My adorable friend and her adorable husband were celebrating their anniversary right around Valentine's Day so I did a Sweetheart Session with them! They wanted to do it at the Waterloo Ice House on 35th Street because that was the location of their first date!
This was a Sunday morning session out in the Mueller neighborhood with two awesome attorneys! They have been married for a few years and hadn't had any pictures done since their wedding, so I was thrilled that they wanted me to take some.
I loved shooting out in this park! There were so many interesting textures and shapes. I don't get to do a lot of couples so this was fun and a great way to spend a morning!
I can't begin to say how special it was to be asked to photograph this wedding. Kelli is my sister's closest friend and I've known her since we were in middle school, so when Kelli asked me to be the photographer I was thrilled, but a little nervous. I think it's always harder doing work for people that you know really well than for people you've only just met. I know it shouldn't make a difference, but I'm always more anxious!
Kelli and Mike got married in Houston at The Manor House at The Houstonian Hotel. The grounds there are amazing and the hotel and Manor House were just gorgeous. I took Kelli's portraits in the hotel room. Loved the red & cream striped chair!
They had a very small and intimate ceremony with just their family and then a wonderful reception with all of their family and friends. It was a wonderful event and I was just honored to have been a part of it.
To see more photos, please click on the link to check out the Gallery.
Love you guys!
A few dress and shoe detail shots first.
The stunningly beautiful bride.
My little sister helping the bride get dressed.
The sweet ceremony. Love the looks on the bride and groom's faces.
A few flower and cake detail shots.
Cake cutting (and eating) and champagne toast. Lovely.
I feel so honored that I got to be a part of this very intimate and special moment. Ashley contacted me a short while ago to see if I could shoot her wedding. She and Matt were getting married on a Wednesday evening just before sunset at the Lakeway Inn on a balcony overlooking Lake Travis. I would be one of 4 people there-the bride, the groom, their pastor and me!
It was a sweet ceremony filled and the couple were so obviously madly in love. I love this job! It is amazingly wonderful!
I never ever come home and immediately proof photos. I generally give myself a short cooling off period, but I could not wait to work on these! These were a some of my favorites.
These were all shot with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4. Most were shot in aperture priority mode and many were at about f/3.5. I used mostly Totally Rad actions and a few from ittybitty actions.
I shot Mia & Glenn's wedding at The Plantation House in Pflugerville. It was a gorgeous April day and the weather was perfect! Mia contacted me through my very first bride! I just love that!!
Mia & Glenn were totally adorable and so in love and their families were such a pleasure to meet. Everyone was in such great spirits and Mia looked absolutely gorgeous!
My second shooter was once again the wonderful Katie Wilkinson and as always she did a great job.
To see more photos from the wedding you can check out Mia & Glenn's Gallery here.
This session was of a really special couple! These two are engaged to be married next May and the groom's mother hired me to do their engagement session. I have known the groom for years and years! He and his family used to live across the street from my mom and dad!
While we were shooting I found out these two had been best friends in 5th grade, but didn't actually date until either the end of high school or right after high school!
The groom is a proud graduate of Texas A&M University (thus the maroon shirt) and the gorgeous bride will be graduating from Texas A&M shortly.
We did the first part of the session near Ladybird Lake (formerly known as Town Lake) and then we headed down to South Congress for the second part.
Since the bride and groom both live outside of Austin, their Gallery is a little larger than usual! So, if you'd like to see more shots from this session, please click here.
Here are a few of my favorites!
So this was an extra special shoot for me. The bride was my son's fifth grade teacher! She and her husband went to Las Vegas to get married, and we did these afterwards. We shot these at a gorgeous sanctuary/memorial garden at their church here in Austin.
It was a super hot day, but I think the couple looks awesome!
If you would like to see more photos from this session, click here to see the Gallery.
Here are a few of my favorites from the session.
While I was in Colorado Springs, I went sightseeing to a place called Garden of the Gods. It's this area with these gorgeous red "rocks" protruding from the ground. It's magnificent and breathtaking.
Those of you who know me, know that I don't like taking photos of landscapes. I'm just not good at it. I really need people in my photos! So as I was standing in the amongst these gorgeous rocks, taking what I considered to be rather boring photos, I was really wishing for someone to take a picture of. I was, in fact, thinking how cool it would be to take bridal shots out there. I turned around, about to make my way back to the car, when I see this couple, dressed in their wedding attire, walking toward me!!
YES! Can you believe it! There was a large group with them and they were speaking Russian. I waited and watched them taking photos and trying to see if the had a professional photographer with them. I finally determined that they did not, so I approached them, introduced myself and asked if they would let me take the photograph. They were thrilled, so we walked a little down the path and I laid down on the ground and started taking pictures!
It was just so cool.
I had an opportunity to take photos of this totally cute couple right before their wedding shower.
They are so adorable, aren't they?
It's so exciting to catch the energy of two people in love and about to head into that amazing adventure called marriage.
To see more photos from this session, click here.
This is my beautiful little sister and her handsome boyfriend! I am so happy they let me get some photos of them.
It makes me thrilled to see my sister so happy and I loved spending time with them over the holidays! Love you guys!
They are so darn cute!
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