You would not know it by looking, but it was probably 100 degrees and about 95 percent humidity when we did this photograph. This is one portrait from a family session I did a couple of weeks ago. (More images from that session to follow.)
My client ‘s sister was in town on a quick visit from New Zealand and his children were about to leave for college so we did a Brother Sister & family session while we had the chance. We got some great shots and everybody seemed to have fun. I am hoping to do another session for the sister and her family in New Zealand soon.

I was quite pleased to be able to spend a bit more time working on Jena’s portfolio before she heads off to LA at the end of this week. (You can see images from her last session here & here.) This time I brought her inside & put her under the studio lights for a slightly more “classic” look. We did several different setups & we got a number of great images from each. It was tough deciding which image to post today. I guess I was just in the mood for a bit of purple.

I did a posting a few days ago with a portrait of Jessica’s roommate Jena, stating how I was hoping to be able to do another session with them before they leave for LA at the end of this month. Well, I got my wish. I did a two hour session with Jessica a few days ago & I am doing one with Jena on Friday. For this session I thought we would do a couple of looks that are completely different from each other and from our previous retro looking session. We got a bunch of great images but I thought I just post one of each look for now.  (You can see another great photo from the retro session here.) I believe we succeeded nicely. I am quite happy with how all three of these totally different yet great looks for Jessica turned out. Best of luck in Hollywood!

Fun

Professional

Retro

Wow, what a smile! Actually, with Jena to title this post “Jena’s Smile” is somewhat redundant. Jena is pretty much always smiling. She tends to brighten any room with her infectious smile. This is another photo of Jena from the portrait shoot we did when the classic cars were in town. I am trying to arrange time to do another session with Jena and her roommate Jessica before they leave for the lights of LA at the end of this month. Wish me luck!

A couple of months ago Beverly & I were out scouting wildflower locations when we ran across a spectacular field of bluebonnets & Indian Paintbrushes. Beverly’s sister Martha  happened to be close by so Beverly called her and asked her to come join us to share the spectacular place. Beverly & Martha have always shared a wonderful bond like very few siblings enjoy. I’m so glad Beverly invited Martha to join us that day. I took the opportunity to do a few photos of the gals in the flowers. There was lots of laughter and fun. Actually, there was always lots of fun and laughter when Martha was around. We will always miss her. Last Saturday Martha was taken from us in a violent and tragic death that we will never understand.

Last Sunday we sat in shock on the deck of our lodge in Botswana Africa trying to make some sense of the news we had received earlier that morning. We were wishing we had a way to transport ourselves instantly to our side of the planet to support & be supported by those we love & that loved Martha. It was a beautiful morning and the birds were singing in the early morning sunshine. One particular nearby bird was really singing. It was talking and talking in it’s sweet sounding local bird dialect and being very very vocally demanding of our attention all the while hopping from one nearby branch to another. For a few minutes it actually forced our minds off  our sadness. The pretty yellow & green bird simply would not stop. Finally if fluttered from its nearby perch and briefly landed on my shoulder before flying away like a quick hit & run hello and goodbye. There was nothing subtle about the moment. It was like Martha was making sure that we understand that her wonderful fun spirit is still very very much alive.

A few days ago I did a post with an photo of Jessica from a photo shoot during the Lonestar Rod & Kustom Car roundup. You can see that post here.

Jena is my friend that made that happen. It was tough deciding which of Jena’s images to post. They are all beautiful. Here is Jena looking like the gal every guy wishes really was the “girl next door”. I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to photograph both of these beautiful roommates before they head off to L. A. this summer.

This past weekend the Lonestar Rod & Kustom Car roundup was in town. With all those beautiful cars in town I could not pass up the opportunity to make use of them as a backdrop for a few portraits. I called upon a friend of mine that is about to graduate from the University of Texas Drama department. Jena brought along her roommate Jessica who just graduated from the UT drama department. This is Jessica looking quite stunning in front of a red ’32 convertible. I’ll post more shots later where you can actually see the cars, Jessica just stole the focus in this one. Such a tough life I have; wonderful locations, beautiful women & cool cars. I love my job.

Children’s Portraits can be fun! They can be especially fun if the children can be doing what they want to do verses asking them to sit still & smile. Holly & Maddison were great! I wanted them to have fun & play, and they did a spectacular job of both. I just took a few images while they had fun. As it turned out we all had fun & ended up with some pretty adorable portraits in the process.