great time!

We just got back from Chattanooga, TN and we had such a good time on our quick trip!!! It is always great to hangout with friends. We feel so blessed to have so many great ones in the photography world to bounce thoughts and ideas off of.

Here is a picture of all us!! Our amazing hosts and friends, The Nudds, our good friends Katie and Chris Torres, and new friends Sean and Melanie Mclellan.



This image was taken with Nikon's new AMAZING D3. Garrett went through my bags before I left to make sure that I did not try to stow it away. Although he did try to sneak a pair of purple fuzzy boots in my bag (don't worry Graycen, I caught him).

a weekend in HOT-lanta

Two weekends ago we had such a blast visiting our amazing photographer friends Katie and Chris Torres of 6 of Four Creations(the first two images are from their blog). They live in a GRAND SLAM loft in downtown Atlanta and were kind enough to let us crash.

On the first night we received the royal treatment with a fantastic dinner cooked by Katie. Rachel and Andrew Niesen, another AWESOME photographer duo, joined us for dinner as well as a rooftop glass of wine and dessert (why we do not have images of this I do not know!!!).


And then on Friday we ventured up to Chatt, TN for a visit with the most beloved photographers in the biz, THE NUDDS!!! Sticky and I also FINALLY got to meet their beautiful daughter Graycen. She is just as adorable and entertaining as we expected:-)


The rest of the weekend was spent doing my two favorite things in the whole world - shopping and shooting (with a camera that is)!!!

Here is Chris and Katie before the longest day of shopping ever (they look so unaware of the fact that they are about to shop with one of the masters, lol!!!).


It was such a productive shopping day. Katie let me style her and I have to say that she looked pretty darn HAUTE after we were all done. Here are the goods the boys had to carry around, lol!!!


I promise that you guys will all see images from our photo session soon enough (Katie and Chris are such amazing photographers). In the meantime here is all of us in our new shoes.


The last image of the day - right before we left for the airport:-(


Thank you so much Katie and Chris!!! We would love to come and visit you guys again soon. Let's get a 2008 baseball schedule and see when the Reds are in town=)

Willis says: Next time I want to come and hang with Asia!!!

sticky.full time photographer

Today is such a huge an exciting day for Brandy J Adams Photography!!! For some time now I have known that the business needed a face lift, a little spark to jazz things up and send it to the next level. Well my version of the perfect sparkler is officially on board - STICKY!!!! Today was his last day at the Barber Shop and tomorrow is his first official day as my full time business partner. I cannot tell you how excited I am for this change!!! He has brought so much to the business already that I feel the possibilities are endless for this next stage. We have loads of changes we have been wanting to make and I am just so thrilled that we can finally get started!!! Congratulations Sticky!!!

one light workshop.zack arias

When Sticky and I found out that Zack Arias was going to hold one of his infamous One Light Workshops after Elevate we were on board in a heartbeat! The amount of information that Zack puts into one day is unbelievable!! What is so great about this workshop is that he breaks down using off camera flash into terms that even I can understand! I came away with so much - he actually got me excited to use my flash!! Another great thing about Zack is his HUGE HEART! You can really tell that he cares about all of his attendees and he truly wants you to understand your flash so that you can go out and create something amazing with it. Such an awesome opportunity and what a way to end the week!

Zack during his presentation.



Regis, Garrett and Stick being LIT!!


Awwwwwwwww............


I also learned at One Light that a grown man can eat an entire bag of LARGE Peanut M&Ms all by himself!! I am not going to name names but he is not Asian and he is not wearing a pink shirt:-)

elevate.orlando, fl

What an amazing week Sticky and I had at Elevate! Garrett and Joy Nudd have given us so much in the last few months and now we can add a GRAND SLAM seminar to the list! Sticky and I have known for quite sometime now that we needed to start attending seminars and learning as much as we possibly could from some of the best out there. Not only are Garrett and Joy the best but they brought in outstanding guest speakers as well! And to top all of that off we were surrounded but amazingly talented photographers who also happen to be extraordinarily wonderful human beings. I could seriously go on and on about everyone we connected with........:-) A special thanks to the crew of Solutions Bridal for providing us a beautiful setting for the Meet and Greet, Curt Littlecot, Gene Higa, Ann Hamilton and Rachel and Andrew from Lacour (I know that we did not get to hear you speak but just being around you guys is inspiring) for their priceless wisdom and advice in the photography world. Thank you to all of the attendees for your unending encouragement and support. And of course a huge THANK YOU to Garrett and Joy for just being Garrett and Joy:-) We love you guys so much, the only sad thing about last week is that it had to end!

Our friend Fletcher.




Gene Higa


Chris Torres getting ready for his big day I mean shoot out:-)


A few from the shoot out...



