Here's a few for you to enjoy as your computer background or screensaver.  For most computers, all you have to do is just right click, and select SAVE AS BACKGROUND IMAGE. 

Enjoy!

Way to go Walton's!  They picked out great images for their Designer Showcase.  I can just imagine the JOY these 9 6x6 gallery wrap boxes are going to add to the room.  We had them set up in our studio before she came to pick them up and everytime I walked by them, I smiled.  Pictures of people in love have a way of adding happiness to your day.

Like a lot of us, she not only loves the fun quirks of central Austin, but the urban atmosphere of downtown Austin as well.  From Hey Cupcake to wall murals, from the local shops to the cool dives along Austin's unique South Congress neighborhood, Christina's safari was one of a kind ... just like she is!

Her brothers met us at the end of her shoot down along Bull Creek for a little time together near the water.  I could tell by how much they kid around with each other what good friends they all are.  Being the big sister, Christina is the first to graduate.  I'll bet her brothers will be missing her just a bit, although if she has her way she won't be too far away.  UT is one of the downtown campus communities that's really not far from home ... yet is its own world.

 that is, unless it's a very very special one.  Really, I look at the few small weddings I've photographed as large extended family sessions ... families planning a one of a kind day together, that happens to include a wedding as the family activity!

And that's how I've come to photograph 2 weddings in the last year, both in November, and both for the same family!  I've known this family for years, traveled to Brussels, Italy & Asia with Sandi, and have had the pleasure to see both of Sandi & Denny's kids marry in November!

Last November, Wes married Jula in Zilker Park.  If you look closely, you'll see that of the 9 family members at the wedding, the 10th was a Tyrannosaurus Rex!  A few weekends ago, Carly married Chris in her family's backyard.  No dinosaur here, but there was a Tiki Man watching from the distance.  The weather was perfect, just like last November, both brides were beautiful and the ceremonies sweet, simple and perfect.

I don't think I'm about to become a wedding photographer, but it was a definite treat to be a part of the marriage of such great people and wonderful friends.

Here's the Stuffed Pumpkin  I took the recipe-Christmas party my co-worker Denise hosts every year.  She is an amazing host!  And everyone's food was SO delicious. 

First frost of the season! 

 I knew that if I didn't harvest those delicate perishables today they'd be mush tomorrow.  I postponed all day as I always hate to pick the last of anything.  This evening, after picking every tomato and pepper I could find, I was a little surprised to see the total & can't resist passing along a photograph on to our blog.  I counted an even 100 peppers and a colander full of little tomatoes in varying degrees of red to yellow to green. 

I was pretty surprised at the total. Now, my problem for this weekend...just what the heck to do with 100 peppers???

Any ideas?

We'd planned a 100 session, with some time in our backyard portrait garden and then on down at Hallmark, another option for the 100 session.  But on the day of her shoot, 95 boy scounts were spending the night at Hallmark so we decided to venture to Bull Creek instead.  I'm saying venture, because it was only a few days after 10 inches of rain had fallen from our September hurricane.  If you look closely at the water behind Lauren in these first few photographs of her in Bull Creek, you'll notice that despite the fact it was mid September, the water was flowing from edge to edge!  

I just saw Lauren again last week, only this time she was with her swim team.  Every year, we photograph the McNeil Swim Team at the Duck Pond in the Wells Branch area.  It's one of the most beautiful places I've found to photograph a team.  Each year it's different, golden leaves one year, steam rising off the water another....but always more and more ducks!  Can you find Lauren in this year's swim picture???