It’s always odd to shoot the engagement session of someone you’ve never met… I can’t lie, there are a lot of questions that go through my mind as I drive to the shoot. Will they be supermodel gorgeous, or hideously deformed? Will they be outgoing and zany, or will they be shy and introverted? Will they be comfortable in front of the camera, or awkward and stiff? Will he be two feet taller than her, or the other way around? Although I can work with any couple, it’s still comforting to know what you’re getting yourself into a little earlier than, say, five seconds before you start shooting! Luckily, Kelly and Alma were quite the pleasant surprise. They’re so comfortable with each other, comfortable in front of the camera, fun to be around, totally photogenic, and just good people in general. Here are some of my favorites from their session at the fantastic (and HUGE) River Legacy Park in Arlington:
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Deziree and Jon are getting married TODAY! I am happy to report that this is the only wedding I have ever shot that will occur in two different years. Deziree is the definition of impeccable taste and her fabulous coordinator Tara Wilson has developed a reputation in Dallas as the event expert for a very good reason, so I can only imagine how breathtaking their wedding this evening will be. I’m happy to be ending 2009 – the best year yet for yours truly – and ringing in 2010 – which is poised to be even better – with Deziree and Jon, and happy to be sharing their engagement session at Again & Again, a posh furniture resale shop in Dallas. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!
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- I love her pink shoes so much!
- Beautiful work, Stacy!! I love the location. Happy New Year!
- I hope you get some more great shots of her gorgeous eyes at the wedding!
- This session is absolutey stunning. Beautiful couple and amazing photos.
- These are beautiful!
- I have always wanted to visit that store. These are adorable!
- You are blessed with gorgeous light! My favourite it with the large white sign that your gorgeous bride to be is laying on. Looks like a posh & becks style advert!
- Love the picture frames!
- Oh, what a gorgeous gorgeous session! I love her eyes and the way they look at each other :D :D
- Impeccable as always! I agree with Vida, her eyes are simply stunning. I'm really impressed with your consistent ability to get sunflares/blowouts from the sun that are under control and great looking. Well done!
- LOVE the location! Great place to shoot! And I love the image of the couple kissing with the sun in back of them setting off a little glow action. Love your work!
- You are so fantastic at posing! I love this entire shoot!
- Those are awesome. I especially love the 'almost' kiss in black and white. Love it!
- I love the portraits that you took with the frames. Very nice.
- LOVE this session! What a great location. and beautiful people! The guy reminds me a bit of Daniel Craig! lol Especially in the third to last one, where he's offering her flowers... :)
- Lovely session! I love the ones with the frames! :)
- one last comment in 2009 and one more can in your donation basket :) Happy New Year!!!
- Fabulous!!
- Beautiful shots! Hope this comment made it in on time for the Cans for Comments!!!
- So amazingly beautiful. I love each and every one. They are done to perfection. Amazing!
- beautiful work as always. Happy New Year!
- Awesome work!
- Love this session! It looks like my kind of store! What did you buy me?
- Love the frame pictures. Have a happy new year!
Julie and Colin are fun and beautiful and a blast to hang out with. Julie has a great sense of style, Colin has great taste in engagement rings, and together they’re pretty much ideal clients. I loved getting to explore new territory shooting with them in historic downtown Grapevine, checking out the wine bar where they hang out, and generally enjoying ourselves. Can’t wait to photograph their wedding next year in Odessa!
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- Flawless...
- Happy New Year, Happy Birthday :)
- Aww, I know Julie! And I have that blue dress she's wearing :) Love your work Stacy, and can't wait to see you at Megan's wedding. Happy belated birthday
- Her dress & these images are insanely GORGEOUS lovely & impressive work as usual!
- Wow... Julie is so beautiful, and the pics are amazing like always... And I love that ring!
- Gorgeous session. Beautiful lighting and great connections.
- GREAT PICTURES! Julie you got so lucky to nab Stacy! They turned out AMAZING!!!
- Stacy Reeves - you are my HERO!
- Loving the ring shots!
- Very nice set Stacy.. great ring shots!
- Fabulous pictures. Where did the groom get that ring? I love it and I love your pics. :)
Sometimes being a little delayed on my blog postings is a blessing in disguise.. In this case, I’m currently shooting 3-4 sessions a week, and unfortunately, because of the cold weather most of them have a kind of dark, bare, wintery feel to them. It was such a breath of fresh air to relive Jamie and Garrett’s engagement session, which is about as sunny and happy and summery as it gets. I absolutely love the feel of this session, which was held at Discovery Green park in the midst of downtown Houston. You just can’t look at all these bright colors and the big bold balloons and their adorable dog and not smile! I also love that Jamie has quite possibly the most beautiful skin I’ve ever seen – flawless, people! – and that they were both brave enough to jump in the splash park at the end of the session! Here are a few of my favorites from their shoot:
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- Hey I love that place! When ever I do seniors I always seem to search that area for a good "new" spot to take pictures at. It's such a pretty spot of Houston! Great pictures!
