Don't Mess with Alexis...

...just like Texas. Alexis is a senior at JM. She's a very intelligent, athletic, and determined young lady. She wants to pursue the medical profession when she graduates. The one thing you should know about her is that she’s a mixed martial arts competitor. You don’t want to mess with her. Alexis wanted pictures with the car, and then wanted to really do some cool images with her martial arts outfit. We started early in the morning, which was extremely nice for this time of year. It was a whopping 69 degrees when she arrived (that’s unheard of for South Texas in August). We started out in the fields with her fantabulous multicolored dress. We then made our way to the car. We stopped in the garage, then used the old door, and finished up inside with some way cool MMA action images. The session did go long, but Alexis hung in there and proved her worth. The images are out-of-this-world. I hope she likes ‘em. Even if she doesn’t, I certainly do. If anyone needs a bodyguard, that could double for a beautiful date, Alexis is your choice. More on the site, and click here to see a short video from the session. Enjoy….

McKayla...

is a senior at JM this year. I had the privilege of photographing her sister last year, and had both of them in one of my classes a few years ago. McKayla is the outgoing, talkative, dance to her own music, one of the family... She's very intelligent and plays soccer... She plans on attending a local school when she graduates and is not sure what she wants to study... Her clothing selection seemed to cover the gamit... A beautiful black dress, a cute and colorful sun dress, and then a soccer outfit. It was hot, but she was a trooper... We started inside with her soccer gear, then made it out to the trampoline for the elegant, jumping images... which turned out way cool... We then used the swing, the black car, our new Texas flag, an old door, the field, and finished up back inside with her books and made a cool soccer image... She had been hiking at Enchanted Rock earlier in the day, so I don't know how she survived our session, but she did.... We all had a great time, and the images turned out even better... More images on the site, and click here for a short video from the session... Enjoy...

Mister Owen....

Owen is 7 yrs old... His mom was in town and decided to call us for a portrait session... She has taken his portrait every year, and wanted to get his 7th year portrait before he turns 8. Owen is a funny, animated, and vibrant young man... Did I mention he's got an arm on him? He kept making faces and posing like a WWE wrestler... forgot to mention him flashing the hook'em horns sign... We had a great time with him... His big brown eyes really pop in all the images.... I think his favorite part was picking up all the pennies... His mom plans on coming back in November for an entire family session... Here are a few images from the session.... Enjoy....

Where there's a Will.....

there's a way... William is a senior at JM. I had the privilege of photographing his brother a few years ago... He is an extremely intelligent, athletic, and determined individual. I can't believe what some of our seniors do. For instance, he's a football and baseball player, has a job, and belongs to the PALs group at school... when does he have time to study? And yet he is ranked in the top 20 in his class... (that's 18 out of about 650 students). He wanted some images with his truck, some cool formal images, and then we got to have the real fun.... he's an athlete so we did some ultracool images with some sports equipment... then his relaxation time is spent playing video games (specifically Call of Duty). So we went all out and made some ubercool images with his combat gear... We had a great time and the images turned out fantabulous... Hope he and mom like 'em... More on the site, and click here to watch a short video of the session... Enjoy...

Big Bend NP...

We just returned from a trip to Big Bend National Park here in Texas. I took two of my boys and two of my nephews. From tarantulas to javelinas, steep mountain hikes to 107 degree temperature canyons, we had a great time... and many stories will be told for years to come... Did I mention a skunk walking under two of our chairs, while we were still in them? Anyway, I hope my boys and nephews will remember these times for the rest of their lives, and maybe even take their children out there some day too.... I love the outdoors...

Here's a image driving down to Rio Grande Village... That's Mexico in the back.



Here's an image from Lost Mine Trail... the lighting was phenomenal...

Miss Jenna...

Jenna is our niece… she just graduated from high school in Florida back in May. She came to spend some time with her favorite Aunt Michelle (and Grandma Joyce) a few weeks ago. She's quiet, very helpful and honest, and is a healthy eating, athletic young lady. She plans on attending Florida State in a few weeks, probably majoring in Biology (I think). Since I just so happened to be married to her favorite Aunt, I thought, “pretty girl, off for the Summer, why not take some images of her (I might even call them Senior Portraits)”... Hehehehe… Anyway, she wanted flowers so we went to the Botanical Gardens… I must say, I’ve never seen it this pretty in years… Of course the weather was wacky… First, we had to let a rain shower pass by, then we walked the grounds made plans for cloudy shooting, then right when we get ready to start, the sun comes out! Plan B…. the images turned out really cool, and she really liked ‘em…. Since she was here for a couple of weeks, we had another session as well… the great benefit of being related to us ;) So now that she’s back in Florida, and I’m back from Big Bend, I put together some of the pics in a slide show… I hope she likes them, we certainly do…. Click here to see more on the site, and here to watch a short video from the sessions…. Feel free to leave comments (we always enjoy reading them)… Enjoy….