Katie and Steve's Wedding - The Gallery - Houston TX

For the beginning of my labor day weekend, I had Katie and Steve's wedding at The Gallery.  I've been to this venue many times before and I love it there! I like the decor there and there are so many beautiful little nooks to take pictures in.  The ivy covered walls create an awesome backdrop.  The challenge in going to any place over and over again is not to take the same pictures at the same spots.  I challenged myself with finding new spots, whether they were inside or outside the venue.  What made the day go easy was that they did the First Look.  We had a lot of time with them to do portraits by themselves without the time restraints after the ceremony.  We captured some great shots just by the parking lot and the outside walls.  Here are some of the pictures from that day!!

Bridgette and Aaron's Wedding - August 27, 2010

Bridgette and Aaron exchanged vows this last Friday at their local church.  As true in most latin weddings I've been to, everyone was a good 20 mins late.  Oh well, most weddings never start on time anyways!!  What's the rush really??  Anyhoo, the wedding went smoothly and we took some fun pictures at the alter with the wedding party.  I had suggested that we do some pictures at the marina near where their reception was going to be!  The marina I had in mind turns out to be the same marina where their reception hall was. What a coincidence!??  As I was packing up my camera, I put it in my not so sturdy Shootsac, and I slung it over my shoulder, the camera came flying out and landed right on the end of the lens.  You know how those moments in time just slow down as you see fate unfolding in front of you!!/??  Well, that jammed up my camera lens! I have to send it back to Nikon for repair now and it's probably going to cost me another $500. This sucks but I unjam it enough to finish out the night with this lens..
Well, we had some fun with the whole wedding party on the marina with what little daylight we had left.  We all just walked to the reception afterwards.  How convenient! The rest of the night was fun but it ended early, around 11. since it ended early, I took the happy couple out the marina near some boats to capture some last minute pictures before I was done.  Here are some from that night!

Naomi and John Card Wedding - Aug 7, 2010

Naomi and John had their wedding at Second Baptist Church.  I really like this church b/c the the bride's room is full of picture opportunities.  It's also really big so no one is feeling really cramped. We arrived a couple of hours before the wedding and captured her getting ready.  One of my favorites weddings last year, Mike and Liz Martin, was also at this church.  The sanctuary itself is really well lit, which makes pictures a lot easier. We often have to work in dimly lit churches and that's always really tough.  After the ceremony, the whole wedding party left in a Trolley.  That was really cool.  They made their way to Minute Maid Park where they had their reception.  It took me a while to realize why they had their reception at Minute Maid.  Naomi didn't come across as a huge baseball fan when I met her initially. Well it turns out that her father, Terry Puhl, played for the Astros many years ago.  That was really cool to find that out.  Well another interesting development that day, Craig Biggio, Phil Garner and the iconic Nolan Ryan, was also there for this wedding reception!!  That was really cool to see them there.  The coordinator there, allowed us to go down to the Dugout and have the whole wedding party stand atop the visitor's dugout for a once in a lifetime picture! That was really cool!!  Overall the wedding was really cool and I think everyone had an awesome time.  One of my favorite parts of the wedding was the last dance the couple shared together in an empty room, as all the guests were ushered downstairs to prepare for their exit!  They took that moment to have one last dance alone. That was really sweet!!
here are some of the images from that day!

 

Katie and Steve Engagement

Can I say HOT!!! OMG, we did a session around 5pm last week. It was so muggy outside, I was sweating bullets!! Thank god katie and Steve gave me a Frappucino!! That made my day.  It's about the little things that make your day great!! Well, they were troopers and handled the heat like champs. We cruised around the Westheimer and Hwy 6 area! I've been shooting around  here a lot lately and I keep finding cool stuff every time I go out!! Katie had a really cute black dress on so I was very excited about the possibilities with such an outfit that would drastically contrast against the backgrounds I am used to taking couples on engagement sessions. 

Well here are some of my faves from that session!!

Olivia and Nick's Engagement Session

For this engagement session, we ventured over the the west side of town, kind of near where I live.  We were near Hwy 6 and Westheimer area.  I figured there were lots of businesses and grungy areas that we could explore and exploit for pictures.  I was not disappointed.  Our first stop of this back alley behind this strip center was a little more interested than we had anticipated. During our shooting, we saw two nefarious gentlemen driving slowly in front of some storage units.  Very suspicious looking but they didn't bother us too much.  After we left that area and was shooting in an adjacent area a couple hundred yards away, we heard a gunshot from the area we were just in....guess I was happy we left when we did!!  We live in a scary time!! 

Joy and Adam's Engagement Session

I had lots of fun with Joy and Adam as we meandered through the galleria area for their engagement session. We started shooting behind Macaroni grill on Westheimer. Totally random how we ended up there but hey, everywhere I shoot is pretty random anyways!! It makes it so much fun.  We proceeded to other fine abandoned establishments around Houston, like a old apartment building garage and the back door of a strip club off of Richmond.  Gosh, I do take my clients to only the best spots....LOL.

The third picture is behind a strip club.  The best find of the day was the old Truluck's building that is covered with a polished metal facade.  If you know the old Truluck's location on Westheimer and Fountain View, then you know what I am talking about. It's so cool and it looks like one of those old theaters from the outside.  Anyhoo, this engagement session ended with some great great shots I really love!!

Barbie and Peter's Engagement

Wow, it's been a long time since I last blogged and so much has happened. Where do I begin. Let me post some pictures from Barbie and Peter's engagement session from a couple of weeks ago.  I've been behind on posting them to my blog but I have been keeping up with my facebook page more.

Barbie is so cute and tiny.  They are so cute together.  We had a great time shooting about town and ended up in midtown with a shot of the street sign Holman, since it was his last name.