Family Reunion at the Hyatt Lost Pines - Austin Family Photographer

Last Saturday I packed up early and headed out to Bastrop. This lovely family asked me to come out and take some family reunion photos for them at the Hyatt Lost Pines. It was a perfect morning! We had such beautiful fall weather, happy kids, and a really gorgeous location for portraits. 

I hope you guys had a great time together - enjoy this sneak peek!!

Family, Fun, and Feet - Austin Family Photographer

Such a fun family session!! These guys were up for anything and hiked around the park with me.  We even went down to the recently flooded creek to throw rocks and play.  I think their little guy enjoyed it! 

The last shot is my absolute favorite.  If you've been around here for a while you know there is nothing I like more than a good shot of some baby feet!  This little guy was so cute the way he sat on my stool and crossed his legs at the ankles.  I love the beautiful color of the grass mixed with the color of his jeans in this shot and that his mama will always be able to look at this picture and remember his chubby little one year old feet.

What to Wear - Austin Family Photographer

I'm getting excited about all of the fall family sessions I've got coming up.  I've still got some spaces available for my holiday mini-sessions - e-mail me if you are interested.  To help everyone get ready for their sessions - I thought I would post a couple more examples of what to wear to really make your family pictures stand out. 

I don't at all expect you to go out and buy these outfits, but as you look at them you can get an idea of how to plan what to wear for your session.

Here are a couple of tips to think about when picking your family's wardrobe for our session -

1. Start by picking a color palette.  Pick a neutral color that you like - blue, brown, gray etc... and then pick a couple of accent colors to go with your neutral. 

2.  Don't be afraid of a little pattern.  You will notice that with each of these examples, there was some pattern added - not everyone was wearing a solid color.  Adding a little bit of pattern will make your outfits more interesting.

3.  Accessorize!!  Add a jacket, add a tie (for your little man), add a headband (for your daughter), and a bracelet (for mom).

4.  Have fun with it!!

Happy Monday!!
Dorean

Holiday Mini-Sessions - Austin Family Photographer

As I write this, there are officially 98 days, 12 hours, and 52 minutes left until Christmas. Did you know you can google and find out EXACTLY how much time is left until Christmas?  Pretty Cool.

So now that I have you thinking about Christmas, here is some information about my holiday mini-sessions for this year.  I have two events currently planned (with the possibility to add a day in San Antonio.) 

 Space is limited due to time and light, so if you are interested please respond ASAP to reserve your space and get all the details.

I'm really excited about our locations this year.  I think they will allow me to do both urban/vintage looking shots as well more natural and green settings as well.  It's going to be fun!!

Can't wait to hear from you!
Dorean

Waiting for baby - Austin Maternity Portraits

LOVED the cooler weather Saturday morning and loved this mini-maternity session.

For anyone booking a newborn session with me, I offer mini-maternity sessions to help you remember this special time in your life.  If you are interested, let me know and I can give you more details.

These two let me play with a couple of ideas I had for their session and had a couple ideas of their own.  It was a lot of fun and definitely resulted in some beautiful images.

You guys enjoy!!  Can't wait to meet your little one.

Welcome To The World - Austin Baby Portraits

World, meet Charlotte.... Charlotte, welcome to the world!! 

Charlotte was the sleepiest baby I have had the pleasure of working with.  A photographer's dream. :)

Thanks for having me over you guys! It was fun and I hope little missy's day/night confusion gets cleared up really soon! 

You will get normal sleep again SOME DAY - I promise!

Smiles & Weeping Willows - Austin Family Photographer

This session was done at one of my new favorite locations!! 

I just LOVE weeping willow trees.  They are beautiful and make for excellent backgrounds. 

We were blessed with some "cooler" weather Sunday evening, meaning it wasn't still 100 degrees at 7:00.  This little guy was much more interested in NOT smiling for me than smiling.  Which is fine with me, I love the serious face shots too.  I think they give you a glimpse of the child's personality.  However, me and my bag of tricks DID prevail and I managed to catch his beautiful smile as well. 

Enjoy!!