Miss Elizabeth / Simply Sweet *** Sugar Land Baby Photographer

July 21, 2010 in Uncategorized | 22 comments

Oh my bowl of everything sweet in this world, this precious, active, blue eyed, rolling all over the place and off my backgrounds, girl, is one of the most precious little beings I have met.

Meet Miss Elizabeth, the first girl for a family with two older brothers, and boy do I remember what that is like…  Simply amazing and very, very pink!  Welcome to the world sweet little girl, I look forward to photographing you and your two handsome older brothers for years to come!

Her beautiful Christening  gown, was made by her grandmother, and let me just say it was perfection!

Her darling little bloomers,(4th image) her mom brought along and were purchased from a fabulous little company called Ruffle Butts (find them at www.rufflebutts.com), please take a look at the website and support their business.  They truly are a company that gives back supporting many charitable organizations geared towards kids.

Blue eyes, rosy lips, chubby cheeks, and all that personality… courtesy of the man upstairs!

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Sweet Madeleine..10 days old/ Houston Newborn Photographer

July 9, 2010 in Uncategorized | 16 comments

I adore these little ones.  Something magical happens when they are sleeping, watching them dream their little dreams, and those last moments of the session when you see a couple of those smiles **which means they are waking up**  hopefully when I come back in a few months, we will get some of sweet  Madeleine and her fiery red headed big sister.  Thanks Sherri for letting me take over your house and move pictures around to get that lovely, colorful shot of her on the changing table!  Blessings to you and your beautiful family.

Moms to be… if you are expecting and wanting to schedule a newborn session, please call me before the baby is born, so I can put you tentatively on my calendar.  Those first few days go by fast, and newborn photos are most successful if taken in the first two weeks after birth.

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Senior 2011/ Julia…. Sugar Land Photographer

June 30, 2010 in Uncategorized | 17 comments

Something unexpected has come out of my photography business. When I started I thought how great it would be to get paid doing something I love, however I never imagined the strength in the friendships I would make. I will chalk a small portion of this up to facebook. (Because “literally” I gain a friend after each session) But in truth, through Photography, I have regained connections with friends who I haven’t seen since that last hug on the graduation field 16 years ago, I have made deeper connections with the families my children go to school with, those in my church community, and with total strangers whose friendship with me started with a phone number and a web address. All these amazing people have truly touched my life, because God gave me the gift of seeing the world in pictures.
So today as I post an amazing senior session, with the fabulous Julia, an “Angel” in more ways than one. I give this advice.
God doesn’t give a gift he won’t expect you to use,
If you find a lemon tree in your backyard, make lemon aid
If you see someone in need give them your last dollar
If a friend, hurts you, lies to you… forgive her
Prayer fixes everything, even if it just makes getting up off the ground a little easier
No matter how much you plan your life, God may have a different plan in mind for you.
It is not about who you are now as much as who you will be tomorrow.

I hope you love the sneak peek of your images as much as I loved making them! Have a fabulous Senior year!
Kristi

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GracyLu Originals/ Sugar Land Photographer

May 25, 2010 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

You know that feeling when you meet someone and you know that for whatever reason, God has put them in your life… well that is how I felt about Tristian before I had ever even met her.

Tristian, designer of GracyLu original, has been blessed with this amazing gift and talent. She designs the most gorgeous hair pieces for brides, little girls, babies and for just regular gals who want to show their stuff. I could go on and on about her talent, and her business which is growing so fast. Last I saw she had over 2,000 fans on her facebook site. Which is as much a testament to her designs as the person behind them.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Houston-TX/Gracylu-Originals/114086921963664?ref=ts

So aside from the fabulous original pieces she designs, she also has this amazing and very giving heart. She crusaded for everyone to know about sweet baby Layla Grace http://laylagrace.org/ who sadly lost her battle with cancer this past March. She brought this family into so many others through their prayers, that I know I will never forget this child or her story. She is an amazing Christian, who is endlessly proud of her faith and her love of God.
I am so fortunate to call her my friend.
Love you Tristian!

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Sugar Land Mama/ Houston Maternity Photographer

May 18, 2010 in Uncategorized | 62 comments

I am sure I have said it a thousand times, but I just love me some yummy mummy tummy, and this little momma’s tummy is about as perfect as they come.

We had a great shoot despite the fact that this mommy is on big time bed rest, and can only stand for 20 minutes at a time, and sit up for 5. Thank God the payoff in the end is a wonderful miracle.

