I’m very proud to announce that Vanessa Joy Photography has been selected to receive Wedding Wire’s Bride’s Choice Award for 2011! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Vanessa Joy Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry! Thanks so much to all of my brides that have made this possible!

Rob and I were able to attend one of the best photography conventions and expo in the US last week in San Antonio, Texas. I’ve been wanting to go back to this beautiful city I was there a few years ago for the same convention. They have a ton of great restaurants and places to go on The Riverwalk so Rob and I did have a couple of nice meals to ourselves.

We also spent time with old friends and made some new ones as well (my favorite!). We hit up Howl at The Moon thanks to WHCC and a dude ranch, thanks to Animoto, where I got a gun for the first time (and um…I believe it may have accidentally been pre-fired at the floor).

One of the most exciting parts of conventions for me is walking through the trade show and seeing all of the new products and concepts that companies have to offer. But what really got me this time was being delightfully surprised to see that two of the companies were using my photography and one using Rob’s video! A special thanks to Animoto for featuring the fusion slideshow Rob and I shot for Jennifer’s Trash the Dress session, and to PictoBooks for featuring the album I made for Kristin and J’s Wedding!

I also made a project out of taking pictures of all of the albums that I currently offer, and the new ones that came out as well. I’m looking forward to posting that soon for all to see!