Hello Ladies!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
This is the funniest thing ever...whoever wrote this is a genius!  A friend of mine showed it to me the other day and I'm seriously thinking about switching Old Spice.  Talk about good marketing!  Anyway if you have 32 seconds for a good laugh, watch the commercial below.





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Julie says:

LMAO - I LOVE it!!

 (03.05.10 @ 10:41 AM)
Pasquale says:

Congratulations to Shel & Neal.
congratulations for yuor great pictures.
Very nice.

Best regards

 (03.08.10 @ 04:36 PM)
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just some rambling...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
One of the things I'm definitely going to do this year is to try and make this blog more personable.  Lately I've only been sharing weddings and portrait shoots, but so much more has been going on in my life and business right now.  I'm getting married in less than two months (Costa Rica baby!!), bought some cool gear to play with, further decorated my studio (still haven't posted pics yet and it's been 8 months), hired an associate photographer, getting ready for WPPI and tons of other stuff!

Because I don't always have time to prepare pictures for blog post, there are going to be a lot more post without images or just one or two at the most.  I figure it's better to keep this place updated regularly than to have long gaps between blog post.  So I'm opening myself up for questions...if my brides have anything they'd like to ask me or have me share, feel free to leave a comment and I'll talk about it here.  That goes for photographers as well!  I know I don't always respond to all the emails I get from you guys but I'm going to try to get better at answering those questions here.

With that said, check out these shoes that I'm planning on buying for the wedding!  I designed them on converse.com and I think they look pretty sweet!  I still might go with a nice pair of brown dress shoes but I can't help but think about how fun these would be ;)  What do you think?

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Shannon - Rendezvous Events says:

Akil, these are definitely you. I can't imagine you going the traditional route. LOL! Congratulations to you and Alex. Can't wait to see the photos from your wedding!

 (03.03.10 @ 10:43 AM)
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Published in The Knot Texas
Friday, January 1, 2010
I've been an advertiser on The Knot for a while now.  It's a cool resource for brides and enables me to connect with many other professionals in my field.  Well in August I was asked to photograph their yearly Industry Networking Event at the House of Blues!  You can see some of the photos published in this issue of The Knot Texas magazine.  You can also view more photos online here.




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bobbie brown says:

Congrats!!

 (01.04.10 @ 10:16 AM)
hannah wilson says:

I saw my pic in the magezine!!

 (02.04.10 @ 01:18 PM)
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Happy New Year
Thursday, December 31, 2009
So I thought I'd get one last post in before the end of the year.  It's great being able to go through my blog and see how much I've accomplished this year.  It's has also been a good reminder that a lot of my goals haven't been accomplished yet, thus giving me motivation to work even harder next year!  Not just on business goals either, but person ones as well.

So here's to a great 2010!  Hope everyone has fun and please be safe tonight!

On a side note, I got a Holga film camera last year and I finally got around to developing a few rolls of film that I've shot over the past 2 years.  It has definitely been a learning experience using this camera...shooting medium format film is soooo foreign to me.  Haha, I'm very thankful for digital cameras.  I don't know how the film guys did it back then.  Anyway, here are a few shots that I managed to take that were at least usable...enjoy!




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Anna Laura says:

Interesting! Developed them yourself? I still have to go to AZ photo and develop prints for my Yashica!

 (01.07.10 @ 08:07 PM)
Akil Bennett says:

Anna: Yeah that's where I went. Just found out about them a few weeks ago!

 (01.11.10 @ 01:00 PM)
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Our Engagement Session
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
One of my best friends, Chris Wineinger, shot and engagement session for Alex and I over the weekend.  Chris is a longtime friend and an awesome photographer based out of Houston (who's also engaged...we decided to trade engagement sessions so I will photograph his soon).  He'll also be officiating our wedding in April, I guess he's a jack of all trades!  We had a lot of fun on the shoot and it was the perfect opportunity for me to show off some of my dance moves!  Thanks man, Shake and Bake ;)


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Harmony Loves says:

WOW! Great session! I love the colors and the urban setting. Great job!!

 (12.15.09 @ 04:12 PM)
Clint shuttlesworth says:

Congrats!!! these are great.. I'm really stoked for you two. keep rock'n man.. oh, and I love the MJ moonwalk ;)

 (12.15.09 @ 04:16 PM)
Ashley K says:

I LOVE the hats, Akil! Great touch... and super fun session! Congrats!

 (12.15.09 @ 05:45 PM)
Anonymous says:

So cute, you two look adorable!!

 (12.15.09 @ 06:59 PM)
Adam Nyholt says:

Love them! I wish I had engagement portraits like this of me and Kacie. Most photographers I know have awful wedding photography. This will not be true of you, my friend. :)

 (12.15.09 @ 07:13 PM)
tanyaalexandra says:

That's my DOG! Chris did a super fantastic job! Love the theatrics.

 (12.15.09 @ 10:48 PM)
Akil Bennett says:

thanks guys! I'm really happy with them...Alex made me look good!

 (12.16.09 @ 12:12 AM)
chris w says:

you guys did an awesome job together! i think we should send these pics into some picture frame companies...lol!

 (12.16.09 @ 03:27 AM)
Kelly Balfour says:

Seriously cute! Yoiu can tell y'all had a blast on that shoot! What an adorable couple you and Alex make! She is going to be one STUNNING bride!

 (12.16.09 @ 09:22 AM)
Cathy says:

Congratulations! These photos are so adorable. I love your outfits, too! :)

 (12.16.09 @ 05:42 PM)
Aimee Monihan- your wedding planner says:

SO amazing- Loved both the settings- especially the He/She background- brilliant. Can't wait to see the photos of you on wedding in Costa Rica.... as well as those dance moves in person!!

 (12.19.09 @ 08:07 AM)
Natalie Williams says:

Congrats to you both! She is gorgeous! I love the shot with the umbrella and her boots and your coats. Haha best way I could describe it :)

 (12.19.09 @ 04:16 PM)
Courteney Miller says:

These are great Akil! Congratulations! She's beautiful!

 (12.21.09 @ 03:50 PM)
Anna Laura says:

These are so great! Where's the He/She door?

 (01.08.10 @ 01:09 AM)
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