I had a great time shooting Laura’s Bridal photography at The Legacy Venue in Jacksonville, TX. It was my first time there and it’s always fun to go to a new place and find little places to shoot. Here are a few of my favorites form the session.

This couch is the the bridal room! It’s soft and comfy and if you are stressed the day of your wedding you could easily take a little nap before the ceremony. :)

Had to give her shoes some blog love.

This tractor was parked off to the side and Laura was super eager to hop on it and get some shots.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this sassy look she gave. I’m pretty sure Neil sees it quite a bit.

I met Norma and Jesus in downtown Henderson, TX for a little engagement session. It was quick, it was fun, and we finished before it got too hot!

When doing an Engagement session in East Texas, you never know when a John Deer race will breaking out.

Thanks guys for a great session.

I am really pumped about Chad & Laura’s wedding next month. I fell in love with them after about 30 seconds and am really looking forward to capturing their day and taking lots and lots of pictures of them. We did their engagement session in Longview, TX and even though it was a bit warm, no one complained and we got some amazing stuff.

These two have known each other since high school and I loved their chemistry, it’s like they are in sync. They know when to smile, when to be serious, and when to snuggle up a bit and just laugh.

We started the session in Longview, but actually made a stop in Cairo.

Chad is such a gentleman, it was too bright on the roof, so he was constantly jumping off the ledge just so Laura would not be squinting in the photos.

Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that a few nights ago my wife and her three sisters all got together for a little girls night out. I was a kind and loving husband and stayed home and watched our 4 children, but rather than repay me by bringing me back a desert or late night snack they decided it would be fun to act like they were in middle school again and wrap my car.

I’ll go on record and say that I have the best wife and 3 sister-in-laws a man could ask for, but why they would want to mess with someone who has thousands of photos of them and hundreds of hours of home movies is beyond me. So, as a way of saying thank you I thought I’d do a small photo tribute to the Chadwell sisters.

I can’t tell if it’s Easter or Halloween.


I guess this is Halloween.

Here they are pretending to be Point of Grace.



A special thank you to Colettte. You may recall that I was kind enough to do a family session for her that very morning. :)

And finally, here is my car. 3 days later it’s still like that. I keep waiting form them to come by and clean it up, but I’m starting to loose hope.

Oh I mentioned home movies right? Here is one of their many “performances”. I trimmed it down because the whole movie was 15 minutes long and trust me, it gets painful.

Thanks again ladies.

I had a blast shooting my sister in law, her husband, and super cute baby girl this morning. They live in Hong Kong so this was my first shot at taking some photos since they have had their little girl. Jaya loves me most of all the people she has met here in the States and her face lights up when her Uncle Awesome comes in the room. :) Here are a few of my favorites…

Some people put babies in pumpkins and flower pots, I found this great concrete cylinder and thought it would be cool.



She decided to turn around and make sure her mom was OK.

I’m not sure why she made this face, but I felt like the internet needed to see it.

Their college fight song.

Many thanks to my friend Tammy Williams, an amazing children’s photographer, for advice on posing, tips, and ideas. All you moms with babies should definitely set up a photo session with her.