The first time I met this guy, he was two weeks before his bar mitzvah, pulling on his aunt’s hair at the dinner table… That being my wife’s hair, naturally I wanted to beat him. Now he’s all grown up, owns and runs an amazing South American boutique tour company and has brought a wonderful woman into our family’s lives. Now they both live in Peru, but since his mom and dad and the rest of the family live in the US, they held their wedding at a place where it seems Peru and all of South America and the Caribbean are just a drink order away. Together with friends from around the world, they shared their vows and celebrated the uniting of two families once worlds apart, now together as family. And yes, this was the day before Passover. Next year in Machu Picchu?

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It’s Santa’s favorite Christmas-time treat — posing with, and being licked up by, the pets. The annual Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League pet photos with Santa event at CityPlace benefits their adoption efforts and is sponsored in part by WRMF-FM.

All donors received a free photo (and lick) with Santa. If you participated, here’s how to get your free photo: find your pet’s photo by scrolling through, or clicking on the images in this gallery below. When you find the image you want, click on it to see it larger, and then close it, Hold your mouse over the thumbnail image to see the image # — it will be “Santa_##.” Email tom@dogslifephotograpy.com and let me know which photo # you want and I’ll send you a digital copy for your small printing and holiday card needs. Those photos will not have a watermark or logo. I cannot do extensive photo manipulation on these — only cropping and exposure.

If you are interested in multiple images, you may purchase them at: www.tbphoto.instaproofs.com, where digital downloads and prints are available for a discounted rate. Just enter your email and look for the PAARL Pet Photos with Santa event. Select images, downloads and sizes, and pay by credit card.

Thanks to Lauren, the staff, and all the volunteers at the PAARL for such a great, well-run event. Thanks, as always, to Jennifer and her staff at WRMF-FM for all the help, love and support they show the dogs and for giving us great shout-outs.

If you missed this event, or are interested in your own photo session, there’s still time for for our fun photo-playdate sessions, and to make photo cards that say “Woof!” Give me a call — anyone who books a session with an animal adopted from anywhere in Palm Beach County over the last 2 years, gets a collection of free images with their session. Happy Howl-idays!santa_506 santa_004 santa_005 santa_007 santa_008 santa_009 santa_012 santa_013 santa_015 santa_018 santa_020 santa_021 santa_022 santa_024 santa_028 santa_031 santa_035 santa_036 santa_037 santa_038 santa_039 santa_042 santa_043 santa_046 santa_048 santa_049 santa_052 santa_054 santa_056 santa_058 santa_060 santa_062 santa_064 santa_066 santa_067 santa_068 santa_073 santa_074 santa_076 santa_079 santa_081 santa_083 santa_085 santa_087 santa_090 santa_093 santa_094 santa_095 santa_097 santa_100 santa_101 santa_105 santa_108 santa_109 santa_112 santa_116 santa_118 santa_120 santa_121 santa_123 santa_126 santa_129 santa_130 santa_132 santa_134 santa_140 santa_141 santa_147 santa_151 santa_153 santa_155 santa_156 santa_158 santa_159 santa_163 santa_176 santa_179 santa_180 santa_183 santa_185 santa_189 santa_191 santa_196 santa_197 santa_199 santa_201 santa_202 santa_205 santa_206 santa_210 santa_213 santa_218 santa_220 santa_225 santa_226 santa_228 santa_231 santa_233 santa_237 santa_242 santa_243 santa_245 santa_248 santa_251 santa_253 santa_255 santa_256 santa_259 santa_260 santa_262 santa_264 santa_266 santa_267 santa_268 santa_270 santa_277 santa_282 santa_283 santa_286 santa_289 santa_294 santa_298 santa_301 santa_302 santa_307 santa_310 santa_314 santa_319 santa_323 santa_328 santa_331 santa_332 santa_335 santa_340 santa_344 santa_349 santa_353 santa_355 santa_357 santa_368 santa_369 santa_371 santa_375 santa_376 santa_381 santa_382 santa_386 santa_388 santa_390 santa_393 santa_395 santa_398 santa_400 santa_411 santa_412 santa_415 santa_417 santa_419 santa_420 santa_425 santa_428 santa_430 santa_442 santa_444 santa_445 santa_452 santa_460 santa_461 santa_469 santa_475 santa_477 santa_481 santa_482 santa_486 santa_489 santa_491 santa_495 santa_497 santa_509 santa_513 santa_518 santa_528 santa_535 santa_537 santa_539 santa_540 santa_543 santa_546 santa_550 santa_555 santa_557 santa_567

_Kaphetal_436 Kaphetal_041 Kaphetal_151 Kaphetal_229A Kaphetal_231A Kaphetal_246A Kaphetal_263 Kaphetal_285 Kaphetal_294 Kaphetal_337A Kaphetal_496 Kaphetal_548 Kaphetal_596 Kaphetal_718 Kaphetal_827 Kaphetal_852 Kaphetal_870 Soon-to-be-married couple Kap and Hetal still had one detail to take care of before their engagement dinner in Dallas — THE RING!! So during his last visit to see his sweety (a pharmacist here in West Palm Beach), Kap FINALLY gave the ring to Hetal. But he wanted to do it in style. So we armed him with beautiful yellow lillies from Extra Touch Flowers on Clematis Street and he donned his sharpest biz-cashz duds and got busy! Fortuately, the weather cooperated enough to do the deed; bride-to-be Hetal was VERY happy (see above), and we were off to the beach.

