As I’m sure you guys can tell from my major lack of blogging lately, I am really, really, REALLY busy. I currently have two weddings and three engagement sessions waiting to be edited right now, not to mention a huge slew of holiday album and print orders to finalize, plus at least 13 different sessions waiting to be blogged. My To Do list is very literally two pages long in Word.. Holy cow. So, if the blog seems a bit sluggish these days, it’s just because I am trying to keep from drowning in a sea of beautiful images.. Not a bad way to go, if I do say so myself. I have some awesome wonderful amazing bits of business news to share, not to mention a huge slew of delayed Humpdates, but for now my client’s photos have to have top priority. I’m taking a temporary hiatus from T4P, Humpdates, and T4B until all of the current orders and proofs I have in front of me are fulfilled and delivered, which will probably take about two weeks. I will still be posting regularly, it just may not be as scheduled as it has been. Please bear with me, I have some fantastic sessions I can’t wait to blog in the coming weeks. I swear my clients get hotter and hotter every day!!

In the meantime, here are a few from Erin’s bridal session. I’ve been wanting to share this one so badly, but I had to keep it under wraps until her and Adrian’s wedding, which I’m happy to say went flawlessly. These were shot at Erin’s aunt’s house, which I’m pretty sure is the most beautiful house I have ever seen. You should have seen the ceiling… Ridiculous. Not to mention that Erin is just a natural model, and she falls into a pose so gracefully and perfectly.. Made my job super easy! Here are a few of my faves:

I was so behind on the day I finished editing this shoot that I tucked it away, saving the blog post for a time when I wasn’t quite so overwhelmed with new sessions to post. Well, that day never came, and these awesome photos stayed hidden in my “to blog” folder for the loooongest time. Finally today I stumbled upon them again, and now I am excited to finally show them off to the world! Every now and then I find clients who I just instantly “click” with, and Jennifer and her fiancé Anthony, aka TJ, who I like to call Teej, are one of those couples. The second I met with them, I knew we were going to have an awesome time together, and it instantly felt like we were old friends. Of course it also helped that they treated me to a delicious breakfast at Hotel Zaza, too! Here are a few of my favorites:

No real humpdates this week because a) I have already shared my exciting news with you this week, and b) I am furiously trying to finish everything before I leave for Nebraska this weekend for Darbi and Neil’s wedding in Omaha!

Right now I am working on Julie & Jeff’s amazingly beautiful wedding from last weekend.. Do you ever have one of those days where you just feel “ON,” like everything you do is awesome? I feel like that with Julie and Jeff’s wedding.. Everything just worked out so perfectly that day, and the photos we got are incredible, I cannot wait to share them with you guys soon! In the meantime, here is a small sneak peek at a few of Julie’s bridals!

We shot these on a very very hot day at the Dallas Arboretum, and although it could not have been fun wandering around in the sun in a big, heavy dress, Julie was a total pro! Luckily we were able to shoot on a weekday (weekends at the Arboretum are insane, brides EVERYWHERE!), so for the most part, we had the place to ourselves. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Now that Angela and Zach are off to Prague, I can finally show off her bridal session! Since Angie is Alex’s cousin, we knew we had a huge standard of excellence to achieve, and I think we completely knocked it out of the park. I am SO proud of these photos!

Check out this cool bar at the Alden Houston Hotel.. The wall actually changes colors. It was fantastic! As was the beautiful bride in front of it

I love Angela’s “look”.. She is such a classic beauty, she reminds me a bit of the girl in this DaVinci painting.

I can’t get enough of her face!! She is so graceful and regal.. I think that maybe she was a queen in her former life.

Loved the fantastic lighting in this stairwell

She may be regal, but she’s got a sassy side, too. Work it, girl!

How come I get all the gorgeous brides??

The Alden-Houston Hotel had this really amazing restaurant/bar.. I just wish it weren’t so busy so we could have gone inside!

And finally, this shot took forever to set up, but I just love it.  It looks like she is sitting right in the middle of her wedding reception!

Angie, thanks so much for being so beautiful and such a great model, I had a blast and I just love the photos.  You guys have a great time in Prague!

In the interest of full disclosure, I am going to tell you all that my dear friend Juls is, in fact, NOT getting married. When I found out I would be visiting Vail, I searched high and low for a real bride to pose for me in the snowy mountain weather, but alas, there was no one to be found. I can’t imagine why someone wouldn’t want to put on a skimpy dress they spent several thousand dollars on and go traipsing through the muddy snow in sub-freezing temperatures.. go figure! Luckily I have the best friends ever, and Juls agreed to pose as a bride so I could add some mountain-esque shots to my portfolio.

I have one more secret to tell you about this shoot, but before I drop that bomb, I want to show off the photos!

After awhile the snow began to get to us so we headed inside the lodge for some steaming hot photos!

And a few more before we ran home to bundle up by the fire..

So about that other secret? Well, once I had found my “bride,” there was just the problem of finding the dress… After hours and hours of searching through Vail’s pretty sad supply of clothing stores and racking our brains trying to figure out how to turn clearance-sale floral patterned sundresses into bridal gowns, we finally decided to just take a risk and MAKE our own wedding dress. With some fabric, a needle, and lots of white thread, we managed to throw together Juls’ very sexy, very svelte little white dress. Granted, it’s no Vera Wang, but we both think it served its purpose well! Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Hopefully I didn’t curse Juls into not getting married ever.. If you think this is the hottest, sexiest woman you have ever met, and you live in or around the Vail, Colorado area, and you are a hot sexy young man yourself.. Let me know, I will totally play matchmaker

Now that Ms. Sarah Baker is Mrs. Sarah Jones and they are off for two weeks of honeymooning in a top secret location, I can finally show off her gorgeous bridals at the ever-popular canals in Las Colinas.

Now that I have met Sarah’s sisters, I can see where she gets her amazing modeling ability from.. All of her sisters are gorgeous and are amazing posers - every time I pointed a camera at any of them at the wedding, they struck the fiercest poses! It was great!

Jason and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary this weekend, and I am a bit busy and can’t add my normal captions on all the photos, so I’ll just let these beautiful bridal portraits speak for themselves. Here is Sarah showing off some of that trademark Baker hotness:

Now that Jacqi is finally married, we are so excited to be able to show off her bridals at the stunning Four Seasons Hotel. Enjoy these, and stay tuned soon for the wedding slideshow!

Check out the arms on this girl! She is an Ironman athlete, and it DEFINITELY shows. Hot!!

Something a little more traditional.

I love the soft, dreamy color palette of this photo. Plus it shows off her flawless skin!

Gotta show off that dress - she looked amazing in it. All that Ironman training paid off!

Isn’t she stunning? I just love the warmth of this photo.

We pretty much got kicked out of the Spa for this shot. Totally worth it!

I’m a sucker for archways…

And finally, one last shot we got from the balcony of her room.. This was shot through an extremely dirty, one inch thick pane of glass. Not bad, eh?

Their wedding was so beautiful and classy, and extremely personalized. I want to tell you more, but you’ll just have to wait!