coming soon: bridal portraits * for now: my children

Saturday morning I took on a brand new adventure in photography - bridal portraits. I am not gonna lie, I was feeling the pressure - until we got started. I remember my bridal portraits (almost thirteen years ago) - indoor, white background (with a white dress), small studio, hated the hairdo, the whole shoot does not bring up a good memory. I did love my dress though, with it's biggo bow. Looking back, the pictures turned out better than I thought and I still enjoy seeing the 10x13 hanging in my mom's living room. And, I don't even notice the hair that I was so frustrated with - only how skinny I was back then. And that adds a whole new outlook to the bad memories - past and present.

I am saying all of that just to say that I know how important bridal portraits are. You have to have a great picture to blow up and set out on the big day. The photos will hang in many living rooms, for many years. They're pictures your children will cherish as they get older and start to consider or dream of their wedding day. There are so many images to capture, the most important being the emotion of happiness; there's the dress and all of it's elegance; the bouquet with it's significance and color; the ring that seals the deal just as it stole her heart; the shoes that will walk her down the path to forever and the smile that she wears because her future is certain. I was able to capture many photos of all of these things and have since heard from the bride who is very pleased. (Pleased enough to be coming back for engagement photos.) I wish that I could share these with you but it will be after October 24th. If you would like to see some as a reference, we can talk about that. The bridal portraits were taken at the Rockwall harbor with a variety of great (natural) backgrounds. Thanks, Staci, for letting me a part of this amazing time in your life! To the rest of you, stay tuned!

We celebrated my daughter's 6th birthday luau style last weekend and I caught a picture of all three of my kids smiling so I have to post this, as it is a rare occasion. And then, I have a picture of my blue-eyed girl enjoying one of her aloha cupcakes, made especially by Nana.

I hope you are enjoying your summer. I am staying busy and love every minute. I have lots of shoots on the calendar and many of you inquiring for July. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to capture your precious memories while doing something that I enjoy so much.

the gang

This morning I had quite a crew for photos. Six beautiful girls and one precious baby boy. We had fun and I know that the grandparents will cherish these grins forever.

Because these sisters are hours apart, they wanted to take advantage of getting the cousins all together for pictures while here to visit. I enjoyed being with all of them :) Thanks for coming to see me!
This cute picture makes me smile, you never would have known that he was woken up from a nap for this adventure!

Red, White & You

Today was a steamin' hot success at Gotta Scrap. Literally. I was a little flustered to be on 635 at 9:15 a.m. with my exterior thermostat reading 94 degrees. Seriously?! I try to beat the heat with "early" morning photos but now that summer has made its big debut here in Texas - there is no good time for a comfortable photo shoot. We've just got to have a plan, put some smiles on and snap away. I tried this out today and the results speak for themselves. It worked!


The theme today at "project runway" was Red, White & You. Some moms were gearing up for Independence Day scrapbook layouts, some were ready to have some cute pictures framed around the house for the upcoming holiday and one grandmother wanted photos as a send off to the girls' daddy leaving for Iraq soon.







Despite the heat, we toughed it out and got some great patriotic pictures.

Stay tuned for upcoming "project runways" in July and kids camp, where your kids make crafts while you have an hour to shop, or sleep, or clean house, or whatever you need to do.


I would love to hear from you for a photo shoot. Don't let the heat scare you off - sessions are short, sweet and leave you with special memories. Let's frame it!

f*o*u*r*t*e*e*n

Today started with a beautiful fourteen year old girl to make my photography hobby a piece of cake. She has a smile that could light a room. Enjoy the pictures as I enjoyed taking them. We didn't even have to bribe her to be good or to smile. She was a natural.

Her pictures turned out great. I have posted some here with a variety of editing effects.

Tomorrow, I will be at Gotta Scrap taking Red, White & You photos. Come see us!

oh, brother

The title isn't really fitting for these sweet brothers. C and T were so cute and so cooperative. We started early to beat the heat and our timing was perfect. There was even time to play with the dogs and chase frogs.

Thanks mom and sweet boys for sharing your morning with me. Hope your dad is happy with these sweet faces framed for Father's Day!

pretty as a princess

Today at Gotta Scrap the theme was "dress up". Two sweet little girls came ready and willing to become princesses in the blink of an eye and the change of an outfit. It was so much fun to see their beauty and character as they became pretty as a princess.

Sweet L changed dresses several times and never got tired of smiling. The only thing she did not want was to walk in the grass and she definitely wanted to find a shady spot to strike a pose. Here is L, she was so sweet and so angelic.

And remember adorable A from the harbor? Here she is struttin' in high heels with a dazzling crown and super soft boa.



These were super sweet princesses and I loved every minute of their divaness.

Next Wednesday at Gotta Scrap - Red, White and You! Come for 4th of July photo ops and then shop for some cute layouts.

oops!

please visit www.davisstyle.blogspot.com for my latest photo blog entry - it has been a long day!

take me out to the ball game

I have gotten to take a couple of teams' baseball pictures and love seeing the expressions, the fun and the goofiness of boys. Pictured below is a picture of brothers in their baseball uniforms, an individual pose and the team's silly pose. What fun!

The Crandall Red Vipers are full of life!

* shout out to the Gilcrease boys for giving me something good to post :)

baby boy

I had the privilege of taking pictures of my teaching partner's sweet baby boy on Saturday. He was such a trooper but wasn't sharing many of his sweet smiles. Maybe it was because it was hot, it was different and some big black thing (camera) was always in his face. No matter what, baby K was adorable and cooperative.

Did I mention that he is adorable?!