Yearly Archives: 2006

McDonough – Coltrane Wedding

Friday December 29th, 2006 Abby started her wedding day as a bride at The Good Egg having breakfast with her bridesmaids. Then they went off to get pampered with manicures and pedicures. MAC Counter is where Abby got her make-up done and one more stop before going to the church, Bee Hive. Bee Hive is where all the bridesmaids met up again to get their hair done.

Hillside Christian Church was the site for people to all come together for the big celebration for Abby and Brian. When five till seven o’clock struck is when Abby was jumping up and down for joy to meet her groom soon. It was raining out but it didn’t damper their spirits. The ceremony was a candle lit service.

Following was a elegantly thought out reception at the Olive Tree. The guests were served deserts including strawberry tarts, chocolate cake and much much more not to leave out the candy snack bar with rock candy and m&m’s. Their first song was danced to Garth Brooks song “When You Come Back to Me”. We enjoyed the oppurtunity to work with Abby and Brian. They are definitely in love and we feel honored to be part of their special day.

Click Here to view the Debut Trailer of the wedding day.

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to pre-register to view the remaining wedding pictures when they are made available.

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T-Dub and J-Dub Get a V-Dub (VW)

Ok crazy title right! When Jeff was working at BG Products the people in his department had last names that began with the letter W. So everyone had nicknames of K-Dub, J-Dub, C-Dub, and so on. So when he left BG it made sence to add T-Dub to the mix at T&J.

Ok now the the dub part makes sence. Tyff has wanted a VW Passat since we test drove one back in 2005. I kept telling her we would get one.

Finally on Dec. 13th we made an unplanned stop at our local CarMax and found a VW Passat with low miles. Yeah!!! The car made a great Christmas gift for Tyff.

Here is quick pic of the car out side of the studio.


Will have to post some picks of Tyff and her surprise gift from Christmas. A brand new Leaf blower and Vacuum. Yes I know what you are thinking… a Leaf Blower? No kidding, this is what Tyff really wanted for Christmas this year. When I picked it up I just kept thinking of mom’s story of her 1 year anniversary gift from my dad, a dust pan. Granted it was probably a nice dust pan but I would advise any husbands out there to avoid this as a gift idea. Tyff is ready to start picking up leaves.

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Updates

Hey guys, sorry for dropping the ball on our blog postings. We have been running like crazy and working late nights getting caught up on our editing and working on the details of the merger.

Tyff and I were just talking tonight at the rehearsal that we are amazed at the number of you that check out our blog. we feel very humbled that everyone is keeping up. So now that we are caught up on editing (for now) we are happy to start posting on a more regular basis.

Okay, so let’s see what we’ve been up to over the past month… We celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year. All went well. However, just a tip on prepping the turkey, make sure your pan is big enough! We had a close call where the turkey bag was hanging over the pan and almost burst in the oven. The bag was resting on the oven rack when we woke up to check on the turkey. Close call… Remember we are photographers not chefs.

Check back soon. We are working on some other posts as we speak.

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BIG NEWS

The way things workout sometimes in life can be very interesting. Five short years ago we never could have imagined the blessings that would come out of starting our studio from the basement of Jeff’s parents house in the small town of Halstead. If you haven’t viewed “a snap shot” video clip that Fat Cat shot for us earlier this year click here. The video gives a great glimpse of where our studio has come from.

Ok so on with the BIG NEWS… Sorry for the delay in the announcement we have been swamped with edits and remodeling. We figure by now most think the “BIG NEWS” is a little one coming soon, however that is not the case. Rather it is not a little one, but a BIG ONE. We know this sounds very confusing right? Right… Now with everything clear as mud.

The BIG NEWS is that another studio, Brett Schauf Photography, will be merging his studio into T&J Studios, Inc. Brett Schauf Photography is one of the premier photography companies in the greater Wichita area.

We have known Brett for years starting back to the days when Jeff sold Brett his first camera while working at Lawrence Photo. Over the years both studios have grown in very similar ways and have worked together on various projects. The new merger of Brett Schauf Photography into T&J Studios, Inc. is a great opportunity for both studios. This will allow expansion of their creative styles of photography and add new products and services to their customers.

Ok so what does this really mean? T&J Studios is still T&J Studios and we will simply be adding Brett Schauf Photography as a division of T&J Studios, Inc. Events booked by Tyffany and Jeff will still be covered by them, and like wise events booked by Brett will be covered by him.

If your in the area feel free to stop in to meet Brett and check out the recent remodeling.

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Greetings Once Again

Okay so it has been awhile since we have posted. Sorry… A lot has been in the kettle cooking. We did make it through October alive but not by much. Many, many early or late nights/mornings depending on how you look at it.

Oh yes we did just get in the mail a copy of MidWest Contractor Magazine. This is the magazine Jeff drove to Liberal to do the photo shoot for early last month. The magazine was nice to give credit to Jeff and the studio for the pics and ended up using our images for the cover and about 5 or 6 images in the article.

Ok, we have some BIG NEWS to announce… but not right now. Give us a few days to get the verbiage ready. Again BIG NEWS so check back. Well it’s 2:00 am now and still have some more editing to get in before calling it a day or would it be a night? Not sure things kinda run together this early… Ok I’m rambling now. Really it’s time to save you from the pain of more rambling so until later try to figure out what the BIG NEWS is.

Really it’s BIG maybe even HUGE or MASSIVE. Oh yeah one last thing be sure to check out the quote we posted below in the Dreams and Changes post. Really cool quote one to challenge yourself to live by. Ok really leaving now. Later…

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