I had the pleasure of helping one of my good friends, Humza Yasin of Humza Yasin Photography at an engagement session recently.  I’ve known Humza for a few years now and we’ve always wanted to shoot together but have never been able to coordinate schedules.  When he called to let me know he was shooting an engagement session here in Houston and wanted some help, I jumped at the opportunity.

We spent most of Saturday afternoon scouting locations based on Malisha’s desired look.  We enjoyed a great dinner at one of my favorite restaurants (Churrasco’s) and chatting for a while.  On Sunday, we did the shoot.  Since he was going to get the main shots, I decided I’d play around and experiment some with my infrared camera and a toy camera lens I’ve adopted to one of my Canon 5D camera bodies.

It’s not often you get to experiment so this was a great day for me.  Let me know what you think.

Some with the infrared camera:

A couple with the toy lens.  It gives the images a somewhat unpredictable focus and really softens the edges.  The result - a somewhat “old fashioned” look and feel.

And finally, a regular shot with my regular gear.

Thanks, Humza, for letting me tag along.  I hope the locations were suitable for Malisha and Bhavesh.  I can’t wait to see what you got and look forward to the next time we get to work together!

Oh, Malisha and Bhavesh were great.  We had a great dinner together at Cabo and then shot some more downtown in the evening.  Guys, I wish you the very best together!

You may remember Mayra and Marcos’ engagement session from my blog post on April 7.  Well, their wedding is this weekend and I wanted to share a couple of pages from their Guest Sign-in Book.

Mayra and Marcos ordered a gorgeous 11×14 print of their favorite photo from the session - shown below.

In addition, they also ordered a Guest Sign-in Book.  These books are beautiful and have a minimum of twenty pages.  We select the images for the book, digitally lay them out allowing enough room for guests to sign during your reception, and have it printed in a beautiful hard bound book.

The following are a couple of the spreads from Mayra and Marcos’ book.    Each spread is two side-by-side pages with each page being 8.5 x 11 so when you open the book you have an 8.5 x 22 space for images and signatures.  Mayra and Marcos also chose an upgraded clear cover for their book - a solid plexiglass front cover that shows off the first page in the book!

These books are a wonderful addition to an engagement (or bridal) session and are a gorgeous replacement for the traditional sign-in book.  You have a beautiful, hard-bound book with all your favorite images from the session, all your guests best wishes, all serving to add to your wedding day memories.

So, just something to showcase and if you are interested in adding a book to your session, just let us know.

I had an incredibly fun time with Mayra and Marcos (and Princess and Winnie) this past week.   They wanted some photos in bluebonnets and did great finding a nice little patch right in town.   They brought Princess and Winnie along for a few shots.  Princes had a great time running around and Winnie - well, she’s a bit “height challenged” so she hopped around in the tall wildflowers!

Anyway, Mayra and Marcos were a blast.  It was a warm day - mid-80s and sunny - and we started at about 4:00 PM.  You couldn’t tell.  They were tickling, poking, hugging, kissing…well, doing what people in love do!

If this session is any indication, I think their wedding is going to be incredible!

Great weather.  Wonderful fun couple.  Two addorable pups.  What more can you ask for?

Introducing Stephanie and Derek and Rocket and Naya.  Photographed their engagement session in preparation for their October wedding in Austin (can’t wait as it is at the incredible Barr Mansion!) and some “save the date” cards.

After a bit of time with Rocket and Naya, we ventured off to a few other spots - though I have to admit that we kind of missed them!

I could tell that Stephanie and Derek have a great relationship.  You can see the love when they look at each other - and the way the talk and joke.  I also think that they had been reading up on fashion magazines (or watching Zoolander) as they were hitting all the poses!

I finally had a chance to photograph by this converted movie theater…

…which just happened to have a great “romance” poster!

Finally, I have to go for the bright, deep colors.  I can’t help it!

Guys…can’t wait until your wedding!

It was a cold and blustery day (relatively speaking) in Houston today but you could never tell.  Shelley and Brian were smoking hot (he even started singing “Too Sexy for My Shirt”!) and we had a great time shooting their engagement session.

Shelley was a bridesmaid at Heather’s wedding which I had the pleasure of photographing on that very lucky day (July 7, 2007).  She also served as my “assistant” during Heather’s bridal session.   Brian’s a lucky guy!

 I can’t wait for their wedding in April.  I know it’s going to be a blast.

The original plan was to travel out to Bellville to shoot but we opted to stay close to home instead.  It gave me a chance to try some new locations - with good results.

Playing with some shadows.

A hug…

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