FWA LADY EAGLES v. POPE JOHN

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The Melton Family: Christmas Session

Ms. Melton was Tori's 5th grade teacher a couple of years ago - and one of my first portfolio building clients. She has two amazingly adorable daughters - and we did a 'not so christmas' Christmas session over the weekend.

I hope you enjoy!

They loved the Santa Chair!

There was also a white carriage that we 'borrowed' for a few moments:

Loved how their outfits matched!

You want to know how you get a young 'un to smile? Tell them not to smile....then grin at them like an idiot... ;-)

My favorite... they are such a beautiful family!

This was after the session... mom and I were visiting while the girls were playing on the rocks... I got two amazing photos that I loved!

Mom saw this one... she was sitting so perfectly....and I called her name... and she looked at me.

Thank you so much for letting me spend time with you - I always love hanging out with the girls - they are hilarious!!

The Boldt Family Session

I had a fabulous time with the Boldt family this last weekend... but we were NOT happy with the heat wave that decided to make it's way through while we were doing this.

But oh my, this is a gorgeous family!


This is the oldest... Ms. M:

These guys here... not sure who is the oldest... and the youngest...

I like it in color...

and I like it in B&W!

Mom & Dad:

OpLove Session: The M Family

I had the pleasure of spending my Saturday mid-day with the M Family. They brought their gorgeous 5 month old daughter with them - and oh, we had such fun!

I realized something - somewhere between the beginning and the end of their session - which really isn't as eye opening as you might believe - but I absolutely LOVE being a photographer. I love it. I love meeting new people... and spending time with them getting those perfect images... it's just outright fun!

So without further delay - here is the M Family! Okay... just the littlest member of the M Family. This is Ms. Mikayla. And we had fun today!

Okay - I need some help. I love this photo. LOVE this photo. In fact... I can't decide... do you like it like this....

or like this? I like the color version... but oh... look at those soulful little eyes! This one needs to be BIG!

Mr. & Mrs. M - he had a gorgeous set of dress blues that he was wonderful enough to bring with him. They make a gorgeous couple!

Mikayla likes dog tags. I mean - REALLY likes dog tags. She made us work to get this one image of her holding them... and looking at me... *grin* But it was worth it!

Isn't mom gorgeous!

I've got to divulge a photographer's trick for you mom's out there - find the most obnoxious sounding squeaky toy and use it sparingly. I have a chicken that - quite seriously - sounds like you are strangling it. It's horrid - but kids (some kids!!) absolutely LOVE it! Mikayla was one of those kids.

Well - as usual - I went over my '3 or 4' image preview - but hey... it was a great session... and I'll let Mikayla tell you guys bye bye!

The adorable Lizotte kids!

I had a wonderful afternoon with mom and these two gorgeous kids this week. I had the pleasure of doing mom's maternity portraits a while back:

She was so adorable pregnant!



So she brought the newest addition by, with his big sister, and we had fun! We had to work a bit for this one... but I think it was worth it!

He was checking stuff out!

But once you got him smiling!! Ain't he adorable?

I love overalls on kids.... if I put overalls on 'my' little girl... she looks like a boy. But Ms. C has gorgeous long hair... so she could pull it off quite nicely!

My favorite.... I love this one! She was having fun... amazingly enough. But this look was so 'right' for the 'I'm out of here' image I was going for...

Sara - thank you for bringing your gorgeous little ones by to allow me the pleasure of taking their photo! I hope you enjoy these!

Fireworks: Katy Mills

The family and I headed over to Katy Mills to watch the fireworks show. It was Sarah's first year to see/hear them... we had debated taking her out with us, because it was so late, but decided to at the last minute.

A few things about 'almost' 2 year olds... a.) the noise is a bit scarey... b.) the fireworks are really cool... and c.) the drive home was amazingly long with her in the back seat saying, again, again, again, again, again, again....

We weren't sure if she was saying 'again' because she kept seeing them, or because she WANTED to keep seeing them.

I was able to setup my tripod and get a few fabulous fireworks photos though, here are a few of my favorites!








This is one of my personal favorites - I love the uniqueness of it.













On a more serious note - I hope you celebrated the 4th of July. As the spouse of a soldier in the Texas Army National Guard who will be deploying for a long period very shortly, the 4th of July is pretty special to my family. I recently made the decision to become a photographer with OpLove.org - an organization that offers photography both pre-deployment, and post deployment to our nations military.

Each of you has a special gift... mine is photography. Give back... it makes a profound difference for both the giver... and the recipient.

Introducing Ms. Lauren

The last time I saw Ms. Lauren.... she was hanging out with her mom:



I made a trip (they live a LONG way from me, it takes every bit of 10 minutes to get there!) over to meet Ms. Lauren... and she's so darn cute. It's hard to believe, as mom and I were discussing, that our own little ones (her older daughter is 20 months) grow up so fast.

SO without further delay... Ms. Lauren:




She enjoyed hanging out in the luggage a bit.... Mom said she normally is NOT this awake... she stayed up special to play with me though!




Look at those little chub rolls!!! Just makes you want to cuddle with her!




She is so sweet... she finally got tired of modeling for me... and went to sleep!



And the whole family.... beds are awesome places to take photos... especially with toddlers... getting on 'mom & dad's bed' is FUN! I kept threatening to tickle her... or daddy... and she would grin and run back to her daddy... it was adorable!



Thanks so much for letting me come over today! As always - it's a blast seeing you guys and the girls!

Beautiful Chelsea - Senior 2009

I spent my first morning back with a gorgeous senior! Chelsea is 18 years old, and will be headed off to college this summer!

It was really fun to spend my morning with Chelsea and her mom. We hit a few wonderful locations out in West Houston, and were able to get some amazing images for Chelsea's senior portraits.

I hope you enjoy this sneak peak!

I loved - LOVED - this outfit! The white dress with the cowboy boots... she was rocking it!