twins

These two girls are as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside. They are 12 years old which sometimes can mean that most adults seem annoying and boring, when I was 12 I had a pretty foul attitude and I don't know that the word "sweet" was used to describe me very often, but not these two beauties. I not only enjoyed photographing them because they are stunning and the camera went crazy for them, but also because they are such sweethearts, they were kind and polite and smart, their parents are just doing an amazing job raising two truly lovely young women. I flew into Daytona Beach, checked into the hotel and within an hour or two I was meeting up with these girls and their mom to shoot, they definitely made my first Daytona session easy as pie. :)\

Daytona

I made it back from Daytona and then had a house full of great friends for the weekend of the 4th so I've been entertaining and haven't had any time for blogging. I had an absolutely amazing time in Daytona, I feel so blessed that I was able to travel there and photograph so many BEAUTIFUL kiddo's and families in such a fabulous location. I've started digging into the photo's this morning and I'm so excited about them, I'll share some over the next several days. I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th! The lake was really choppy so I managed to get a little nauceous but I recovered and had a great time, it was so nice having so many great friends here, they all left this morning and I'm kinda sad, but now I get get my hiney in gear and get some work done. Keep an eye on the blog, I'll have some up by this evening!

Sea of Love

"Come with me
My love
To the sea
The sea of love

I want to tell you
how much
I love you"

Those are some of the lyrics to the song that this lovely bride walked down the aisle to. I use the word "aisle" loosely because it was actually a wooden dock lined with shells...which in my opinion is about as perfect of an aisle as any bride could walk down. :) I loved everything about this wedding, how laid back and in love the bride and groom were, how sweet and welcoming the family was, and of course the fact that it was on a beautiful beach. Torie and John chose to get married in Pensacola on Gulf Breeze island and I have to say I absolutely fell in love with this place. It's so laid back and stunning and the people are some of the best you will find anywhere. I don't think these two could have chosen a more perfect location to celebrate their love together.


I'm heading to Daytona Beach tomorrow and will be return late on the 3rd, I'm shooting a ton of adorable kiddo's and beautiful families on the beach so this blog will not be lacking on fun beach photo's for a while. I'll update when I return, have a happy and safe 4th everyone!

I'm packing the sunblock...

So I'm back, Arizona was beautiful, the wedding was wonderful and I even had a night in Lubbock with friends as well. Now I'm working my hiney off getting ready to fly out to Pensacola, FL on Thursday to shoot a wedding. I'm so excited about it, I just love beach weddings. :) Also when I get back I'll have about 2 days and then I'm heading to Daytona Beach to shoot a bunch of my Georgia clients on the beach. I've photographed all the Daytona kiddo's before so I'm so excited about seeing them all and shooting them in such a different and fun (and not to mention stunning) location! I'll share lots of lovely pics when I return but here are a few in the meantime, aren't these two just tooooo cute!!

Sweet Cheeks

Oh this honey has the most kissable little cheeks, and he smelled like heaven! Just that sweet baby smell, I just wanted to cuddle him and kiss his sweet little head. :) I photographed his adorable big brother in the fall and I was so excited to finally meet the new addition to this wonderful family! They are all beautiful inside and out and I know little Hudson has a life filled with lots of love ahead of him.

I'm headed to the Phoenix, AZ area tomorrow so I'll be MIA until Sunday evening but I will of course have my iphone with me so I will have some access to e-mail but if you need to reach me before Sunday calling may be best. I'll share some pics when I get back!

Stunning Girls! -Austin and Georgia Trips Announced

These two are just too beautiful, like crazy, out of this world, amazingly stunningly beautiful. They are both going to be featured in my new video for my senior/editorial website that's set to launch later this summer so you'll get to see some of the "behind the scenes" from their shoots! They were actually really great sports because not only did they have me photographing them but they also had two (amazingly fantastic) videographers shooting us as well. They were both so comfortable in front of the camera though and handled the extra "pressure" wonderfully!

Now it's trip time, I'm heading back to Austin on Tuesday July 7th and Wednesday July 8th so if you are in Austin and would like a session just shoot me an e-mail! Also the Atlanta, Georgia summer trip will be July 13-17. I also added a trip to Daytona Beach July 1-3. Whew! I'm heading to the Phoenix, Arizona area for a wedding this week and I can't wait. A good girlfriend is going with me so we're going to road trip it :) I'm so used to travelling alone that I'm so excited she'll be with me! I'll share some pics from that trip as well.

Oh and on a totally random note I met Jessica Simpson last night! I was out with some friends in Dallas and she and Tony Romo came in and so my friends and I talked to her. There aren't many "celebrity" sightings in Dallas so I was excited, I'm actually not a fan at all but she was really sweet so maybe I'll go buy a pair of her shoes or something. :)

Last minute Texarkana trip

This week has basically been me living in my pajamas and chained to the computer, I'm editing like a mad woman so I can get all these galleries out! I will be blogging some pics tomorrow, I have lots to share! Also I have a last minute trip to Texarkana scheduled. I will be there Monday, June 15th and Tuesday June 16th (yes, in 2 days!!) I only have 1 slot left so if anyone would like to book a session e-mail me fast! I think I am going to shower and put on makeup and actually get dressed tonight and go do something...I'm pretty much afraid to look in a mirror at this point. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

A boy's gotta do what a boy's gotta do...

