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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Finney Baby Bump | Dallas Maternity Photographer

Back in 2006, my good friend Amy asked me if I would be interested in taking her senior portraits. I was a 15-year old who always had a camera attached to my hands, but I'd never done a "real" shoot before. Excited and scared I rode around with her to all the pretty places in our hometown and I did my best to pull off my first paid gig. Seven years later, here she is again as the subject of my lens (well...a new and improved lens). I joined her and her husband for some baby-bump shots as they await the arrival of their first little one, Beckham. Can't wait to meet that little guy!

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Baby Jack | Dallas Newborn Photographer

I got to spend last Thursday with a high school friend of mine and her beautiful new baby boy. Jack was just 6 days old when we took all these sweet images. He was a little camera-shy at first, but after a few more meals and tears, he went right to sleep. He is such an absolutely beautiful baby. What a pleasure to be a part of this wonderful time in the life of a growing family.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Summer Horchata

It's finally getting hot outside and we all know what that means....well, one of the things that Summer|hot weather means to me is drinking lots of yummy cold Horchata. It's been one of my favorite things I discovered in college, thanks to having a Mexican roommate (Love you Lupita)! If you've never had any, it's basically rice milk with cinnamon and it is quite the treat. You can find it at many Mexican restaurants (type "horchata" into Yelp to find one), meat markets, in powder mix-form (Hispanic aisle of grocery stores) or just make some from scratch (Martha's easy version).

Thanks to my friend Veronica, here's my new favorite Summer jam:

Yes, they sing about it being "Winter" and "December..." but, it does mention "Horchata" too and the serene beats make me want to have my feet in a pool. It's also over 3 years old, but it's a new Summer jam to me :)

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Beautiful Messy Instagram

Like many of you, I've been awaiting A Beautiful Mess app (by Elsie + Emma) to use on all my instagram photos. It really didn't disappoint. When I first started playing around with it, I was thinking I wanted to just clear my instagram account, "beautiful-mess" them all up and re-upload! Ha. I won't go to that extreme, but I wanted to share some of my old instagram images, after playing around with my new favorite app.

Go ahead and get the app here! It's only $0.99, but you'll want to buy a few of the extra features, so get ready to shell out $3 or $5 (it may seem like a lot for an app, but come on people...we all spend $15+ at the dollar bins at Target on USELESS things!) This is worth it. You'll be using it every day if you're like me!

Follow me on instagram as I start using this awesome app!

Graduation Saturday

It's that wonderful time of year when all your friends are getting those really expensive sheets of paper and walking across that stage into adulthood and all that jazz. I don't know how many UNT graduations I've sat through by now...I'm thinking these were my 7th and 8th...but, it's still such a happy occasion each and every time! This weekend, I saw my friends Thomas, Veronica, Jared and Crystal make the big plunge into adulthood. So excited for all of their futures!