Cadogan Cowper, La Belle Dame Sans Merci

I have been battling this flu since we arrived home from our cruise. Just can't seem to shake it? But I had a photo shoot that just could not be re-scheduled so it was time to put my big girl panties on and dose up on an abundance of cold medicine and head on out for our La Belle Dame Sans Merci inspired session.

Tyson Keanum and Amy Schaming worked their little tails off all night and on into the wee hours of the morning. Pinning over 500 safety pins to the 6 panels of the dress to hold each panel together and to hold the yellow florals on as well.
It was my responsibility to do the sewing, but with this cold being its stubborn self, that task was just NOT going to be completed in time.

HUGE props to both Amy and Tyson for their amazing rendition of the dress. Ya'll ROCK!!!!! And thank you to our fierce model Lydia Catherine for braving extremely chilly winds and an overcast sky to get that shot. You're such the trooper!

Here they are...
Enjoy!

Berard Halloween Cruise Vacation 2012...

A few months back my husband and I took our annual summer cruise. While aboard this ship, my husband played in a satellite poker tournament and WON!!!

Besides some cash, he was awarded a seat in the Carnival Cruise Line Poker Challenge. Grand prize, $50K! Over $100K to be split between the top 25 finalists. We were super excited!!! Pluses: Brand new ship Carnival Magic. Minuses: We left out of Galveston, Texas so we would have to fly there.

But we sucked it up and booked two tickets to Texas to relax for 8 days. Hoping to sail a calm sea after riding the tail of Hurricane Sandy. We watched the news nightly and think of how lucky we are that it missed Columbia like it did. We would have been here, our dogs and home there. How scary!

Well, when we arrived it was such a disappointment to find that this "Championship Tourney" was a computerized poker challenge and NOT a live game. My baby was ticked!!! What a waste! If we had known this prior (which I am sure it stated somewhere on the paperwork that only Eric read) we wouldn't have come.

But the new rooms were nice and spacious. The balcony was wonderful and big. I still hate that Carnival still has doors and not sliding windows like Royal Caribbean. Its just SO much nicer. The worst thing though was the cigarette smokers. Each and every balcony seemed to be occupied by one. And although it clearly states in all our boarding paperwork and during the safety briefing NO SMOKING on the balcony, everyone did it. Such a shame to not be able to enjoy the fresh sea air without that nasty smoke in your face! 

The ports visited were Montego Bay Jamaica (which was a little gross actually???) Not sure if it was left overs from the hurricane or what? But it just wasn't worth getting off the boat for. Next stop Grand Cayman which was nice. We walked around a lot and ate some food. Nothing else. We are so boring! Lol!!! Last port was Cozumel. We own a time share there so we just went to that resort and Eric enjoyed the beach while I enjoyed an 80 minute massage! It was a glorious day!

The on board activities were a riot. The majority of these images are a good bit of that hot mess. Funny what people do on vacation with a little alcohol in their system! Lol!!!
I will be downloading my cell phone images from Halloween night. It was amazing!!! The costumes were out of this world!
Eric and I rocked it too!!!

Enjoy...

Portfolio Updates... YES, we can do that!

I've been working with a few local models as of late, trying to build up a new portion of my portfolio to reflect more of the array of photography options that we offer to our clients.

From product placement, to stylized portfolio updates and designers ad campaigns, we want Texas to know that we are coming back and we are ready to take the Fort Hood area by storm!!!

Texas was SO good to us back at our start in 2006 that we can't wait to get back there and start rocking and rolling. Former clients have already started making calls and sending emails, asking just when we are to arrive and how soon can they hire us? We just love our clients!!!

Yes folks, it's "OFFICIAL"!!! Deborah Berard Photography is coming back to Texas.... JUNE 2013! We are currently re-vamping our website to reflect our move and our new Texas Grand Opening!!!!

Until then, here are a few images from our most recent shoot. The fall light was amazing, and so was our model!