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She came in; sweet, quiet, and yet bubbly; waving at those of us that were already in the Gaylord Texan Hotel lobby. She had her bags in tow, was wearing a suuuper cute printed blue top, had long gorgeous brown hair, the caramely-est eyes, and a contagious smile. She was here as a Summer Adventure […]

Amy Michelle : portraits || downtown mckinney, tx portrait and lifestyle photographer

September 9, 2013

Several weeks ago I had the fun privilege of second-shooting a beautiful wedding with my precious friend, the darling, oh-so-talented, oh-so-curly-headed, oh-so-preeegnant Jessica Shae. 🙂 We shot at the gorgeous Chandler’s Gardens {which is where Jessica got married, too!} and Jacob + Annie’s day was just enough woodsy and eclectic with a whole lotta enchanted […]

Jacob + Annie : Married {second shot with Jessica Shae} || chandler’s gardens; celina, tx wedding and lifestyle photographer

September 2, 2013

When I want to tell the story of how and why I became interested in professional photography…it is impossible to do so without mentioning Kristen Leigh. She is the first photographer I ever blog-stalked. I feeeeell hard for her work…her writing….and her “K inside a gray thought bubble” watermark. (Gosh, that thing was sharp.) 😉  […]

Kristen Leigh + her growing son : maternity portraits // guthrie, ok portrait and lifestyle photographer

March 18, 2013

Y’all’ve heard me spin the beginning of this tale time and time again…In the days of old, this girl was just one of my photography heroines. Someone I masterfully blog stalked. Then she was my mama-hen for a week when I was one of her first interns. Then {this is where things start getting fun}, we became […]

Jessica Shae + her lil’ raspberry at 13 weeks : portraits // ft. worth maternity portrait and lifestyle photographer

March 11, 2013

  In February, Rachel Leigh and I were chilling in the bedroom of Jessica Shae, catching up with one another, reminiscing about all the lovely memories we had made one year ago during our internship, and laughing a good deal as, according to tradition, we peppered our conversation with Nacho Libre quotes. We talked a bit about […]

One Day Summer Adventuring with Jessica Shae and the Interns of 2012 // grapevine, tx portrait and lifestyle photographer

August 3, 2012

Don’t waste time looking for your style the truth is you already have it. you may just need to create more in order to see it. // promise tangeman-wurzell //                                                        […]

Hannah Nicole: portraits // grapevine, tx portrait and lifestyle photographer

July 24, 2012

So, remember those portraits of Jessica I promised you the other day?I didn’t keep my promise to post them in a week.But two weeks instead of one isn’t totally treachery…is it?Forgive me?Still Friends?Good. 🙂Oh, and I also feel like I should briefly mention the redesign going on around here. I was way beyond fed up with […]

Jessica Shae: portraits // dallas, tx portrait photographer

February 27, 2012

Couple pictures accompanied by some quotes from a few choice love songs on Valentine’s Day.Precious? Yes! Cheesy? Maybe a little.Call it what you will; either way you’re still about to behold a post full of pictures of a couple so adorable, I’m quite sure you’ll never forget it. 🙂Never knew I could feel like thisLike […]

Joshua Caleb & Jessica Shae: boy meets girl // arlington, tx couple photographer

February 14, 2012

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts.  Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts.  Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…  Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”  || Shel Silverstein || A year ago {nearly exactly…I’m only a few days late ;)} I walked through the doors and […]

1 year and counting: personal // northeast, tx portrait and lifestyle photographer

February 13, 2012

Here I raise my Ebenezer;Here by Thy great help I’ve come… || Robert Robinson – Come Thou Fount ||        Alright, I know what you’re thinking. A 2011 recap in the middle of the first week of 2012 is pretty lame I know; especially when everyone else has done their sweet little posts […]

2011 in Hindsight: personal // northeast, tx portrait and lifestyle photographer

January 3, 2012