Alyssa!

This morning I hung out with Alyssa and her mom for a few hours and a bunch of clothing changes and I wanted to share a few right away because they are gorgeous!

A casual set up at the park. I love the vibrant colors we found today.

 And an elegant pose at one of my favorite abandoned buildings. Alyssa looks stunning in royal blue.

I hope you love them and I'll get the rest edited and online for you soon!

Kelsi + Brandon

Last night Kelsi and Brandon got married! What a sweet couple. I loved working with them and their families. Their ceremony was outside at Modeana, Texas and it was simply gorgeous. Here's a little sneak peeks at their day.

Aren't they gorgeous? I could not have asked for a more perfect bride and groom on a perfect day in the country.

 The rings...you know I love everything that sparkles.

 Kelsi's dad hadn't seen her dress, and this was the moment he did. Everyone in the room was in tears.

 Kelsi and Brandon decided to do a first look. He had a present for her in a LOVE bag...sweet! Their expressions say it all. The first look isn't for every one but I love it when my couples choose to see each other before the ceremony, it's always such an honor to be the only other one watching this happen.

 Then since they did a first look we had tons or time and beautiful light to play and have fun with our wedding party photos. So we did this...

 ...and this...

...and even this! Love the boots!

 and a little alone time too.

 The ceremony was amazing. Brandon was still in awe as she walked down the aisle even though they had already seen each other and her dad...well you can see he's working hard to fight back the tears.

 When the minister, who was hilarious by the way, asked who gives this woman to be married...she handed over her credit card. LOVE IT!

 This venue is amazing.

 The rings and the kiss!

 At the end of the night we took a few photos outside under the chandeliers in the walkway to the outdoor altar. Gorgeous!

I've also uploaded the photos to a facebook album where you can tag yourself and your friends. Enjoy! I hope you love them all.

Sports

Whew...it's been a busy month. Wedding season is in full swing and the college baseball season is winding down. I have a few minutes (and I really, really need to clean off all the clips I've saved on my desktop) So here's what I've been shooting lately...

 Last night UTA played at QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie. I love shooting at this venue, there are so many nice angles.

The Star-Telegram picked up my game photos as well.

 Thursday a few of my archive photos of players ran on UTAmavs.com

 Monday evening I shot the Ben Hogan Awards at Colonial Country Club.

 Chris Williams of Washington won so they used a ton of my photos on their website gohuskies.com

 Last week there were some Cowboys filers that showed up as well. Love that!

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

 Yahoo News

San Antonio Express News

 ESPN NFL

 Philly.com

 The Advocate

This one was actually from football season but it got lost on my laptop for a while. NFL.com

UTA used some of my track photos to make a website header for the big track meet.

 Coverage of the meet.

 and softball

 And college basketball in the Express News

 and a little Dallas Stars Hockey. Oh how I love to shoot hockey!

The Brownsville Herald

The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Minnesota Newspaper...look, an actual newspaper! (Its the PDF version, but if it runs in the PDF version then it runs in the real newspaper too!)

News Times

 Philly.com

 The Post Bulletin

 San Diego Union Tribune

St Paul Pioneer Press

 And finally Volleyball over at TCU...This one was lost on my laptop too, but I love my volleyball peeps so I'm posting it now.

Alex + Chris

Gosh...I've been so busy I haven't had time to sit down and blog about one of the most beautiful weddings I've shot this year. Alex and Chris were married at Good Shepherd Catholic Church last month and then they had a gorgeous reception at Level Two in Dallas. Their DJ's Dave and JP of DJ Connection kept it rocking all night. I am so glad Lisa and Charlie sent Alex and Chris my way because their wedding was fabulous!

They had shot glasses and rally towels as favors. How cool is that? You know I like to make each ring photo individualized to the couple and this one was fun since their names were on the glass.

 Her dress and lace trimmed veil.

 Her garters and shoes. Flats. Smart Girl. She actually had the blue garter to throw and the white one was made from a piece of lace from her mothers wedding dress. I love this idea.

 A few fun getting ready shots.

 Her hair dressers were so much fun.

Love ths photo of her mom and sister looking at her in the mirror. their expressions are just priceless and perfect.

Chris holds the ring that will make Alex his wife. See those diamonds all the way around...eternity bands are my favorite. Hint, hint...Gregg are you reading this?

 A few ceremony details: tulips around the baptismal font, a gorgeously lit beautiful sanctuary and the painting of the Virgin Mary. Simple and elegant.

 I love that they can;t take their eyes off each other as she walks in.

 And he's still looking at her. She is stunning.

 They made and offering to Mary and then walked back to the altar for the rest of their service. So perfect.

 the kiss and that moment right after when they looked at each other for the first time.

A few portraits. The tulips just made this perfect.

 The gorgeous girls. I'll let you in on a secret. Shh...don't tell, they rented the dresses. OK, do tell...that's a fantastic idea because really...you aren't going to "shorten it and wear it again." They used littleborroweddress.com and basically they picked them out and the company sent them two different sizes and it was about $50. Yes please!

 The handsome guys. I'm loving the gray and purple.

Some alone time. I love the handles on the doors at Good Shepherd and I sort of see a wedding as opening doors to your future together so I love to shoot in the doorway at this church. Then Alex and Chris actually got engaged in the community room at the church so we went in there to take a few portraits and there happened to be a string with a knot tying two pieces together. Yes I'm going to take that picture. It's it cheesy? Yes. Is is sweet? Yes. I like it.

 Then Alex was so smart and she built some time into her day to stop on the way to the reception and take some more fun wedding party photos. I love this bride.

 A few bridals.

 the whole wedding party and just the two of them on the stairs.

 Off to the reception which had amazing light, gorgeous paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling and candles everywhere. Oh...and look at that cake. Somehow I did not get a piece, but just looking at it makes me happy.

 They had a choreographed first dance, and man could they dance. They danced all night.

 Dance with dad.

 Dance with mom.

 Great expressions during the cake cuting.

 and dancing, dancing, dancing. Greatness!

 Bouquet and Garter toss.

 Her parents and his parents dancing

and at the end of the night they danced with each other parents. Love this!

 The lighting in the room was spectacular. Did I say that already?

 Exit to waving rally towels. Great idea!

Then I went back to their hotel with themfor a few more portraits. I love doing this with my couples. YOu only get one wedding day, you might as well get all the photo you can and at the end of the night when there's no rush to please your guests...why not get just a few more. These are in the hallway at the W Hotel in Dallas.

 And in their suite.

 There was a crazy loud party going on across the hall...but I don't think it bothered Alex and Chris too much. Drinking champagne and relaxing with you feet up after you wedding is heavenly.

 oh..and jumping on the bed :) I like that part.

 Congratulations Alex and Chris! I hope you absolutely love your photos.