Lifestyle Senior Shoot | Madeleine | Bowie High School

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I photographed Madeleine in 7th grade when she got her braces off and now she's a SENIOR in high school graduating in a few months! Time keeps screaming right by and it seems like these kiddos are growing up overnight on me. We incorporated a tiny family shoot along with her senior photos into an all in one deal and it worked out perfectly. We met at Butler Park late in the afternoon on the Monday of spring break and holy smokes the park was packed. I really wasn't expecting it to be THAT busy but we managed to find pockets of the park that wasn't too crowded and popped off some super cute photos. I'm in love with Madeleine's white sequin dress against the white and silver cityscape. Grab yourself a mocha latte and cinnamon toast and kick back and check out their video.

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Lifestyle Senior Shoot | Cassie | Austin High School

I had such a fun shoot with Cassie and her mom right after Christmas. We met downtown and bounced around to a few different spots for a little variety. Cassie loves books and is an avid reader so we wanted to incorporate part of her shoot at the library. I was super excited to shoot at the downtown library which I had never done before. They took me up to the outdoor top deck which had some great views of other nearby tall buildings with great texture and utilized some of the fun, colorful poofs and outdoor furniture out there. Cassie looked so cute and rocked her senior shoot like a natural. Kick back and take a look at her music video.
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Lifestyle Senior Guy Twins Shoot | Chase & Ethan | Hyde Park High School | Downtown Austin

Sappy video alert! I need to tell you now that you might want to get your tissue ready for this one. I photographed these twin boys a few times when they were little and ended up incorporating a few of the old photos into this video. The song that I chose just gets me every time! This one goes out to Mama because I know she's been emotional about thinking about the boys leaving the nest so sorry Kristi this video might put you over the edge. :))) Years ago, I offered a mini shoot special downtown near the rail road tracks at 3rd and Bowie. I used the City of Austin smoke stacks in the background and photographed the families next to the train tracks for an awesome urban setting. Fast forward about ten years to today, as I'm parking my car downtown on 3rd Street to photograph these boys it just hit me that we were in the same place for their senior shoot as we were for their mini shoot years ago! Only now, the smoke stacks are partly covered up by tall buildings and the train tracks are blocked off by chain link fences and there's a ton of new businesses AND a zillion people around. Needless to say, it was a bit surreal seeing how much the boys have grown as well as the location where we were shooting. Grab your vanilla latte and bagel and kick back and enjoy Chase and Ethan's video. Turn the volume up and grab your tissue because you're going to need it.
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Happy New Year! Cheers to 2022!

While there were a few good moments in 2021, there was plenty of moments that weighed me down and left me feeling heavy with the energy sucked out of me. Anyone else? I'm ready to put 2021 behind me and only look forward at this point. This year, I'm opening myself and my big ol' heart up to love, travel, success and bettering myself to be a better version of me! I'm not big into new years resolutions but I wrote a few intentions down and I will be working on bettering my body with more exercise, dancing and weight lifting. I'll be bettering my brain with setting a goal of getting my drone license and I'll be bettering my soul with taking more time for prayer, meditation and bible study. How about a HUGE toast...Let's open our hearts and minds and receive 2022 with a giant bear hug and let's celebrate that 2021 is behind us. What about you? Have you set any goals or intentions for the new year? I'd love to hear them, if so.

Large Lifestyle Family Photo Shoot | The Dillingers & Chandlers | Laguna Gloria

We are wrapping up the holiday season of photo shoots with a biggie! There were big celebrations to be had with this family and they wanted to make sure they had it documented and photographed. Grandma and Grandpa were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary (that day!) and their son came all the way for a visit from Tokyo for the first visit in years. Since we only had one day to do this shoot, we made a reservation at Laguna Gloria so we'd have a backup plan in case we had a bad weather day. Thank goodness we did, too! It was one rainy day. Even though Laguna Gloria double booked our room and we had to share our limited time with another family and photographer (which made for a tiny bit of extra stress) this crew was so delightful to work with they just rolled with the punches and enjoyed their time together. We buzzed through all the different group shots and of course had to have some good laughs through it all. Grab yourself a hot cocoa and a yummy Christmas cookie and kick back and check out their sweet video.
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Another Sweet Sibling Shoot | The McEwans | Lewis Mountain

It was great to catch up with this crew again and see how much they've grown in two years since the last time I saw them! Wowzers! Thank goodness I keep staying the same age while I watch all these kids keep growing up and getting older. Ha! We had an amazing day for a sunset shoot and the lone bent tree sitting in the wispy grass made for a great backdrop for our shoot. They showed up ready to go and were all so cute together. I love to see the love amongst siblings. Kick back and enjoy the McEwans video.

Sweet Sibling Shoot | The McGauleys | Circle C Park

The McGauley crew showed up for their photo shoot ready to go and were so cooperative and sweet the entire time. We utilized the fall colors at the local park which looked great with their grey, blue and brown clothing. Check out their sweet video.