A sweet and heartfelt surprise 40th birthday!

In December I had the opportunity to shoot another surprise birthday party planned by the amazing ladies of Significant Events of Texas. The guest of honor thought she was going to a work Christmas party, but climbed the stairs to find a room full of family and friends! The lights were low, the music was pumping, and we welcomed Fredericka’s forties in style! This was also the first time that my wife Anna joined me as second shooter, and we look forward to shooting more events together in the future.

Holiday portraits part 3

An indoor/outdoor holiday portrait session with Allison, Seth and Caitlyn:

Happy Holidays from Michi and Luke!

Continuing the holiday portrait series, I shot images of good friend Michi and her son Luke at their Denton, TX home. Situated on a quiet, quaint side street near UNT,  it was a the perfect place to shoot both outside and inside images. The street had collection of cute, historical houses and white picket fence that outlined the Michi’s home. This series continued the use the “gift” props … which I had to inform 5 year old Luke that they weren’t really actual presents for him!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Shots continued with Claire and Bob…

It was quite a holiday season with another great shoot with Claire and Bob Heath! This time, our location was on Bob’s parents’ property. It was a lovely ranch house on the eastern part of Plano just outside of town, complete with old tractors, wooden fences and even a big old wood bridge.

Journey of the Frog: Portaits of song writer Jovan Reyes

Had a session this past week for Jovan Reyes’ CD release “Amphibious Journey”  the story of a frog that escapes the lab and returns to his home at the lake:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essence of Dance

For the past few years I have shooting the annual dance show for DanceXpress  located in Carrollton, TX. Being inspired by the amazing work shown by the girls of this dance studio, I decided to do a small series of images focusing on movement and motion. Great job girls for all your talent and time helping with this project and also to Tricia for allowing us to use the dance studio for shooting. If you have not seen any of the DanceXpress shows, I certainly suggest going to their June show to watch some very talented girl showcase well done works in the dance arts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best 50th birthday bash ever…

At the beginning of August I was contacted to photograph a surprise 50th birthday. The big surprise was organized by Significant Events of Texas ( who also was the event planner for me and Anna’s wedding) and took place at 129 Leslie in Dallas. Dave THOUGHT he was there to see his son’s baseball awards ceremony….but was surprised to see 124 of his close friends and family greet him as he entered the venue with confetti. The theme for this party was a throwback to the 1960′s with a Beatles cover band!