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In May, Lauren, Bryan and I headed out to downtown Houston to take their engagement portraits. We had a blast photographing at Discovery Green and Minute Maid Park, then stopping along Allen Parkway at the water fountain where Bryan proposed.
Lauren and Bryan tie the knot this weekend at Rice University. It will be a beautiful and exciting day!
Here are some of my favorites from their engagement shoot.
These were taken of Melanie and Matt way back in January, when it was still cold! Melanie and Matt are getting married later this year on a destination wedding, and needed some engagement portraits. I was so happy they called me! I had a blast photographing them in Uptown Park, and found out that Matt plays in the Wade Bowen Band (how cool!). Check out Wade Bowen and his band, they've got some great music.
Here are some of my favorite photos from the shoot. I hope you all enjoy. Have a great weekend!
This past weekend I met up with Erin and Daniel at Herman Park to take their Engagement Portraits. Then we hopped over to the museum area, and photographed in the sculpture garden andin front of the Contemporary Arts Museum. We had a great time, and wonderful weather.
Here are some of my favorite images!
Have a great weekend! If you're heading to the "Before You Say I Do" Bridal Soiree at the Houstonian on Sunday, be sure to stop by my booth! I'll be there all day!
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I headed to Chappell Hill, TX to photograph some engagement and family portraits. Chappell Hill is a beautiful little town located near Brenham, TX (home of Blue Bell Ice Cream!). Kate's family lives a short walk from downtown, so we started photographing at their beautiful, historic house, then walked down the street into town. We had beautiful weather, and even took a couple tintypes! I thought the historic setting was a perfect reason to bust out all of the tintype gear! Kate and Garner did a great job staying still and not blinking for the 6-8 second exposures!
We were only able to take a couple quick exposures inside this church before we had to leave. I wish we could have spent a bit more time taking photos inside, but there was a meeting scheduled to take place while we were there, so we took what we could get! The church, located downtown, is a historical landmark, and is more or less the original structure, with very few changes since it was built.
The first tintype exposure, a bit over-exposed. Because the "film speed/ISO" of a tintype is so slow, you can't accurately meter the light of a scene like you would with a normal camera. Trial and error is the best way to get a correct exposure.
Yesterday afternoon we had wonderful weather in Houston, and I was scheduled to photo
graph Amanda and Ryan, whose wedding date is coming up in January. Amanda and I actually went to the same high school, and were in a couple of the same photo classes. Anyhow, we had a very nice time in the cool weather, and light was beautiful. Their dog, Cajun, was a lot of fun, and added a little twist to the shoot. Wish this was the norm for Houston weather!
Enjoy! I'll be posting soon with some photos from a "tintype lesson" I gave to Episcopal High School's photo classes, and with some information about what I am doing with Yellowstone Academy and their 6th graders.
