by Mark Cardwell | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
Brian Austin Photography is excited to announce that one of their clients, Morning Star Builders, has won the prestigious Prism Award for both Custom Home Elevation ($1-1.5 million) and Custom Home Kitchens ($750 – 1 million). Both the subject property and the custom...
by Mark Cardwell | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog
August 21, 2017: The sun and moon come into conjunction and create a total solar eclipse across the United States; the first time in 99 years. Because of bad weather, we called off a long ago planned trip to Missouri to photograph this year’s eclipse. But, we...
by Mark Cardwell | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog, Image Slider
For the past few years I have been wanting to photograph fireworks. Thankfully this year I was able to! Due to work I was not able to scout out areas prior to the show, I ended up buying a ticket to Freedom over Texas. Due to some trial and error, I only took about 30...
by Mark Cardwell | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Image Slider
The images that I took with my drone can be found at http://briancaustin.wpengine.com/portfolio/flood/ It all started overnight on 4.17 into 4.18. By the time the rain had finished on 4.18 Katy had about 12 inches of rain. On the 18th, quite a lot of roads were...
by Mark Cardwell | Dec 6, 2015 | Blog, Image Slider
Over the past weekend I was able to visit Denver with Jamie. We were only there for about 30 hours, but it was still a great trip. I was finally able to meet many of my coworkers at PlanOmatic, and finally put a face to their name. On our free time Saturday, Jamie and...
by Mark Cardwell | Nov 21, 2014 | Blog, Image Slider
The doors opened on Feb 3, 1896 with the help of two major St Louis brewers Adolphus Busch and William Lemp. The Galveston Brewing Company was a state-of-the-art facility with a functioning ice plant and many cold storage rooms. The company produced beer for 23 years...
by Mark Cardwell | Nov 9, 2014 | Blog
June 19, 1865 Union Soldiers declared the Civil War over after finally reaching the shores of Galveston Island. The recently freed slaves from plantations located along the Brazos, founds themselves settling in Houston. The city was able to provide families employment...
by Mark Cardwell | Nov 2, 2014 | Blog, Image Slider
On Saturday Nov. 1st, the 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow kicked off it’s two day event with perfectly cloudless skies. The record breaking audience witnessed performances from Sean D Tucker with Team Oracle, David Martin with Breitling Air Shows, and the...
by Mark Cardwell | Oct 15, 2014 | Blog, Image Slider, Urban Exploring
Visited this location a few months ago, however it took a while to research and to find out information about the property. Waddell’s House Furnishing Company established these facilities circa 1913 as storage for their merchandise and a mattress facility. Two...
by Mark Cardwell | Aug 24, 2014 | Blog
I have always enjoyed viewing lightning photographs, and wanted to capture some of my own. With the weather as it is during the summer, it’s hard to gauge when there will be a storm that will produce the best lightning bolts. I wish I would have been able to view this...