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Last week we finally re-launched our printed newsletter. I always heard from clients that they enjoyed getting the newsl...
03/12/2026

Last week we finally re-launched our printed newsletter. I always heard from clients that they enjoyed getting the newsletter. Perhaps they were just blowing smoke but I tend to take people at their word and it is a good way to stay in touch. I decided to commit to doing a printed newsletter as all of us get so much junk email and many of my clients have said they prefer to have something real and tangible in their hand. Working on the next issue for April and look forward to sharing stories and what is going on at the studio.

For those who didn't receive a copy(perhaps we don't have a current address) here is a link to the online version. Of course, feel free to share!

Cansler Photography 2026 1st Quarter newsletter

Just heard the news that a local radio celebrity Gene Lovin has passed. A few years ago had the privilege of working wit...
02/17/2026

Just heard the news that a local radio celebrity Gene Lovin has passed. A few years ago had the privilege of working with him and his wife. We were creating a portrait for the American Heart Association as he was the honoree that year. It was so much fun hearing his broadcast stories and interacting with him and his wife.

One of the organizations I enjoy supporting.
10/30/2025

One of the organizations I enjoy supporting.

Introducing our 2026 'For the Good' Event Committee! πŸ©ΊπŸ’™

These passionate committee members are the heart of this year’s event bringing creativity, energy, and dedication to make a lasting impact.

What: For the Good - Rooted In Goodness Luncheon & Awards Benefit
When: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 11:30-1pm
Where: Chattanooga Marriott Downtown
www.vim-chatt.org/for-the-good



From L to R: Linda Moss Mines, Dr. Kisha Thomas Ed.D, Janda White, Lynda Minks Hood, Dr. Mitchell Mutter, MD, Ronelle Sellers, Donna Johnson, Bailey Fraebel, Pinky Young, Joel Henderson

Special shout out for committee portrait provided by Cansler Photography!!!

The last couple weeks I have been creating portraits for 2nd generation clients. Here is an interesting comparison. In t...
10/20/2025

The last couple weeks I have been creating portraits for 2nd generation clients. Here is an interesting comparison. In the earliest one Braden is 3 years old and the one from yesterday he is 16. Grandma thought it would be a neat comparison (she does the grandkids at 16) so we dressed him to coordinate the portraits. Of course we did several other portraits for mom and dad.

For the last couple weeks I have been crazy busy with some great sessions. Thought I would share a portrait for a client...
10/29/2024

For the last couple weeks I have been crazy busy with some great sessions. Thought I would share a portrait for a client that is a second generation one. What a blast to work with the children of children I created portraits of, when they were young! We had a beautiful evening and the temperature was perfect, the kids were awesome (spoiled with so many well behaved children lately).

This morning we did a check presentation to Partnership for Families, Children and Adults.Downtown Council Chamber Gifts...
10/03/2024

This morning we did a check presentation to Partnership for Families, Children and Adults.

Downtown Council Chamber Gifts $1,000 to Support Partnership for Families, Children and Adults During Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Chattanooga, TN – October 3, 2024 – In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Downtown Council Chamber Board has gifted $1,000 to Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. This generous donation will directly support the organization’s domestic violence programs, which provide critical services to individuals and families impacted by abuse.

In fiscal year 2024, Partnership answered 1,503 crisis hotline calls, provided 13,487 safe bed nights, and supported 1,731 survivors and their children through its comprehensive domestic violence programs. These services, which include a 24/7 crisis hotline, emergency shelter, counseling, and advocacy, are offered at no cost to those in need. The Downtown Council Chamber’s contribution will ensure that these life-saving services continue to be available to survivors.

Partnership's domestic violence services play a vital role in helping survivors rebuild their lives. One survivor shared, "Being kicked out by my abuser felt like the end, but it was actually the beginning of a new life. At the shelter, I found the help and support I needed to rebuild. My case worker provided unwavering guidance and comfort throughout my journey, and the counseling I received played a crucial role in my healing. Today, my child and I have found safety, stability, hope, and a future I never thought possible."

Hollie Floberg, President of the Downtown Council, remarked, "The Downtown Council is honored to support Partnership’s vital work, especially during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We believe in standing alongside survivors, and our contribution reflects our commitment to helping individuals find safety and rebuild their lives."

Leah Gravitz, Assistant Director of Victim Support Services at Partnership, shared, "This gift from the Downtown Council Chamber Board comes at a crucial time. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this support helps us continue to offer survivors a safe place to heal and rebuild their lives. Every donation strengthens our ability to be there for families in crisis."

If you or someone you know needs help, call Partnership's 24/7 crisis hotline at 423-755-2700 or text 423-356-3620 for free, confidential support available.

About Partnership for Families, Children and Adults
For nearly 150 years, Partnership for Families, Children and Adults has provided vital services to the Chattanooga community, supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, at-risk youth and families, the elderly, the deaf community, and many more through its various programs. To learn more, visit partnershipfca.com or call the general line at (423) 755-2822.

