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For a few months now we’ve been subtly and not so subtly hinting around at something big we’re working on…the cat is now out of the bag. Wes Brown Photography now has it’s very own studio space and we’re excited to invite everyone in.

On Friday February 15th, not only will we open up our doors at 6pm, but so will all of our “roommates”…but I’ll get to that in a minute.

Our portion of the event will take place from 6pm to 9pm and be called Facebook Friday. We’re inviting anyone who attends to get a headshot that we’ll put on Facebook for you as a gift. Going out for a Valentine’s dinner? Stop by and we’ll be more than happy to take a photo of the 2 of you. Face it, we all need an update to our same old Facebook profile photos.

Our studio, which we affectionally call The Brown House Studio, is located on the top floor of The Carnegie Community Arts Center. On the 15th many of the artists, developers, programmers, videographers, etc will all be on hand in the building to showcase their many talents.

As for us, please feel free to stop by and treat yourself to the gift of photography. Moving forward the studio will be available by appointment and look forward to working with all of you in the future.

Thank you for supporting us and helping us reach this very important step in our photography.

We hope to see you there!

If you checked out today’s episode #22 of TPH, you may have heard me mention Asteroid Mining. If you didn’t, go listen now! A company called Planetary Resources plan to utilize the outer space technique to acquire precious metals and minerals from 1500 or so asteroids that are fairly close to earth. This is the same company that not long ago told us ANYONE would be able to take a trip to space and back. Well, they made that happen. With billions of dollars strategically invested, the company claims to begin profiting from the journey beginning day one. I wish we had more forward thinking companies in the US with this mentality. Their goal is not just to benefit themselves, but the greater good for all.

Now, I just need to figure out how to ship @ThosePeople up there, maybe they could convince me Green Lateran IS real?

It’s been teased for over a year now, but we now finally have some actual footage from Anchorman 2, along with the above poster. …..I wish I had salon quality hair….. By the Hammer of Thor, the news team is back with a brand new trailer for their film! Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Coming […]

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Here are a few of my favorites from earlier this fall with the Girdler Family. Of course, we have to keep a few secret for the Christmas card don’t we?

Truth be told this isn’t anything I would find as a surprise. It’s not something extremely popular today but when I discovered it, I made sure to share it with everyone. I don’t want to give too much away, but here is the synopsis of the story.

Ninjai is a young boy who I would assume to be a cross between ninja and samurai. He is on a mission to find peace or the meaning of life when his path crosses people want to help him, and those who want to fight him. And let’s just say this, the last thing you want to do is fight this kid. He will destroy you with extreme prejudice. A side character who befriends him is a small bird who lends him the ability to have conversation in his journey to find the inner peace he is searching for.

The only bummer is that the series is 12 episodes long. Worse is that it leaves the story unfinished. At one time, the creators of the project mentioned via the website, that they were working to finish the story. That was 2005, and I’m just going to say that after 7 years it’s highly unlikely they will ever finish it.

That’s a shame, really. The story was really processing and the animation was getting better toward the end. I would’ve loved to see a final confrontation with the “bad guy” of the story who really could’ve been a great villain.

Here’s a look at a few of Charlie’s fall portraits.

How bout taking a back seat to over the top action gameplay, and immersing yourself in to a story? If you have to have the adrenaline rush that comes from first person shooters and can’t stand story, this game probably isn’t for you. If you like a fabulous story, with incredible graphics and want to immerse yourself into a game, then L.A. Noire is definitely for you.

You play the game as Cole Phelps, a young cop that you will work up the rungs of the detective ladder. You start the game as a patrolman,  then upgrade to detective working burglary, homicide and vice before being demoted to the rank of working arson. Each level of detective has cases you work to gain yourself notoriety. The gameplay is very simple, follow the clues. However, much like reality, you must interview witnesses and suspects along the way. Many of the people you talk to don’t tell the truth, and you have to figure that out during the interrogation process. The cases become simpler if you get fortunate enough to get the truth out of people, and that’s not always an easy task. During the interrogation process you have to read the suspects eyes, body language and even mannerisms to get confessions, before you can make formal charges against the character. Read the suspects incorrectly and you will fail to solve the case. The climactic case you must solve, is The Black Dalhia murders.

I’ll go ahead and say this, there is plenty of gore and emotion in his game that hooks you, but they also don’t stray to far from realism. My kids wanted to watch m play this game. Eventually, I had to tell them that they couldn’t . You will examine the deaths of naked women and even (warning) a child. Those kinds of things are tough for kids to comprehend. You will also deal in the worlds of sex, drugs and corruption and that in and of itself makes the game one that should be for mature audiences.

There are game bonuses along the way to help you get the most out of the experience and feed your action needs. Side missions include car chases, bank robberies and dealing with the average street criminal. You also can try to collect as many of the classic cars through out the game as possible as well as choosing to drive to unlock the city landmarks. Those will net you some bonus items you can use throughout he game.

