Chauncie's Houston Bridal Portraits at Column A

Today is actually Chauncie's wedding day, so I can finally post her bridal portraits that we took last week at her wedding venue, Column A. Chauncie's hair and makeup were perfect for the look that she was going for: vintage glamor. After I finished editing and selecting my favorites for the blog, I noticed that most of my favorites were actually the black and white ones because of her hair style, which was very reminiscent of the 1950's. 

This one was my favorite from the shoot:

Here are a few others!

 

 

 

 Congratulations, Chauncie! Hope your wedding day is amazing!

To schedule bridal portraits, please contact me directly at sanam@sanamzaerphotography.com

Todd & Yessenia's Astros Engagement Session at Minute Maid Park!

So, when Yessenia first contacted me, she mentioned that they really wanted to do their engagement session at Minute Maid Park. Being from Boston and knowing absolutely nothing about baseball, I assumed it was just a random park in Houston. After a few more e-mail correspondences and a Doogle search, I realized that it was actually a baseball stadium (and that I need to learn more about the city I'm living in!)

I have been really excited about this engagement shoot because I absolutely love themed engagement shoots with props. Yessenia showed up with a full bag of props and was eager to use all of them. I had a hard time choosing my favorites from this engagement session, but here are a few!

Leslie & Maya | Engagement Party!

Leslie & Maya hired me to photograph their Christian engagement ceremony and reception, which had the same expected guest count as my own wedding! When I first arrived at the Safari Texas Ranch, I was pleasantly surprised to see peacocks walking around the venue. Since I arrived early, I was able to follow them around for a few minutes and take a few pictures!

After chasing peacocks, I finally went inside to start shooting the engagement party. The venue itself was really beautiful and I was impressed to find out that Leslie actually made the centerpieces himself! Another notable detail was their DJ: Dj Jag Entertainment. I was literally dancing behind my camera the whole time! 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Leslie & Maya | Engagement Portraits

I always encourage couples to pick their own location for engagement portraits to make them as personal as possible. While most couples usually just let me pick, Leslie actually did his research and decided that they wanted to do their engagement photos at the Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens. I have to admit that I wasn't too crazy about driving 45 minutes for an 8am shoot, but I'm so glad that I did because it was a really beautiful location and the Houston sun wasn't beating down full-force that early in the morning. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our shoot!

 

 I'm looking forward to shooting their engagement party in a few weeks!

Shanteal & Jermaine | Engaged!

I was really excited when Shanteal told me that they wanted to do their engagement portraits at Dave & Busters. I had so many ideas for fun things we could do while we were there. I didn't take into consideration that Jermaine is actually a pool addict though. He actually started playing a game of pool in the middle of our engagement shoot, so we had to work that into the poses :) 

 

(3/10/ 2 is their wedding date!)

 Looking forward to shooting their wedding in a few weeks!