- Ooooh, I LOVE these! The colors, the balloons, the puppy.... and the water fight? Yes, please. Well done.
- what a beautiful and fun shoot! So much variety of shots too, the ending looks like it was a blast!
- EACH and EVERY single photo is delicious. Seriously. You catch people so naturally. You are soooo talented. I'm jealous.
- Beautiful job once again. I especially like the water shots, fabulous!! I love it when people will do whatever. I am a huge fan and am addicted to your site.
- love the locations! great session.
- gorgeous & fun! and I love the dog!!
- WOW! I love your work! I'll be checking your blog regularly!
- Great job Stacy! Enjoy your time off and have a blessed Christmas!
- Those tall grass shots are stunning! My favorite is the large colored one. Nice work!
- This session looks like a lot of FUN! I love these pictures, you're amazing!
- ....This is a terrific session! You can never go wrong with Balloons and Discovery Green
- Beautiful Set.. I love the colors~
Thanksgiving in my world is about three things: food, family, and football. Every year we all gather together and feast on a buffet of turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, stuffing, hominy, cranberry sauce, and warm fresh rolls. After we stuff ourselves, we waddle over to the couch and flop down to sleep off the tryptophan and wait for our two annual Thanksgiving football games to begin. The first, naturally, is our home team, the Dallas Cowboys. Every year our ‘boys play on Turkey Day, and every year we don our blue and silver pom poms and cheer for America’s Team. The second game is a recent addition to the Thanksgiving roster – my alma mater, Texas A&M. Traditional my Aggies have played t.u. (what Aggies call the University of Texas) on T+1 (the day after Thanksgiving) but recently they moved the game to Thanksgiving proper, so we got a double dose of football. Although my Ags came out on the wrong end of the game clock this year – Aggies never lose, we just run out of time, and that couldn’t have been more true than this year – we played an amazing game and fought valiantly until the very end. In honor of the hard work of my Aggie boys this year, I’m dedicating this week to the Aggie Family. To start with, I’ve got an engagement session that happened in the same place as the Thanksgiving Day game – College Station!
Marcy and Kyle are a favorite in the Reeves-Gulledge household. We love Kyle because he’s a real American hero, serving our country in the United States Army. Having attended A&M, which was once a military school and continues to have very strong ties to the armed forces and civil service, I have a special place in my heart for all the people who sacrifice years of their lives to serve America, and Kyle is a true hero in my eyes. Marcy is a meteorologist for KTBS in Shreveport, LA, and she happens to be the person that Jason’s family watches every night on the news to get their weather report. I’m so pumped to be able to work with these guys on their wedding photos, and even more pumped that we got to shoot at one of my favorite places on the planet! Here are some of my favorites:
We began the day at the Academic Building, a gorgeous old building that is the traditional favorite for photos.
No Aggie photoshoot would be complete without a trip to Northgate, the bar district of Aggieland, where every good Aggie spends his Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
Finally, we took a chance on a dream.. Kyle and Marcy were desperate to get a few shots at Kyle Field, but that’s much easier said than done. Luck was on our side, and we managed to slip in for a few quick shots! I’m pretty sure there are going to be some very jealous Ags after this post!
We finished up at Fish Pond, another Aggie Tradition. During every Aggie’s senior year, they take part in Elephant Walk, where all the seniors link arms and walk through campus together to get one last view of their alma mater. Elephant Walk concludes with a hop into Fish Pond, and Marcy and Kyle were brave enough to relive the moment!
Next up, I’ve got the most Aggie wedding you will EVER see, complete with over $35,000 worth of Aggie Rings!
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- I love the Kyle field and fish pond pics!!! whoop :)
- whoop!
- Love them! I pulled some strings to get my bridals done on Kyle Field - would have been even better to do with B. The save-the-date is awesome as well. Good Bull, Stacy!
- Fantastic!!!! Love the ones on the football field!
- i love this session, the locations are great, the couple is stunning. beautiful job!
- KYLE GILBERT! I knew him in school and had Psych 107 with him. I LOVE seeing my friends on your blog. Great shots! Love them.
- Love the stadium shots!
- Hey, Marcy--These are great to see again in such a lovely arrangement. There was one of you looking so sultry! I didn't remember seeing it before. Beautiful pix!
