Snap Kitchen: local, organic and healthy cooking
Snap Kitchen is local takeout kitchen in Austin (and Houston) that focuses on healthy local organic meals in a snap. to quote their Motto: We are dedicated to bringing our customers flavorful, handcrafted food that supports our commitment to local, organic ingredients and healthy cooking. I was really excited to shoot their entire menu recently, if you are near the Triangle or 6th →
Texas French Bread
I recently did a series of photos for Texas French Bread’s web site that was redesigned by Leslie Williams. The café has a long history in Austin, but what’s new is their Dinner Menu at the Rio Grande location. It’s a unique local source menu that you’ll find both delicious and conscientious at the same time. My personal favorite →
Noble Dog CD cover
I recently shot the cover photo for Noble Dog’s debut CD. I wanted to capture the Americana/ southern roots feel of the band with the image. The fact that these guys have a marathon gig schedules also lent meaning to the worn out stage theme. The photo was shot at the mean eyed cat on west 5th street in →
Dia de Los Muertos
Dia de Los Muertos was celebrated a week early this year in Austin. As part of the MEXIC-ARTE MUSEUM's VIVA LA VIDA FEST. Here are some photos: check out the flickr set here Brian Birzer is a freelance photographer
austin skyline – foggy version
I was downtown early in the morning last week and shot this series of the Austin's changing skyline. It was foggy and dark; about a half hour before sunrise.brian birzer is a freelance photographer
Leslie Cochran
Leslie Cochran is without question the most famous cross dressing homeless person in Austin. Really a figurehead for the “Keep Austin Weird” campaign. I last saw him on Friday Oct 2 at the entrance of the ACL fest, but according to news reports he suffered a serious head injury the next day of which he’s still recovering. Our thoughts and →
wedding site
I've just relaunched my wedding site at Austin Wedding Portraits.comI am available for destination weddings, so please forward the link to anyone who might be interested regardless of where they live.thanks!
Noble Dog
Last month I shot some promo photos for the Preston Wimberly's band Noble Dog. He and Taylor Burns put out some great southern style blues rock. The beta of their new site is up. so check them out. Brian Birzer is an Austin TX based freelance photographer
Kathleen and Taylor
It Spring, and I'll usually shoot a few weddings and engagement shots this time of year, it's a great time to do it because everything is green and we still haven't reached the meltdown that is summer is central texas.Here are some engagement shots from last weekend of Kathleen and Taylor taken near downtown.Brian Birzer is a freelance photographer accepting →
First Night Austin photos
First Night is self described as a public celebration of the arts that revives the ancient tradition of marking the passage of time with art, ritual, and festivity. This is the third year Austin’s made a stab at the new year’s celebration, and it feels like it’s starting to take on the Austin ethos. The Grand Procession parade took place →
Exposure: Photography Exhibition – January 9th
Brian Alesi and I will be in a show at at IF+D in January. The photo set I'll be showing represents an incorporation of traditional portraiture elements in a live music setting. Here's some more info:The Art Seen Alliance presents Exposure: A photography exhibition from Austin area photographers including Brian Alesi, Brian Birzer, C. Andrew Boyd, Aaron Geiser, Elizabeth Hoisington, →
Obama – Clinton Debate in Austin
CNN ran the Clinton/ Obama debate like a military operation. The photogs were lined up single file into two groups - the Regualar photographers (ie. Getty, NYTimes, etc) and the other 20 or so they let in to shoot "the Spray" - and the rest were turned away. Security was tight, anyone who "touched" the stage would be taken →
Happy New Year
Since it’s the season for resolutions, literal or otherwise. Here are a few photos from a marketing campaign I shot a couple weeks ago for Blue Shoe Marketing’s client Pure Austin Gym. The 2 story rock wall was the most fun and required some experiments in the strobe positioning.
Suzannah & Derek’s Wedding
I do shoot an occasional wedding, and last month I had the opportunity to shoot a very special and fun one at The Church of Conscious Harmony in Austin for Suzannah & Derek. Here are a few photos that I am especially fond of:see more photos hereor on my wedding site
santa takes a smoke break
Today I am continually running into situations which are indicative of the many reasons I love the neighborhood I live in. these guys are in front of ozone bikes every weekend in december...but sometimes santa's got to take a shamoke break.
macro christmas lights
I took some interesting photos of Christmas light last night with a canon 100 2.8 macro lens last night. I might use these as a christmas card. The shape of the background lights that are out of focus is the same shape as the aperture of the lens. Some lenses are more octagonal and some like the canon 50.102L are →
Kundalini Gong Meditation
The playing of the Symphonic Gong is an integral part of the mediation practice of Kundalini yoga. I did a couple photo shoots last week for Mehtab at Yoga Yoga in Austin who teaches workshops and has written a book on the subject.To quote another source:The Gong has all the sounds of creation within it. You'll understand better once you've →
Public Enemy at SXSW
A Public Enemy photo I took last March is on the cover of SXSWorld Magazineyou can see the rest of the set here
Dia de Los Muertos photos
Earlier this month I went to the Austin version of Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead. While I understand that the ceremony pulls a lot more weight closer to Texas border towns, this year the mexi art museum in Austin made a point of honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Life and Death of Frida Kahlo. here's a →
