Oregon Coast

I've been a bad blogger, but I am going to share a TON of pictures today to make up for it. Here are some shots from the BEAUTIFUL Oregon Coast, in the sleepy town of Bandon. I love the beach, I don't know what it is about it but I feel like the ocean is in my blood, I just feel at peace and rejuvenated all at the same time when I'm there so it has become my favorite place to shoot. I have lots more beach family pictures to share and I'll post them asap!

I know it may be corny...

but I totally love this.... and when the groom came down and grabbed the brides arm at the end... my heart melted for real. :)

And baby makes 4

Since I last saw this family they have added a new handsome guy to the crew! Mom and dad definitely have making adorable boys down pat, they are obviously pros at it because look at how cute this little honey and his big brother are!! And his big brother that I photographed last year has grown so much, he's looking like such a big boy now, and he's a great big brother. I'm just nuts about him and now I've fallen hard for his little brother too! Way too sweet. :)


Oh and his dad's tats.... I am dying!! I have a thing about photographing tattoo's with kiddo's, I don't know what it is but something about a sweet fresh little one and a mom or dad with some cool ink, I just get all giddy because I know it's going to make for a pretty awesome shot.

August Texarkana Dates Announced!

Ok, I will be back in Texarkana the weekend of August 28-30th, I've already booked a few sessions for that weekend but I still have a few slots left so if you're interested just shoot me an e-mail!

These two are dear friends, I just love them. Oftentimes when I travel I end up staying in hotels, which is nice, I love hotels but sometimes it's nice to stay with someone you know so you sort of feel "at home" and when I head to Georgia for work I always stay with my great friend Tiffany (love her, and her kiddo's, they are all over my website, so dang cute :) and then I head to the Athens area and stay with Joe and Lindsay. Well, since the last time I was in Georgia this beautiful couple bought a new home! I just LOVE it, it's a stunning house, it's so huge and even has an amazing saltwater pool! It's really beautiful and I'm just beyond happy for the two of them. Joe is a professor at the University of Georgia and Lindsay is a Financial Advisor (and she has her CFP which even though I don't know much about finance I know that's a pretty big deal). They work really hard and are all around wonderful people so I'm just thrilled that they can enjoy this new home together (and that I have a great room to stay in and an awesome pool to swim in when I'm in Georgia, wink wink :)

Superstar

So this sweet girl has grown so much since I last photographed her. And she was just a BEAUTIFUL baby and now she has just blossomed into a beautiful little star! She was giving me all sorts of good smiles, it was like she was a baby zoolander, but she was working it for the camera without even trying. Normally little ones about this age are *over* me after about 45 minutes and then I really have to hustle to get some smiles and to even get them to look in my general direction (which is completely normal... I would get sick of me after about 15 minutes) but not little Gisele, she was just happy and smiling and playing the whole time, I was baffled. I think she and the camera have a very long and happy future ahead of them. :) And I'm pretty sure I know where she gets it from, mom is just way too beautiful, it should be illegal or something. And little Gisele has a baby brother on the way! I'm so excited for this beautiful family! Can't wait to meet the little guy!!

I have some more Georgia pics to share soon, I'm working on them!!

Southern Charm

This wedding was full of southern charm, it was held at the Agriculture Museum in Lubbock, Texas and when I drove up to the location I was floored, there were cool tractors and old farming equipment everywhere! I just loved how completely unique it was, to come off of shooting a wedding on the beach to shooting a wedding in west Texas with all this awesome farming equipment was so fun. I am so blessed to have a job that is always changing, it's so exciting to me. :)

Alyson and Luke chose this location not only because it's so unique and charming, but because Luke is a farmer, so how perfect is that? I felt like the wedding was so "them", down to the smallest detail, for example instead of birdseed everyone threw wheat as they left the wedding, *love*.

And they were such a joy to work with, they have a sweet quiet kind of love between them that is so pure and undeniable. They chose to do a first glance where they see each other for the first time alone, just the two of them (and of course myself to take a picture, or two, or three.. :) One of their first glance pics is below, I love that grin as he looks over his shoulder and sees her in her wedding dress for the first time, what a beautiful moment. :)

Canvas Special!

Through the month of July all Canvas's will be 20% off. A canvas is a stunning way to display your portraits, they come with a deep gallery wrap, ready to hang so no framing is necessary!

I am in Georgia and will be back in Dallas later this week but I will be checking e-mail periodically. I'll share some photo's from Georgia and from the wedding this past weekend when I return!

editing olympics

This week I have truly been editing like it's an olympic sport, I've been working on all the Daytona sessions and my Pensacola wedding, but I did manage to take a day away from editing and head to Austin for a shoot. I am really digging this kiddo, she's soooo stinking cute! And she was such a happy girl, all smiles and so fun and she kept calling my name which was about the cutest sound ever :) I love hearing little ones say my name, they always call me "ab or avie" or something like that, it kind of makes me sad when they actually figure it out and start calling me "avery". I chose these sneak peek pics REALLY quickly, normally I like to go through and try to pick out my favorites but I literally randomly opened 3 pics and edited them because I have to leave for Lubbock asap becasue I'm shooting a wedding there tomorrow. BUT, after seeing these 3 pics I'm pretty positive I'm going to be absolutely nuts over this session, I can't wait to dig into the rest!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

downpour

Ok, so last time I saw sweet Grady he was chillin, I could just set him where I wanted him and he wasn't walking around or anything he would just sit and look at me like "well, I guess I'm stuck here huh?" Well all that has changed, and I love it! He is not only walking the child is like a track star, he's fast! It was so fun chasing him around, he was his happiest running from me I think but I've chased a kiddo or two in my day so much to his dismay he couldn't shake me :) He's so cute, I didn't think he could get any cuter last time I saw him and he definitely proved me wrong. And the hotel that we stayed in was the same hotel that his mom and dad were married at so we took a family pic of them in the lobby area since they've added to their family now! The hotel was GORGEOUS, I just loved staying there and I was so glad Suzanne recommended it to me (not to mention I was right beside all of my clients which worked out perfectly).

This was the only session that we got any rain and when I say rain I mean it RAINED. We were on the beach shooting and Suzanne says "is that rain over there?" and you could see a sheet of rain coming down the beach straight at us, we started to head back up the hotel and barely made it under an awning before it just started pouring, the umbrella's for the tables outside were flying through the air, one almost nailed Suzanne's dad. There is restaurant seating outside and glasses were flying off the tables and breaking, it was like a hurricane or something, and then within about 15 minutes it was over! Craziness, but we were able to finish the session which made me happy :)

This is the last beach sneak peek! Whew! I've already sent some galleries out and I'll be finishing them up by tomorrow (fingers crossed, I may need to make a starbucks run to survive the night) :)