Tween Session

Teenage Angst... even though she's not 'quite' a teen yet. There is a look that only the young can give you.

Did I mention she's only eleven?? Her dad is making sure his guns are clean... I know he is. I think I'll help him.

Pretty in Pink....

It's been a bit busy around here, getting ready for Christmas. Last minute sessions, and a couple of NILMDTS sessions, and I'm editing around the clock!

I had the best time with these two little girls and their mom. Believe it or not, mom is a 5th grade teacher (I know, she barely looks old enough!). We had a great time at one of my favorite locations, Terry Hershey...

This one... is my favorite... well... at least it is until I get to one of the others..... then THOSE are my favorites. They just loved playing together.

Away go the pretty pink dresses... and out come the cowboy boots, and cowboy hats! They sure make Texas look good don't they?

This one might just be my favorite....

Thank you so much for sharing your Saturday morning with me! I had a wonderful time and I hope you enjoyed your session!

The McElroy Family Christmas Session

I had the pleasure of spending Sunday afternoon with my friend Lisa & her husband Braden... and their gorgeous daughter Mara.

We have lots of bow pictures... (mom likes bows!) and lots of 'no bow' pictures (dad doesn't like bows!)...

But all in all, we have one really gorgeous family!



This Winnie the Pooh, if I'm keeping my story straight, is dad's, from when he was a kid. Mara loved it!




Gorgeous Family shot, in front of their tree:


I'll be posting a couple of images from the early part of our session later tonight or tomorrow.

Thank you SO much for letting me hang out with you guys today....

Max & Maya

You might recall one of my first maternity sessions with a wonderful mom and dad.... who subsequently asked me to come to the hospital when her two babies were born.

This was Maya...



and this was Max...



And this is Max and Maya now:



Two beautiful babies... one beautiful family!

Thank you for continuing to allow me the wonderful opportunity to photograph these cuties!

Tis the Season

I belong to quite a few online forums, one of which brought me this wonderful little boy and his family. He was the happiest baby... although he didn't like one of my baskets that much.







Thanks so much B for bringing your wonderful family by! It was wonderful!

The Browns

I had the pleasure of photographing the Brown family today. Coach Brown was Tori's cross country coach, and my first experience with sports at school. I have to say that she made it a pleasure. She's one of those people that you KNOW they are where they should be. She loves the kids - and after meeting her family - I realized.... goofiness must be hereditary.

All 3 of her boys have J names.... and all 3 of them are seriously goofy in a very good natured way. They were cutting up and giving each other a hard time...

This is 'my' favorite of the day...I handed them all these little sparkly gifts and said: Give them to your mom... and the laughter started...

They are definitely a gorgeous family though...

Their youngest (he is on the right) - enjoyed the 'no smiling, give me some attitude' part!

These three.... they defined 'brother' to me...

Thank you so much for letting me take your family photos - it was a pleasure!

Ms. T & Mr. S

I had the easiest photoshoot ever this morning. Ms T & Mr. S are the children from a former high school classmate of mine. We decided to meet at Terry Hershey Park to do a few shots of the kids. I hadn't met her kids yet - in fact - we haven't seen each since high school. Would you believe that she looked exactly the same?

Ms. T wants to be a singer... she definitely has the personality for it! Very friendly, and just super sweet!

Her little brother now....S just made my day. He reminds me of myself - even today. I want to know EVERYTHING. And he asks LOTS of questions.

Both of them were just wonderful to work with.

Here are just a couple of shots from today's session!

Look at this smile... does it get anymore sweet than this?



And Mr. S....



Thanks so much for hanging out with me today - I had a blast!

Homecoming 2008

I had the pleasure of photographing some of high schoolers from my daughters school. Friday night was their homecoming football game, and they won 28 to 18. Saturday night, they were enjoying it. These are just a few of the photos - I took more than 200.

Here is a group shot at the Galleria:



These kids were alot of fun. They had over an hour wait for their table at their restaurant in the Galleria, so we wandered around the mall for a while.

While we were waiting for the limo to arrive....







The galleria is full of all kinds of fun spots to take pictures in.... this brick wall just screamed out: I'll look fabulous in pictures! And it did.... the girls made it look pretty darn good too!





Ms. R has such classy style.



You guys were wonderful! Thanks for letting me hang out with you for a while. I hope you enjoyed dinner and your dance!

