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Powerhouse Studios has just come up with a fun and economical way to walk away with all of the images from your portrait session. We are now offering our First Editions Proof books that are small, compact, easy to share with friends, and are just a little bit artsy! These 5×5 proof books include all of the images from your session, and our fine art borders give your book a fine art touch.

Keep your eyes open for other new products coming soon!

Abby is a typical 3-year old who does not like being in front of the camera much, so when she agreed to let me take her picture on Saturday, I was thrilled. I told her we could go anywhere that she wanted to do pictures. She chose… the front yard. At first, I was disappointed because I had grand plans for cool pictures, and the front yard seemed boring and ugly. But I just followed her around and she had the best time, and when we were done, I realized that I had a set of images that were very her. Sitting on the front porch catching “rollie bugs”, waiting for the mail to come, and picking flowers. That’s Abby’s world.

I would encourage all of you out there to put the same amount of thought into your portraits. Find locations or items that mean something to you, no matter how silly or boring someone else might think it. When it’s over, you’ll have portraits that are distinctly you — and that is priceless.

Baseball’s Opening Day is a big deal in our family. Particularly Opening Day for the Astros. So tonight we decided to start a new tradition and have a whole evening dedicated to all things baseball - peanuts and cracker jacks and all the rest. We had (and are still having, as the Astros game is just about to finally start) so much fun with it all.

(We also took some time to do some self-portraits since we don’t have any pictures of our family together at all!)

I had the privilege of shooting Val & Dustin’s engagement portraits yesterday and we had a great time! It’s hard to believe that my baby sister is getting married in a few months! Valerie is also pursuing professional photography, so if you’re in the College Station area… We had so much fun finding cool places to shoot and hanging out together, and I am so very happy for them! Congrats, Sister and Brother-in-law-to-be!

I was driving down the highway today and saw the first patch of bluebonnets. There were only about 10 of them in a tiny little patch, but they were there! It inspired me to take a long drive and kinda get away from things, if only for an hour or so. I love this time of year and all that it brings. Cool weather, grilling in the back yard, brightly colored dishes and patio furniture… I feel very blessed.

I always get quite a few requests for “bluebonnet portraits” this time of year, and I’ve always found them a little bit — tired, I guess. EVERYONE has pictures of their kids sitting in the middle of the bluebonnets, you know? It’s all the same. However, I think I’ve got some really cool bluebonnet pictures coming up. Here are a couple from last year.

Billy & Zeynep are great friends of ours who are campus pastors at our church’s new satellite campus in New Braunfels. They are the coolest people, so, of course, I was delighted to take pictures of the two of them the other day when they asked. I had a great time doing portraits with their extended family a few months ago, and it was nice to get the chance to do something for just the two of them.

Even though the season was crazy, Christmas was a lot of fun! We got to see lots of family, eat lots of food, do a lot of travelling, see a lot of snow, and, of course, have a LOT of fun. Here are a few of our family highlights. (Just a note, I didn’t have my camera with me most of the time (can you beliee it?!), so these are off of various other cameras that I borrowed.

I met Josh & Hannah the first week that I moved to San Antonio. They weren’t even dating yet and they were in high school. Clearly, a lot has changed since then I was honored to do their engagement session and am looking forward to their wedding coming up in May!

Josh and Hannah got engaged at this church (they will also be getting married there), so I had them do a little re-enactment