Lattica and Dan’s Wedding – The Woodlands Resort
It’s been a busy, busy fall for me with bunches of totally awesome weddings, family sessions, engagement sessions, and bridals and I haven’t had much time for blogging! Now that Christmas card season is over, I’m starting to get caught up, and hopefully I’ll have more time for blogging!
I wanted to start back with a very special wedding from this summer. Lattica and Dan were married on a beautiful Friday this past June. Dan is currently in flight school training to be a pilot with the Air Force, and since he’s had a busy schedule with the military, they hadn’t been able to spend much time together in the months before the wedding. All that has changed now, since their wedding, Tish has followed Dan across Texas, and is now living in Montana (brrrr!) to be beside her man. Love knows no distances and they’re both making great sacrifices for Dan to serve our country.
They were married at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands, Texas.
Lattica pinned these inside her dress for her “something old” and “something blue”.
She had such beautiful beading on her wedding dress!
Lattica and Dan opted to do a “first look”, an opportunity for the bride and groom to see each other prior to the ceremony. I’ll let the following photos tell the story:
Just like each couple is unique, each first look is special and different. More and more couple are choosing to break the antiquited tradition of not seeing each other before the ceremony (a tradition that comes from the days of arranged marriages), for this opportunity to make the walk down the aisle a little less stressful. It affords the couple TWO special moments instead of just one, allows us more time for photos together (and the images that you’ll treasure most for years to come), and allows the couple to enjoy their wedding reception and mingle with their guests much sooner after the ceremony instead of making them wait for your arrival.
The wedding party goofs off and stays cool in the shade.
The two photos below are of the “Silver Dollar Salute.” By surprise, one of Dan’s friends who was formerly in the military, gave Dan his first salute as an officer.
Lattica and her bridesmaids watch guests arrive.
Definitely a favorite!
Tish and Dan share their first dance together as husband and wife…
I always love a little lens flare. 
Ring shots!
Thank you, Tish and Dan!
Holiday and Christmas Cards for 2009!
It’s a new year, a new holiday season, and we’ve got new card templates!
Select your card, photo, colors, and text for a truly unique card to send to all your friends and family! We’ve also got traditional, linen, and pearl papers!
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| Size | Paper | 1-5 | 6+ |
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USS Nashville – Naval Station Norfolk – Norfolk, VA
In June, I traveled to Virginia to visit some friends living up there with the military. One of my best friends, Lauren, has been living in Virginia Beach for almost 4 years. Through some of her friends, we had the opportunity to tour the Norfolk – based amphibious transport dock ship, the USS Nashville.
The 570-foot Nashville was built in 1966 at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle. The ship was launched on Oct. 7, 1967, and commissioned on February 14, 1970. She was decommissioned today. The ship will be towed to a maintenance facility and remain in the Navy’s inactive fleet in Philadelphia, where she’ll join the Ready Reserve, in case she’s ever needed again.
Photographs are not allowed from the dock, but with permission, I was able to take photos on board the ship.
This is a wide angle shot of a berthing. Within this small space, 18 men would sleep here during deployment.
Right outside the berthing, this cold, hard operating table is the aft BDS (Battle Dressing Station). You can see the berthing to the left.
Here’s the Line Room. This massive rope is used to tie the ship to the pier.
The Well Deck is used for keeping an LCU or LCAC (Landing Craft Unit, Landing Craft Air Cushion) which transports Marines serving on the ship from sea to the shore. The back gate is lowered and this low area is flooded with up to 8 feet of sea water.
The ship’s massive flight deck holds up to 8 aircraft at once. (Some of which include the Cobra, Super Hewie, 43, 52, 68, Ospry and Herrier.)
VERY hard at work…
The Focstle. Each link in the chain weighs 67 lbs, each anchor weighs 25,500 lbs. The Wildcat pulls the chains and anchors up for sailing
The Bridge. Some navigatin’ happens here.
The Captain’s Bridge Wing. Its like I’m the captain or something… (I don’t think I was allowed to sit here.)
One of the sailors painted this on the Shore Power Cable Box for the “final cruise.”
I also got a special tour of the engine room. This is Main Machinery Room #2. When the ship is sailing, on a normal day, this room gets up to 145 degrees. During the last deployment in Africa, this room was reaching a consistent 165 degrees and must me manned at all times.
The Throttle Board in the Machinery Room. (You can see the back of it in the photo above.)
Here’s another view of the empty Well Deck.
A well worn hat…
After the tour, we chatted about a sailor’s life on the mess decks. I captured a few photos of the reluctant sailors.
BMSN (SW) William Eric Whale, Undesignated Seaman Daniel Jay Martin, and BMSN James Dale Shirley.
