This weekend the crazy Texas weather took a break and it was semi normal. Honestly, ice and 6o degrees in one day is a bit much.

Saturday Jennifer, Ryan and I finally got to hang out and take some engagement pictures. These two live down in Austin and are a blast. The craziest thing is that these two have season tickets for the Texas games (football) and so does my Step Dad. Well I get to go to a few games a year and after Ryan described the outfit he wears to every game I know I have seen him more than once! It’s easy to stand out, even in a crowd of burnt orange, wearing orange corduroy pants.

Jennifer is such a sweetie and really knows how to put her man at ease and crack him up when necessary. We met up at the Dallas Arboretum and then headed to Deep Ellum for a few shots as well. These are some of my favorites.

Saturday Daisy and Miguel got married and I was so blessed to work with them. Their wedding was a challenge since the entire thing from start to finish was in Spanish but we had a blast. I was touched by their devotion to one another and the beautiful Hispanic traditions they brought into their day. I finally got to hear Miguel sing a song at the reception to Daisy and he was awesome. Even in Spanish the emotions in the song effected me. They played games I had never seen at a reception and we did my very favorite thing: a first look.

A first look is where the bride and groom see each other before the wedding for a special photo session of just the two of them. They hid around the corners of the building and Miguel’s jaw dropped when he saw her for the first time. Then we hit down town Hillsboro for some fun portraits of just the two of them. A first look makes it easier to get those awesome shots everyone loves form their engagement session on their wedding day.

Congrats you two! Here are just a few of my faves that I shot so far and I will post a few my associate Sarah took later this week.