National Bridal Show – Success and lots of Fun!

Good day folks!

Well it was a really busy few weeks preparing for the show and a really “good” busy weekend interacting with Brides, Photographers and other vendors at the venue. We met alot of nice people, which is always great to extend our network, client base and of course friends!

We had past brides show up, brides that we have booked for this year and lots of great brides still looking for the perfect way to document their most special day! So, thank you to all that have stopped by to say hello, inquire about our availability or just came out to fill out a ballot for eShoot and a complementary Bridal Photo Coaching.

This year we have made a prop (wall with a double relief) that would house our flat screen and add a little warmth to our Studio Lounge feel. However I didn’t realize what I was getting into after I put it together, applied all the layers including stucco. The logistics of transportation were more complicated than the actual set up.

We had lots of photographers compliment and ask about the process of building it, so I will just briefly outline the process and attach few images.

I bought 4×8 particle boards, 2×2′s, 4×2′s and bunch of wood screws.
Pale of Stucco, bag of cement and a roll of mesh
I drew out the plan, measured our LCD and got to it.

The wall is built in three pieces, the main being 5 feet wide and side walls 2.5ft in order to fit the 10×10 booth.
For the finish, we were thinking of just painting it, but love the stucco texture so we decided to go that route.
First you need to apply a mesh in order for the cement to stick. This is the undercoating that Stucco adheres to.
Now we applied Stucco, and floated to give it a really cool Venetian finish.
Finally we have added the mouldings on the top and baseboards on the bottom of the walls to give it Studio-ish feel. Painted the boarders and mouldings and attached trims for the LCD.

We have also bought Click floor that was a “snap” to put together and lay it down before we assembled the walls. Furniture was mostly from our Studio.

Enjoy