My Little Honey Bunny!

I have 2 honey bunny's that I refer to...one is my son and the other is my niece. Somehow the stars aligned and me and my niece had a sleepover and it was just the two of us. I guess my boys were out of town or something. I can't remember. :~) She's totally into Lala Loopsy so brought all her gear over so we could play, we did her fashion princess sticker books, watched tv together, picnicked in the living room (that's a given at my house) AND I talked her into a photo shoot! The last time we did this our photo shoot lasted a whopping 8 minutes and she said, "Ok, Aunt Brannie I'm done." I decided we'd need a little longer this time so I talked her into bringing some of her Lala Loopsy stuff and being photographed with all her critters. She liked that idea. SCORE! The next toughest step is getting her to brush her hair. This child has the tenderest head I've ever seen. Seriously, I'll barely even touch the brush to her hair (not her scalp) and she'll be screaming, "OUCH!STOP!" I talked her into a "side pony" like Aunt Brannie was wearing and she liked that idea, too. SLAM DUNK! We made it to the park just in time for it to start raining (oh, brother!) but we plugged along b/c it was only a slight drizzle. :) For the most part, she ended up having fun with it. She does have a serious side to her so there are some of those shots as well but this by far was the best she ever performed for me. Without further adoo, here's Miss A. with her loopy excuse me I mean lala loopsy friends!

One Summer Day...

Guess Who Turned One?

"Baby I" turned one! I photographed this family a few weeks ago and it was all in the celebration of their baby turning one! We had to have balloons for this shoot to keep it festive. Baby I's mom wanted color and lots of it so that's exactly what we did! We used lots of color and then she had the cutest props for the baby. It all came together so nicely. I just loved it! As usual with a one year old in the photo, he was DONE after about an hour and I got the biggest kick out of his birthday hat photos. He was like, "Would you people PLEASE let me take my nap now and quit putting these crazy things on my head!" Hope you celebrate the photos of this beautiful baby boy and they make you smile.

Sweet Siblings

I had the pleasure of photographing these two cuties last weekend down on Lake Austin. Mom just wanted some playful shots of them hanging out and "playin'". I'm not sure 15 year old guys really know how to play with their 2 year old sisters but he did a great job with some guidance from me and his mom! He was a real trooper and very patient while we chased his on the move sister around trying to get some shots of her. His reward was well worth the 1 hour photo shoot he endured...paintball with his buddies. Now, that's a serious reward for behaving well in a photo shoot! With out further adoo...here are the sweet siblings.

Good Things

It's That Time of Year Again...

Even though it's only the end of summer, it's that time again to start preparing for the holidays. It takes time in the photo business to make those awesome holiday cards and gifts, so we have to start early. I'm booking for my fall "Mixing It Up Is Merrier" mini sessions again. I have 30 slots to fill this year and in my first day of emailing out the ad I've booked 10 slots with several other inquiries. This IS GOOD! I'm very excited. The first two weeks will be downtown sessions and the last two weeks will be park sessions. Give me a jingle if you're interested.

Awesome Summer Sale on Metal Prints

I'm offering 20% off all metal prints which include flat, wavy and story metal! Sale ends in one week on 8/15/2012!!!

Shelby Rocked It!

My latest senior session came to me all the way from Missouri! Can you believe that? Word travels fast around these United States about how fun Brandi Nellis Photography Senior Sessions are so you better book yours today so you too can be in the here and NOW! We bee bopped all over Austin, TX finding the coolest spots for this gal and she rocked her photos! It was so much fun hanging with her and her mom (who is an absolute hoot) that we had to put Mama in some of the photos too for good measure. Shelby is going places after high school. She has big plans to go on to college and wants to be an anesthesiologist when she grows up. You go girl. Dream big! With out further ado...here's SHELBY!!!!!!!!!!!

Out of The Office

One last summer trip to visit my dad in Missouri. I'll be out of the office from Tuesday, July 24-29th returning to work on MOnday, July 30th. Please leave me a message and I'll be in touch when I return. Here's just another jam session on the Nellis' roadtrips. Stay tuned maybe there'll be some new jams from this trip! I'm going back to my hillbilly roots with a little "Elvira!" Bet you all didn't know I could sing so pretty. :)

Bahamas!!!

Here's a few photos of day one from our trip to the Bahamas. Once we arrived and ate breakfast (food first!), we hopped in our little boat and went to go see these swimming pigs on Big Major Cay that I'd read about. It was quite an adventure to say the least. When the piggies hear your boat pulling up close to the beach they start swimming out to your boat to see what you've got to eat. They are grunting and sniffing and making all sorts of noises. It was quite intimidating on that first day. I had to yell at LeRoy to, "Back the boat up! Back the boat up!" One piggie was trying to climb into our boat.

One Summer Day...

the "C" family played with a bundle of balloons, ran with the balloons, tangled up the balloons, fought over the balloons, looked up at the balloons and laughed about the balloons. It was another beautiful, HOT summer day in Austin and I had the cutest family who were real troopers in the heat. We met early but that just doesn't matter here. It's 95 degrees by 9am! We made the best of it and their photos turned out so cute.

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