My nephew Aaron just had his 13th birthday. Officially a teenager. So I thought he should have some cool teenager pictures to show off. And just as fate would have it Aaron found his way to Orlando from Texas via his grandparents and we had a whirlwind week. Go-Kart racing, kneeboarding at the Cable Park, chocolate making at the Chocolate Factory, Universal Studios, Wet ‘N Wild, Wonderworks and more! The week was so busy but we managed to squeeze in (and I mean squeeze in barely) a 5-minute photo shoot. Here’s what I captured of Aaron in 5-minutes.

I did a photo shoot for Team Rootberry a few months back that you can see here. At the time we discussed doing a more casual, laid back shoot. So, after seeing Linda & Angel’s engagement session they decided they wanted to take advantage of a great location.  It was very cold and very windy but also very fun (and we stopped and got pizza at Gino’sdowntown-bonus!) Here’s a sneak peek…more to come later.

The plane landed in Texas, Ashley picked me up and off we went for her beautiful bridal shoot. In the few months leading up to her photo shoot, Ashley and I had already decided on an outdoor setting to take advantage of some of the amazing landscape in Texas but that was not meant to be. The week I was preparing to leave for Texas, Ashley wrote to me in a panic-RAIN forecasted all day Saturday, the day of our shoot! So we talked, discussed alternative plans and I rented an amazing and powerful lens that could handle any situation we came across (the 50 f/1.2!) Ashley went into action and booked two absolutely fabulous places to shoot-the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Houston (with the most amazing green velvet couch EVER!) and the Alexan Lofts (Ashley used to live there so it was perfect and if I lived in Houston I would so live there!) Ashley looked stunning, I loved her feather and her shoes rocked! Oh, and check out the pictures of her bouquet-it is made out of wood (I was so nervous every time I had to move the bouquet-not sure how fragile shaved, intricate wood is and I wasn’t about to find out.) Ashley is marrying her love, Michael, in Las Vegas at the Stratosphere in June. I wish them all the love and happiness in the world…