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It seems like only yesterday Mr. B looked like this:

Yet all of a sudden, he’s an adorable, squirmy real live baby who looks like this:

What an amazing thing it is when new, precious life enters the world and how honored I am to get to capture it!

I had so much FUN shooting this session yesterday afternoon. Baby A could not have been more agreeable. He was all smiles and giggles and sitting up all on his own. But the highlight of the shoot has to be when he got to put on his Halloween costume.

His parents were fabulous as well. Total naturals in front of the camera and up for anything I asked.

J Family, thanks for hanging out with me. Enjoy your sneak peek and rest assured that we got plenty of toothy grins as well.

While I’m on the subject of Trash the Dress, I thought I’d come back and share more of Lauren’s shoot from a while back.

I just love the Spanish style she chose and how her red hair piece, shoes and lips pop against her ivory dress and all of the greenery and stone.

I cannot tell you how excited I’ve been about this shoot! These six women have all been friends since they were kids and even as they have all gone their separate ways over the years - moving to different cities, states and even countries, pursuing education and careers and adding husbands and children to their individual families - you can feel the familiarity and love that emanates from the group when they all manage to get together. They do a girls’ weekend every year and this year they decided to squeeze in a photo shoot among the shopping, dining out, relaxing and laughing.

I cannot imaging a more fabulous way to commemorate a tradition and I had so much fun shooting it and playing around with some fun editing tricks for the sneak peek.

Love this one!

Ladies, I hope that you had a relaxing weekend and enjoyed your shoot as much as I did.

As I drove to this shoot on Sunday morning, looking forward to meeting this adorable toddler and her mama and photographing them in the beautiful Texas hill country, it started to drizzle. I had been looking forward to this shoot for months, so I told myself it would be okay and kept on my way. Then it started to pour. By this time I was almost to their house, so I said a prayer for a break in the downpour and headed on.

It ended up drizzling for most of our shoot, but luckily we had a beautiful house with large windows to work in, a covered pavilion, a mom who was willing to let her sweet girl get a little damp in the name of photography, and a toddler who didn’t mind the weather one bit (except when she got a little mud on her boots).

Ultimately we were able to capture many wonderful moments, so here are just a few:

My faith and spirituality play such a big part in my life, so I could not be more honored than when my clients invite me to be part of their own religious traditions. This was an exceptionally special event as Little A was christened by the same minister who christened her mother. It was truly a beautiful service. You could feel the love that the whole congregation wrapped this new family in as they promised to raise their daughter with God at the center of her life.

I had the extreme pleasure of doing a post-wedding bridal shoot with the lovely Lauren last week. But, before I share just one little peek of our shoot, I chose a Tune for Tuesday that is only fitting. Lauren’s husband is part of the fabulous Grupo Fantasma whose Latin funk sound is guaranteed to get you on your feet or shaking your booty in your chair. Who couldn’t use that on a Tuesday afternoon?

To accentuate the old-world Spanish feel that Lauren wanted I had a little fun with texture on this one.

What awesome style she has! More to come…

I cannot get over how gorgeous little Shelby’s eyes are. They are that beautiful, sparkly blue that transforms from a silvery, rainy day to a vibrant, turquoise ocean as her surroundings change. I had a hard time editing these because there were so many from the session that I love and it was hard to convert any of them to black an white.

…and don’t even get me started on the lashes!

I made no adjustments to her eye color in any of these!

What a pleasure it will be to watch this little girl grow. I certainly hope I can get her in front of the camera again.

I am editing a sneak peak for a delicious little girl, whom I’ve known since before she was born. Ever since her mom told me that Caroline was a name they were considering for her, this song comes to mind whenever I think of her. It actually ended up being her middle name, but the song and little Shelby Caroline go hand-in-hand in my mind. Plus, I just love the song.

And, because I am not that cruel. Here is just one pic from the session. More to come very soon.