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!