The Sellers family are friends with a few of my other clients so I was excited to meet them and their two little ones, Liz and Sloan.  I love these sisters and how different they are yet perfectly matched personality wise.  Having two kids of my own I always love seeing the dynamics between siblings, and however different, they usually compliment one another well.  Mom, Tracy, did a great job on outfits as I always love a pop of red from the sisters sweet heart sweaters to her own red heels and belt.

-Tracy Autem

These sisters were super sweet and each so unique in their personalities.  It was great to finally meet this family as my team has been able to photograph them before through Operation Love Reunited.  We met this family at the airport when Dad was coming home from deployment so it was great to see them all together and expecting baby number 4!  I know they will be finding out any day now if it’s a boy or girl and these sisters are split on if they want a brother or another sister.  I hope regardless the baby is healthy and perfect!

-Tracy Autem

Tate is a munchkin full of energy and a boy to the bone and that made me just fall for him completely.  He completely reminds me of my own silly boys.  Tate’s Mom and Dad are another of my past wedding clients so it was great to catch up and meet this little guy.  You can tell how much fun he has with his parents in these two photos with each parent.  I love his energy and his sweetness.

-Tracy Autem

Um, I just want to scoop him up and hug him.  Look at that pout!!!

Addy is WALKING!!!! I am so excited and can not believe how big this little girl is getting.  It was last Winter when I photographed her newborn photos and watching her grow has been amazing.  She will be one soon but Megan and Austin wanted to get some holiday portraits before we glam it up and get girly for her one year celebration.  They joined me at one of my favorite rustic vintage locations to play and Addy cracked me up with some CRAZY faces.  Her personality is definitely forming and she gets more and more like her Mommy every time I see her.

-Tracy Autem

LOVE her crazy faces, she cracks me up.  She was shaking her arms and smiling so big it was almost scary.  Love her.

I think this captures her spirit.

So happy.

It’s about me guys, all about me.  Forget those people behind me.

Flying!!!

OH how I could photograph these two for hours.  I wanted to keep them and take them for hot chocolate and play some more.  Josephine and Eliza are dolls and have personality to boot.  Josie (the BIG sister) is super silly and loved hamming it up for the camera.  Eliza is sweet and I loved her playful attitude.  The parents, Hayden & Alison were pretty cool too.  I just loved photographing this family at one of our rustic urban locations near by our studio in Fort Worth.

-Tracy Autem

p.s. I think I have fallen in love with children and family portraits.  Weddings you still have a big chunk of my heart but portraits are creeping their way in there.

BIG hugs!

Look at that face, you know she is ready to play.

Little Eliza has a sneaky face (above) but I got that smile out of her in the end.

 

Sweet sisters.

OK, enough with the cuteness of the little ones, here is the entire family looking amazing.

These last two photos make me joyful, they completely capture the essence of these two girls personalities at PLAY.

Last week I met up with Jaclyn & Javier at the beautiful Clark Gardens. We had several interesting encounters during their session. We ran into hundreds of daddy long legs, sat in some ants and ran into some geese and a peacock. We tried to get the geese in the photos but they just wanted to run away from us. Here are some of my favorites from their Weatherford engagement session.

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I loved this sweet rambunctious girl.  Lilly can run and we had to chase her down MANY times during her session.  So glad I had the opportunity to photograph her with Dad and Grandma.  Lilly looked spunky in the outfit I pulled from my prop closet, the black tutu and blue hair bow made her blue eyes sparkle.  Dad did a great job with bringing a very appropriate prop, sunglasses.  I hope to get to see this little one grow into a beautiful little lady.

You are never to big for a game of peek – a – boo!

I am in love with this image, why?  Because as sweet and adorable as any little girl may be most like to run, play and have a knack for bruises and scrapes.  I think this shot completely captures what being a girl is.

She is loved by her Daddy and she loves him back!

Too cool!

I loved getting to photograph MK & Charlie last week.  We had already rescheduled their session once because of the rain and when the tornadoes hit the metroplex on Tuesday we worried we would have to reschedule again. However the sky cleared and gave us a beautiful day on Wednesday.  MK & Charlie wanted a rustic and urban feel for their photos. We started a Van Zandt Cottage which is one of my favorite places in the city. We then went to some urban walls near by our studio. I loved the scrabble pieces they brought along with them which we used playing  around with spelling a few different words.  Here are some of my favorites from their Fort Worth engagement session.

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Brooke & Nicholas are an adorable couple who are getting married later this month in a ceremony at a private residence. Brooke and Nicholas met while living in Boston. When I met them they told me they wanted their wedding to be laid back and be a party with a wedding. I took them to some urban walls to match their laid back feel. Here are some of my favorites from their Fort Worth Engagement session.

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Last Wednesday before Thanksgiving weekend I was blessed to get to photograph a few couples celebrating their first Christmas as a married couple. I met Jessica and Shawn that morning. They brought along their dogs Laila and Kingsley in order to capture their whole family for the holidays. Here are some of my favorites from their holiday session.

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