- I love the fish pond pictures. And you are right - I'm so jealous of the session on the field. Amazing!
- I love the save the date on the 12th Man Towel. Brilliant!
- Amazing engagement shots!!! Great work!!!!
- Wow! She's going to be a beautiful bride! I love the fountain images, so sexy!
- oh my gosh! These are fantastic! It sure does take me back - I used to practice taking pictures of my friends at the Administration building. I love the "save the date" pic - so creative. And the picture of them siting on the fountain is wonderful. Love the Chicken pics too. I never thought A&M was especially beautiful but you brought the best out of it.
- Beautiful and fun!! Cans for comments - ROCKS!
- This is so fabulous!! I love the colors of this photo session!!
- WHOOP! These are great and you can just tell how fun these two are! Splendid job as always
My post today serves three unique purposes. First of all, it gives all of you a chance to meet my one and only sibling, my big sister Candy. Candy was the oldest of all the cousins, so for several years she ruled the roost as the center of attention not only with our parents but with all the uncles and aunts and grandparents, as well. And, as Candy is the classic overachiever, she deserved it – she’s a fantastic dancer, bilingual, a straight A student her entire life, worked several jobs in college even though she had tons of scholarships, and has two degrees from a very prestigious university, not to mention that she is incredibly crafty and always has some kind of new artistic project going on. Then I came along and ruined everything, and she’s never forgiven me for it!
The second purpose today is to introduce Tom and Candy to the world. Because they work together, Tom and Candy have had to keep their relationship private for a long, long time. Very few people know that these guys are even a couple, but they finally got clearance from their office, so this is like their big “coming out” party! SURPRISE!! I, for one, am really excited about the pending nuptials. Tom and Candy have been good friends for 14 years, and Tom helped Candy get through some really rough times in her life. There’s no one that can make her smile quite like Tom, and I’m so excited to be able to call him my brother-in-law pretty soon!
Finally, it gives me a chance to show off the engagement session I shot for them back in September. Candy is the ultimate Texan, obsessed with all things Texas-related, so it seemed only natural that we shoot her session at the Texas State Fair.
I am INSANELY excited about Candy’s wedding next May at the Dallas World Aquarium, and yes, I will be shooting the wedding! Can’t wait!
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- AWESOME! Hey tom/candy - you're famous!
- I have to agree with all of that....with the exception of I forgave you for ruining everything weeks ago. HAHA (/kidding!)I adore our photos and admire all of the hard work you do not just for me but for all of your friends and clients! Oh, and GO Ponies!
- How absolutely adorable. You captured their love and personalities so well. Beautiful!
- Awwww :) :) :) These are soooo cute!!!
- How Fun!!! He's spunky too :) xx Congratulations Candy and Tom
- ohhhh, i love LOVE the last b/w with the ferris wheel. and tell CANDY that i LOVE her dress.
- Those are the best photos ever, if I do say so myself! First this and then the Youtube! I am getting a Hollywood Agent to take care of all our future public appearances/tabloids. Thanks for doing such a great job on the photos. I can't wait to get the album! No, seriously, I am tired of waiting on that and really want it. ;-)
- Stacy- The pictures are adorable! I love them. Great job. -Candy's sorority sister
- Holy crap, those pictures are awesome!!! I love, love, love the last black and white one, too. Phenomenal!!! The other Kandi.
The Marie Gabrielle is one of the my absolute favorite places to shoot, October is my favorite time of the year to shoot, and nice people are my favorite kind of people to shoot, so you can imagine how excited I am for the wedding of Christina and John (two uber-nice people) at the Marie Gabrielle in October. I even got a bonus surprise when they asked me to shoot their engagement session there, as well! Here are a few of my favorites from the session. I tried something a little new – posting them in random order rather then sequential – I hope y’all enjoy it!
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- I LOVE the chessboard photo - very fun and creative! Excellent use of blur to make them appear almost miniature!
- THAT is what you call a dip. Nice session, Stacy :)
- beautiful, as always! every shot is fabulous, but my fave is the one w/both their eyes closed :)
- Your photography is BEAUTIFUL but I especially love the last one and the 5th one :) Great work!
Danielle - Gorgeous couple - and gorgeous work!! :-D
Camilla Photography - You are magic! Really really good Stacy!
Jess Cumbie - I wish we lived near TX and that we were getting married again!!! I <3 your work!
Manoela Carvalhais - So beautiful!! greetings from Brazil
Kia Gregory - Stacy Reeves...you da bomb. Love the light in every shot. Sigh.
Brian Hartman - Nice work, I love the running shot!
Erin - I love that tunnel of tree's, beautimas :D That b&w one is my favorite, all serious and perfect stance.