Emily and Keith's Wedding

I shot a really fun wedding with Sandy on Saturday. Emily and Keith were great to work with! Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

Enjoy!

Photo Tip/Technique #1

I thought it would be fun to share tips and techniques with my blog readers...so here we go...My first tip for you to try.

The below image of my son Austin was shot in my garage...NOT on a white background like it appears but standing at in the garage with his back to the driveway behind him and his face turned looking into the garage. I exposed for his face and shot away. The resulting photograph looks the way it does because it was so bright outside that the background got "blown out" making it appear as if it was a bright white background.

How to do this:
-place your subject in the "shade" of the garage with their back to the doorway (you could also use a large window or doorway inside your home)
-set your camera exposure for the subject's face
-make sure that the background is about 5 stops brighter (mine was 6) than the subject
-shoot away

my exposures were:
iso 400, f 6.3, 1/80th sec (as you can see I only changed the f-stop to get the exposure for outside)

Below is a shot of what the background looked like, looking out from where I shot his picture from inside the garage.
iso 400, f 13, 1/80th sec

I sure hope that I was clear with my instruction, I have never done this before:) I really hope this was helpful and that you all will get out an try this sometime...

The Gaitonde Family at the Dallas Arboretum

I had the pleasure of spending the morning with the Gaitonde family at the Dallas Arboretum this morning. I have been photographing their oldest son for several years now and I was so happy to get to meet his little brother for the first time today. They are such beautiful boys and so well behaved!

Thanks for a great session today. I look forward to seeing you again soon!

Until then, Enjoy!

Baby M at Home

I went over to little Baby M's house early this week to do her newborn session and to get some pictures of her with her big brother since he couldn't be there with all his other siblings at the birth. I could not believe how much she had changed in just 5 days! She is such a good baby, she hardly ever cries and when she does she is soothed quickly. She was so easy to work with! As you can see her big brother loves her very much and is adjusting to his role as protector very well.

Thank you again for asking me to photograph this special time in your lives. It is such an honor to be a part of this special time. I look forward to photographing her over the next year!

A New Baby is Born

I had the very big honor of photography the birth of a new baby girl last week. I had photographed her brother's birth a couple of years ago and it was amazing. This one was as well. I can't tell you how miraculous it is to be present when a new little life comes into this world...it is something you have to experience yourself. Like I said above, it was an honor and a privilege to be asked to photograph this birth as well.

To the Houghton Family, Thank you so much for trusting me to photograph such a special moment in your lives. It was so wonderful to be a part of little Miss M's birth. I hope you enjoy these pictures...there are so many to make her book from. It should be as beautiful as her brother's when complete!