Port Aransas Beach Photos

I am heading to the beach as soon as school lets out and will be doing photos on the beach again. It was a huge success before and I am super excited to being doing this again. This year I have added an 11x14 to the package which makes this year a super SWEET deal! Give me a call and get your family scheduled b/c this may not happen again for another year.

The Bruners Are Back In Texas!

This is one of my best friends, Lori, who I moved to TX with nearly 15 years ago. We met in college my junior year when I moved into the Kappa Delta house. Lori was a spunky, little freshman who loved to hang out with our "older" group. In January 1996 (holy crap that sounds so long ago), there were 3 of us from Mizzou that packed our bags and started our new life here in Austin, TX. Yeeha! Two of us are still here but Lori moved to KY (poor thing) to run a successful family business. Her and her family came back this spring to visit and we just love when they're here. She has 3 crazy little boys and a super cute hubbie and they are trying to make their way back here in a few years. We can't wait! While they were here, we had to squeeze a family photo shoot in and the pics just turned out adorable. The shots of them wrestling, tickling and giggling are how they are ALL the time...lots and lots of energy! I want some of that, please!

Happy Mother's Day to All You Mommies Out There!

If you haven't seen this video, you really need to watch it. It's so perfect for Mother's Day.

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Jill contacted me about shooting some new headshots for her b/c she is ready to get back into acting and modeling. She took a break to raise her kiddos and she's ready to get a piece of the movie action again...I don't blame her. We met downtown and just used the nice, neutral brick walls for her background and the lighting was great. She looks amazing and I'm sure she will be booking gigs right and left before long! I love her whispy little hair do and by the way she does hair at Salon Lush if anyone wants her cute cut! :)

Pink Speakers

Here's a video I made to show off my child photography to the Detroit Professional Photograhers Association at my speaking engagement a few weeks ago. It's snappy and makes me want to dance so turn it up and enjoy!

Sweet Angels

I photographed these two little honeys a few weeks ago. They arrived in their Easter white dresses and just looked so heavenly and sweet (which they were!). They were so cute to photograph and did a great job cooperating with Ms. Brandi. It sure helped that they had an ice cream bribe waiting on the wings after the shoot. After the shoot was over, "E" (the older of the two) wanted to take a photograph of me with her family so we may even have a future photographer on our hands, too. Look how cute...I just want to SQUEEZE them! I just love that next to the last shot. It looks like she's saying, "Shhhh, be berry, berry quiet...we're hunting wabbits!"

The Coolest Patriotic Family in Austin!

I photographed this family a few weeks ago and their daughter is actually in class with my son so our connection is from school...love that! Anyway, the dad is getting ready to leave for deployment for war and they wanted to take some family photos since they hadn't taken any for several years. We hit Zilker Park and did some really nice nature shots with the old, oak tree, in the whispy grass and down by the water for some canoe fun. They were so much fun to photograph and there is definitely a lot of love here. They brought an American flag with them to work in the shoot and I have to say the shots with the flag are some of my absolute favorite. There is so much meaning that gets tied into these photos I get teary eyed when I think about all of our military families fighting for us and what they go through. I titled the one with "M" peeking out from the flag, "Daddy goes to war". We salute you!