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Katie: Bridal Portraits at STEMS Austin

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Seems like we have been on quite the bridal portrait roll this spring and Katie’s are another fantastic example of what we can do with a trusting bride, gorgeous flowers, a unique venue and a sprinkling of bluebonnets. The location is the tucked away production office of STEMS floral design in West Austin. They are also responsible for the florals of the bouquet and the wedding day (coming soon!). The Texas spring gave us an adequete day but a whole field of bluebonnets to throw couches around in for Katie to preen on (Katie isn’t really a preener, I bet she would prefer being on my side of the camera honestly) and when you look as good as she does, preening is what you should do! Getting away from myself a bit, but the best part of the day is Katie in her wedding gown. Sweet, funny and trusting of what I wanted to accomplish… such as standing on the meeting table in STEMS offices to incorporate the cool metallic ceiling.

Anyhow, we are lucky to have clients such as Katie enter our lives and we are happy to return the favor in a small way by going the extra mile to make these bridal portraits as unique and lovely as our brides. Congrats to you and Nick!
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Nick: Pflugerville Senior Style Session

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In true Pflugerville fashion we met Nick because his mother and my wife teach together. Love living in our small town with big city access. Anyhow our session was intended to just be casual photos around Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. Nick is a pretty chill guy so we played this loose and laconic. While talking during the first setup it came out that he also longboarded, and yes, do you have it with you? No, but his dad wasn’t faraway. In the meantime don’t joke about hanging from a tree or we will call your bluff!

Once the longboard arrived, Nick changed to the laid back outfit and we tried to capture the feel and vibe of longboarding. We had decent light and played with action, slow shutters and fisheyes all in the parking lot of the Dell Diamond. I knew I also wanted some different looks so we pulled out the lensbaby for the black and white where we blurred out the leading lines. And then the final image was my favorite of the day! Setting sun and a very gridded parabolic reflector from way above for the dramatic look.

You just never know the direction a session will take and we try to be ready for the ebbs and flows. The flow of the longboard led to the last image and I bet it is your favorite right?

–JB

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Rachel & Gus – Senior Portraits

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Rachel, from Rouse HS, approached us to do a senior portrait session with her horse Gus in a co-starring role. We talked about what we wanted to do, and Rachel gave me a broad outline but left the details to me. My favorite type of client! Now I rub my hands mischievously because we are going to take the average senior portrait/horse portrait and take it to the next level! I knew that we had a few great things working for us. Rachel is a beautiful young woman. Gus is a super cool looking grullo horse (with tiger stripes!). Bluebonnets are blooming at the Conner Combined Training Center. The only missing ingredient was the weather which luckily held out long enough for us to incorporate dramatic skies before the light went flat and the rain came down.

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