March is always such a lovely time to photograph in Texas. Generally it’s no longer frigid from winter but still remains untouched by the scorching heat that could hit us as soon as April.
March is just nice. March and I are on really good terms.
Enjoy a peak into JZP’s March 2012 . . .
First up was the second half of the Massey’s make-up session since their first session in December turned us into ice cubes.
I nearly went into conniptions over Kimberly’s pinwheel bridal session.
Look at all those pinwheels! And that beautiful bride!
Kimberly and Christopher’s pinwheel wedding will hit the blog before the end of the week so be sure to check back for that post.
Jerry and Heather were so adorable during their blissfully engaged session in good ‘ole downtown Fort Worth.
I also got to do a family session for some dear extended family of mine and, boy, were they a laughing group.
Megan and Blake took their engagement photos at Cavanaugh flight museum amongst the airplanes because Blake is an airman in the US Air Force.
Sidenote: I think nose crinkles are SOCUTE.
March also held my first newborn session . . . my first newborn session to photograph . . . this is not my newborn . . .
Katy’s senior session was so fun and full of her edgy style. Love it.
Ah, and one of the best’s had me take some college graduation portraits for her. Isn’t Kelsey just darling?? I LOVED that we integrated her affinity for knitting into the shoot too!
The Rodriguez family chose the Fort Worth botanical gardens as their family photo session backdrop.
Skylar totally worked the camera for her session full of beautiful light, pretty pink lipstick and a lovely high school senior.
You guys, Tabatha and Steven are just THEBEST together. Their engagement session was scheduled for right after Steven returned from a deployment with the Air Force. The Air Force was alllll over my March.
 Yes, this was the majority of my March 2012, but a couple other full posts from March will be following shortly.
Shooting this wedding came up out of the blue for us. I got a call less than a month out asking if I could shoot this weekday evening wedding. I didn’t have anything else scheduled so I booked it.
I’m so glad I did.
There was one terrifying factor to this wedding — the ceremony was going to be a candle-lit outdoor wedding . . . at night. Not sunset. Pitch black + candles. I’m not typically one to shy away from a challenge so I decided James and I would make it work.
I had talked to the bride and groom, Elena and Steven, to see how they’d like their wedding photographed — with or without flash and they said their hope was for mostly atmospheric shooting that didn’t detract from the ceremony. So James and I sloooooooowwwwwwwed our shutter speeds and shot with available light and I very much enjoy how the images turned out so true to the atmosphere of the ceremony.
Directly after the kiss, Steven prepared to stomped on a glass in the Jewish tradition. Right as this was about to happen I hear James hit the ground with a soft thud. I think I remember guffawing behind my camera while shooting the breaking of the glass because I honestly thought that James had tripped on a tree root because it was seriously SODARK. BUT when I saw the image that James got by hitting the ground so fast I wanted to hug him and throw him a party.
After the ceremony we took family portraits followed by some moody off-camera flash bride-groom portraits.
The above image is still one of my favorite bride-groom portraits of all time. And that’s coming from a photographer who would choose shooting with natural light instead of flash 10 times out of 10.
 I loved this wedding that popped into my life so unexpectedly with its last minute booking because it turned into hitting the ground for a shot of breaking glass, using flash photography to photograph a newlywed couple running through the woods at night and getting to work with one of the nicest group of people we have had the pleasure of meeting.
Let me make this clear: I get excited for each and every one of my photo sessions.
BUT when a photo session location or theme presents an opportunity for something new right from the get go, I tend to get EVEN MORE excited. Kind of ridiculously so.
I was this sort of excited when James and I arrived to photograph Elise and Scott’s nautical engagement session because I was going to get to shoot on a sailboat!
This was actually the first time we all met in person and within just a few minutes of being around Scott and Elise I gathered that they 1) are super in love with each other 2) are super in love with life and 3) let’s just be honest, could totally make it as models if their day job ever fell through.
However, it doesn’t seem like their day jobs will be in danger any time soon as Elise and Scott are the owners of Hey, Sweet Pea, and are the talent behind JZP’s new logo and NEW WEBSITE that I love so very much.
Elise and Scott moved from California to Texas not too terribly long ago, and love all things water-related. In fact their entire destination Florida beach wedding last April was wrapped in the nautical theme. Â Add all that to Scott’s love of sailing and you get an engagement session on a sailboat.
Each hairpiece Elise wore throughout the shoot was custom made by Mila Rose Designs who always does GREAT work. Mila Rose Designs even made me a custom JZP headpiece a few months back!
 I’m sure it’s fun for Scott and Elise to look back on these photos taken during their engagement season and remember how tightly they were holding each other on that rather chilly, rather rocking sailboat.
When I look back on these photos I see the very first time James and I met Scott and Elise who now, 8 months later, we consider to be such dear friends of ours.
Praise the Lord for a photo session on a sailboat last February.
p.s. if you’re wondering why in THE world I am 8 months behind on blogging, I explain why here!
On to February! The month of destination graduation sessions!
I particularly enjoyed this Deep Ellum session with Garrett. I love when I arrive to photograph a session and I can tell right away what my client’s style is and that is the way it was with Garrett.
James Dean, anyone? Am I the only one who sees it?
Photographing Brittany and Matt’s February wedding had been long awaited, as Brittany has been a loyal JZP for a long time leading up to this day. I so appreciate her!
Cindy and Gerardo were such a genuinely interesting pair to get to know and I was so honored to be invited into this sweet time period leading up to their March wedding.
Rachel graduated from Tolar High School this past May and is now off at A&M running cross country there. I’m so proud of her. These are a couple of images from her senior session.
Stephanie and Ben’s courthouse nuptials was actually my second justice-of-the-peace ceremony to photograph. It’s always such a different feeling photographing such a small, intimate affair as this, and I treasure it. Afterwards of course we took some bride-groom portraits!
Oh, Billy. Such an enjoyable fellow. For his senior session we started out photographing around his house, then headed to the local fire department where he volunteers, and finished by skipping some rocks on a river. Now THAT is a good senior session.
 And there you have it — a teeny, tiny snippet of what my February 2012 held. More posts to come soon, so stay tuned! We’re moving right along.
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