Last night had the good fortune to work with a McCallie senior to create unique portraits. This was the final image of t...
09/23/2024

Last night had the good fortune to work with a McCallie senior to create unique portraits. This was the final image of the evening. Mom and Dad were my wonderful assistants and Will the senior was up for it all. Thanks!

This is something I wrote 10 years ago for a newsletter. Came up in my memories and seems even more true today!"π‘―π’π’˜ π’Žπ’‚π’π’š...
08/16/2024

This is something I wrote 10 years ago for a newsletter. Came up in my memories and seems even more true today!

"π‘―π’π’˜ π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… β€œπ‘Ύπ’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† π’ˆπ’π’π’†β€ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Žπ’π’π’•π’‰, π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 π’”π’–π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’“, π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’šπ’†π’‚π’“? 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’„π’π’π’”π’–π’Žπ’†π’… π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’”. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’˜π’† 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐, π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’˜π’† 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 π’‚π’„π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’Šπ’”π’‰, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’˜π’† π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 π’Šπ’‡ π’˜π’† 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†.

𝑨𝒔 π’Žπ’š π’…π’‚π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’•π’†π’“ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜π’ π’Šπ’π’•π’ 𝒂 π’•π’†π’†π’π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’“ π’Šπ’• π’”π’†π’†π’Žπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘π’” π’”π’π’†π’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’π’š π’”π’‘π’†π’†π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒖𝒑. π‘―π’π’˜ π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’†? 𝑰𝒕 π’”π’†π’†π’Žπ’” π’π’π’π’š 𝒂 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’• π’‚π’ˆπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’”π’•π’‚π’“π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Œπ’Šπ’π’…π’†π’“π’ˆπ’‚π’“π’•π’†π’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’π’π’˜ 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’” π’Šπ’ π’†π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’‰ π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’…π’†. 𝑰 π’Œπ’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’ƒπ’π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’…π’–π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 π’„π’π’π’π’†π’ˆπ’†, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’π’˜π’.

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 π’π’π’π’Œ π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 9 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’” π’Šπ’• π’”π’†π’†π’Žπ’” 𝒂 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆ 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’‡π’π’“π’•π’–π’π’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’„π’π’‚π’“π’Šπ’•π’š π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝑰 π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’“π’•π’“π’‚π’Šπ’•π’” 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’†π’. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂 π’ƒπ’“π’Šπ’†π’‡ π’Šπ’π’”π’•π’‚π’π’• π’Žπ’š π’…π’‚π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’•π’†π’“ π’Šπ’” 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’…π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’”π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’† π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 π’‚π’Ž π’“π’†π’Žπ’Šπ’π’…π’†π’… 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‰π’ 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’”π’†π’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‰π’π’˜ 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’… 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’” π’ƒπ’“π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’†π’Žπ’π’“π’Šπ’†π’”.

𝑨 π’‡π’†π’˜ π’…π’‚π’šπ’” π’‚π’ˆπ’ 𝒂 π’šπ’π’–π’π’ˆ π’π’‚π’…π’š π’„π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’‰π’‚π’…π’π’˜π’†π’… π’Žπ’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 π’…π’‚π’š π’‰π’π’‘π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’‘π’‰π’π’•π’π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’‘π’‰π’š. 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’š 𝒋𝒐𝒃 π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂 π’”π’‘π’π’Šπ’• 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’ π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 π’ˆπ’†π’π’†π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒕𝒐 π’‚π’‘π’‘π’“π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’•π’†. 𝑰 π’‚π’Ž π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’†π’ˆπ’‚π’„π’š π’ƒπ’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’”.

𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’ƒπ’“π’Šπ’†π’‡ π’Šπ’π’”π’•π’‚π’π’•, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 π’Šπ’•!"

My daughter as a toddler and then as an adult.

I was looking for some ad copy we had written a long time ago(haven't found it yet). Did come across this, something I w...
08/16/2024

I was looking for some ad copy we had written a long time ago(haven't found it yet). Did come across this, something I wrote way back in 1998 while in Italy for an artist summit.

"π‘·π’π’“π’•π’“π’‚π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 π’‘π’“π’Šπ’„π’†π’π’†π’”π’” π’˜π’‚π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 π’ˆπ’†π’π’†π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 π’Žπ’π’”π’• π’Šπ’ π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š."
~ Brad Cansler

One of the portraits we created after coming back from that inspirational trip.

In today's hyper saturated world of images that are swipe worthy, creating a portrait with impact, meaning and showcasing what you value and who you love is more important than ever.

Looking for some ancient files and came across this PR image of yours truly from 1991. Except for the mustache you would...
08/16/2024

Looking for some ancient files and came across this PR image of yours truly from 1991. Except for the mustache you wouldn't be able to pin this image to a particular date(if you didn't know me now)! Classic portrait images are timeless.

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