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Josiah, at his house on day nine.He will be tiny for a fleeting moment, and then everything will change.

I feel like I should type quietly as I post these.Love.At this point, he was completely conked out. I was telling his Mom that if he was mine, there wouldn't be enough hours in the day for me to process all of the pictures I would take of him! He changes EVERY DAY. So hard not to go nuts with the camera.What a miracle! He was born early after ten weeks of bed rest at the hospital by his Mom. Thank you, Alasha and Steve for letting us document this short moment in Josiah's life before he gets big like his brothers!

Fort Worth Newborn Baby Photography, Aves Photographic Design

Gorgeous Joanna. Love the hair, love the shoes, love the goddess theme, love it.

Pretty lady! The light that day was gorgeous, but did not outshine Joanna.

She looks like an angel in this one, the way the light shines through her hair.This one is so her.Dallas/Fort Worth Bridal Portrait Photography, Aves Photographic Design

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Lauren and Will

When we arrived at Susie and Don's house (Grandmommy and Granddaddy to the twins), we were like, "YES-this window is HUGE!!!" We had been wanting to do a window-lit black and white session of the twins for their birthday, and it turned out wonderfully! Another testament as to why we LOVE home sessions.

Highlights of the session: the huge caterpillar pillow, which made for a perfect posing tool, Doug showing us his belly-rubbing skills (haha), and Will and his moving background. lol.

Dallas/Fort Worth Baby Portraits, Aves Photographic Design

Walker. Delightful. Enchanting. Sweet. Boisterous. Quiet. Soft. Laughter. Lovable.This is what I mean by enchanting.

Love his laugh.

LD and Hillary, thanks for bringing us in to your little boy's life! He is beautiful, and his personality is already so big!

Lauren and Will

Can not WAIT for this wedding!! This was the perfect engagement session: a totally natural location (a private ranch in Granbury), amazing light (which ALMOST didn't happen), and two people who were willing to completely open up and let us in to their relationship.

Natalie and AJ, thank you for bringing us in to your world! I hope that these are the best pictures you have ever taken in your entire life (to date)!

You can almost feel how much she loves him in this one.

I love that her cute yellow shoes match the flowers!The wind was really working for us. :)This was an adorable series of shots. We took these on this dock that was overlooking the lake. I liked the feel of this one the best.I love every single one of these, because it seems like every one is so THEM. Really had a hard time choosing for the blog! The natural prettiness of this one is what drew me in.He completely adores her. Love it.

...And this is the part where I have to convince you that we did not hire models for this shoot! This one looks so "Ralph Lauren". They really pulled off the exact look I was going for.

The prettiest of light in the next three.

OhMyGoodness, I want those shoes!As with everything else that day, the sunset was PERFECT; a pink and blue sky that faded to orange and purple. Gorgeous. I love their expressions and body language in this one. So happy.You guys look AWESOME!! Thank you for bringing us out to the ranch. I don't think you could have picked a better place.

Dallas/Fort Worth Engagement Portrait Photography, Aves Photographic Design

Megan's graduation party + photo booth = craaazy fun.

Megan and her girls bringing the place down...and Zach Efron makes an appearance!!

This guy cracks me up.

Dallas/Fort Worth Photo Booth, Aves Booth

Will and I have so much in common with Carolyn and Jerry. This engagement session felt more like a modeling shoot, and we felt very lucky to have such a gorgeous couple that looks so good together. I think it's their love that makes them so special :)They really let us in on their bond.Cuute!Love the twinkly lights in the background. They match the twinkle in Carolyn's eyes.It is barefoot grass weather.They are really good at laughing at each other.See?We've been wanting to use this field behind the Stockyards for some tall grass pictures, and this was the perfect time to try it! These three below are similar, but I had a hard time choosing and really love them all. Now the only question is, which one should I use on our website? What do you think?I love the way the vintage tones in this one bring out the maroon color of Carolyn's dress. Plus, her boots look really cute in this one.My obsession with tall grass has begun...They can even make looking into a mud puddle look good!This one is so pretty of them. I'm really jealous of Carolyn's hair. It was incredibly muggy that day, but her curls stayed in tact without frizzing. It must be a good hair day every day for her!He really loves her.This was taken after they took some pictures on the bull. After that, about four flower vendors came up to us to try to force them to buy flowers (for "free;" they must have seen Jerry pay the bull man). We were worried that we might possibly get shanked, so we scurried out of there. Hehe, j/k. The Stockyards are safe! There probably hasn't been a shanking in at least a couple of years.Snuggles in a dark-yet-colorful alley.Loved the yellow rails in this one. Carolyn and Jerry, you guys did an amazing job! You will soon be all over our website!

Dallas/Fort Worth Engagement Portrait Photography, Aves Photographic Design

Congratulations, Victoria Rodriguez, winner of our Trash the Prom Dress contest! Victoria was our most enthusiastic applicant and has couple of fun and fluffy prom dresses that will look awesome in pictures. We can't wait to share our love of fashion photography with her to finish off her Senior Year.