The Bryant Family

I had the joy of spending my Saturday morning with the Bryant Family. Rosana works with my sister in law Kelsey, and graciously offered her family for portraits.

The Bryant's have two GORGEOUS little boys who are a HANDFUL! Dad let it slip that their oldest is affectionately called 'Stitch'.... I think I was able to figure out why.

This is their littlest, he is 9 months old. He is one of most beautiful little boys I think I've ever seen.






This is the big brother. He likes sticks, and rocks, and moving... LOTS of moving.




A quiet moment with them all sitting down....it lasted about a minute before "Stitch" was up and moving again!



Thank you SO much for joining me at the park! I had a wonderful time meeting the entire family!

Meet Mr. Carter....

Carter is 2 weeks old. I did maternity photos for his mom in August. So today I went over to meet Carter....with my new lens....and I absolutely loved it!

These are 3 quick edits because I told his parents I'd try to get a preview up for them. Mom & Dad are wonderfully sweet people.

Dad is an amazing artist and their house is full of gorgeous paintings! You can see some of his work on his website at: www.timnewtonart.com

Mom is a website designer who does freelance work.

I've seen her work as well - and they are both very creative individuals who are both delightful to meet and know.

Check out mom's work at: www.creativeleakdesigns.com

Apparently they did a pretty good job when they co-created this little man.

Carter has beautiful eyes... and a full head of hair. It's amazing! He was a very aware young man.

He is only 2 weeks old.... and he does NOT like being naked... which he very loudly informed me of when I stripped him down for this shot.

But he is so adorable....and loves being held by mom or dad.

Thanks so much Tim & Nicole for giving me the pleasure of photographing your newest addition!

Pumpkin Patch

The weather is definitely changing and my friend Stacy and I took the girls over to the Pumpkin Patch in Katy. We had quite a bit of fun, but Jonathon was not a willing participant for pictures. So we let them play, and I snapped a few here and there when I could catch him smiling.

I really enjoyed it, and the kids left with a GIANT pumpkin that had to be carried out in a wagon!

Here are a few from yesterday:

This is Jacob:

Doesn't he have gorgeous eyes?

This is Jonathon... this is the one picture him that was worthwhile the wait I thought....

This is one of my favorites.... I think I like it more because of how contrasty it is....

Awwwww.....

And of course Ms. Sarah was with me!

She liked the Pumpkins..... she tried to eat the stems.....teething sucks.

Hope you are enjoying the fall weather!

The Moon from Katy, Texas

This thing was taunting me as I drove home last night from the Faith West Football game. They won! 14 to 7! It was hanging there....gorgeous....

So I went out and shot it! I had to do it. It made me!

I hope you enjoy the result!



This is 100% crop of the same image....cropped a bit differently of course.

My wonderful husband inquired... I wonder if the view is as beautiful from the moon. It took me until this morning to get the compliment... *lol*




The funny thing though - is that you can't copyright protect this type of photo without ruining it for the viewer. So honor system here folks - don't steal my picture! If you want to use it - just email me! Donna at dbeardphotography.com .

The Boone Family Photos

I had an absolute delightful time with the Boone Family this last week. We headed over to Molly Pryor Orchard at Terry Hershey Park. Gorgeous afternoon.

Carrington is one of my daughter's teammates on the FW Cross Country team.

It was also quite hilarious, because I've met dad....and I knew mom.... but I never knew that THIS dad was married to THIS mom. So I finally paired them up!

This family is SO sweet - the kids are funny, but still kids. And the parents....the parents cracked me up. I had them standing up, and sitting down, and laying down.... and they just went along with it all. I hope all my 'future' families sessions are like this.

I wanted to do something a bit unusual for this family...because they were just so real.... so I did:










This is Carrington. Good looking young guy!


I don't think I've ever seen someone as comfortable in front of a camera as she was. She just looked dead at me.... and grinned. Beautiful!


Thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to photograph your beautiful family! I truly appreciated it!

A few favorites

A few of my favorites that I hadn't shared before on the blog.

Beautiful Jay & Helen. I had so much fun with them!




This is what us Texan's do before Hurricane Ike stops by. Great cloud cover for pictures!



Total laughter.



One of my recent weddings - they had the most beautiful children!



And some of the most interesting characters.