Back in January, I had the honor of photographing this young family before a deployment.  I had wanted, oh so wanted, to be there to document his reunion with his family.  Sadly, it was not meant to be.  My family was in the midst of car problems, surgery recoveries, the hottest summer in Austin’s history, fires, you name it.  Everything was against me being there and I was so frustrated.  I didn’t want them to go without updated portraits, though, so we met at a park one morning.

Thank you for what you did for our Nation.  Thank you for serving.  Welcome home.

I was honored to photograph this loving family earlier this spring (when things were still green!) and capture some very special smiles. Brenda, I remember this session often and am so honored you allowed me to become a part of your family’s history! Thank you so much for the honor.

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Wait.  Did I just reveal a little nerdiness?  Yeah.  I guess I did.  Forgive me?

Maybe if I go back through the sessions and post them, y’all will forget I said things like… DNS addresses and propagate… For full disclosure, I’ll file all these fall ’09 sessions in the category “revisited” just so there’s no confusion that, well, they’re o-l-d.  They’ve all been re-edited as my editing style has changed (for the better!) and some may feature images that I once passed over, but they were all photographed in 2009.

I hope that they inspire you to start thinking about YOUR fall 2010 photos, and you know, call me to take them.  No, really.  I mean it!  I’d rather you call me now (512-553-5653) while my schedule is still wide open than to wait until the second week in November when I won’t be able to help you until, gasp!, next year.

Here we are, the first session.  The V Family.  Enjoy!

This little man had a soccer game the next day.  I bet he’ll be an amazing soccer player someday – check out how fast he was going!  Dad even got into it.  I love how I caught them in precisely the same part of their stride.  Like father, like son.

Kerry, thank you so much for thinking of me when it came time for the bluebonnets to bloom!  I loved seeing you guys again after all these years.  Welcome back to Texas and I hope you enjoy those lovely prints!

This is from my morning session this morning and I couldn’t help myself.  I imported the files off of the memory cards as soon as I got home and before I knew it, this was in photoshop getting the final touches, so I thought I might as well share it with you.

I have a few sessions I still need to edit (eek! I’m still behind!) and I will be working on getting those done tonight.  I relaxed waaay too much over the holidays!  Now, it’s time to pack up my gear again and head out for another family session tonight.