(Yeah, I said rad. What of it?)

Ashley & Chadd are super chill and total “country folk”  I love people like them.  The Stockyards in Ft. Worth were the perfect location.

Caitlin does not play golf but Jared does.  She comes along and watches him play.  That makes her a good catch.

Ericka & Justin were so kind.  I love their personalities and their session con sited of being outdoors in amazing places like this one…..

… to maybe violating a city code and jumping in a fountain in the middle of the afternoon.
 I am amazed that I am blessed with such great couples.  A HUGE thanks to all my couples who trust me to peak into their lives during this season of their lives.

I was not allowed to take my “fancy” camera on the ride, so I had to resort to snapping away with my iPhone.  Not bad eh?

Take a look at at these images and tell me you don’t wish these two people were in your life.

It’s faces like this, that keep Ashley smiling & laughing.

And finally, here are a few from the park.

So, I just finished a stretch of 9 shoots in 11 days.  Tons of shootings, tons of driving, tons of editing, tons of fun.

Locations included:
Brenner’s Steakhouse  (Houston)
Kiepersol Estates (Bullard)
Crescent Hotel (Dallas)
La Torretta Resort & Spa (Conroe)
The Arbor (Tyler)
Elmwood Gardens (Elmwood)
Tyler Public Library (Tyler)
Castle on the Lake (Jacksonville)
Capital Building (Austin)

Not to mention some crazy stuff in The Mug Machine.

Enjoy a smorgasbord of photos below.

Here are the winning images!

The following images did NOT win, but they were my personal favorites from each category so I wanted to give them a little shout out not he blog as well.

Thanks again to everyone who voted and all you 2012 couple better bring your A game because I already have some serious entries for next year’s contest.

I MAY have eaten an extra slice of this fruit pizza while they were changing clothes for the second part of out session.

Seriously, you two were so so much fun to hang out with.  I can’t wait for your marriage to begin!!!!!

Nothing can stop the awesome train that is Lauren & Daniel.

I am giddy about their June wedding.  (Hey Barbara of La Tee Da Flowers, you better bring your A-game to this one!)

Back in August Lauren E-mailed to say they wanted an themed anniversary session every 3 years and that this one would be a “vintage style shoot with a 50′s-60′s style dress and hair, bowtie and suspenders for brent, old fashioned bicycle, etc etc..”

This was my response: “you + brent + galveston + vintage = i’m in.”

6 months later here are the results.

If you think this shoot is great wait till you see what we come up with in 2015.

What have you liked most about your first year being married?
Building a home And life together

Give us your best cheapo/fun married date idea.
Going swimming on the lake

What’s been the hardest part about being married?
Learning each other, what not to do and say

What surpassed you the most?  (Either good or bad.)
The love we have for each other.

What have you fought about most and why?
Little things (what way to put the toilet paper on the holder)

So if I remember right, you guys don’t Facebook.  Why is that?
We stay in touch with friends other ways and everyone else doesn’t matter.

Do you have any advice for couples about to take the plunge?
Have fun with each other laugh and love through everything.

You see, I feel like whatever it is you like to do then that’s what we should do.  Just because you are engaged does not mean you need to go walk on the railroad tracks.  You are not a train conductor.  Step AWAY from the train tracks.  Here are just a few things that some of my couples have done on their session.

1. Walk your dog.

2. Go dancing3. State Fair
4. Lake5. College
6. Lego Store
7. Austin
8. Bowl
9. Piano
10. Fight
11. Fountain
12. Beer
13. Trampoline
14. Parking Garage
15. Car Wash

See,  it’s easy.  Do what you love with someone you love; I’ll photograph it and you’ll love it.

Also, all you non-engaged people out there, toss out a few ideas in the comments to help everyone out.

This means…..

This November we are at DisneyWorld & last year the kids got coal in their Christmas stockings.

Things were a little slow but hey, at least I had two kick butt sessions.  Thanks you guys for being awesome!

It was AWESOME!!!

Occupy Engagement Session

I love laughing couples.

One of my faves.

Thank you two for a great session.  Can’t wait for the wedding!!!

They rest of Matt’s life captured in a single frame.

Rides are fun.

Thanks for being uber-awesomen.  You guys were terrific.

Did we bust out onto Kyle Field and shoot a ton of images?  Why yes.  Yes we did.

We then headed over to where they had their first date.

Josh proposed over a game of Skip-Bo.  50 cool points for him.

Oh, and if Denise looks familiar it’s because I shot her brother’s wedding earlier this year.

You should go see all of those images here: One of my favorite Aggie weddings.

(I think she liked them.)  Anyway, here are more “fabulous” images for you or Candace to fall in love with.

Rex kinda thought the whole day was about him.

A quick outfit change and we were off to The Woodlands.

Candace and Covy both are great laughers.  I think it’s when they are most “themselves”.

I think this is against the rules, but they are cool like that.

Thank you two for a great evening and session.

They love to go down to The Boardwalk in Shreveport and shop.  Before we hit the shops though, I fell in love with the parking garage.  I could have shot there all day.

I’ve already had 19 people from Nike call saying they want to use them in their next campaign.

Jose proposed to her with her ring in a bowl of ice cream so that was a must for today.

Oh yeah, remember that secret I promised?  Here it is.  These two are already married.  They totally had a small family only ceremony in June of 2010.  They decided after that they still wanted to have a big party/reception this November.  How fun is that?  I asked Cristina if this was an excuse to get to buy 2 wedding dresses, have two anniversaries, and basically get more gifts from Jose each year;  she just smiled.   I also asked them if they were nervous about the session and their thoughts on how it went.  Here is what they had to say.