Engaged and in love

There are a lot of things I love about life...but my favorite thing and what it is all about is relationships. True, meaningful, loving relationships. It's what we were created for, to be in relation or community with one another... That's why I love photographing people so much. Friends and family have often asked me what I prefer to photograph, families, children, babies, or weddings. I really can't answer that question because I love photographing and witnessing ALL those things. There is something so special about each one.

This past weekend I had the honor of photographing a young couple in love. What was so awesome to see about Austin and Stephanie is that they were not ashamed to allow their love for one another to shine through for everyone to see. He was so tender with her and treated her like a princess...and the way she looked at him in return was the stuff that story books are written on. These two are high school sweet hearts who, several years later, are still head over heals for one another. My husband and I are so excited to be able to document their love once again On January 1st when they become husband and wife. Thank you so much to the two of you for sharing these moments with us and trusting us to capture them for you.

It was very hard for me to narrow it down to just a couple of my favorites so I posted a few more than I normally do...hope you enjoy your extended "sneak peek"! Let me know what you all think!





How goOorgeous is this girl?! Quite an attractive couple the two of you are!













Ok, I love this one because it shows a little of Stephanie's playfulness and you can just tell that Austin enjoys watching her. Way to give me a bit of sass...you know how to work a camera girl!



This is one of my favorite pictures of Austin... Stephanie is not the only one who knows how to work the camera!







A quick outfit change and a 10 minute drive to a different location and BAM...



The lighting God gave us for these shots was incredible! Seriously, I did minimal work to this photo...it's very close to how it looked straight out of the camera...One of my favs!









May you always look so peaceful in each others arms...

Senior Session

So yesterday I had the privilege of meeting Matthew. I really enjoyed my time with him and his mom. He is an avid golfer and enjoys the outdoors and was so super sweet and funny! Because of his love of golf we decided to start at Walnut Creek Country Club and go from there. Here are a few of my favorites from the afternoon. Thanks for being such a gentleman, you were a lot of fun to photograph and I enjoyed getting to know you a bit! Hope you enjoy your "sneek peak"!!!







What a great smile!! Matt, you have some of the nicest teeth I've ever seen!

Happy Easter...

...He has Risen! Well it's officially spring...I can tell by the gross layer of pollen that I'm greeted with every morning when I go out side. This is my first spring in North Carolina and all I want to know is where in the world does all this pollen come from?!? Seriously, one day it was gorgeous and cool, 65 and sunshine, no bugs...then BAM...the next day there was a covering of light green dust on EVERYTHING and with that pollen came all the bugs!! Spring in Dallas did not have this, so you can understand my perplexity of this situation.

ANYWAY, sorry about the tangent. With spring also comes a freshness of new life and discovery and that is even more prevalent raising a two year old. I seeing all the flowers bloom and hearing kids playing in the streets now with the warmer weather. But my FAVORITE thing is watching Graydon play and discover...so I thought I would share with you all a bit of my joy in watching him.

I'm hoping that you all can push your spring time allergies aside, (as I have to), and enjoy the freshness and new life of spring. This Easter Sunday, or at least maybe sometime this week, take a walk with your spouse, be sure to hold hands, or grab an ice creme cone with a good friend and take in all the flowers and enjoy watching the neighborhoods come to life with children playing...it'll do you good! Trust me! Happy Easter to you all, and happy Spring!




















This was Graydon's first Easter Egg Hunt! My sister's church, Faith Alliance puts on one for the community every year...Here are a couple of my favorites, including two with his cousin Jordan!







So sassy...this is totally Jordan! I love it!





LOVE these next two!!!





Hope you all are having a GREAT Easter weekend!!!