Chad&Amber- Engaged!

Chad and Amber got engaged & booked me as their wedding photographer with one of my packages that didn't include an engagement session. Chad decided to surprise Amber with adding an engagement session, and so we went out on the town! :) We had so much fun. I asked Amber what about Chad makes her laugh the hardest, and she said, "Uhh.. when he tickles me?" It was a great answer, and actually led to some tickling from Chad. They are so sweet together. Here are a few! Can't wait to shoot their wedding in July!

Kathleen Pruitt- Bridals

I love when I can finally blog bridal portraits. The waiting kills me. ;) Kathleen Colson married the man of her dreams last night at the YWCA building in downtown Fort Worth, and she is now Mrs. Kathleen Pruitt. It was such a classic and beautiful wedding. I am a firm believer in the phrase 'Simple is best', and that's exactly what this wedding was. Simple. Best. Perfect. Check out her bridals that she had displayed in GORGEOUS frames at the reception:

“In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid." Psalm 56:4

Anna Brumley- Senior

Anna...my last senior of Spring. :/ I love photographing senior girls (no offense boys) & I had my lucky share of awesome ones this past fall and spring. Anna Brumley is such a fun and quirky girl. She rocked her sunglasses, Ed Hardy dress, and danced with her hand-painted 'A'. Her sister tagged along the last few locations and when we got to the red door, she parked and cranked up some rap for Anna to dance to. ha We had so much fun driving around downtown Amarillo with my goofy sketched map in my lap. hah.. I learned my way around though... eventually. Here are a few from our afternoon together:

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.” Acts 20:24

Zach & Dayna- Engaged!!

Zach & Dayna are too cute. With Zach's original Tech boots and Dayna's killer pink dress, they rocked this session! She's so petite and adorable. When they hug, she is swallowed by Zach's bear hugs. :) I love it. I'm so excited for Dayna's bridals and wedding day. She has such a classic style to her, but loves vibrance as well. It will be awesome to see how it all comes together. Enjoy these and keep checkin back for their bridal and wedding photos!

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10

Ksenia Kolesnikova- Senior

KSENIA!!!! I love this girl. Despite the fact that I cannot, to this day, pronounce her name, we had a blast on our shoot. At our first location, we saw a boy on his skateboard RIGHT where we were wanting to shoot. Ksenia wanted a picture with sk8trboi pretty badly, buy honestly, we didn't have the guts to ask him and, when we came back to the wall, he was MIA. :/ BUT we did get the opportunity to reminisce on the good ol' days of punk rock and Avril Lavigne for a while. It was the first time.. ever... that I regretted not having Avril's "Let Go" album to rock out to in my car. (Yes.. I own it. shh) Ksenia goes to Lubbock High School and is the editor of the school newspaper, Western World. With her killer red prom dress and a brown chair with red typewritten letters all over it, we KNEW we had to throw in some newspapers. She's going to UT in the fall, and I just HAD to make her put some Red Raider guns up, but her facial expression apparently did not agree with her "guns up", so I rolled my eyes and cringed at the thought that I was taking a photo of a "hook 'em horns" sign. haha I'm excited for you Ksenia! Truly. ;) Take a look at this beauty with killer eyes:

“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:5-6

Bryan (Donald) & Chris- Engaged!

How Donald & Chris met is pretty hilarious: they were at the corn maze with some mutual friends, and Donald decided to get his "flirt on" with Chris by stealing her cell phone. :) Welp, Chris thought it was just annoying and was a little irritated with the fact that this complete stranger was being quite the pest to win over her attention. Weeks later Donald & Chris were chanced upon again. This time, Donald was eating macaroni and cheese and spilled it all over himself. Chris giggled, pitied him, and fell in love from that moment on. ;) ...amazing that cell phones, corn mazes, junior high flirting, and macaroni&cheese can bring two together forever. These two are getting married in Alaska where Chris is from. It will be beeeaaauuutttiiffuuulllllll. After a couple of hours of pokin', ticklin', and cheek-squeezin', here are Bryan Donald and Chris Canales:

Inspired.

Every blog-stalker goes through a time in their career where they are photographers.. uhh what? i mean.. every PHOTOGRAPHER goes though a time in their career where they are BLOG-STALKERS. I met with a photographer this morning, and chatted with her about how silly it is to compare photos with other photographers if YOU are an artist. If you're an artist, you create. Lubbock may be "limited" to creative locations, but the image you see through the view finder shouldn't be sparked by another local photographer's blog. It should be sparked by your inspiration.. your heroes.. your style.. your gut.. your adventure.. your groove.. your flare.. your way of expressing yourself. I hope this comes out in every one of my photos. If you know me and it doesn't, please hit me over the head & take me to Anthropologie, give me a coloring book, coffee ice cream, a big field, and an old working type-writer to write everything on my heart, and I promise my inspiration will come back. :) Here are a few photos of me doing what I love. I usually don't blog about my personal life too often, but I think I'm going to start. So enjoy these pictures (some extremely goofy). ;)

Josh & Macy- Engaged!

Ohhhhh Josh & Macy. I'm convinced that ANY photo taken of these two is going to be pretty fantastic. Talk about photogenic.. There's a quote from How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days that I could not get out of my head while shooting Macy, and it's this: "No guy would run away from you Andie. You could barf all over him, and he'd say, 'Do it again!'" Sorry for the puke reference, but Macy is THAT cute. Everything goofy thing she says and does is adored by Josh. He takes care of her.. sees that she is safe, comfortable, & okay. I love it. I love them. I love love.

"Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master. Husbands, go all out in love for your wives." Col. 3:18-19