCallister Park. One of the shots really reminds me of a old school baseball pic.

Baseball, little league, san antonio, texas, mccallister park