Headshot by [b]ecker

A few weeks ago [b]ecer had a video post on his [b]school blog that he would be doing a meet and greet during WPPI at the Paris Hotel. He brought his camera along to grab a few shots of everyone who is participating in this awesome online community for photographers. Here is my shot that he took of me:



About 80 people gathered at the bottom of the Paris Hotel to meet him. It was hilarious, all the tourist were walking by wondering if he was some kind of superstar! I'm glad I went because I was able to meet a few new friends, some even from Houston and I got a chance to thank becker for all he is doing to help raise the bar for wedding photographers. Thanks bro for coming out and it was great meeting you again!

24th Birthday Party!

Not only was today Easter Sunday, it was my Birthday!! I woke up this morning and went to church with my aunt, and then I went out to dinner with my family at Carrabbas. We had a great time talking, laughing, and eating great food! They had a new dessert today...i think it's the dessert of the week. I can't remember what it was called but it was delicious. If you have a chance to stop by and try it this week you should...just ask for the cool strawberry cake thing, lol. Here are a few photos from today!

Carrabbas!



Yours truly showing off his self portrait skills:



Me and Kayla:



My best friend Matt:



Here's our awesome waiter bringing me the fancy cake I was talking about earlier. He brought over a group and they sang happy birthday in Italian!



Me and Mom:



Group shot!



Here's some video that I recorded with my Canon Powershot SD870IS! I just found out today that it recored video also and it's really cool. The video quality ain't so bad either!!



I just want to say thank you to my family and friends who came out to celebrate my birthday with me! I had a great time!!

Finally Home

I got home late yesterday afternoon and there aren't enough words to describe my first trip to WPPI. It was all that I expected and so much more. I got to meet a ton of photographers and it's great to be surrounded by people who have the same passion as you. I met a few photographers that I look up to including Mike Colon (again...he sort of remembered me), Jessica Claire, [b]ecker, Jesh De Rox, Jasmine Star, Kevin Kubota, and Dennis Reggie to name a few.

My first day in Vegas was spent attending any and every seminar that was available that day and I learned sooo much. I look at my photography in a totally different way now. I've set some personal goals for myself to push myself even harder this year. One of the many things I'm going to do is to start shooting personal projects more, not just weddings, to keep the creative juices flowing!

A few more changes:

1. Switching to Raw from Jpeg... I know it's geek stuff to you but is now extremely important to me.
2. In the next month or two a new online proofing system will be available to view your images online. It's so cool and totally fits my style.
3. I am also going to start offering a cool new album from a company called Lavie. They are a little pricey but totally worth it!

I know I said I was going to take tons of pictures but I honestly forgot to pull my camera out all weekend. I was so focused on learning everything there and meeting everyone, that I forgot take any photos. Oh well...i'm off to get ready for my wedding tomorrow! I have another wedding and a few sessions to post also so look out for those soon. It's starting to get really busy around here. Isn't wedding season great!

I did manage to get one off...Shot of Paris Hotel:

Going to WPPI!!

Well I'm off to Vegas to attend WPPI for the first time! I'm soooo excited about all the photographers I'll get to meet and all the cool things I'm going to learn. When I get back I'll try to have tons of photos to blog and adventures to tell!

If any clients need to reach me the best way will be through email. I'll try to check my box at least twice a day and get back to you as soon as I can. I'm off!!!

April & Zach : Wedding

April and Zach are an awesome couple. They are both fun, relaxed, and it doesn't hurt that they're both good looking! When I shot their engagement session a few months back, we had a great time and I knew their wedding would be no different. It felt like I was just an old friend with a fancy camera the whole day! Thanks for having me at your wedding guys and I wish you both the best!

Few Details:





They are both really, really, really ridiculously good-looking!







Zach helping out the ring bearer right before the ceremony:









What can I say? I get the cutest kids:







I absolutely love these shots. The grain totally sets the mood:



Showing off his Guitar Hero Skills!



Perfect Send Off:

Leslie : Kid Shoot

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting Leslie here. I love shooting kids at weddings! They always give you the best natural expressions and are genuinely fun to be around. Whenever I see them playing on the dance floor or digging into a slice of cake, my finger goes trigger happy on the shutter. I love kids!

Leslie was very fun to work with. She was shy at first but after she loosened up, we got some really cool shots!

Isn't this fun:





Very pretty smile :)




She can take a relaxed shot to though. These were some my favs!

Kathryn & Jamie : Engagement

Last weekend I shot an Engagement Shoot for Kathryn & Jamie, a cool couple who's wedding I'll be shooting in July. It was a great day outside and we walked around Herman Park sharing stories about how they met at Texas A&M University. I get a lot of Aggie weddings for some reason, I think I might even know their school song by heart now! Needless to say, they smiled when I asked them if it would be played at their wedding...oh well :)

Here a a couple of my favorites from their session:



Nice light!

Texas Primary

Well I'm off to wait in the 3 hours lines to vote for my favorite candidate today!! Hopefully most of you here in Texas have already voted earlier this week and can avoid the lines. My unfortunate talent of procrastination however has lead me to wait till the last possible moment to go vote and now I must suffer the consequences.

I just read online that Clinton and Obama are neck-and-neck in the polls right now so whoever is your favorite could use your support. I hate it when people try to tell me who to vote for so I'm not going to tell you to go out and vote for Obama :) Nope i'm not going to do it. Oh well haha, happy voting!!