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A Quick Teaser

I just LOVE this family!  I'm off to bed, but thought I'd post just a few from tonight as a major teaser.  I love candid moments and black and white ... so here ya go!  No worries though, I promise I will blog a few more for you guys as I edit.  Talk about a gorgeous family ... 

Hello!? I really hope I look like this when Mia Grace is 15 ... Better start praying now I guess :)

I already told him tonight he was one lucky guy!

Ok, off to sleep. I will try to post some more tomorrow as I tear through my never ending to do list.  It was so nice to meet all of you.  Thanks for a super fun and relaxed evening.  I can't tell you how nice it was to come home NOT filthy from rolling around on the ground and chasing kiddos.  Although I still love to photograph little ones, its always nice to have a change of pace.

Introducing ... Holiday Mini Sessions!

We are VERY excited to announce Love, Me Photographic Art's FIRST annual 

HOLIDAY MINI SESSIONS ...

We wanted to offer those of you in need of a few holiday photos and Christmas cards an opportunity to get beautiful custom photographs without a full session.  We have exclusive items offered only with the Holiday Mini Session such as the customized photo ornament below (scroll way down) as well as gorgeous custom designed holiday cards (see below) and many more we have yet to announce!   This location is just beautiful ... open fields, vintage red barn ... etc. (a photographer's dream for sure!) I will have my grandmother's vintage mantle decorated beautifully along with a few other props, such as a handmade amish rocking chair and church pew as seen below.  Of course, just the location itself is perfect for that fall family portrait.   Stay tuned for more fun examples of how to make your mini session truly unique! I will be taking Miss Mia Grace's pictures here VERY soon.    

There are only 16 slots available and at this discounted rate they wont last long!!

If you are still in need of full session complete with 1-2 hours of shooting, multiple locations, and 35 hand detailed proofs, I still have a handful of appointments available. Can you tell I am excited about the holiday season?  The possibilities are truly endless.  Call 817.905.3523 to book your save your slot!

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Argyle Cheerleaders

I had the awesome pleasure of photographing the Argyle Cheerleaders this year.  Some of you may remember the handsome senior I had last year (Cowboy Chris) ... well, his mom is the sponsor/coach of the Varsity and JV squads so we thought it would be fun to do something a little different this year as far as pictures.  Thanks to Tina (and her mom!) we had an awesome location to play with. I am finally making the last delivery today.  We had such a great response!  I think Rachel custom designed over 20 storyboards and no telling how many 411 cards.  (maybe I can convince her to share with you :) ) Anyway, I wish I had time and space to blog them all, but I really had to narrow it down!  Here are the varsity girls ... hello?  Are they not gorgeous?!!  You may recognize a few faces in coming weeks as now I am photographing a few of their families too!

And what would any cheer squad do without an awesome Mascot!! (out of her Eagle persona of course)

And here are some of my favorite of the girls in their hats and boots.  I thought they may think I was super lame (I HAVE been out of hs now for 8 years YIKES!) when I asked Sherrie to tell them all to bring cowboy gear.  They made me feel way less lame than I am sure I am bc I LOVED these pics. Here are a few from the girls who chose to take some individuals with their hats and boots.  Further down you can see the Varsity Team photo on the hay.

Here's the JV Girls.

And the Varsity ...

This is my favorite! (below)

Thanks girls!  It was such a pleasure meeting all of you and you make my job look easy.  Good luck this year ... Go Eagles!

Christmas Cards

I love Christmas time! These are just a few samples of our Vintage and Simply Red and Green Christmas Card Collections. Crystal is now booking for the holidays and has some awesome ideas.

Get in while you can. I can't wait to make the Christmas Cards.

Non-Traditional Christmas

Think outside the "traditional" box this year for Christmas and let your inner funkiness shine through!  Here are two of my favorite girls showing how fun Christmas photos can be ... whether its crazy pettis, Christmas pjs, or just your favorite fall getup, stay tuned on how you can get a Mini Session too at this top secret location!!!

Holidays are around the corner!!

Can you believe it?  Christmas time is my absolute FAVORITE time of year and it always sneaks up on me SO fast.  I used to get mad when I'd see all the Christmas stuff on display and the radio stations would start playing holiday music before Thanksgiving ... Now its starts even before Halloween!  I just felt like by the time Christmas was actually here, everyone was sick of the holidays.  Well, now I am contributing to this madness!!  In the photography world the fall is SO busy that Holiday deadlines have to be set in order to receive custom orders, etc. in time to share with your loved ones on Christmas.  So, this year, my last session date for GUARANTEED Holiday Delivery is SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th. So, if you were planning on booking for the holidays, make sure to call to reserve your spot ASAP.  If you are pregnant and are expecting, my schedule is always flexible for Newborns, so call and I can pencil in your due date.  

With the holidays approaching, there are lots of exciting things taking place here with Love, Me. Including fun limited edition holiday items, awesome custom framing EXCLUSIVELY offered through us in DFW that I CAN'T wait to show you, and two full days of mini sessions are in the works! Stay tuned for more details on our mini sessions, holiday collections and more!  There will only be a limited number of slots for the minis, so check back.

Because a post is super boring without a picture, I thought I'd share one the limited edition Holiday items that will be available to you! These custom made photo ornaments are SO stinkin' cute and can be in just about any color you choose with TWO pictures from your session.  I'm already thinking about cute gifts for the grandparents (and myself :) )

What Beautiful Stories!

I love telling beautiful stories through photos. I had the special pleasure of making Crystal's brother-n-law's wedding album. David and Tanya got married in Colorado and had their dream wedding surrounded by a wonderful group of close friends and family. Crystal did not take these photos, so this is a great example of what we can do with other people's photos.

I also had the privilege of creating a storybook, guest book, and multiple slideshows for an 80 year old woman's birthday party from a small town in Tennessee. She has lived a long, fulfilling life and her book was covered with many memories and good times. Her daughters wanted to surprise her with a book telling the mother's story. Below are a few sample pages from the storybook. This book is filled with personal letters from the daughters, poetry,

and a lot of personal touch.

She recently let me know that is was a "HUGE" hit at the party.

New Location!

I love finding new spots and while I pride myself on being a big dork because I drive around all the time hunting for new locations to shoot, I can't take any of the credit for this one.  My mom actually found this top secret location and I love it so much I plan on doing my Holiday Mini Sessions here!  Stay tuned for more details.

We played around a lot last night and I had some of my favorite people out to test out various concepts for the minis.  I love these two like my own and was just giddy when viewing the pictures.  Cora had a bad wrap bc she wanted nothing to do with having her picture made on our last attempt, but it was like night and day this time.  We only had about 10 minutes to play and this is what I got.  Are they not the cutest??

Its driving me batty that the color looks so blah on here.  On my screen it is so vibrant!  Oh well, you will have to use your imagination.

The only time you'll ever see me in a String Bikini!

This picture is famous ... or should I say infamous in my family.  It adorns the walls of everyone in my family's house nearly 25 years after it was taken.  I just had to duplicate with Mia Grace last night.  We are about the same age, I have the exact bikini Aunt Sheri brought home for me from Hawaii, and well we "sorta" look alike too ;)

Enjoy!

Closer to the original image, in all its antiqued glory!