the holidays

...and before I knew it, the holidays were upon me. And now, the New Year is ever so close. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Below are some pictures of my Mom's Christmas decor that photograph beautifully. Best wishes to everyone during this holiday season. Thank you so much for those of you that helped make this year my most spectacular ever. I've been blessed to have been kept so busy. Here's hoping your Christmas, and New Year, are exactly what you make it. So make it amazing.

disney : part V

Okay, so these'll probably be the last few photos I'll post of the vacation. There are so many photo opps and great sets, scenes, buildings, etc. I was like a kid in a candy store.
Epcot center, an unmistakable landmark probably as recognizable as the white house or the pyramids. I like how it reflects so many different colors depending on the sky light and time of day. This was taken on our way out, dusk approaching.

A shot from Fantasmic, a water/light/film/action/show.

Taken at Disney's Hollywood Studios, the New York cityscape is a flat wooden backdrop. How cool is that?

The fam, decked out in our Disney gear. What a great lookin' bunch.

disney : part IV

Here's some more pics from our vacation. Love the Star Wars sets and props in Hollywood Studios. We got to meet Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper, they signed the boys custom made lightsabers. Which was awesome! The next shots are just a few miscellaneous pics from the time spent there. But I think the shot of Ewan and Ash in the go cart is greatness because the only thing of Ewan you see are his rock fingers. Heck Yes!

florida winterland

We took a day off from Disney and drove out to the beach. The Atlantic was beautiful, but freeeezing! The sand was cold beneath our feet and we had chilling wind in our face. We stayed for only a few moments then went and got a bite to eat at a local seafood shop. The pelican picture was the view from the restaurant, and almost totally worth the coastal trip.

disney: animal kingdom

Okay, more shots from the Animal Kingdom. First shot, that old building? It's a monkey house, surrounded by water but looks like it was built by a civilization that lived long ago. Next shot. That's a bat. A real live bat that at any moment could spread it's wings and attack me by landing on my shoulder and sinking it's nasty bat-teeth into my neck! At least, that's the thoughts I had while looking at it. Here, in the bat belfry, you get to see the bats pretty close up, because the windows through which you see them are open! No glass, no screen, just window and open air. Still, that's a great shot, huh? What kind of photographer am I? National Geographic photographers pull leaches off their legs deep in the heart of the rainforests. They dodge wild hippos and creepy crawlies you only see in the movies...like King Kong. And here I am freaking out about a sleeping bat. Well, enjoy the photos. I'm going to go check my ManHood and get back to you.

disney: asia

Captured this tiger in Disney's Animal Kingdom : Asia. The area looked like the ruins of some ancient village with old buildings with faded artwork, really cool. This tiger was just sitting there licking his paw, chillin', looking great. I waited for a few seconds for him to look up just long enough for the click of my shutter.

disney: nightlights!

How awesome are these? The castle is unmistakable, but the second image was taken at Disney's Hollywood Studios. It's Main Street U.S.A. and every building is completely covered in lights, every other building a different color. When you're there, standing amongst the people and lights and the night sky, it's completely overwhelming. The colors and thousands, if not millions, of lights are an attack of the senses-so many to see at the same time. It was absolutely beautiful! The image is a panoramic composite of three separate images I took to be able to capture the entire scene.

disney world

So, after a trip to Disney World, one would puzzle over what photo to post first. A great shot of the castle lit up and glowing? The characters all on stage performing a huge musical show with fireworks and magic? Or maybe a good shot of my family: my support system, my circle of trust, my constant entertainment, the reason why I get out of bed in the morning. Of course I didn't take this shot, me being in it, but I posted it first to set up the next few photographs coming up that my family may not be in. Because, while Disney World is amazing, and the photo opps that we captured are often beautiful, magical, or even crazy, I felt it needed to be stated, that it would not have been any fun without my wife and kids. I promise the next post won't be so warm and fuzzy, well they might be, Lotso is pretty cuddly.

my lovely

My most favortiest subject to photograph is my wife. Not only is she supportive, and hardworking, she's got the best laugh in the world and the camera loves her, almost as much as I do. If she were the president she'd be Baberham Lincoln. Schwing! We took these at this golden spot in Weatherford a weekend or two ago. The light was fading fast, but we seized the moment and captured some great images. These are two of my ultimate favorites.

introducing parker...

Meet little Parker. I've had the pleasure of photographing Christine since we worked together at the Picture People (in the mall)! Since then I've photographed her wedding and now get to be apart of her growing family. Here are a couple of shots of her little man as well as the final picture of a concept I thought of during her maternity pics: a Polaroid of Parker literally outside himself.

shelli belly

Expectant parents Shelli and Ronnie asked me to photograph them this past weekend. We met at Trinity Park and strolled next to the duck pond for some awesome sun drenched photographs.

ashley and neal

Ashley and Neal are married!!! And guess who got to take the pictures? Me! And guess who was the maid of honor? My Wife! Congrats to Lazer and Neal-two great friends of my wife and I who we'd do anything for. It was a pleasure to be involved so intimately with their wedding and having the privilege of capturing it forever. The wedding was beautiful. Here are the pics to prove it!

polaroid series I

Who doesn't love Polaroids? I began a series of Polaroid themed photos when Polaroid announced they'd stop making instant film to give my last few packs of film actual purpose and meaning (that's before I found out about The Impossible Project, but anyway). So here's the first theme: Night Clubs.

erin and nathan wedding

Erin and Nathan Wedding, 1st Presbyterian church of Dallas. One of the most beautiful weddings I've photographed, the church was beautiful, but not as beautiful as the bride! The setting was perfect! And this wedding also debuts my amazing wife as my assistant and second shooter. I really couldn't have done it without her.

jill and byron wedding

So, finally getting back to the blog-had to sweep away some cob webs off the old site, entered my user name and the whole site's changed up! Anyway, here we are in Livingston, Texas for the wedding ceremony of Jill and Byron! They gave their vows at a park in their neighborhood underneath an awesome gazebo. A small pond and fountain set the scene. It was really beautiful!

terra and eddie-engagements

Terra and Eddie are engaged! Loved these pictures. Had a lot of fun with these two! We took pics around an old historical building in down town Fort Worth. It used to be a public market of sorts, but since has been fenced in because part of the building has burnt down (!), not cool, it's one of my personal favorite landmarks of the city. But, we worked around the chain linked fences to get these and lots more great shots.