SO JEALOUS that Sticky was lucky enough to shoot Katie and Chris Torres and I did not!!!

wppi 2007.now that was fun

Sticky and I have just returned from Vegas for the annual WPPI Convention and Trade Show!! We knew that it was going to be exhausting, inspiring and amazing but it truly did exceed our expectations by leaps and bounds. The only downfall to the trip was that I was and still am nursing a wicked cold (so please have mercy on all of the pink and tired looking eyes in my pics) but seriously not even pneumonia could of stopped me from having a good time.

I would have to say first and foremost the best part about the trip was meeting and connecting with photographers who we already knew and ones who we have been wanting to meet. We truly are part of a great community full of the most kind and genuine people you could ever ask for. It would be so easy to hide all of your knowledge from others in this industry. Yet we as a community realize that we will never grow unless we share all that we have learned. I hope that someday Sticky and I will be in a place where others will want to learn from us but for now we are just overwhelmingly grateful to have the opportunities that we do. Thank you to everyone for accepting us with open arms - it was so hard to say goodbye and I hope to see everyone soon.

I, surprisingly enough, did not take nearly enough photos. We are in desperate need of a new point and shoot - ours is not so fun - and there also was not exactly a lot of time. I am so bummed that I do not have more images of the people we met and hung out with. We do have some but not nearly enough. And of course there are other photographers out there who have some up - like the wonderful Anne Ruthman, who was a pure joy to meet, and we even made it on the infamous [b]ecker blog. I am pretty sure he has no idea who Sticky and I are but it sure was nice of him to put us up. Our photos are filled with old and new friends. The couples from LaCour are just too awesome - great business, concept and team - I really enjoyed meeting them. Fletcher is just about the nicest guy you will ever meet. He had no idea who we were yet talked with us like we were old friends the entire time, we have to go out to Portland to visit this guy. Regis is just out and out a fun guy. I can see why everyone loves him so much. I truly hope that he feels all of the peer pressure for Elevate in Orlando in June because it would be just so awesome to have him there. And speaking of fellow Elevate attendees...Katie and Chris Torres are a very special couple who we already love dearly. We had so many of the same experiences to share. They are in a really exciting stage in their business and we could not be happier for them. Ashley and Sam Brockington befriended us one of the first nights and we are sure glad that they did. It was so great to have a late night dessert/appetizer chat with them. They are the sweetest people and I would love to connect with them again in Florida. Matt and Melissa, you guys are just too adorable. It was so great to finally meet you and I hope that next time we will be able to hang out more. And of course I have to give props to THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, Jos and Jaysen. You guys were a trip to meet and your style is just too cool. You guys could not be any nicer and we hope to see you again soon in the future.

Ok, I have to give very special props to my college friends. Missy it was so great to see you and I just can't say enough about your Gary. You two are just soo sweet together. I am very happy for you and CANNOT WAIT to see the pics from your big day!! Jess Strickland what can I say?! You are just as addicting and vibrant as ever!! I hope that the next time I see you Mark will be there - sounds like him and Sticky would get along well. And then there is the beautiful couple Robbie and Lauren. After seeing you two in Vegas it pretty much reaffirmed that we need to hang out in Dayton sometime. I cannot believe that we have not yet!! It was so great to see all of you and hopefully we will all be back next year to hang out again!!

We have to give a special thank you to Garrett and Joy Nudd. I am sure that many of our blog followers have heard of these guys before, they were after all our grand slam wedding photographers. The Nudds are so popular in the photography world for a couple of reasons: 1.their style is unique to them and so incredibly awesome, 2. they are absolutely the most wonderful, genuine people you will ever have the honor of meeting. We were able to catch Garrett at the liveBooks booth twice and we also had the honor of going out for a evening dessert after the awards ceremony on Weds. We had no business being able to spend as much time with the two of you as we did but as usual, we enjoyed every second. Thanks Again for everything, we cannot say enough about you guys!!

And then there is my better half - Sticky. I could never thank you enough for coming with me on this huge experience. Your support and patience has not been overlooked!! Without your charisma and charming smile I certainly know that we would not have met half as many people as we did. I am a lucky girl to have such a celebrity like husband!! I cannot wait to see what the next year has in store for us and the business:-) None of this would be possible without you - I love you!



I could go on and on but I will spare you all and leave you with this SLIDESHOW. Thank you to every single photographer out there who made our first WPPI so darn special!! We cannot wait to do it all over again next year!!!!!

out of office

Hello everyone! I am having trouble returning email here in Vegas so to those of you who have not heard from me I will be contacting you when I return. We will be back in full swing by Friday. Sorry about the delay.

We are learning so much and meeting some really extraordinary people, by the way. Can't wait to see what today has in store for us:-)

vegas.baby

Sticky and I are anxiously awaiting our virgin voyage to the annual WPPI Convention and Tradeshow in FABULOUS Las Vegas, NV!!! My head seriously starts spinning when I look through the list of vendors, speakers, parties and all the other crazy things that photographers like to do. We are so looking forward to seeing some of our already friends and hoping to meet about a thousand more. This will also be Sticky's first trip to Vegas - OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!!!!