So as I know she is laying in bed right know I wanted to get her a sneek peak as fast as I could manage, hope you guys love them.

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Sugar Land Family Photographer/ Meet the M family

May 10, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

There is nothing like clients who show up excited to take pictures. Everyone was on board and happy to be there and boy does that come through in the pictures. I love that this family is so lovey dovey and happy to do their own thing. I got some fantastic candid shots where you can just see the love pouring through them. These are the images that will be cherished for a life time and I am so honored that you chose me to photograph your family.
This families precious daughter was my youngest daughters first best friend, and now that they are off at different schools, and will go months in between seeing each other, I hope they will always remember that magical time when they made their first best friend.

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spamarazzi/ friend or foe / Sugar Land Photographers

April 29, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

What to do about all this Spam, seriously do these spammers think we are actually going to post there useless, pregenerated comments. Yesterday I received 15 spam comments and today 17 so far. So makers of Rimonabant, Bactrim, Prednisone, Viagra, Propecia, Clomid and wholesale slippers who commented that “after reading you site, Your site is very useful for me. I bookmarked your site! Ummm, no thank you.

So here is my dilema, do these spam comments help the searchability of blog? Technically, the more hits you get the higher you search with google. I am currently on page three when you google search “Sugar Land Photographers” which I use as my idea of what someone would enter into the search engine. So if anything these harmless in content spammers may be helping my searchability, but increasing my frustration, since more and more I am checking my email from my phone. So like a movie star is putting up with the spamarazzi worth it? Love to here what my photographer friends think! In the mean time best wishes to you all!
Kristi

PS: Just a little teaser of what my SLCS friends will see at the auction this weekend!!!

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Matt/ Sugar Land/ High School Senior Photography

April 16, 2010 in Uncategorized

The second opportunity I have had to photograph a Senior in this amazing family.  Matt is a Senior at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and is a fierce Lacrosse player.  Like most Senior guys having his pictures made is not at the top of his list for an afternoon of fun.  We were able to hit two locations and get some amazing shots in 45 min, with some really great grin and dimple shots for mom.  Hope you guys love your images as much as I loved creating them for you.

I am now booking Senior Sessions for the class of 2011, please call me as soon as possible to set up an appointment.  I will only have limited fall appointments (aug-oct) and will not be available at all the month of November, December and most likely January.

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Introducing Macey/ Sugar Land Modeling

April 12, 2010 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

I was so excited to do this shoot.  Every photographer loves photographing people who like to be photographed.  So I was thrilled when Macey’s mom called me about giving her daughter the ultimate Christmas gift, a mini modeling session.  Complete with portfolio of 6 8×10 images, and 25 comp cards (sometimes know as zed cards in the modeling industry).  It was my goal to give Macey the most realistic modeling experience I could imagine but as the temperatures dropped and then dropped some more this winter, somehow shooting in freezing temperatures didn’t appeal to the model in her or the photographer in me.

Finally we got our beautiful Texas day and we set out on our shoot with a tour of the city stopping in three different locations.  Here is a sneak peak of Macey’s modeling shoot.  If you are interested in giving your preteen or teen a modeling package please email me for details.  A fantastic birthday, Christmas or Just because gift for the little diva in your house.

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Adventures in photography / Texas Bluebonnet Photographer

April 1, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

The great search, happened to begin on a beautiful Spring day beginning with  a long drive out of the suburbs through the city and out to the country.  The second thing that happened was total peace and awe,  it always amazes me how close you can feel to God and the beautiful things he has giving us, just leaving the clutter and chaos behind.  The red buds were in bloom, the grass was green, the cows seemed ridiculously happy in their pastures, Spring was defiantly in the air.

As I neared my bluebonnet spot from last year however, my hope that it was still there began to dwindle quickly.  It was my secrete spot, just a few miles beyond where the hordes of photographers sat photographing their little subjects just the spring before.  When I reached my spot it was indeed no longer there, construction had taken over the lovely location.  But luckily for me I had my friend with me, who encouraged me to continue on.

As we drove those hills we continued to see more glorious works of God, fields with little yellow flowers, and found this lovely state park, where we were able to find a handful of newly sprouted bluebonnets, some beautiful historic buildings and some precious images of my friends sweet two year old, who I think I have finally won over.

We ended our adventure with lunch at a local spot, big cheese burgers for both of us!

“sorry ridiculously happy cows”

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