Modeling for fun -- {Bryan/College Station Photographer}

My family went to my in laws in San Antonio for Christmas. I was standing on the upstairs patio looking at the empty lot behind them. It was evening and the sun was setting. I got that little "ding,ding,ding" in my crazy little head. The light is flowing through the trees so beautiful and golden and there is green all over the ground, I wonder if my sweet and cute sister in law would want to do a fun little photo shoot over there this week. She happily agreed so we went through her closet. It started off as a grunge/teenage photo session and ended up more of a "Twilight" type session. My other sister in law is also doing photography so she joined us. They were both cracking me up by talking about things "Bella" does in the Twilight series. I saw the first movie but I'm not the huge fan a lot of people are, so I couldn't really remember how she acted and such like they did. I'm more into "True Blood". After doing this session, I def want to see it again. My young sis in law was not a huge fan of Twilight until recently. My mother in law bought her the series of books and she can't put them down. She informed me that the vampire bite is NOT two puncture marks but a crescent shape. I would have never known. Then they told me about the eyes of a vampire, they are dark when they are hungry and ready to feed and light when they are full. Perfect with Julie's eye color. Ya know, ya learn something new everyday right? lol Anyway, we started off with a fairy thing and went to more of a twilight thing. It was fun to just play. Julie was such a natural. Thanks again Julie. You are the bomb! OH, and I almost forgot! As we are shooting a spiked buck walks right into the lot. We are like "OMG", then a 4point (or so) buck walks up behind him. I can't say I have ever been that close to one. We were laughing saying that went right along with our theme but didn't get any pics of them in the background. They didn't last long. The clicking of our cameras ran them off. THEN, the neighbors had their binoculars out trying to figure out what we were doing. It was pretty funny! To the like 3 people that follow my blog, I hope you like them!

~ Stefanie

This is when the deer started walking up










My fav!!!






Another fav!








Notice the bite?




I guess Edward bit her? lol

That's all folks...

:)

Hot & Awesome Engagement session -- {Bryan/College Station Engagement Photographer}

This was an absolutely awesome session. My good friends were up for anything! We laughed and got silly. It was so hard to pick out my favorites! There were SO many. They told me some interesting stuff about downtown were we took these. I have done a lot of sessions downtown but knowing the history a little more is always fun to me. They were telling me about Lyle Lovett doing a video to "This old porch" down there. It was in the 90's. After I watched the little documentary and video and saw all the places where I take pictures, I was in awe of how much it has changed. Heck, it has changed a lot just since I moved here about 14yrs ago. I love Lyle's music!!! I can't believe I didn't know he had filmed a video here. He is an Aggie and use to live here (heck, he may still have a home here). Anyway, made the session really interesting hearing all of the stuff they knew about the downtown. I'm not a big history buff or anything but do love to know interesting details about places I love. They are really cleaning up this area. There are so many other places I would love to shoot at but it's not the best part of town! ;) So hopefully more will be done so I can have some new spots! It really has become over saturated with photographers too. Can you blame them? lol Ok, enough of me rambling on about my fun location. Here is the awesome session...

Cashion family -- {Bryan/College Station Family Photographer}

I was excited for this session. Isn't this family gorgeous! I have known them for over 10yrs. Shannon and I were even pregnant at the same time once. We do have some great belly shots together, lol! This is just a little sneak peek. I have more coming. Hope you enjoy...

Rockin session! -- {Bryan/College Station Family Photographer}

Oh how cool is my little buddy? He totally rocked this session and let me tell you I have had a very difficult time trying to figure out which ones I like best. There are so many fun pics! I will be shocked if he doesn't grow up to be a rock star! Thank you my sweet friends for this awesome session! You guy's rocked it out...

Fabulous family! -- {Bryan/College Station Family Photographer}

I was so excited to take pictures for this family. They have been friends of mine for many years. Collier is an absolute doll. Full of smiles and giggles. I laughed so hard at him kissing on his daddy's nose and head. Just loved this session! :)

DeLeon family -- {Bryan/College Station Family Photographer}

It was a little chilly and windy but absolutely FUN session! Wow did I laugh. I have missed my good friends. We just don't get to see each other enough. I love you guy's. Here is a peek...

Remembering Bonfire 10yrs ago

I am not real good about posting personal stuff on my blog but felt I needed to say something today. This is a tough day for a lot of people here in Aggieland. 10 years ago bonfire collapsed, leaving 12 students as casualties. I remember it like it was yesterday. The evening it happend I had went to North Gate (for those who are not aggies it is a strip of bars next to campus). I drove by stack looking over to my left to see all the lights on, cranes running stacking logs and people working. The next morning my roommate woke me up to say that stack had fallen. We sat glued to the tv, watching and crying. OMG, I had just been by there a few hours ago. I went to work that morning and found out that I could go volunteer. I was a massage therapist at the time and they were allowing us to go work on the volunteers. I can't describe how it felt walking on to the bonfire site. So erie. There are so many words I could describe but probably should keep those to myself. I remember trying to hold back the tears as I worked on a fireman, bloody, dirty, worn out. I have so much respect to the fire and police departments who were out there for so many hours. What an emotional drain it was on so many of us there. The moments of silence we had so they could use instruments to listen and see if they could get any sounds from underneath the ruble. I was there when the last body was removed from the stack, I saw parents crying, I saw volunteers ready to collapse. I saw so many things that evening that will forever be with me. My husband was also there that night. At that time, we had probably met once or twice but were not even dating. He is a police officer and was there the same time as I. It is so emotional for us when we talk about it. We never saw each other that night but can remember a lot of the same things we saw that evening. I went to the candle light vigil they had a few nights later. There were so many flowers, pots (the hats that the students wear while working on bonfire), letters and mementos everywhere. So this is why this is an emotional day for me. I was there and I saw the hurt and emotion in so many people. I had only had the experience of one bonfire that burned before this. So I experienced the before and after of the 90 year old tradition. Texas A&M is built on tradition. I love all that it stands for. So for those of you who took the time to read this remember life is short. Remember the fallen 12. Pray that the family of those 12 have peace tonight. Live, Love and Gig'em! Whoop!

Hamilton Family -- {Bryan/College Station Family Photographer}

Another fabulous family session! How gorgeous is this crew? The boys were a riot! We talked about Ben 10 and superheros, I fit right in. Thank goodness I have a boy and knew what they were talking about! lol The funniest thing was watching Brek look at this statue. He couldn't figure out why he was not moving. I was cracking up! So here is your peek...