Back in mid-July I had the opportunity to shoot bridal portraits for Amanda Black Smith. I arrived at about 6am for an early morning shoot so we could avoid the blazing Houston heat and get some decent diffused light.  6am shoot means I was up at 5am. Heck, on some nights I’ve only been asleep a couple of hours when 5am rolls around! I didn’t sleep well that night because I was a little nervous and my brain wanted to check the...

Recently, our church started undergoing some serious renovation since we had outgrown the existing space. This area, northeast of Houston, is growing like crazy. Our church management team worked it out with the construction company so that we would still be able to hold services in our normal place albeit under some less than ideal circumstances. The other option was to hold services elsewhere which involved a whole different set of...

I recently had the opportunity to shoot photos of Jacob for a family in our church. Since I didn’t really get interested in photography until my kiddos were beyond the newborn stage, this was really my first good chance to shoot newborn photos. I had a blast! Say an extra prayer for Jacob as he’s had a few not-quite-right blood tests...

I’m a little late in getting around to shooting  Nathans preschool graduation photos but we finally got it done today. I’ve recently had the opportunity to shoot newborn photos and bridal portraits for a couple of families from our church. Anyway, I can’t believe how fast he’s growing. Kindergarten (and THIRD grade for Kayla)  is now just over a month away. Crazy. As you can see in a couple of the photos below,...

Kayla, Nathan and I had my good friend Jeff and his two older kids over for some pool/grillin’ time today. The kids had a great time and the Dad’s did too. Always good to catch up with one of my most interesting friends. He’s been dealing with the often “under appreciated”, life-altering, and life-shortening disease Lupus (which he has unofficially renamed Chronic Hellitis) for several years and is now at the...

Three cheers for the cheapo pool we put up to keep cool this summer and to teach the kids how to swim.  Two weeks ago, neither of the kids could swim for squat. Kayla, because of her past ear problems, would NOT even go under the water. And Nathan has never really had a chance to swim. Today, we have a couple of fish in the family.  They would stay in the pool ALL DAY if we let them. I think Kayla finally got tired of Nathan getting all...