capturing life

Bluebonnet and Lake Session {Austin Bluebonnet Portrait Photographer}

This was a great session in the bluebonnets and then over at Lake Travis. 

 














                

Bluebonnets {Austin Portrait Photographer}

A super easy shoot with a super cute girl!

      

Senior Session {Austin Senior Portrait Photographer}

I had so much fun doing this session! I had taken this gorgeous young lady's photo a few years ago with the rest of her family and was excited to see her again!

Her laughter is completely contagious and she has such an amazing personality. I know she has great things ahead in her future.  And I have to send a shout-out out to her dad for holding that scrim for me! No squinting allowed!

              

Bluebonnet Bash {Steiner Ranch Taylor Morrison event}

Every spring Taylor Morrison hosts a Bluebonnet Bash in Steiner Ranch. They invite people to come out and check out the neighborhood as well as get their picture taken in the bluebonnets that grow in big bunches out here.

Bluebonnets, an adorable baby & a cute little boy {Austin Family Lifestyle Photographer}

Once again, I got to meet a really wonderful little family for a fantastic session. Mom and I had spoken by email and phone, but did not meet until I showed up on their front door step.

I got to take photos of their sweet as pie baby girl and their spunky and cute little boy and as always had a great time! After we finished at the house we headed out to get some shots in the bluebonnets. We were already getting some pretty harsh overhead light, but we found some good spots anyway!

Here are a few shots from the session, but to see more check out their Gallery here.

Wildflowers in bloom {Austin Family Lifestyle Photographer}

It's time for the bonnets and paintbrushes again here in central Texas. I am surprised and excited to see such a nice crop of bluebonnets this year since we are in the midst of a long drought. I guess they got enough rain at the right time because we've got some great patches around here!

The Indian paintbrushes are exceptionally vibrant this year. Those are the oranges ones that look like bluebonnets, but aren't. ;-) And although this is one of my regular clients, this is the first time we've shot in the wildflowers.

As always it was fun to hang out with them. Mom is one of my absolute fav-oh-rite people. Love her!

Below are some of my faves. If you would like to see more photos from this session, click here.

These were shot almost exclusively with my 50 mm f/1.4 lens. I love that lens.

Bluebonnet Bash {Austin Bluebonnet Event Taylor Morrison Photographer}

I was hired to shoot photographs in the bluebonnets of a property development company here in Austin called Taylor Morrison. They do this Bluebonnet Bash every year in my neighborhood to attract potential buyers to come out and look at the neighborhood and homes for sale.

I was excited to have this opportunity and spent four hours on a Saturday and four hours on a Sunday taking pictures of all kinds of people in the bluebonnets and wildflowers. As I mentioned in another post, the bluebonnets this year weren't great, so I had to really scout around for a good location to take photos.

I took well over 300 pictures, so these are only a few of my favorites.

To see more photographs from this event, click here.

Bluebonnet Session {Austin Family Lifestyle Photographer}

This was the only family session that I did this season. (Well, that's not quite true. I did an event for a property development company which I will post shortly!)

This family won a session I donated to a silent auction in the fall, so I was very excited when they called to book the session! I didn't realize until we were almost done with the session, that the oldest boy is in my daughter's class at school! He gave me a wonderful grin when he realized that I was a classmate's mom.

All three of these kiddos had gorgeous big eyes and photographed beautifully. We went out for the session in the late afternoon to catch the nice late day sun. Some of my favorite shots were at the end of the session, right before the sun went down.

If you would like to see more photos from this session, click here.

Wildflowers and textures {Austin Children Portraits Photographer}

Here a few shots I stopped and took of my kids in this big field of wildflowers somewhere between Austin and Houston. It was the middle of a very bright day so the color and shadows were bright and harsh. I decided to play around with these shots a little (since I have so many shots of my kids in bluebonnets). So I toned the colors down with some rusty filters and then added texture to the photos. To see a few more shots, click here.

The last of the bluebonnets {Austin Family Lifestyle Photography}

These are photos from my final bluebonnet session for 2007. We had a spectacular show this year and it continues even now with an entire array of various wildflowers.
I had a wonderful time getting to know this family and their sweet and very old canine family member. The little girl was a pleasure to take photographs of.  She has these eyes full of character and a beautiful smile. They are just so comfortable together and I love that!
If you would like to see more photos from this session, click here.