Holiday Wishes

Complementary Mini Studio Sessions

Complementary mini studio sessions
now through 1/30/2010
mention code DEC2009 when scheduling your appointment.

Photography Tips

Keep these quick photography tips in mind as your out having fun with your family and friends:

Move in close to your subject.


Get down on their level.


Instead of having your subject in middle move to the side.



Most of all BRING EXTRA BATTERIES & MEMORY/FILM

Have fun taking pictures of your family and friends.

Walton College Bon Appetit

Walton College Alumni Society held a Eat, Greet & Compete function at the home of Tim & Mary Beth Brooks (both BSBA '86)
Featuring "Recipes for Success" from our Celebrity Caterers comprised of University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business.

The BRONZE, SILVER, & GOLD FORK AWARD

Some of the alumni participants included:

Brittney Adair (BSBA '96) Romance Diamond Co. Jewelers entered her White Diamond Sangria


Steven Hinds (BSPA '89) GameDaySuiteSupply.com
Received several star votes for his "HOGWILD" Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Jack Stewart (BSBA '99) Smiling Jack's Fresh Foods
Mixed and mingled with fellow alumni while sharing his Red Wine Sangria


Focused Exposure (Brittney Carlton, BSBA '98) was happy to participate as the photographer.

It was a fun evening coordinated by Jennifer Holland and Rachel Burton.

Support the Walton College Alumni Society Scholarship Fund!
In Fall 2008, the Walton College Alumni Society Board of Directors voted to establish a needs-based scholarship for business students at the University of Arkansas. Help them achieve their goal of raising $25,000 by fall 2010 by making a pledge today!
Contact Jennifer Holland for more information,
p. 479.575.5021 | f. 479.575.7238 | e. jholland@walton.uark.edu

Engagement Session

Congratulations to Christina & Ryan on their engagement. We had a lot of fun shooting their engagement images at Fast Lanes Entertainment in Rogers, Arkansas.

Congratulations to Morgan & Nick!

Congratulations to Morgan & Nick!
The happy couple had their wedding ceremony on Septemeber 6th at the Mildred B Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who made CAKE & Cocktails such a success! We had a great time celebrating with everyone! It was a little tight inside the studio due to the rainy weather. We all had fun, anyway!

Thanks again to:

The Event Group Catering
Everyone loved the salsa bar (salsa, guacamole, cheese dips, fruit salsa, black bean salsa, tortilla chips and cinnamon chips)

Avocado-tequila shrimp cocktail

Bruschetta, chicken Caprese crostinis, veggie crostinis, salmon crostinis and beef tenderloin crostinis

Iced tea, lemonade, beer, wine and cokes.

The food presentation was excellent! Brittney, Shelley, and Jada did exceptional.

Be sure and contact them for your next event large or small. They even do catering to go.

Rick's Bakery

The display cake was fantastic! I loved the crystal bands around each cake tier, very chic and classic. Also, the serving pieces matched the cake perfectly. Guests really enjoyed the cake and some even had seconds. Contact Shannon at Rick's for all your wedding cake needs.

Eventures

Tables, chairs, chair cushions, lanterns, vases, table clothes, cake stands, plates, silverware, Chinese lanterns, and bar. They are so helpful. It's so much fun to look at all the decor possibilities at Eventures, call them for your next event.

Arkansas Bride

Wow! Everyone thinks the new layout of the magazine is wonderful. It is so great to look at all the weddings featured around the state. Betsy was so great to come up from Little Rock and represent the magazine at our CAKE & Cocktails celebration.

Affordable Events
Tents always make an event feel even more festive. Thanks again to Kendal.

Party Preparation

Refinishing the studio floors at Focused Exposure was a bigger task than we had anticipated! We just turned up Pandora and worked our tails off striping the floors then waxing.

Then we started the preparation for the CAKE & Cocktails Celebration.

Thanks to everyone who helped! It was definitely a team effort!

Anna & Carl Celebrations

There are so many beautiful images to show of the fabulous Anna & Carl wedding cake. The detail that Jennifer is able to create with her cake design is unbelievable! She is very talented. Contact Shelby Lynn's today for your all your cake & cupcake fixes.

