ENGAGE: Allison and Trey!

Allison and Trey seem to be obsessed with my couch. They were surprised when I showed up at their shoot and didn't have the couch lodged in the backseat of my Scion Xb. Apparently they thought I just took the couch with me everywhere I went and used it as a prop in every shoot. That's not exactly the case though if you ask my really nicely, I might throw it in the back of the car and bring it out to your shoot. To make up for not bringing it to the shoot I promised that I could bring it out to their wedding in Houston in April which may or may not be a good idea. This couch has been around a lot lately. Maybe I should register a domain just for the couch. How does www.rebelwithacouch.com sound?

Aside from not shooting on the couch, the shoot went well and we were able to make many unique images around Austin!

Bride on The Run: Sara at the Barr Mansion!

Sara was tired. She had been up at the crack of dawn to have her hair and make-up done. I was tired , but didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn for my hair and make-up. That generally makes me happy. Anyhoo, Sara was a little nervous but looked good had a fabulous dress and we met at the Barr Mansion for the shoot and these are some of the images that we created around the grounds and in the buildings there. Absolutely fabulous!

Two Rings Bind Them: Brittnee and Robert at Vintage Villas!

Brittnee and Robert had a really wild time planning their wedding. Robert is stationed in Iraq and only had an 18 day leave to return for his wedding. He arrived two days later than they expected only 5-days before the wedding. I suppose they were just so happy to see each other that they glossed over the incredible amount of stress they were under during planning. I can only imagine how much of my hair would fall out under that kind of stress! They decided on an indoor ceremony because the weather was a little nippy as the sun set and the breeze coming off the lake was like a frozen hell that I even could feel through my down coat. Brittnee and the ladies braved the cold to take advantage of the beautiful sunset at Vintage Villas. It was a great wedding with a great deal of happy family clearly overjoyed at seeing Robert home after almost 8-months.










Wow, this is an incredible cake! Simon Lee can make anything and it always is the best tasting cake around!

Bridal: Brittnee!

I met Brittnee at Janna and Ryan's wedding that I shot in May at Villa Antonia within site of Lake Travis. Her fiance had just left the day before on a tour Iraq.

Her bridal was on a pretty cool day which Brittnee refused to call 'freezing' though I think her mom and sister-in-law all agreed that it was FREEZING! Other than the FREEZING weather, it was a fantastic day. We shot at the Capital but worked hard to make it not really look like a tradition Capital shoot with the Capital Building in the background. Hey, that's what I do: Something different. After FREEZING at the Capital for a period of time, Brittnee was very happy to hop into the warm car and drive downtown for a while to shoot around the warehouse district, one of those places that I never get bored of shooting. It was awesome!






I love it! So undignified for a bride to be shouting at a public pay phone but it's so perfect at the same time! It's just so rebelious!