Christmas Eve

Like most children, my kids are bubbling with excitement - today is Christmas Eve. Every year we do a Christmas portrait with the tree in the background. This year I changed it up a bit . I'm sure I'll still have to do the shot with the tree in the background on our way to church tonight. The first shot is was from yesterday, then when my oldest was 3 and then 5.
We just returned from NYC..it was wonderful at Christmas time. I'll post some of those shots when I get a chance to go through them. Off to start the gift wrapping marathon. Merry Christmas everyone!

Another Woodlands Waterway Shot

Here is a shot from the Woodlands Waterway last night. I love all of the Christmas lights.

The Woodlands at night

Some recent shots around The Woodlands at night - The Waterway and The Warf. Is it still called The Warf? That was it's name back in the day.. back when there was a skating rink and Jamails grocery store. I want to shoot more Christmas lights over at Town Park. We'll be leaving soon to see New York at Christmas time. I'm sure it will be magical and I'll post some photos from the trip.

Can you tell I'm missing the beach?

It's sinking in that summer is over....It is by far my favorite time of year. Walking into the grocery store today it really hit home. My oldest daughter declared it officially winter when we got out of the car and it was only in the 80's instead of 100 degrees. Summer flew just flew by.

Masters National Swim Meet in The Woodlands

The Woodlands hosted Masters Long Course Nationals on August 10th-13th. I grew up swimming on TWST - it was acutally the reason we moved to The Woodlands in 1981. After a long break from competition, about 20 years, I competed at Nationals. I've only been back in the water with The Woodlands Masters Swim Team
for a couple months and I've already got the swimming bug back. The photo of my 100 free start is by Ted Washington. The group photo is our team (minus 50 that didn't make the photo) that represented The Woodlands.

more beach shots...

End of Summer

Back in school – I can’t believe it! I hope everyone had a great summer. Summer always goes too quickly. We spent 2 weeks in our favorite vacation spot, Sanibel Island, Florida. I vacationed there as a child and now we take our kids there. Sanibel Island is famous for shelling. The shells we found on a daily basis were wonderful , but after a big storm they were amazing! I will return to Captiva (it’s connected to Sanibel) for a week continuing education in September.

If you are planning on a family portrait , or photographs of your children this fall call or email asap! I am booking November now. It doesn't seem possible that it is time for Christmas cards again. We completed our first order for Christmas cards in May and have been ordering cards and photo inserts periodically all summer. The Christmas season for Blossom Photography starts in August. Not necessarily the first thing on everyones mind when it's 100 degrees outside!

This past week I SB and I met another photographer friend of mine to float the Frio river. What a gorgeous place. We had a great time on the river and jumping from the rope swings into the river. The river is crystal clear and lined with giant cypress trees. It was just gorgeous - like floating through a post card. At the end of the river everyone climbs up a giant rock and jumps off. SB was not ready to leave.

I had several volunteers to assist me on this job.. all male. My brother won the lottery and came with me to help photograph the Women's Health Seminar by Suzanne Somers and hosted by The Woodlands Wellness Center
. Here is a photo of Dr. Sakina Davis, and Suzanne. Dr. Davis is a wonderful client and founder of The Woodlands Wellness Center that is located on Market Street. We photographed Suzanne in the "green room" and for a meet and greet after the lecture. She is a good speaker, informative and very funny.

Here is a beautiful girl from a recent session. She was a joy to work with. Very natural.

Sweet babies....

Here is a sneek peek of Dr. Norman Farley's ad for The Woodlands Interfaith this year. They also support the area schools - so I'm sure you will see this a lot this year. I'm sure we will be clients of theirs in the next couple years.


The next shots are for Dr. Scott Young. These have been published in all of Woodlands area magazines. What wonderful people to work with. Todd and I are also patients of his and definitely highly recommend him. Getting your teeth cleaned there is a relaxing experience.

Spring time is here! So glad it is warm out. I am ready for summer for sure. Here are some shots of a senior girl at the Arborteum. What a gorgeous girl - inside and out!

I was making some business cards with these beautiful children on them and thought I should post them. I love the colors and the clean simplicity of the images. This was shot at the client's home by the pool.
Yea spring is here! I see the flowers are up and getting ready to bloom. Spring sessions are filling up - I'm booking late May and early June. Give me a call if you'd like to have your children photographed with all of the gorgeous color that is about to appear. I've also booked a beach weekend in June so call or email if you'd like some info on portraits at the beach this summer.

Christmas has passed and now I have a little time to post. Just returned from our National PPA convention in San Antonio. Great to see my friends from all over the country , check out the latest products at the trade show and learn anything I can. We were there during the icy weather. The river was amazing in the cold. Deserted and beautiful. Here are a few recent favorites of some sweet little ones....