Blueye Photography

The day started with a downpour and everyone was nervous about how the rest of the day would play out, but nothing would keep Krista and Jimmy from enjoying their day. I don’t think I’ve ever photographed a more relaxed couple on their wedding day and Mother Nature, while raining down early in the day, cleared things up for us and we had a beautiful ceremony and a serious party afterwards. Congratulations guys! Enjoy this sneak peek.

Big thanks to my friend Dave for coming out and shooting with me.

Venue: Lakeway Resort and Spa
Cakes: Simon Lee Bakery
Decorations: Kennedy Creative
DJ: Capital Disc Jockeys
Flowers: Bouquets of Austin
Lighting: Ilios

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Krista and Jimmy tied the knot this past Saturday (photos of their wedding will be posted in a few days) which means I’m finally able to post a few photos from Krista’s bridal session. We shot her session at the beautiful Laguna Gloria. If you get the chance to visit the grounds I highly recommend you do. The location is gorgeous.

Enough about the venue… check out the photos!

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A couple of posts back I let y’all know that I was looking for a new car and about a week ago I picked it up… a 2009 Toyota Venza. I was able to negotiate a decent deal with the local dealership and so far I’m very happy. The car has plenty of features, lots of space, a great engine, and stylin’ 20 inch wheels. The color I got is called Sunset Bronze Mica… which I love… it looks more brown when it’s cloudy outside and more bronze when it’s sunny.

I’ve been following the I Heart Faces Twitter feed for a while now and had to enter this photo when I saw the theme was “reflection” (not to mention that photographer extraordinaire Nate Kaiser from The Image Is Found is judging). In the meantime you can go check out their site and see all of the great faces.

Well, that’s not entirely true, but Blueye Photography will be closed until Monday 4/27. If you contact us while we’re out rest assured we will reply when we get back.

Today Bella decided the best way to celebrate Jesus on this Easter Sunday was to sit outside and soak up God’s sunshine.

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This past Saturday Thao and I ventured back out to Coupland to shoot Matt and Honey’s wedding. Like the previous weekend when we were out there scouting the location it was gloriously sunny, but unlike the previous weekend it was chilly (in the 50′s) and windy. The chill nor the wind would keep these two from having a great wedding and fun celebration. Matt and Honey are two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet and I’m honored to call them my friends. Enjoy the photos!

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It’s been a while since I’ve just gone out and shot for the heck of it and while I can’t say that this trip was really just for the heck of it (I was scouting for an upcoming wedding) it really gave me an opportunity just to shoot for me and have a little fun. Thanks to Thao for coming along and hanging out with me. Here are some of my favorite photos of the day. You can view the complete set I posted on Facebook (there’s a link at the bottom of the post).

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Has it really been 15 days since my last blog post? Shame on me Things have been busy around here (filling print orders, cleaning around the house, scheduling future sessions, and working on albums) and I’m in a bit of a lull when it comes to shooting lately so I haven’t had that much to blog about… buuuuuuuuut I’ve got a topic that I would love some feedback about so hopefully you, oh-so-fabulous-blog-reader, will leave me a comment with your opinion.

The lease on my VW Jetta is up in a few months and I need to start looking for a new car. I’ve informally narrowed the field down to 4 contenders. My criteria:

1. Must be stylish
2. Must be reliable
3. Must have utility (no small cars, but also no monster SUV/Truck either)
4. Must have 4 doors min (hatch backs are commonly referred to as 5 doors)
5. Must be automatic (my current car is a stick, but I’m kind of tired of it now… again)
6. Must have a good stereo option (I love listening to music while I drive)

And here are the 4 cars I have it down to (in the order of preference at this moment in time):

1. Toyota Venza
   Pros: Great style, great reviews, excellent engine, Toyota reliability
   Cons: Can’t really find any
   
2. VW Passat Wagon
   Pros: Okay style (can be pepped up with options), German engineering (I’ve owned 4 VWs)
   Cons: It really is a station wagon
   
3. Audi A3
   Pros: Audi quality, sportier than Passat, good gas mileage, new styling is eye catching
   Cons: Smallest of the 4 contenders
   
4. GMC Acadia
   Pros: Lots of utility, good looking for an SUV, lots of options
   Cons: GM is pretty much bankrupt
   

So what do you think? Leave me a comment and help me decide. I’m planning on starting my test drive runs this weekend.

In case you are wondering what other cars I thought about here’s a quick list that didn’t make the cut:
VW Tiguan, Infiniti G35, Nissan Altima, Saturn Outlook, Nissan Murano, Nissan Titan, BMW X5, Acura MDX/RDX, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Ford Edge