Elise's Bridal Portraits- The University of Texas Architecture Library

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This past weekend, Elise and David tied the knot in Lakeway, TX, outside of Austin.  The wedding was held at the Lakeway Resort and Spa, and was absolutely beautiful!  With Lake Travis in view, the happy couple married in front of their family and friends.

I've been waiting anxiously to post these online, and now that Elise and David are married, I finally can!  In June, I took Elise's Bridal Portraits on the University of Texas campus.  We began our shoot in the Architecture Library, one of the most beautiful spots on campus.  The library is an incredible space, and Elise looked gorgeous in her dress!  After the library, we headed outside for some photos by the tower.

Here are some of my favorites from Elise's Bridal Portrait session.  Photos from the wedding to come soon...


Katie and Patrick's Santa Fe Wedding

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Over the weekend of July 10th, Katie and Patrick tied the knot in Santa Fe, NM with friends and family by their sides.  The ceremony and reception were held at El Encantado Resort right outside of downtown Santa Fe.  It was a beautiful wedding day, and the reception was a blast.  The Patrick Smith Band brought the house down with their awesome sound, while Andrea Soorikian created beautiful bouquets, floral arrangements and an elegant and unique setting for the celebration.  Make up artist, Monica Stark, did a wonderful job, and Keely Thorne and Emily of Keely Thorne Events coordinated the weekend's events beautifully.

My work started on the Wednesday before the wedding, when Katie and Patrick met with me in Lamy, NM, a small town about 15 minutes outside of Santa Fe.  Back in the day, when you'd travel to Santa Fe by train, you'd have to come through Lamy to catch the spur into Santa Fe.  Today, there's not much left of the town, just the train station (which is still operating), and the old Legal Tender Saloon, which is a museum now.  I thought it would make a neat setting for what we would be doing...TINTYPES! 

If you've read my blog before, you might have seen me mentioning tintypes.  I took some for Kate and Garner's engagement photos in front of an old historic home in Chappell Hill, TX.  The tintype process was developed in the mid-1800s, and is an antique photo process in which one photographs directly onto sheet metal.  It is a labor intensive process, with many factors, and you must have a darkroom ON SITE to process and fix the photo immediately after exposing it.  The tintype cannot be replicated, it is a totally unique image, which is a strange way to photograph in today's digital world.  However, there is a certain beauty in that idea.  In a later post I will show some of the tintypes that I took of John Boland, an art director at the Andrew Smith Gallery in Santa Fe.  He also took some photographs of me working, and I'll be sure to post those also.

Anyhow, Katie and Patrick spent several hours working with me in this process, and I've posted two of the tintypes we took during the day.

Here are my favorite images from the weekend, including the tintypes we took.

 

 

Anna's Bridal Portraits

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We took these bridal portraits of Anna in March, before it started getting so dang hot!  Anna and Luke married in mid-May in Austin, TX (pictures from their big day coming soon...), so we decided we'd do the bridal portraits in Austin as well.  We discussed several different locations, but decided to start at Laguna Gloria, and end at the Texas State Capitol.

Laguna Gloria is an ideal place to take bridal portraits.  There are so many places to photograph, both inside and outside.  The grounds around the main building are perfectly kept, and inside there is plenty of warm, beautiful window light.  This site was the original home of the Austin Museum of Art, and is still owned and operated by the museum.

Anna looked gorgeous in her dress, and we had fun working with everything Laguna Gloria and the Capitol had to offer us.  Here are some of my favorites from the shoot.

I'll be posting soon about their beautiful wedding day.  Stay tuned...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly's Bridal Portrait (Part One)

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I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I just wanted to make a quick post before I head home.  This is one of the portraits from Kelly's Bridal Portrait session.  Kelly and Callaway got married in early March, and their wedding was beautiful.  We took Kelly's bridal portraits on a rainy day in February, at First Presbyterian Church.  Kelly and the church are both so beautiful, which sure made my job very easy!

I'll post more of the photos from the shoot tomorrow or later this week, but I wanted to go ahead and get this one posted.  This is the photo she and her mom chose to have on display at the wedding.

More to come soon from Kelly's Bridal Portrait Shoot.  Have a great night!