Wow! The table used to display the cake was perfectly placed amongst the decorated Razorback reception room at the Fayetteville Town Center .

The mini cupcake tower was enjoyed by everyone at the celebration.

Cake + Cocktails Celebration

We are so excited and want to share in the celebration. Please join us August 27th, 2009 from 4pm to 7pm at the Focused Exposure Studio in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Rick's Bakery will be serving wedding cake.
The Event Group Catering will be serving some delicious food and beverages.
Eventures is providing the cocktail tables and chairs.
Kendal is setting up one of his tents on our lawn.
Arkansas Bride will be here and giving out magazines
Focused Exposure is going to be having photography specials only available during the event.

If you are planning a wedding, special event, or tailgate party this is a great time to visit with local wedding & event vendors.
We are excited to see everyone!

Afternoon Tea

Lemon Blueberry iced sweet tea garnished with fresh mint & lemons. Afternoon refreshment after a marthon of events at Focused Exposure Photography during the past week.

There are so many great images to share from the events covered over the last week.

Congratulations to Anna & Carl

Wedding & Reception flowers by Jules Design's.

The couple danced the night away to the music of the Rockets from Little Rock, Arkansas.

The couple's monogrammed banners decorated the walk up to the Fayetteville Town Center where their wedding celebration took place.

Cake & Cocktails Celebration

We are celebrating being published in the Arkansas Bride Fall 2009 magazine.

When: August 27th, 2009 from 4:00pm to 7:00 pm
Where: Focused Exposure Studio in Fayetteville, Arkansas

We will have refreshing beverages and appetizers from The Event Group, Rick's Bakery wedding cake, along with tables, chairs, & linens from Eventures, and flowers from Jules Designs.

Be sure and register and check out our photography specials during the event:
10 complimentary Business Portraits
Complimentary Fall Family Photography session
Complimentary Bridal Session
Complimentary Engagement Session
Complimentary Hog Fan Family session
and many more!

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Great Green Magazine

The Boho magazine has great "green" wedding ideas this month! Check out their site, www.BohoMag.com

Rachel + Riley = MARRIED

Congratulations Rachel & Riley! They were married July 11, 2009 at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Mr. & Mrs. Bushman

Sarah + Casey are MARRIED!!!

We had so much fun taking their wedding photos in Fayetteville, Arkansas on June 27th.

Here are some details about the wedding day:

Wedding Photographers: Focused Exposure, Inc., Brittney Carlton and Jenny Jones

Catering & Reception Coordination: The Event Group

Florist: ZuZu's Petals

Bakery: Rick's Bakery

Pre-Wedding Photo Session Location: Walton Arts Center, Rose Garden & Dickson Street

Reception Location: UARK Ballroom

Bridal Gown: Briar Patch

Tux: International Suite Warehouse

Star Spangled Sparklers

Have a sparkling star spangled 4th of July Holiday!
Looking forward to seeing the "Fourth at the Field" fireworks display at the Arkansas Naturals Baseball Stadium tonight.

Senior Portraits

Fayetteville High School 2009 graduate, Rebecca A., had fun taking portraits downtown, Fayetteville.

Arkansas Engagement

Congratulations to Tara + Iyad on their engagement and upcoming wedding in July 2009.

Great Local Restaurant

Today while on my way to check the lighting for tomorrow's wedding photo session at the Walton Arts Center I stopped by and visited with Jack at Smiling Jack's. Great food & drinks. Live music and a patio.

Sarah & Casey June 27th, 2009

We are excited about capturing the memories at Sarah + Casey's wedding tomorrow in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It's going to be fun. We are starting in the morning with Sarah and her girl's pictures at the Walton Arts Center Rose Garden. Then we are meeting at their church, so everyone can cool off and freshen up. I can't wait to see her wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses. After the ceremony we are heading to get some photos of the happy couple in front of their reception at the UARK Ballroon in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Wedding Photographs to follow...

