welcome to hefner designs

Welcome to Hefner Designs. As my skill set evolves, so does my list of services. My main focus has always been websites. Websites are essential for your credibility in today's market and i specialize in capturing your vision for your business and putting it out on the world wide web. I also specialize in graphic design. Anything you need in print (be it on screen or on paper), I can create for you digitally. Whether it be logos, marketing materials, invitations to your child's birthday party, a newsletter for your non-profit, or eye catching backgrounds for powerpoints, I can help bring your vision to life. Photography has always been a dream, also nicknamed the paparazzi, and for anything professional I highly suggest kimberlybrookephotographic.com, however, I'm starting to navigate the waters with my Canon and am slowly getting the hang of it. As the a/v tech at the City of League City I have also been thrown into video editing (willingly) and have come a long way in a short period. The best part is, all of this works together. We can start with your marketing materials, create a promotional video that includes your graphics and photos of your product, and place it all on your new cutting edge website. Consider me a one stop shop for anything you need to get your business off the ground. Look around, find work that relates to your needs, see what you think, and give me a call!

Why did I set my site up as a blog? Well... I work. A lot. And given the vast spectrum of services I provide it really seemed like the best format to encompass all of the opportunities in a site that you could easily navigate. Bare with me as I get this new site developed and check back often. Lots to come!

Happy Belated 4th!

July 5, 2010

What a blessing it is to live in the land of the free! It comes at a cost and we, as a family, truly understand and appreciate what we have. We had a little fun with sparklers last night! It took a few tries but I eventually got it. Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and remembered to thank those who make our freedom a reality that most don’t have.

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Follow Up

June 25, 2010

More from the 311 campaign. This is what you call taking a good thing and improving on it. Civic Plus always does a FANTASTIC job at all that they do. I simply took the framework of their iPhone app vid and played it up a bit. They loved it, which makes it ALL worth while. Hopefully the citizens will too.

Are you ready?

I’ve always been slightly fascinated with weather, I come by it naturally. But I stumbled across this great preparedness site that a county in California uses to help their residents stay better prepared for earthquakes and what not. Ready.gov is of course great, but there is a LOT of information out there about disaster preparedness and there’s not really a central location for the wealth of information. SO, I figured why not be the first in our area to do something outside of linking on through to ready.gov and pull information from several different places. So I did. This tool will cost the city $10/annually to maintain. Crazy right? It’s easily updated (I don’t have to be involved) and I’m hoping it’s super helpful. Everyone you see in this video works for the city and were great sports. This was not rehearsed. They had no idea why I asked them to come up and they didn’t know what I was going to ask them until I hit record. That’s truly the best way to do it. This was shot, edited, and released to the press within an 8 hour work day. Wow. I’m tired just thinking about it. Here it is, are you ready? introducing readylc.com…

3 1 what?

May 23, 2010

this is a great example of a marketing roll out. league city is always on the leading edge of technology and this is one of many examples. now you can use our online tracking system, download the iphone app, and soon you will be able to submit on facebook any and all requests for the city. this is the first video in  a series of four. putting a fun twist on what could likely be a boring video is what makes me love my job.

3 1 what? · May 23, 2010 · 9:53 am · league city work, videos · Add Comment

if you didn’t recycle before…

you will after you here how these kids are trying to save their planet. this was our Lean.Clean.Green. open house for the City of League City! The pictures are courtesy of kimberlybrookephotographic.com (she did AN AMAZING job getting these pics as the setting wasn’t the easiest to shoot. Be sure and watch this one…

life is a highway

Baypoint is my home. My refuge. My church. I do some volunteering there and this is a product of that. On this particular day I would take event pics, run inside and take video of the stage, and run back out and do family portraits, AND then run outside and get more video and pics! Needless to say I was worn out after this, but the pay off is so worth it. click here to see more pics…

a moment that restores hope

ever been in a place where you’re not sure what to think of the world today anymore? and then God gives you that moment that restores your hope? this was one of them for me…

let’s break stuff… in church?

that’s right. it’s just the baypoint way of doing things. out of the box and off the charts. these guys were incredible. to know where they all came from and to know how far they’ve come was a message in itself. meet the power team…

for more pics click here!

it’s a boy!

so a while back a friend of my sister-in-law’s asked if i was available to take pics of her little one for her 3rd birthday party! and man did they turn out cute! they are the most photogenic family i have ever met. presley has got to be the sweetest and prettiest little girl i’ve ever photographed! the ice cream one’s are some of the cutest, kimberlybrookephotographic.com inspired those!! click on this link to view the rest of her maternity pics!

lest We Forget

May 13, 2010

Being that Police Week is coming to a close I wanted to go ahead and post this in case the video doesn’t come to completion before the week end. Yesterday the League City Police Department hosted the annual Galveston County Police Officer Memorial Ceremony. Beautiful did not begin to describe it. Between the riderless horse, the bagpipes, echo taps, and the fly over I had a hard time seeing through the view finder on my camera. But it goes so far beyond the order of events. Here’s an excerpt that we used on the program that sums it up better than I ever could:

The time has now come, for this one week a year
When we all stop to think… when we all shed a tear
For all of the Heroes, whose names grace the wall
And for all of those Heroes, who still answer the call

Family and friends at the wall they will stand
With pictures, letters, and love in their hands
Left at the wall will be displays of their love
A tribute to those who now watch from above

Although it’s just a week, seven days from the year
It’s a lifetime of anxiety, emotions and fear
For most that will ease when the ceremony ends
But this week, lasts forever… for family and friends
GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
JOHN FERGUSON | 4.6.1873
ADOLPH HOWE | 9.8.1900

PAUL DELAYA | 9.8.1900
R.A. LOVE | 9.8.1900
FREDERICK L. RICHARDS | 9.8.1900
SAMUEL E. TORREA | 9.8.1900
CHARLES WOLFE | 9.8.1900
MARTIN MAYO | 7.28.1905
JOHN J. BURKE | 1.11.1914
JOHN B. LAWSON | 6.3.1919
JAMES G. REEGAN | 6.29.1927
THOMAS T. HAWKINS | 1.2.1930
ALBERT B. FREDERICKSON | 6.2.1933
FRANK MARCHESI | 7.21.1942
BENNIE F. ELROD | 3.11.1948
JOHN W. REIFEL | 6.5.1948
GEORGE FROESCHL | 4.8.1952
A.B. MCGAFFEY, III | 6.11.1954
GREGORY URQUIAGA | 12.11.1976
ROBERT L. JOHN | 8.16.1990

GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
PATRICK KELLY | 7.14.1891
JOSEPH A. MEYER | 1.2.1931
ROBERT E. KIRK | 12.27.1931
ERNEST EARLE GOODE SR. | 6.12.1938

TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
O.E. EVANS | 2.13.1928
W.C. SIMMONS | 7.13.1974

GALVESTON COUNTY CONSTRABLE PRECINCT 2
MITCHELL IVANOVICH | 4.2.1927

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
BOBBY L. MAYNARD | 10.2.1962