Adeeb & Anahita | Engagement Portraits

This set of engagement pictures is definitely one of my favorites! As you've probably seen by now, I love creative couples that are open to anything. As an engagement gift, I offered to take some engagement photos for my brother-in-law and his future wife, but it was pouring rain on the day of the shoot. I suggested doing their engagement pictures in Target and, since they had some things to pick up from Target anyway, they were both up for it. I normally like to make half my photos black and white, but I decided not to do that for these photos, for obvious reasons!

 

 

This next picture is funny because we were very careful about avoiding Target employees, and when we finally ran into one, he asked to be in one of the pictures!

 Looking forward to their wedding in June!

Adrian & Aria | Engaged!

Since most couples ask me to choose the venue for their engagement portraits, I am always excited when couples choose their own location for portraits. For me, it's new and exciting, and for the couple, it's something personal. Aria chose to do their engagements in City Centre because it was a place that they liked to hangout. Being fairly new to Houston, I had never been there before, but was a great spot full of life and color! There was a concert going on right in the middle, but we were able to get pictures in fun spots around the concert. I love all the colors and textures in their pictures!

 

   

 

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!

Aiden's 1st birthday

Once again, I had the pleasure of photographing my friend's baby, Aiden. He is the first baby that I have watched grow since his birth, so his first birthday was really special for me. He reminds me of all the older people that would occasionally find me at weddings and conferences and would smile and tell me that they knew me when I was a baby. I never really understood what they were smiling about until I spent a year with Aiden. Aiden, I will be that creepy person finding you at weddings! Be warned now, and Happy Birthday :)