Boudoir Feature: Clare Renee

Kim and Clare Renee met up for a shoot inspired by the 1930's, French boudoir style. The final product turned out to be a 30's meets Kim's goth side. Makeup artist, Amanda Brown, provided the Garbo-esque look while Clare's friend, Ada, took care of the hair setting and pin curls. Clare was wonderful to work with. We all appreciated her willingness to climb into a wet tree, bare all in 50 degree weather, and sit in hair and makeup for over 2 hours. View full shoot on Number 9's facebook site.

Valentine's Day Boudoir Feature

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! To celebrate the day, most of you will receive candy, flowers and chocolate. At Number 9, we decided to give the gift of boudoir. Each photographer at Number 9 paired up with makeup artist, Amanda Brown, and hairstylist, Ada, to transform three models into each of our separate concepts of boudoir. With a mix of nature and goth, Kim's vision focused on a vintage, 30's-inspired shoot with model, Clare Renee. Adrian came up with an edgier, Maxim-style shoot with Lauren Rachelle, and Charlotte kept to an offbeat, retro style with Nicole Pritchard. Thank you to everyone that helped bring the ideas to life. From the outfits, makeup, hair, location, and especially the models.

Here's a preview of how it all came together. Check out the full shoots on our facebook page.

Taylor's 3rd Birthday

We were so excited when Carolyn Greenwalt, a volunteer with GENaustin, contacted us to photograph her daughter's 3rd birthday. Held at Frank's downtown, the party theme, inspired by hostess, was covered with pink from the balloons, decorations, kid's wigs, and that pink lemonade. For entertainment, the kids started by decorating their own birdhouse and playing pinball. After feasting on the hotdogs, all the kids started a pink hair riot with wigs and mustaches for laughs. A party wouldn't be a party without the the three tier cake made by Nicole of Wicked Cakes. The party favor of the day was the thank you truffles by Austin's own, Babycake Truffles.

New Year, New Wedding: Debbie + Duff Starrett

Our first wedding of 2010 happened to also be our first trip to Wimberley, TX. Debbie Fanning and Duff Starrett were married on the first Saturday in January at the Chapel in the Hills. Their wedding had a lot of hometown charm since their families lived in Wimberley. The groom and his party gathered at Duff's family's house on the Blanco River while Debbie and her two daughters got ready at the church. The ceremony, short and sweet, was followed by an intimate dinner at the historic Winters-Wimberley house. The bride's mother and close family friend dressed up the dinning room as a wedding present to the couple. We were able to catch Debbie's face upon first glance. We loved the ease of this wedding. Congrats goes out to Debbie, Duff and their future.

Number 9 in AMA magazine

Back in November, Adrian did a photo shoot for the American Motorcyclist Association for a story covering activist, Mark Bloschock. The article focused on Bloschock's position that highway cable barriers could be deadly to motorcyclist. To find out more about the barriers, check out AMA's website.

We are excited to post the published photo in the Feb. 2010 issue of American Motorcyclist Magazine. We had to reserve from posting the session photos until after the issue came out. The photo was taken on Mopac as Bloschock's colleague help ward off on coming traffic. Congrats to Adrian for a great shoot.