Mother's Day

On what feels like the windiest day fo the year, we somehow managed to make it through the shoot. The wind was blowing so hard that my 130 lbs self was being moved all around like a leaf! We’ve been experiencing crazy weather in Dallas the past week. Between extremely high winds and weeks long rain, I’m not sure what else to expect at this point!

This shoot was fun! I got to photograph a mother and her two beautiful daughters for a fun Mother’s Day shoot! What we didn’t expect was it being prom weekend. Our location was super busy and full of high schoolers looking to return to normalcy after this year with the virus. We booked this shoot hoping that it would be an easy one but with the wind and the amount of people in the park, it was tough to find a good spot. We made it work, though. The photos turned out fantastic and I absolutely hope that I can work with these lovely ladies again in the future!

I’m still booking photoshoots throughout the summer and hope that I can continue photographing new faces and even get back to some familiar ones now that we’re having some normalcy. Let’s work, y’all!

Orlando

I must say, I have been out of the state and traveling a ton the past 9 months.  I'm impressed and very happy with how often I've been on the move.  This time the family and I took a trip to Orlando for a mini vacation.  We didn't take a plane to get to our destination, but we took a drive from Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and then into Florida.  I would've loved to stop in all the states longer than to just get gas.  All of the places that we drove through seemed to be some pretty cool places to take photos.

Anyway, we were in Orlando for a Mother's Day get-a-way.  No, we didn't go to Disney this time but had a good time exploring Downtown Orlando, driving out to Cocoa Beach, walking around the resort.  Shoot, I even went to a local barbershop and got my beard trimmed up.  I felt like a local and not a tourist this time around and I certainly love having that local experience while traveling to different cities.  Not only did we get to celebrate Mother's Day, but we got to celebrate Nana's birthday, and Aunt Rita's send off to Afghanistan.

I'm ready to go to another city soon.  I really want to go to Austin because why not?  It's only 4 hours away, but working Saturdays sucks because I can never just take a weekend trip anywhere without having to take time off.  *yawn*  Adulting at its finest.

Honestly, I think my next trip will just be to travel around Dallas a bit more.  I still haven't gone to the Cowboys stadium to do a tour of their facility.  Can you believe that?!  I've been to Deep Ellum a few times, but hasn't experience the nightlife there at all.  I'm really missing out on things to do and experience in my own backyard!  So I guess I'll do that first!