At the end of the day, when we were hot, stinky, and tired, the cameras were turned on Lauren and I…
Spending the day on the ship allowed me to catch a glimpse of the sacrifices that our US Navy Sailors, Marines, and other military personnel make daily so that we can enjoy our personal freedoms.
Thanks, guys for the awesome tour, and your service to our country.
Lucia and Ricardo’s Engagement Session – Downtown Houston, TX
Lucia and Ricardo are a perfect match. Ricardo is smooth and swave, Lucia is just the cutest little thing imaginable…
They met while working at Deloitte through a Deloitte Hispanic Business Resource Group and love quickly blossomed (it also turns out that Ricardo and I briefly worked together at BMC Software in 2005 when he was consulting there).
They love dancing, so we took advantage of the open floor. 
I love bridges… and sexy dance moves. 
This is definitely one of my favorites…
I have to give props to Ricardo for thinking we should shoot in front of this shiny wall on the back of the Wortham Theater. I just found this fun angle for a reflection.
Thank you Lucia and Ricardo for the hottest session ever!!
Ashley’s Bridals – Downtown Tomball, Texas
Ashley and Paul are married! That means its time to unveil Ashley’s beautiful bridals!
A long-time resident of Tomball, we headed toward the historic downtown area for Ashley’s bridals. First, we went to the newly refurbished train station for some photos with the bright red caboose.
Starting with my favorite, isn’t she just radiant?
I love her smile!
We just totally happened across this old, rusted barn. Its a perfect backdrop. 
This building (I have no idea what it is), was in the middle of an old used car lot. It almost felt like a trash the dress session, but we tried really hard to keep her clean!
Following my usual behavior, I had to climb on top of this structure, weave in and out of the power lines, and suspend myself over the edge to get the perfect shot. So worth it!
This one below was Ashley’s favorite. I *reeeeeally* like it too.
And what would a shoot be if I wasnt laying on some dirty, greasy railroad tracks? (I love my job! Getting dirty and all!)
Thank you, Ashley for being such a trooper on your bridals and hitting up the most rugged spots in Tomball for your bridal session!
Out of the Office
Chad and I have packed our bags and left town heading out of civilazation for a couple of weeks.
We’re actually camping in Moab, Utah right now (I’m typing this from my iPhone as we lay in our tent, the sun peeking out from the red sandstone cliffs).
Since cell phone service is spotty to non-existent up here, I’ll respond to emails, voice messages, and text messages as I can. My new office manager, Lauren, will also be checking my email box and responding to messages as she can.
We’re expecting to return to home around Friday, September 11th.
And as a blog post is not complete without a picture, here’s an iPhone photo (or as my dad likes to call it, a postcard from the road) of our campsite last night on the Colorado River.
Jeanette and Aaron’s Engagement Session – Hermann Park – Houston, Texas
Jeanette and Aaron are flying down to have their destination wedding ceremony in Houston this weekend, so its time I feature them on the blog!
When they say that love knows no bounds, this fabulous couple lives it! After dating for a while, Jeanette followed Aaron up to Ohio because these two lovebirds are inseparable! Now who’s idea was it to fly down to Houston and have a wedding in August? (Just kidding, guys!)
You can tell these two are sooo in love!
This one may be my favorite from their session… (but I don’t want to commit because with these two, there’s so many adorable photos!)
Aaron designed her engagement ring with their birthstones in mind to make it truly unique. Great job Aaron!
We found these silly umbrellas, so we took a “peek-sure” with them. (hehe!)
Hat tip to my good friend Christine for the idea of the repeating chairs at the Miller Outdoor Theater (even though the seats are totally different now)!
This one may be my favorite too… they’re such good sports!
For our last shot of the night, we got a perfect blue sky and the little, tiny moon suspended in the air… (its okay, you can make fun of me… I know I’m a dork.)
Thank you Jeanette and Aaron! I’m looking forward to your wedding this weekend!
Chelsea and Jason’s Wedding – Vargos – Houston, TX
Chelsea and Jason are quite an adorable couple! They met over two years ago at a tent at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Cook-Off. Immediately hitting it off, these two are now wed!
They had a fabulous wedding at Vargo’s Restaurant, and below are some of my favorites of their wedding!
Vargo’s did an awesome job of decorating for their stellar wedding!
Chelsea’s beautiful Watters Bride lace dress!
She found these cute stick-on crystals for her shoes!
Two of the most adorable and animated flower girls ever…
On her way out with her dad…
Right this way…
Doesn’t Jason look so stately holding the boquet?
The boys and their matching socks (so silly)!
I *love* peacocks… and at Vargo’s, there are plenty of them! We found this guy who was the perfect poser! And so majestic!
Chelsea’s mom dances to Hanna Montana with the girls…
Ring shots!
The yummy cake…
Who likes to party?
Did you really need to search that far, Jason?
Finally, the rose petal exit!
Thank you, Chelsea and Jason for allowing us to capture your big day!
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