Sunday, May 20, 2012

Aunt B's Photography ~ Brandi Stanley Myers Owner and Photographer






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Here you will be able to check out some of my Photo Shoots, Crochet Projects, and my crazy family.

I am the owner of Aunt B's Photography located just minutes from Downtown Henderson Ky.   I was born and raised in Henderson and have lived here all of my life with one year to Rockport IN.  I love my town and have lots of memories here with family and friends.  
Why did you choose the name Aunt B's?  Well my brother FINALLY made me an Aunt 3 years ago and he looked at me and said. " Your Aunt B and you have to make me a Bean Pie." Needless to say he got his Bean Pie and it was pretty awesome if I must say so myself :)  I am Aunt B to many nieces, nephews, my cousin's children, friends children, and clients.  
 I have always loved pictures but I never realized just how much till my Papaw died a few years back.  After his passing they gathered pictures to do a video for his funeral.  Out of 30 years of my life there was only one photo of my Papaw and me.  This man I loved so much and spent so much time with only one?  Really?  So I bought a cheap Kodak camera on Ebay because I was going to make sure I had plenty of pictures of my family!  I didn't want to forget what my kids looked like.  I wanted those pictures so that my kids could make fun of my husband and me like I did when I got older.  (My dad had the hugest afro!  aaaahhhh the 70's) 

     A few years after his passing I was invited to my cousin's little girls birthday party.  I brought my little Kodak Camera I bought off of Ebay and just snapped pictures.  When I got home and loaded theses pictures.  I couldn't believe it I looked and was just like WOW I took these!  I posted the pictures on Facebook for my family to see.  My cousin asked me,"What kind of camera do you have?"  I replied back kind of like. "UUUUmmmmm A Kodak?"  I didn't know one thing about a camera how it works, what aperture settings to use, and what the heck is an ISO?   At the time I was working at a retail chain store as an Assistant Store Manager hating my job because it kept me from the important things in life my family.  I had to fight for days off, was at work till 10 at night, and weekends what are those?  I was miserable and felt like I was stuck!  So one night I sat down and started to Google Photography.  I was amazed at the things you could do with pictures and you could do this with just a camera!  It has since then become my drug, I wake up everyday wanting to take pictures.  Wanting to practice what to me isn't just a picture I have taken it's my art. 
A few months later the last straw hit with my Manager and I quit my job, started school to learn more because I was hungry to get all the knowledge I could soak in about photography.  I have one more project and I will graduate from Penn Foster as a Certified Photographer.  I don't know what I would do without it.  I took it in, fell in love, and now it's part of me.  It falls in step with the beat of my heart.  Yeah I know mushy and corny.  
The crazy thing is I never understood why I was the way I was, my Daddy always said I was corny, emotional, and sensitive.  Who would have thought it was because I had an artistic personality!  It started with Photography bringing out my creativity.  Now I sew, crochet, and do crafts never in my wildest dream would I have imagined being a photographer and a stay at home mom would be what I wanted to do in life.   "Well!"
So here I am typing up my first blog, telling everyone, " My name is Brandi Myers, I am a Professional Photographer in Henderson Ky,  I am the owner of Aunt B's Photography, I am a woman who is in love with what I do, and I want you to love the pictures of your family.  When you walk into my Studio I want you to feel just like you walked into your Aunt B's feeling welcomed, at ease, and at home.  I hope I get the chance to capture memory's of your beautiful family that can be passed down many generations.

~Aunt B~