If there’s one thing I came to learn about CJ in working with her is that she is detailed.
And sentimental. (In a totally good way.)
Every inch of her wedding day was intentional.
Her wedding day unfolded slowly but deliberately. After hair and make-up we headed back to the home she grew up to make final touches and to wait until ceremony time.
 I took detail photos. She sat on the couch and talked quietly with her dad.
No bridesmaids, just her and her parents. And me. I felt honored to get to document such tender, special moments between the three of them in the minutes before the only daughter in that home was married off.
Once CJ donned her wedding dress we headed to TWU’s Chapel in the Woods for an intimate ceremony with just family there to witness. And me, ready and excited to document the few minutes that would join a husband and wife forever.
After the ceremony, we took some family portraits and then there was time built in for CJ and AJ to spend alone together before the reception to soak up their newly wed-ness. Oh, and me. I was there too. Snapping my shutter time and time again to document these fresh, just-married moments.
Now I had never actually laid eyes on AJ before in my life until he took his place at the front of the chapel for the ceremony. But when I looked down at his feet, and saw his choice of footwear, I knew he had to be a character.
So why surprise his bride by wearing plaid, self-portait Toms? He said he knew CJ would be nervous standing up in front of everyone during the ceremony, and he wanted her to be able to look down at his feet and laugh away those nerves. Because that’s just the type of guy that AJ is.
Gosh I just thoroughly enjoyed having a built in hour to photograph the bride and groom before heading to the reception! SO MUCH TIME FOR PHOTOS!
The reception was when CJ’s wedding vision went into full swing — details, details everywhere!
I really do love my job, and the sweet, sweet opportunities I have to witness and document intimate times with family, times with a new husband and a new wife, times such as these.
Thank you, CJ and AJ for letting me be a part. Thank you.
Now, I bet you thought the post was over, huh?
Well I sure fooled YOU because I still have a few of CJ’s bridals that I would very much like to share with the world!
And we’ll end with CJ wearing AJ’s favorite Cowboys jersey. She’s showing all the fans the real way to accessorize sports parafernalia — pair it with a wedding dress.
I work with a lot of children, so it would behoove me to stay away from using superlatives in my blogposts.
So I won’t present Harper as THE most beautiful baby boy in the world (although I’m sure his parents do), but I WILL say that this precious boy’s sweet face has stolen my dadgum heart.
It’s that kind of heart-stealing that reduces me to use baby talk verbage when talking to him.
Or just when looking at a photo of him.
Whichever.
BABY DROOL!!
Harper has an especially special place in my heart because Casey and Grady are his parents! I shot their engagements and wedding photos too, and it just WARMS MY HEART when clients claim me as their “photographer for life.” I love this family.
Wait for it . . . wait for it . . .
They changed him into a fweet lil German lederhosen!!!
Casey, I am being 100% honest when I say that I don’t think you could possibly be any more beautiful.
Add a nose crinkle and you’ve sealed the deal.
Frank family, y’all are beautiful and wonderful and I just cannot get enough of you!
Kayla and Kyle’s wedding was the last JZP wedding of August. The last wedding of the summer, I suppose.
I thoroughly enjoyed my interactions with this couple and my heart skipped a beat each time I saw Kyle look at his bride with that i-can’t-believe-i’m-the-lucky-guy-that-gets-to-marry-this-girl written all over his face.
Kayla and Kyle chose to do a first look before their ceremony which allowed them some sweet moments together before the crazed rush of the wedding day began.
Kayla, you are beautiful.
Here’s the deal. It was August in Texas and no one was really jumping on the idea of standing outside in the 100 plus degree weather for wedding party pictures. We THOUGHT taking the pictures inside might be cooler.
We thought wrong when we realized there was ZERO air flow in this room. But we were all troopers and pushed through it.
See? That’s the look I was talking about.
When you honeymoon in Vegas you get a ring portrait with some dice. That’s the deal.
Thank you so much for having James and I as your wedding photographers! I wish the two of you all the best in your marriage in all the years to come!
Okay, so I took a short, week-long blogging hiatus but now I’m back! Buuuuuuuuut, I’ll only be back until Friday because on Saturday James and I will be leaving for a cuh-RUISE to Mexico for our long overdue honeymoon-esque vacation. We’re super-excited (neither of us has been on a cruise before) but in the days leading up to it I’m trying to tie up some loose ends editing-wise and get out enough blog-posts to hold y’all over for a week while the Zamoras are off sailing the high seas.
For now, take a peek into this sweet mother-daughter session from August with my dear cousin Darla and her precious girls. The girls were down from New York in Texas visiting family and I’m SO glad they made time for a photo shoot before flying back out!
After a short bit of photos with the whole family, Kelsey and I broke off from the group for some photos in her “super-hero” outfit. I love it.
At first she was wary of this bit of woods but I told her it was her fairy princess forest and she very much liked the sound of that.
Sweet Lily. Just happy as a clam at the end of the session. Bless her darling heart.
Well I just hate to end this post so soon but I’ve got about 50 other blog-posts to catch-up on so I’m trying my best to keep them short! Plus I’m very much sleepy-mc-sleepersons right now. More to come soon!
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