Victoria will receive a free fashion session in her prom dresses and $150 worth of prints from the session, plus a $100 CD of 15 Web-Sized Images for sharing online and emailing; for a total of a $500 photography prize package.

Check back soon to see pictures from the session!

Ellen and Richard were married at Ellen’s home in a gorgeous ceremony that could have been cut straight from the pages of  “In Style Weddings.” The genuine, welcoming feel of the intimate event was what really made their entire day memorable. Everyone there was someone special to the two as a couple. We definitely left with that warm fuzzy feeling! And the “I just got an AWESOME shot” feeling that makes me want to immediately load the pictures and pour over them the second I arrive home. In this case, that shot was the last image of this post, which I am convinced is the very essence of Ellen.Details are my FAVORITE. Thanks to Regan of Details and Designs, these details were perfect.The view of the ceremony from Ellen’s room.The personalized bottled water alongside a picture of Ellen's bouquet. They also had a basket full of flip flops for the ladies so that their heels wouldn’t sink into the grass, which I think was the greatest idea ever for an outdoor wedding.Ellen getting help from her Flower Girl.Gorgeousness.Ellen and her brother share a moment before he has to go outside.The girls watch to see who has arrived.Ellen’s bridesmaid clasps her hand to help ward off butterflies. Ellen and her Mom.It's tiiime!Waiting to be signaled to come outside.Father of the Bride waits.The ceremony from inside the house.The pastor had a “no photography during the ceremony” rule, so I snuck back to the house to get pictures from the inside. It was rather exciting and spy-like.Ellen is a chef, so of course the food was out-of-this-world-amazing. And so pretty!The crowd gathers to watch Ellen and Richard cut the cake.A very talented young man played the piano for the guests.They approve.The kids play in the front yard as the live music from the jazz band floats throughout the neighborhood. I would describe it as a perfect afternoon.Wishing Richard and Ellen off.Mom starts to cry.The new first image of our website. Because the moment was just that good.

 

I love that Alyssa is into fashion. She made me want to grab Will's credit card (hehe, j/k, it's mine too) and head over to Betsey Johnson to do some serious damage.

How is it that she shops at my favorite designer's store? AND has impeccable taste in shoes (and I LOVE shoes!)? Is it possible that we were separated at birth and that I am actually still eighteen?? Hey, I can dream, can't I? (It was a really hard half-birthday yesterday. And I'm about to be to the point where I can't say my age anymore. 26.)

So on to the gorgeousness that is Alyssa. This is just a sneak peek; there are soooo many good ones!

We had already finished her session, but the gray sky was calling me. So we went outside to the rooftop deck, where we got this. I have to say, her hair holds up pretty well in the rain!

Alyssa, thank you for choosing us as your senior portrait photographers! We can't wait to find out where life will take you this coming year. Lauren and Will

Senior Portrait Photography, Aves Photographic Design, Fort Worth

Heidi and Spencer ACTUALLY got married?!? For real, y'all. Haha. Proof here, at one of my favorite blogs: http://www.weddingchicks.com/ This pertains to wedding photography and the most notorious-couple-of-all-time that I love to hate, so I had to share.

Scroll down past the [aMAzing] Jenny Yoo bridesmaids dresses and [GLOrious] Christian Louboutin shoes to see the pictures (I was actually going to share the dresses in this post anyway, but the wedding pictures of Heidi and Spencer pretty much trumps anything). I can only hope that one day I'll get to photograph a fake celebrity couple's wedding...and that day will be all that I've ever dreamed of and more. I just know it.

Now, back down to earth, where the rest of us live. Here is an order that was just so pretty, I had to photograph it. I was sad to see it go, but now it resides at Graham's house, where it belongs. Goodbye, my beautiful, handcrafted, whitesnake session album with-amazing-little-borders and luciously thick pages that smell oh-so-new and leather fresh. Such a bittersweet farewell.

Dallas/Fort Worth Baby and Wedding Photography, Aves Photographic Design

Trash the Dress has been one of the craziest wedding photography trends in years, next to the spot color craze of '99. We've definitely had our fair share of dress trashing, but now we are ready to move on to PROM DRESS TRASHING!! Yeah! 

We are now accepting applications for a Trash the Prom Dress shoot this May. The free session is going to be open to a high school junior or senior who has an awesome prom dress and would like to get some fashion images that are unlike any other senior portraits out there (after prom, of course!).

The session will be at the location of our choice, and will be awarded to the applicant with the coolest-to-photograph dress (super-cute shoes and accessories are also a plus). We'll require a picture of your dress to apply and you must be willing to let us use your images in press, advertising, and online.

Email info@avesphotographicdesign.com for details on what is expected of our applicants and what will be given to the chosen participant. Contest winner will be announced on May 11th. Tell your friends!

And now...a hilariously "antique" picture of me and Will at our high school prom. He's going to die when he sees that I posted this, after years of making fun of photographers who do the same thing. ;) Ah, well. Opinions change, right?

Lauren

Gotta love the limo driver in the background. Hehe.