Sandra and Ben - 50 years

Last week I got to meet Sandra and Ben. They are celebrating 50 years of marriage this summer and wanted some photos to remember this milestone. All I can say is wow. 50 years together is such a wonderful accomplishment and they are still smiling, laughing, holding hands and just enjoying each other. I love it. It was inspiring to take their photos and see how much in love they still are. Here's a peek at 50 years of happiness.

We took a few with their wedding photo. Love, love, LOVE this one.

 So sweet.

 I think they had as much fun posing for the photos as I had taking them. Sandra and Ben were just laughing and smiling all morning.

 Ben even brought his high school letter jacket...which he can still fit into so we got to take a few photos of these high school sweethearts. Ahh...love this too. Nothing better than high school sweethearts.

Congratulations on 50 years. I love seeing your love shine.

Madi's Senior Portrait

Ahh...Madi is a simply gorgeous girl and I am lucky enough that she chose me to photograph her this past weekend in Fort Worth.

Here's a quick peek at perfection.

We had a little wind while we were shooting and it wasn't so much that we couldn't take photos it was just that perfect little hair blow that makes it look like Hollywood.

 So pretty.

 A few with her letter jacket and soccer things.

 This girl should model. I love how easily she can change from serious to smiles and she looks gorgeous either way.

Just a few in black and white at the Water Gardens.

Our last stop was this simple gray wall near my studio that paired perfectly with her gray lace dress. I love all the contrasting textures in the same color palette.

I love your photos Madi and I hope you do too!

Lola is one!

This sweet little girl is celebrating her first birthday. Such a cutie!

Love those blue eyes.

She's such a happy little girl and she loves walking in her pink converse shoes.

 She wasn't too sure about the smash cake in the beginning, but she loved the yellow pedestal and ended up having some fun throwing the cake off the pedestal.

Yum!

Happy Birthday Lola!

Trevor and Rachel

So last week Trevor and Rachel got married...he was one of my students several years ago and now...he's a grown-up. Seriously a real grown-up :) I had so much fun taking photos of this sweet couple. Here's a little peek.

So cute.

 I love this secret little park. It's off the beaten path and has so many pretty little places to shoot.

 live this stacked rock wall. How romantic it this?

Trevor and Rachel are so great together.

 Love this one.

and this one too.

Congratultions of your marriage nad thanks for having me shoot some pretty photos for you. You are perfect.

Emma's Bat Mitzvah

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Emma's Bat Mitzvah in Dallas at Temple Emanu El and the Aloft Hotel. Emma did a fabulous job as she was called to the Torah in the morning and Cory of Cocktails and Caviar turned the Aloft Hotel Dallas into an amazing "Downtown" scene for Emmy's night with food trucks, graffiti and amazing lighting. Here's a peek.

 Meet the beautiful, talents and athletic Emma. We did a photo session in Deep Ellum a few months before her party so we would have some photos of Emma to decorate the venue. She was a fabulous model.

 Saturday afternoon we got the the Temple before the service to take a few photos with family and the Torah.

 Emma's sweet grandfather presented her with her Tallit.

 Emma with mom and her siblings. What a beautiful family.

Finally Emma in front of the stained glass at the temple and then in the neon lights at her party.

While Emma was reading from the Torah at the Temple I went over to the Aloft Hotel to take some photos of the gorgeous setup for her party. This is the main room bathed in blue and purple light with a "food truck" parked alongside the dance floor.

 The first room you saw when you walked down the stairs had lots of color and a few giant prints of Emma on the walls. The adult food trucks were in the next room and then the main room had picnic tables witht eh dance floor and the kids food trucks. So much beautiful colorful light!

 The main entrance had her theme on it in graffiti, there were gorgeous flowers on the tables and the chairs were lit with colorful light as well.

I love how Cory used a few of my photos of Emma huge as decor pieces. They looked amazing! And Emma had me custom design a guest book with her photos in it for people to sign as they entered the party.

 After the service several buses brought the kids over from the Temple and Emma finally got to make her grand entrance.

She stood on the speakers and sang  the Macklemore and Ryan's "Downtown"

 There was lots of dancing including a sweet father daughter dance.

 And a fabulous confetti filled Hora.

 As the guests left they were treated to cake balls on the table below another gorgeous photo of Emma.

 Congratulations on your Bat Mitzvah Emma. I'll have the rest of your photos ready soon.

Mason's Senior Portraits

Wow. I've been so busy I haven't had time to blog lately but last weekend I spent a few hours with this handsome man and just had to share a few of his senior photos.

Mason is a senior at Mansfield High and plays on the golf team. He's a pretty amazing young man. We took a few photos at the golf course.

 and then we headed downtown for a few more. He's considering Arkansas or Tech for college...we all know where I think he should go :) Wreck em!

 A few with his letter jacket.

 and his truck.

Congratulations Mason! I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.