Month: April 2021

Daniel’s 1st Grade Pictures | Bluebonnet Session

Families

This mini-session was super special for a few reasons.

First of all, this session involved our sweet neighbors that we met back in 2019.

In 2019, we graduated college and planned to move back to Houston since my husband had a job lined up and I had an internship. Since we were in Colorado and finishing up school, we didn’t have time to fly back to Houston to find a place to live. We knew we wanted to rent a house, which made things even more difficult. With one month before we were supposed to move (talk about cutting it close), we finally found a decent house online and decided to live there without ever seeing it in person!

We got SUPER lucky and when we moved in, we met Melissa and her son Daniel. Soon after, we also met Melissa’s fiancé, now husband, DJ. They were the nicest family and we loved having them as neighbors. Melissa and I bonded over our mutual love of cats. I mean don’t get us wrong, we are both animal lovers in general but there tend to be more dog lovers in the world than cat lovers.

We were so sad when we we moved away from them in 2020 but thankfully, we didn’t move far so we still get to see them from time to time. So recently, Melissa reached out to me because her son’s school wasn’t doing school pictures. When she contacted me, it just so happened to be bluebonnet season! We both agreed it would be fun to do!

So for the second reason, this session was special because it was my first ever bluebonnet session! I feel like a true Texas photographer now that I’ve done one. I definitely want to do more in the future so I can’t wait for next year!

Have fun scrolling through this session! We got the typical looking at the camera photos BUT we also got some fun ones where Daniel’s cute personality shined through.

Morgan and Dalton | Lake Inspired Couple Session

Couples

I met Morgan 15 years ago. Wow. I didn’t know quite how many years it had been until I sat down to write this blog post.

But yes, Morgan and I met 15 years ago way back in 2006. We were just tiny little 6th graders and had both picked band as our fine arts elective. We even picked the same instrument, so we got to know each other more and more. We didn’t pick your normal choices – like the flute or saxophone. No, we both picked the oboe lol. Y’all, I don’t think most of my college friends even know this about me because I’m personally so embarrassed to admit this!

We graduated together and then headed our separate ways to college in 2013. We lost touch through the years as we were both working on school and our careers. Fast forward 8 years later and I was so excited to reunite with Morgan during this shoot. Now we’re both married and have our own houses, which boggles my mind to think about. Like we’re both full blown #adulting. Fun fact, Morgan and Dalton got married within two weeks of Patrick and me, which I think is so fun!

These 2 are such a powerhouse couple. Dalton is a mechanical engineer (Patrick and I always love getting to meet fellow engineers!) and Morgan is a nurse. She’s been working directly with COVID patients all throughout the pandemic. So thank you, Morgan, for being on the frontlines fighting this pandemic!

Not only are these two super smart, they’re also the sweetest humans. They were so easy to talk to because they’re such down to earth people. We spent A LOT of the session just talking about life in between shooting and walking between locations. It was so nice to just talk and connect, something that we appreciate so much more after experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Morgan and Dalton, y’all have the most beautiful hearts and I was so honored to capture these memories for the two of you. I seriously had SO many favorites from your session!

Also, if this location looks familiar to you, you’d be right! Kristin and Derek’s session was here just the week before. Check out their session here!