Being a summer’s day in South Florida, the rain had to make a show of it, but our couple-to-be was undaunted in their love. We shot through the raindrops and even under a few.

Finally warming up with a celebratory libation at Bradley’s, our couple truly looked like two kids in love, ready to tie the knot. Next stop — Dallas and from there, a full traditional wedding in India. Good things can happen when you’re in love — even in the rain. Congratulations to a great couple!

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braxton__168 braxton__226 carl_396 couples_04 dunkel-897 frame12 hardy_350 marion_132 nic_chuck_0646 pember__1242 yng-fams_26 Love comes in all shapes, sizes and ways, right? We’ve got four ways to celebrate that love without spending anything (unless you want to!).

Send us your most loving photo of: you and your loved one, baby love, family love
or puppy love;

We’ll post the best images and pick our favorites in each category on February 14th.
The winner of each category (romantic/baby/family/dog) will receive a free photo session and digital sharing set from Brodigan Photography!

You can post your photos right here, or to our email: tom@brodiganphotography.com

Show us the love, and we’ll capture that love for both of you to share!
But hurry — submissions MUST be posted by NOON, Tuesday, February 14th.

So get romantic, grab that family or pooch, get inspired and show us the love!

Valentine’s is coming up, and the guy/gal who has everything, doesn’t have a (good) picture of you!
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Well, we can solve that problem on a budget! All our mini-sessions (about 30-40 painless minutes of your time) come with a copy of your favorite image, in one of these great little frames! Each fits a 2×3″ image. You’ll also receive a digital copy of the file to share with everyone!
But hurry — valentines mini-sessions with free frame and photo are only $125, but must be photographed by Sunday, February 5, 2012.
Click “contact me” in the menu bar above now, and show ‘em who loves em with a great new photo and frame to remind him/her all year!

I’ve got some great, easy tips for successful holiday photos, so read on…

The next few weeks most of us will spend time on the computer frantically trying to find that great picture from summer vacation where we were all together and smiling…

If you found it, congratulations! You’re ready to make your holiday cards – and that’s the fun part. At Brodigan Photography, we offer a great set of customizable holiday cards here here

Make a good quality photo:
Point and shoot cameras can only capture even, well-lit subjects. I recommend turning your flash off (this will prevent red eye), trying to find enough natural light, and setting your ISO (the camera’s light sensitivity) to 400. Small cameras make grainy pictures using ISO 800 or more. Sometimes the background is brighter than your subject (a white linoleum floor, an outdoor setting, etc.). If you can overexpose your image by pushing the “+” sign in the exposure menu, do it. Also, if you’re indoors, try to adjust the light setting on your camera to what’s on around you… florescent? Incandescent? Sometimes auto just isn’t good at color balancing the light, and you’ll get really yellow, orange or even green pictures without making that adjustment.

Just remember these few things that make for a good quality photo: no shadows across faces, good exposure, no distracting backgrounds (tourists, garbage cans, etc.); large enough file size to reproduce

Special offer: check out the “special offers” tab on the left side of the site for some just announced holiday offers; only through Nov. 30!

Next: Make sure what you’re shooting is something worth saving and sharing:
A good moment: everyone’s together, enjoying themselves. They don’t have to be looking at the camera or smiling; just pick one that makes you smile; that brings back a happy memory. Your choice may surprise you. And if you do have a great location from a summer trip, show it off, for the rest of us!

And don’t forget — If you’d like to have a more recent photo, or you missed that summer photo op (like me, because I was at the computer all summer), check out our new holiday specials — just click our “special offers” tab on the left side of our site…

You can always call or email me for free advice! May all your holidays be memorable (in a good way) and all your shopping be painless…

Tom

Great costumes and good times at Leapin’ Lizards indoor playground in West Palm Beach, for Halloween 2011. Email me (tom@brodiganphotography.com) with the number of your kiddo’s photo, and we’ll send it to ya! Thanks to all the pirates, vampires, scary guys and princesses for making it such a fun night! (And a special thanks to PJ for having us!).hween_2011__023 hween_2011__001 hween_2011__010 hween_2011__031 hween_2011__036 hween_2011__038 hween_2011__040 hween_2011__042 hween_2011__049 hween_2011__068 hween_2011__093 hween_2011__097 hween_2011__103 hween_2011__104 hween_2011__116 hween_2011__119 hween_2011__127 hween_2011__130 hween_2011__133 hween_2011__138 hween_2011__156