Saturday, September 22, 2007

Devon-Anne + Edward's Book

Paul & I shot Devon and Ed's wedding last year at Saint Clements Castle in Portland, CT, right down the street from where I grew up in the little town of East Hampton. Saint Clements is a cool renaissance style castle with a beautiful view overlooking the Connecticut River. Devon is such a classic beauty and Ed is a handsome guy, and they were so fun to photograph. They had such a great "serious" look, which I loved when we were shooting in the gorgeous ivy terrace courtyard. The sun had just went down, and we had this romantic, dark light (if you could give it such a name!) that really created a romantic mood. I love their images and really enjoyed putting together this design of my vision of their day.

Welcome to KryStyle Designs!

Hello all and welcome to my new blog!  I'm Krystal Prue, co-owner & designer for my new book design company KryStyle Designs! As some of you may know, my partner Paul (who also happens to be my amazing boyfriend!) and I have a fotography studio in rural Stafford Springs, Connecticut called StudioFoto.   My passion in life is photography and I feel so fortunate to be living my dream!  I also absolutely love to design.... it seems to come to me very naturally, and I look forward to coming up with new and unique designs with every book I create.  

We've been fotographing weddings & portraits for 7 years now, and I've been our designer as well. This past February we became founding members of our local PUG (Pictage Users Group) here in Connecticut, and quickly became good friends with many of the members. It's been such a inspiration for us to get to know these photographers, both professionally and personally. Paul & I have grown so much this past year, and we thank our friends in PUG for helping us grow as photographers and people. Many of our friends in this group have been encouraging us to start a book design company for other photographers because they love my book designs so much! This is such a compliment coming from my peers, who's work is an inspiration to me, and I feel so honored to be asked to create designs for these wonderful photographers! I'd like to thank some of my friends who have been encouraging me to officially start KryStyle Designs: my friends Carla Ten Eyck, Justin & Mary, Steve Depino, Amy Ross Jacob, Nicki Nicole, Jacklyn Greenberg and Richard Esposito, and the list could go on and on! Thanks everyone and I look forward to working with you all!

Without further ado, please enjoy my blog and check back frequently for my new designs & thoughts! Please feel free to leave comments and if you are a professional photographer interested in my custom book design services, please contact me.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Vanessa + Mark's Wedding in Jamaica

Hello all! Here is a lovely project that I've been working on for my couple Vanessa & Mark who's wedding we photographed in Jamaica last year! A gorgeous couple + beautiful location= amazing wedding!! Paul & I had such a blast spending 5 days with them, and I could not wait to design their books! This is a two volume book design, and I cannot wait to have this as a sample in our studio . Paul & I would like to eventually shoot mostly destination weddings- they are such an adventure! Enjoy!

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Here is the first official design from KryStyle Designs. This is an Asuka book For Jeannette + Dan.