Colt Anthony

Well, I've been on "maternity leave" now for a few months. Although, technically, I never stopped working! I shot LaCretia & Chris' wedding 4 days before my c-section and I'm still working on filling their package!

I delivered my baby boy on June 24th by c-section at 1:39 in the afternoon! He's so awesome! I can't believe he's already 7 weeks old! It's a little different with a boy, much easier, he's so laid back. And the 2nd c-section wasn't as bad as the 1st either! I'm posting a few of his adorable pics finally!

Back to work......

I am ready to start scheduling weddings full-time again! And this year I will be doing LOTS of seniors again, I learned I really like shooting you guys even though weddings are my main focus! However, I decided to only schedule seniors from September-March in order to have plenty of time to fill all packages and have prints delivered BEFORE the end of May. So, if you're interested in me shooting your senior portraits, get those scheduled SOON, there will be very limited availability as I will be taking on a lot of weddings starting next month.

LaCretia & Chris Engagement Sneak Peek!

LaCretia has been a friend of mine since childhood and is as sweet as she is beautiful! She has found a great guy in Chris, who is instantly like-able! We had a blast shooting their engagement pictures yesterday even though it was a little chilly...here are a few shots I've finished to hold everyone over until I get everything posted!

A few shots from Maria & Marco's Wedding, as promised!

Maria & Marco's wedding!!

I covered Maria (or Suzy) and Marco's wedding on September 27th and it was one of my favorite weddings to date. (I know, I say that alot, but I truly love weddings!!!)

Everything was gorgeous and well planned out, even though Hurricane Ike threw a few kinks in the plans. Suzy handled everything so calmly, I think I was more stressed about the big day than she was!! I sent her text messages from Dallas non-stop while all the "evacuation shenanigans" were going on! Wondering what in the world she was going to do if the power wasn't back on in Port Arthur or if the church suffered significant damage.

Everything worked out though! They simply moved the reception location and kept on trucking through to the 27th. It couldn't have been any more gorgeous!

Suzy and Marco are two amazing people who love each other so much and I was blessed to be a part of their special day!

Look for some of my favorite shots from their wedding coming soon!

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Gracie 4.5

Well, my little girl is four-and-a-half years old now. It seems like she was just born yesterday, well, with the exception of her intellect it seems that way. She is beautiful, smart, and freaking hilarious!

This shoot was all her. She had watched me do a family shoot in our pasture the day before, right after hay had been baled, and wanted me to shoot her out there as well. She picked the dress, said she wanted her hair down, and the rest is history. We rode our four-wheeler out back and brought along a chair I found on the roadside (I do that a lot...old stuff rocks!).

G danced and skipped around a bale of hay then posed on and around the chair, gave me her "blue steel" look, then shoved her open hand at my camera and screamed, "no more pictures"! She jumped back on the four wheeler and said, "let's go, we're done"!

So, that's that. She's definitely my child! Here are my favorite shots from our "big" shoot....it lasted all of 10 minutes!

Special Pricing on Trash the Dress shoots....

I am offering discounted pricing on all TTD shoots for 2008 to try and boost their popularity in our area.

$499 gets you:
-up to 4 hrs of shoot time
-at up to 3 locations
-anything goes
-11x14 portrait of your choice
-online gallery with shopping cart

Please contact me for more information, questions, and concerns about these shoots.