Wall Education Week – Centering
It’s wall art education week! Let’s get your digital images up on your walls! Today’s rule is about how high to hang your wall art. This is always tricky for me. If I am being completely honest, I just let Jenna do this part. But you want the center of the wall art to be […]
Wall Art Education Week – Art Height
It’s wall art education week! Let’s get your digital images up on your walls! Today’s rule is how high your art should be hung. Art should hang 6-8″ above the furniture. You don’t want it to be so high that you look up at it all the time. And you really don’t want it to […]
Happy Fall
Happy fall y’all! This is us. My little family of 3, two years ago now. My little one is now taller than I am. He has grown just a little! We need a new family photo, but I now have a teen who isn’t really into photos, so I take what I can get! Junior […]
Searching for Something
Way, way back in 2007 or 2008, this was me. I was searching for a lot of things. Literally in this photo, I was on a cruise in South America. But I remember feeling lost because nothing was going right. We had gone through several rounds of infertility; unsuccessfully. Work was awful (I was working […]
Unpredictable Galveston Beach
One of the reasons why I love Galveston beach is that it is totally unpredictable. Some days the beach it has a ton of seaweed. Some days it is socked in with sea fog. Some days you have amazing sunsets. Some you don’t have any. You really never know what you will get until you […]
Sunset love
Fun fact. The only place I like to photograph sunsets??? The beach. Because I can do amazing silhouette shots like this one. We rarely get vibrant sunsets like this unless a hurricane is on it’s way or has just been there. But sometimes we are in the right place at the right time. What do […]
Sand and Surf
One of our favorite places to vacation as a family is the beach. The boys can surf and enjoy the ocean. And I can lay by the pool. We have been to so many beautiful beaches. Our latest adventure was Guana Caste, Costa Rica. It was amazing and we were literally one of 20 families […]
Studio or Location
Studio or on location? A lot of my clients ask this. And it is a tricky decision. There are a lot of factors that go into it. Here is what I tell them: 1) What time of year is it? If it is 100+ degrees, I think studio is a fabulous idea. 2) Do you, […]
Exist in Photos
I take way too many mommy and me photos. I admit it! Dads probably feel left out. But I know that in regular life, the moms take all of the photos and get left out. So when they book my sessions, I take a lot of them. I think that is only fair. I don’t […]
Professional Makeup
It is all about the eyes. Most people say they are the window to your soul. They can tell you a lot about the person. Whether they are happy, sad or sick. So when you are preparing for you portrait session, make sure to have eye drops handy, just in case you have allergy eyes […]