Tag: McAllen
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Miranda – Mother’s Day Portraits – McAllen, Texas
Mother’s Day is something special, something to commemorate and celebrate! This is why we decided to do a Mother’s Day backdrop and offer a session tailored just for Mom’s. Dress up the kiddos, get dolled up, get Mom and Grandma ready! And yes, Dad is invited too. There’s plenty of space in our new McAllen…
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Jackie Bush – Robert Vela High School Grad – Ben Briones Studios
You wouldn’t be able to from these photos that just about an hour before there was a crazy storm with flash flood warnings. We had even made the call to Jackie’s mom that we were going to have to reschedule the shoot but I am glad we didn’t! Really love how this photo shoot turned…
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Caro Sanchez – ENHS Grad – Ben Briones Studios
Being a Edinburg North High School graduate myself, it gave me great joy to photograph Ms. Caro’s graduation portraits. We decided to shoot these photos at at the McAllen Convention Center because of how much space it allows us to work with. Caro posed both in her cap and gown along with a beautiful dress…
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Hernandez Family – McAllen Convention Center – Ben Briones Studios
Family is extremely important and the Hernandez family know that! I took the beautiful family photos of Sabrina and her family back in the day, when the McAllen Convention Center wasn’t such a hot spot for photo shoots. Since this family session this family has come to me for various milestones in their lives such…
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Photography Lesson with Edna – McAllen, Texas
Photography Lesson: Composition A while back I met up with my good friend Edna, who is an amazing photographer, to do a photography lesson on composition. To be honest I don’t know why she does lessons with me because her work is amazing already but I’ll take any moment to teach anyone who’s passionate about…
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Photography Lessons with Sara Yanez – McAllen Convention Center
Understanding exposure is important when learning photography. A few weekends ago Sara and I went to the McAllen Convention Center so that she could practice photography. So that the lessons could be as accurate as possible we had the same camera setup; Canon 60D with the Canon EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. We also used a…
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Modern jiu-jitsu Grand Opening – McAllen, Texas – Ben Briones Studios
A few weekends ago we photographed the Grand Opening of Modern jiu-jitsu, an elite jiu-jitsu training gym located in the heart of McAllen, Texas. We have worked with them before covering a special event they had at their first location so it was an honor to get to document another milestone for them. One of our…
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HHD to SSD to HHD – Ben Briones Studios
ADVICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS In 2016 I had a major hard drive failure with a 1TB Seagate and a 4TB Lacie, which were both regular Hard Drives. I lost client wedding photos but months later was able to recover them! After that incident I went from HHDs to SSDs because they are much more reliable, faster…
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Susana Sanchez Grad Session – The University of Texas at Austin – Ben Briones Studios
#FLASHBACKFRIDAY Beautiful. Bold. Intelligent. Studious. Adventurous. Strong. These are all nouns to describe Ms. Susan Sanchez, a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. I met Susy while attending UT through a mutual friend. She and I became friends and kept in touch and when it was time to celebrate the achievement of completing not…
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Karissa’s Quince Session – Mcallen Convention Center – Mcallen Texas
Today we are joining this beautiful young lady in celebrating her fifteen birthday! Congratulations Karissa! Thank you for trusting us to capture these beautiful portraits of you to document this special milestone in your life. Sara and I had a lot of fun hanging out with you at the McAllen Convention Center and taking these great…
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Batch 25 – McAllen, Texas – Ben Briones Studios
#TBT A while back I photographed these lovely girls who were running a fashion blog titled Batch 25. We took them down main street in McAllen and used some of the hidden gems in the surrounding areas. These fashionistas, who happened to be best friends, enjoyed their photo shoot and used the images for personal…
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Beka Rios Headshots – Edinburg, Texas – Ben Briones Studios
#FLASHBACKFRIDAY Three years ago I reunited with one of my great friends from middle school and high school, Ms Becca Rios! Becca holds the legacy of being our generations skater girl. That’s actually how we met at B.L. Middle School. She was the new kid, who by the looks of it was into skateboarding, and I at…