I took bridal portraits for Carley FOREVER ago (like, I was pregnant, forever ago) and now she's been married for over a year! WHAT?! It's funny how time passes- days seem to drag but the years just keep flying on and on. Thanks for bringing me to Austin, Carley and Carlton- y'all are great!
houston engagement photographer
austin couple session | carley+carlton
houston engagement session | kinsey+jack
in home couple session | kelsea + rob
This morning we woke up to our neighbors screaming in their backyard at 5 AM. Thinking they had decided to start a crossfit gym, I was super upset. Until I realized that there was snow on the ground- YES snow in Houston.
After checking Instagram, I noticed that we were absolutely the last people to realize there was snow on the ground, because people had woken up kids to go play in the snow and see the snow. And that's the exact moment when I realized that I'm the grinch. I didn't think "oh I should wake jack up to go play in the snow and see the winter wonderland." Instead, I thought, "I hope all this yelling doesn't wake jack up. crap, we have errands to run and I don't want to leave our house, and OH YEAH JACK DOESN'T HAVE A WINTER JACKET."
So if you see a kid layered in three long sleeve t-shirts and a hoodie, and some tired looking lady grumbling about the cold out running errands today, it's probably me and you should say hi. just at your own risk.
lake tahoe engagement session | hunter + daley
We took a vacation with my family to Lake Tahoe this past month and spent our time hiking and adventuring. Which, if you know me, is kind of a nightmare. I'm deathly afraid of heights and really anything adventurous, so it definitely wasn't my idea of a good time. We did one hike that was distinctly more dreadful than the others. Everything started out moderately okay, but by about one mile in, my husband had gotten separated from the group with our food, water, and diapers in his backpack and part of the trail was a scramble up a waterfall made up of giant, slippery boulders. By three hours in, I was crying hot and angry tears as I crossed a log precariously balanced over a river with a twenty pound baby in an Ergo strapped to my chest. It wasn't my finest moment. Shortly after, we reached a gigantic, beautiful waterfall that was truly so magnificent and beautiful, but I honestly barely remember it because I was still so angry about the whole journey up there: how scared I had been, how ticked I was that my husband had gotten lost, and how generally sweaty I was. We never did make it to the summit of this hike (THANK THE SWEET LORD JESUS), and we turned around early and headed down the mountain. Everyone blamed the incomplete hike on snow up ahead and babies that needed naps, but honestly it was probably because everyone was tired of watching an adult cry on the side of a mountain.
I eventually managed to find myself a Starbucks and ordered a grande iced mocha to calm myself down and try to forget about the whole thing. But you can bet that I recommended this very hike to Daley and Hunter, because they are actually adventurous and great. These two cuties met up with me at Lake Tahoe for a quick little engagement session and they are getting married in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. Sound the alarms, people! Let's all hope and pray that your travels may always be smoother than mine.
romantic coffeeshop engagement, downtown houston | kahley + matt
Sometimes, clients just make my job WAY too easy.