Stephanie & JP MARRIED

At 3:00 pm Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Stephanie + JP became MR. & MRS Harris at the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas. She was wearing a classic gown from David's Bridal. JP wore a classic tux from Men's Warehouse.
Her hair and make-up looked wonderful throughout the ceremony and reception thanks to the superb job done by Bonnie Maurer at Spa Botanica inside the Embassy Suites in Rogers, Arkansas .
After the ceremony the couple was off to celebrate with friends and family at the Embassy Suites in Rogers, Arkansas. Their three tiered cake from Rick's Bakery in Fayetteville, Arkanas was white with Fern Green accent ribbons.
They are enjoying their honeymoon on the beautiful beaches of Destin, Florida.

NWA Next Top Toddler Model

Watch for Miss Sienna in the magazines. A darling face and spunky attitude are just two of her many attributes.
Focused Exposure Photography had a lot of fun taking her family portraits at her family's home in Northwest, Arkansas.
While at her home in Fayetteville, Arkansas we captured new images for her modeling portfolio. She is currently represented by, Online Talent Group, Kim Matuka in Los Angeles, California. Best of luck to Miss Sienna in all her life and modeling endevours.

Alicia & Mason: Almost Married

Tomorrow is Alicia + Mason's big day. We are getting everything ready to capture fun & memoriable moments: from Alicia getting ready and putting on her wedding gown, walking down the church aisle, saying, "I do", first kiss, friends & family, to dancing the night away at their wedding reception in Rogers, Arkansas.
Wedding Photographs to follow...

Amanda + Toby

Amanda & Toby were married at the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas in May.

Catherine & Rich MARRIED | NWA Wedding Photographer

Catherine & Rich were married at the exquisite Renaissance style St. Catherine's at Bell Gable Chapel in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The chapel is one of my favorite places for intimate wedding ceremonies in Northwest Arkansas. There are so many areas and angles to capture great images. It is absolutely magically romantic.
The bride & groom's friends chauffeured the happy couple in the vintage Lincoln sedan to their wedding reception at Shogun's in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Photography: Brittney Carlton, Focused Exposure Photography

Florist: Brick Street Botanicals

Bridal Gown: David's Bridal

Tux: Men's Wearhouse

Musicians: Friends of the Bride & Groom

Congratulations to a wonderful couple!

The Peel Mansion

Thanks Ms. Leah Whitehead (Executive Director) at the Peal Mansion in Bentonville, AR for taking a break from your luncheon preparation to give me information this afternoon when I visited.
Brides this is a wonderful venue for your reception, ceremony, bridal portrait, engagement portraits, etc.

She said, "YES"

Congrats to Catherine & Rich on their engagement.
They are tying the knot in May 2009 at St. Catherine's Chapel in Fayetteville, AR.

Wedding tips, advice & more

Great planning resource for weddings: http://www.weddingphotousa.com/

March 2009 Cover

Check out our picture on the cover of "Northwest Arkansas Wedding Ideas" This picture is from a wedding reception at the Pratt Place Barn in Fayetteville Arkansas

Twitter

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The Knot

Check us out on TheKnot.com their new Ozark Arkansas regional wedding site for our area:
http://ozarks.weddings.com/Local/VendorResults.aspx/PHO

8 month old studio Portraits

We had so much FUN in the studio Saturday! Baby Betty was full of laughs and a lot of CUTE smiles. This was one of my favorite outfits she wore ( I love little birds)

I know Betty's mom is going to have plenty of pix from our studio shoot to add some great pages to her beautiful scrapbook and portraits to hang on their walls.

Commercial Photography

ARVEST Asset Management is using one of our images that we took of their group at the ARVEST Baseball Stadium in Springdale, AR.
Great group of Banking professionals!

Great resource for DIY

http://www.instructables.com/

This is a great DIY site for just about anything you can imagine.

Wedding Chapel

Here is the link to the chapel in Fayetteville that a lot of our clients ask about...http://stcatherinesatbellgable.com/It's a beautiful place to have your ceremony

2009 Wedding Season

Just a reminder to all the engaged couples out there...book us early! We are booking up fast for this summer.