I’d rate this game at about a 9 out of 10 overall. The game itself can be beaten in a weekend so it gets a slight knock for that and the gun control in the game can be slightly aggravating. The ending of the game is slightly anti-climatic but overall, the game is beautiful and intriguing.

I’d recommend this game to anyone. You can even pick up a new copy with the extra missions for 30 bucks at most retailers. It’s worth 30 bucks just for the story. If you always wanted to be a cop/detective in the golden age of crime, gangsters, movie stars and drama, then this game is exactly the fit for you.

Happy gaming!

-rob

We love prom. We love Kendra. We found out we love Taylor…and let’s be honest, there’s no question we love corvette’s!

When we shot these photographs the afternoon before Pulaski County High School’s prom we got incredibly lucky. The skies had been fill with water most of the day and had been more than pleased to share it with everyone below. We happened to catch a break at the precise moment we started shooting and it held out until a few minutes after we were done.

Some times things are just meant to be.  Here are a few of our favorites.

Where to start? How about the important stuff.

Mark and Meghan are an amazing couple and that shined through all else on their wedding day. A dream to work with, madly in love, and I can’t help but be sad that the day is over…maybe I can start pitching the vow renewal package to nudge them forward. From their families to their friends everyone was a dream and we greatly appreciated it.

Our day started at Meghan’s salon, which was shut down for the afternoon where the ladies were going hard. This could be the most fun I’ve had during wedding day prep. Music was blaring, people were dancing, and mimosas were being handed out generously. If anybody had nerves, I never saw them.

The rest of the day was somewhat of a blur to me. Why? 104 degrees, that’s why. While we enjoyed every moment of our time as photographers at Spring Valley Golf Club (Lexington, KY), it was easily the hardest day I’ve ever had photographing a wedding. The heat was relentless and smothering. The entire wedding day could have VERY easily gone of the rails, but everybody was just so easy going that it didn’t.

I think this is one of those weddings I’ll look back to for a long time if I ever need to remember why love this business.

Highlights

• Exiting the ceremony to “Another one bites the dust”
• Entering the reception to Jay-Z & Kanye
• The “Call me maybe” / “Let’s have some babies” parody
• One of the best officiants I’ve seen since my wedding
• Glow sticks
• That little kid KILLING it on the dance floor
• The leg kick during the 1st kiss
• A 1st look that nearly brought me to tears

Mark & Meghan

Thank you so much for inviting us be a part of your wedding.  With your love, family, and friends I expect your wonderful life will only continue getting better..  We are extremely grateful to be a part of your lives and wish you all the best.

Sincerely,

Wes, Chrissa, & everyone with Wes Brown Photography

Here are a few of my favorites from the day as well as their slideshows. Enjoy!

For me, E3 was a little lack luster. Don’t get me wrong, E3 had some ups, a few downs, but not enough “Look at me” and “I’m new’s.” Game of Show wasn’t a surprise either, Assassin’s Creed 3. We got a few more minutes screen time of upcoming games like: Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Borderlands 2, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Possibly my favorite). There was one standout hit from Ubisoft this year, Watch Dogs.

Watch Dogs is an open-world urban survival game mixed with some stealth action. Watch Dogs is set in Windy City, a near-future fictionalized version of Chicago, just one of a number of cities where all electronic devices and people are linked to a single data network. An increasing amount of people’s personal data exists as a “data cluster” in this network; that can also be exploited for several purposes. The game has clever hook of exploiting the vast network of technology that permeates our lives. This is relevant in a way that Assassin’s Creed never could be. This feels more real than anything we’ve seen in Call of Duty. Players take control of a hacker named Aiden Pearce. Aiden uses (and hacks into) the interconnected information networks to make the modern world’s electronic and computerized devices work to his advantage — a “technomancer.”

In the future, scanner faces for all!

Now not only can players interact with a fully 3D map of the city, and scout locations via building blueprints, they can track targets and even spend money to fully investigate subjects ahead of time. Post-mission, players will be able to scrub through an interactive timeline of your actions, watching your gunfight with the police and escape by propelling a car over a raising river bridge. But that’s not all! Ubisoft doesn’t just want you to gain intel on your own world, but the world your friends occupy as well. How many times have you learned how to do something, or improve on certain attributes in a game just by watching others in a multiplayer game? Also, what about combating them by hacking their world?

It seems every day I read about various accounts and sites being hacked. Recently it was LinkedIn, a year ago Sony’s Playstation Network was repeatedly attacked. Celebrities’ phones getting hacked for their photos are just the tip of the iceberg. I read this information, this data, on my phone, on my personal computer, tablet. Some of my viewing trends are tracked, some maybe without my knowledge. This game sticks out for me because of that real world, hopefully unreal technology, premise. Just last night I saw a movie based around the same kind of “data cluster” being used against consumers to sell more and change public images. Check out a few of the trailers below!

E3 Trailer
http://bit.ly/L5lgOF

Ubisoft Conference
http://bit.ly/L5lhCe