This little CUTIE pie gave me a good work out, he's fast! I was chasing him all over the place and I could tell mom chases him around all the time because she was a pro at it, helping corral him so he would run in my direction instead of away from me. :) I love that about boys... sure it can make my job hard but they are just so full of energy and so fun. Towards the end of the session we shot some pics of him in nothing but some cowboy boots and he was walking down a dirt road and stopped and just started peeing, it was so adorable and you could tell he was quite pleased with himself. I REALLY wanted to share some of his cute little bum on here but he may hate me when he grows up. :) I'm headed to Texarkana tomorrow and when I get back Monday I'll share some pics from the two GORGEOUS seniors I shot this past weekend as well as an adorable brother and sister. Also my niece Ella's birthday is this weekend, my little monkey is turning 4 so I'll try to share some pics from her luau party as well. I've had my sweet niece Brooklyn all week and I'm taking her back home tomorrow, we've been ice skating, shopping, out on the lake, and just had a great time... I'm going to miss her like crazy! I hope everyone has a fab weekend!

Smile...

I couldn't get enough of this honey, she was so tiny and sweet and new, just 5 days old when I took these pics (5 days is the BEST time to take pictures, it seems like it's just the magic day or something). This is the little one of the beautiful mom to be below. I just can't get over how sweet and adorable she is...and that smile!! Oh I am just dying here...

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today was my mothers birthday and I was so lucky that I was able to spend the day with her. She came to stay with me and brought my beautiful niece Brooklyn with her. We spent the day eating some yummy asian food and gelato, and going shopping all over Dallas. I really can't say enough good things about my mother. I meet a lot of amazing fantastic moms but I have to say my mom is the best of all (I know I may be a little biased.) :) She is the most self sacrificing person I know, she is kind, strong willed, loving, fiercely loyal, funny (usually when she isn't trying to be) and generally just a beautiful person inside and out. Here is a photo of her I took not long ago, and then a pic from today right before we all headed out for our girls day. Brooklyn said make a "confused" face so that is why we all look a mess, but it makes me smile. :) Well my mom headed back home and my niece is sitting in my lap right now telling me that it's time to go to bed, I have her for a week and we're going ice skating tomorrow. I have LOTS of pics to share from this past weekend so I'll be posting sneak peeks over the next couple of days!

glow

I really feel like that's what a pregnant woman does, I know it sounds cliche but really... they glow. Lauren and Justin are so excited for their sweet little girl to get here, I can already feel how crazy about her they are... I know they are so eager to meet her and that's a beautiful thing. You know what else is beautiful? Lauren... really this girl is just so lovely, it was a joy photographing her. :)

Happy Girl

I haven't had internet for the past WEEK, but now I have it back and I am just tickled pink. I honestly don't know how people survive without it, and I have an iPhone so I had internet access and I was still a mess! I mean if I didn't have my iPhone I would love lost my mind... I would have moved into the neighbors or something so I could have access to their internet whenever I needed it. I would have just hid out under their computer desk and said "oh don't mind me!" I was determined to make my iphone do everything my desktop does, I even managed to blog on here using it, but then I accidentally deleted it, using a phone is just not as easy as a computer. In the blog I pretty much groaned and moaned about all that was going wrong, but I figure I accidentally deleted it for a reason, and it's probably good my "poor poor me" blog is lost somewhere out there in the internet universe. So now I'm back with a new and improved positive attitude. I have a LOT of catching up to do but here is pic to tide over. I know mom and dad worked HARD to get this bed outside for this shot so I wanted them to see one asap

homies

This is the uber talented Scott Hammock. He is an amazing singer and songwriter. I had such a great time shooting him, we became instant friends and within about 5 minutes of meeting I was bossing him around and he was making fun of me (that's when I know we're homies). He needed some shots for his new album cover and I had fab time dragging him all over the place shooting, I had lots of ideas and he was up for whatever which was great for me. He's going to be touring in Florida for a couple of months this summer so if you live there be sure to check him out! I got a free live acoustic concert for one while we were shooting and even got to hear some funny stories about when he hung out with Willie Nelson at Toby Keith's party (I think I got the names right, I am working on improving my country musician knowledge). Anyway I was blown away by how good he is, he has a fantastic voice and he sang me this new song he's working on and I know everyone is going to love it. Here are some from his shoot, I'll be interested to see which one he chooses for the album cover!

rain rain...

This past weekends trip didn't go exactly as planned because of the rain but since my promo video shoot was postponed that left me a little more time to take lots of photo's. I'll share more very soon but here is one to tide you over. :) Isn't he just the sweetest little honey ever??? He's my nephew so I may be a little biased but I think anyone with eyes would agree with me. :) Also I've officially opened up booking for my next Texarkana trip! I will be there June 5-7 so e-mail me quick to reserve your spot!