It's great to be back in Denver

This week has been a blast. The display at Il Posto has been extended through the end of the month, we raised over $1000 for Ezra in the Convergence show, and I had the fortune of shooting three super cool families.

Tonight, I'll be shooting and awards banquet for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which is sure to be a blast.

I've extended my stay in Denver for a few more days, so if you're interested in booking a shoot, please get in touch with me.

branding. check.

Even though I have been working as a professional photographer for about five years, I haven't pursued it as a main source of income until this year. With that shift in mindset, I realized that there were a number of things I hadn't done to make my business "official." The biggest one being my brand. What is "Eunice Brownlee Photography" all about, and what makes me special?

I have been working with a high school friend, Cara Elizabeth, on this project for quite a few months, and I am just about the most indecisive person on the planet. I vacillated on color schemes, logo design, ideas. You name it, I waffled. On some level, I'm surprised she hasn't kicked me to the curb just yet.

But in a moment I least expected, I was at the fabric store on Saturday, picking up supplies for my daughter's Halloween costume, when I was struck by a stroke of inspiration. At long last, I have finally made a decision on my branding that I like. And plan to stick with. For now.

now on twitter

For those of you that know me, I have resisted getting a Twitter account for as long as I possibly could. In fact, I even teased my sister for getting one for her business. But alas, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I know that it's just a necessary part of doing business in the electronic age.

So follow me already, would ya?

growth.

Although I have always loved taking pictures, my career in photography started by accident. I never really had a "good" camera and never had more of an interest in photography outside of capturing the odd memory of certain occasions.


My camera collection started with a small 110mm camera that came in a cereal box and my first 35mm was found in the glove compartment of a car we rented after I hit a deer in the middle-of-nowhere-Colorado. It wasn't until college that I used an SLR for the first time. The class was photography 101, chosen merely to fill an art credit I needed because I couldn't paint, sculpt or draw. The class was intended to round out my degree; little did I know it would change my life.

My first day in class, I vaguely knew what shutter speed meant, and I'd only heard the term, "f-stop" from conversations with others I knew that had taken a photography class. I don't know if it was the amazing instructor I had or something about tapping into an as-yet-undiscovered passion, but that class changed me.

I spent the better part of a year isolated in the darkroom at school, and by the end of the summer of 2004, I was asked to photograph my first wedding. I actually considered declining the offer. To that point, the only people I had ever photographed were the ones required of portraiture assignments, which I hated with every fiber of my being. Despite my nervousness, I shot the wedding anyway, and had a blast. Suddenly, I wanted to shoot fewer flowers and dilapidated buildings and more people.

I consumed the idea of shooting portraits and found some workshops to take and learned more about the art of portraiture. The more I shot, the more I realized how dynamic and amazing the human form is. As I look back on my portfolio from those first awkward portrait assignments to the work I have shot this summer, I love seeing how much I've grown as a photographer, and find it funny that I find so much joy in the very situation that used to make me wish I had enrolled in ceramics instead.

Even though I surely have some favorite landscapes and still life images in my portfolio, I certainly enjoy taking pictures of people more than I did when I first started shooting six years ago.

fan me.

Are you a fan of Eunice Brownlee Photography? If not, you should be! Please visit our Facebook Fan page and leave us a note!

Need a better reason to fan us? We will give away a free portrait session to a lucky fan and a friend of their choice when we hit 1000 fans!

Tell your family! Tell your friends! Be a fan!

linked in.

It was probably close to two years ago when I was invited to join LinkedIn by a fellow photographer. I signed up and did nothing with it (much like I did with my Facebook account a few years ago). Then I read a fantastic article in Fortune magazine about how LinkedIn is one of the best ways to network and find jobs. With that, I jumped in and finished my profile.

I invite you to connect with me!

on being a photographer.

I come from a very creative gene pool. My mom is a talented artist of many mediums; my sister, equally as talented. I somehow missed out on getting the drawing gene, but the fire for creativity burns fiercely inside me.

A few years ago, when I went back to school to finish my business degree, I had to fulfill an art requirement and drawing, painting and sculpture were all off the table. I knew we had an SLR hiding in a closet somewhere, so I signed up for photography 101 with the amazingly talented Brendan Regan. I learned how to print a contact sheet, I learned how to develop film, make a print, and learned how to manipulate the settings on my camera for the desired compositional effect. All of this, I expected to learn, as that was what I paid my money for.

What I didn't expect to learn was that I had a passion for this medium, and even better, a talent for it. It didn't take much coercion to register me for 102, and subsequently, 103. It was somewhere in the many hours I spent in the darkroom, by myself, in complete bliss, that I realized that I wanted to be a photographer when I grew up...which is what brings me here today.

blog.

My name is Eunice Brownlee and I am a photographer in the Denver metro area. I specialize in weddings and events, but I am happy to help you with any of your photographic needs.

As a former event manager, I also have a smattering of contacts from the industry, from DJ's to bakeries to florists, and I plan on sharing my favorites with you here.

It is my hope that you will use this blog as a resource to help you plan your events -- whether it's a wedding or a surprise party, or just a small gathering of friends.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have topics in mind that you would like me to discuss.

Of course, please visit my web site as well.