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Where does the time go?

Troy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:33:57 +0000

It has been ages since I last posted (yeah, I’m a big slacker). Since I’m not taking bookings right now I’ve been spending a good amount of time photographing my son… he’s kind of irresistible Please forgive me and go visit our family blog to see more photos and videos of the little man.

Big family = big fun!

Troy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:57:30 +0000

When you are booked for an outdoor family session in the middle of the Texas summer you really hope 1. that it’s not going to be as hot as the weatherman predicts and 2. that your clients are fun, relaxed, and open to whatever you want to do. Well…I can’t say that it wasn’t hot yesterday morning (it did hit 103 later in the afternoon), but I definitely landed an awesome family that I had a blast hanging out with and getting to know. Big thanks to Kathie Tam from Pixie Dust Photography for coming out and helping me with the shoot.

Location: Laguna Gloria

Here they are… all 9 of them! Aren’t they a great looking family?

Give it up for the high five!

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Top: the girls (2 sisters, 1 sister-in-law, and 1 daughter)
Middle: the whole fam (3 siblings, 3 spouses, 3 kids)
Bottom: the guys (1 brother, 2 brothers-in-law, and 2 sons)

Love it when families are into having some fun

The Savitsky Family

Troy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:52:50 +0000

There are few sounds in the world as pleasant to hear than the sound of a baby laughing… and boy did we here a lot of that yesterday during the Savitsky family photo session. Baby Ian was a dream to work with and entertained us (and himself) the entire time we were there. He was smiling and laughing through the whole session and we got so many great photos of this awesome family. Thanks for having us out and enjoy the sneak peek guys!

love, Love, LOVE this one

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Both Ian and Daddy were rocking Chuck Taylors so I had to get a shot of them

Meet Rocco… he kept a watchful eye (and a nose at times) on us while we were shooting in his yard

Family Session: The Obuchowskis

Troy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:40:20 +0000

For the past few years I’ve been invited out to Katy and Ed’s house to photograph their awesome family… and each year their family grows. This year was no exception as they welcomed their newest member, MJ, to the family in October. As an added bonus I got to meet Ed’s parents and catch up with his brother (we used to work together a few years ago). Good times

I love that Sam knows how to throw up the Horns.

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The generation photo that we were able to get with the guys is special. It was one of the only photos we were able to get Eddie to smile.

Dave and Sarah got engaged just a few days prior to our family session. Congratulations again guys!

Ed and Dave’s wonderful parents.

I included this one because it was too funny. Samantha was playing peek-a-boo using the backdrop and Eddie’s expression is priceless.

Heather + Bob: eSession

Troy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:55:24 +0000

This past Tuesday, on a sweltering summer evening, Melanie and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Heather and Bob for their eSession in downtown Austin. You might remember them from their family photos that we did a few weeks ago. Despite the heat we hit a few great locations downtown and captured some awesome photos of them. In less than 2 months they will be getting married in Prague! It’s totally going to rock… too bad I won’t be going with them On to the photos!

This was a new find… and I totally LOVE it!

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For a few minutes Bob became the squirrel whisperer

These photos were taken with my iPhone in our driveway… before we left for the session and when we got home. I told you it was hot!

Heather, Bob, Cody, Lilly, and Cale

Troy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:41:50 +0000

Every once in a while you meet a family that you just know is special. Yesterday Melanie and I had the pleasure of shooting one of those families. Heather and Bob are getting married in Prague in September (yes I would love to be shooting their wedding, but at least I get to do their engagements and Heather’s bridals before they go) and even though Heather isn’t an official member of the family you wouldn’t know it. They are all so welcoming and friendly and the kids are super well behaved. It was an awesome session and I’m totally looking forward to their engagement session in a couple of weeks.

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Leland, Nicole, and Nickolas

Troy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:10:47 +0000

Yesterday Melanie and I headed out to Georgetown to photograph this wonderful family. Leland and I work together so it was a no brainer for me to go out and take some photos of his family. Nickolas just turned 3 so we were looking to capture him in all his 3 year old energetic glory… I think we did well . Enjoy the sneak peek.

Nickolas is really into trains… here he’s giving me his best train sound… “woooo wooo”

A little beso for Mommy

*Love* doorway shots… yummy light

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Steph, Dave, and Alexandra

Troy — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:17:37 +0000

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I was on the fence about doing a regular miscellaneous Monday post or posting a sneak peek from Steph and Dave’s Saturday family session and, well, I just couldn’t wait another day to share these photos. Steph and Dave are wonderful friends of ours and I was very honored to do a session with them and their precious daughter Alexandra (I call her AJ). AJ is about as cute as they come and she gave us about 30 minutes of happiness before she had a meltdown and fell asleep, but that was all I needed (we worked quickly). Enjoy the photos.

For you photographers reading this the lighting was 80% window light (camera left) and 20% AB400 on it’s lowest setting with a softbox (camera right). I probably could have gotten away with using just window light, but wanted to fill in the shadows a bit. I love north facing windows!

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Melanie’s parents came along to the session and her Dad is just magic with babies and I had to capture his and AJ’s joy.

These photos almost look like and a “now and then”

I warned you guys that this photo would show up on the blog

Jennifer’s Bridals

Troy — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:49:37 +0000

It’s the day after Jennifer and Lewis’ wedding which means…

1. I can finally blog Jennifer’s rockin’ bridals.
2. A preview of the wedding will be posted in a day or two.

We shot Jennifer’s bridal portraits a mere 2 weeks ago during fantastic weather at the Sail and Ski Yacht Club on Lake Travis. Doesn’t Jen look amazing?!

For all you photographers out there, these photos were processed using the Totally Rad Action Mix from The Boutwells. Simply put, they rock!

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I’m working on the wedding photos sneak peek… I hope to have them done tonight, but that may be a little aggressive.

Amy + Parker: the engagements

Troy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:31:03 +0000

This past Friday Melanie and I had the pleasure of hanging out with Amy and Parker and shooting their engagement photos while they were in town for a friend’s wedding. They are living in Oklahoma City so being able to take advantage of them already being in town was important and, though I was worried that the weather wouldn’t cooperate, we had excellent weather (if a bit chilly) and managed to knock out our session in just over an hour. We shot at the Arboretum early in the morning and got some rocking photos! I’m definitely going to have to shoot there more often. Amy and Parker were a blast to hang out with… very accommodating to my requests and at ease in front of the camera. I’m definitely looking forward to their August wedding. Enjoy the preview guys. Look for a slideshow sometime in the near future when I get all of the photos processed.

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Parker was a great sport… I didn’t even have to ask him to get on the cow